All stories by Peter Marks on BroadwayStars

Monday, October 31, 2016

Folger's 'Sense and Sensibility': a hit that's always moving by Peter Marks

Folger Theatre's production will change your perspective on Jane Austen and danger.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:54PM
Sunday, October 30, 2016

'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' on Broadway: A danger-free zone by Peter Marks

REVIEW || Even Halloween raises more goosebumps than this misfire of a revival

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:12PM
Thursday, October 27, 2016

A vote in favor of ‘Beertown’ by Peter Marks

Dog & Pony DC brings back to Washington its idea of democracy as theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

A family-friendly, frolicking ‘Freaky Friday’ at Signature Theatre by Peter Marks

New musical offers two marvelously sung performances by Heidi Blickenstaff and Emma Hunton.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:54PM
Friday, October 21, 2016

Back in 'Beertown,' where everyone wants - and gets - their say by Peter Marks

The civic-minded, interactive play, about a fictional Midwestern city and the citizenry's vote on one of its most hallowed traditions, returns to its Washington birthplace.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:39PM
Thursday, October 20, 2016

As 'The Front Page' turns, so does agile comedy by Peter Marks

REVIEW || Thirty years after it last appeared on Broadway, this dark and funny 1928 farce holds up grandly, in director Jack O'Brien's revival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:27PM

Get ready for another ‘Freaky Friday’ by Peter Marks

Signature Theatre produces the world premiere of a Disney musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:08PM

‘Hamilton’s America’ tells story of a great American and a great musical by Peter Marks

The documentary by Alex Horwitz, a Maryland native and friend of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s, airs on PBS.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54AM
Friday, October 14, 2016

Why ‘The Front Page’ is the best newspaper comedy of all time by Peter Marks

A starry revival of the 1928 romp, headlined by Nathan Lane, lights up Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:45AM
Thursday, October 13, 2016

How 'Curious Incident' went from book to being booked across America by Peter Marks

Playwright Simon Stephens and director Marianne Elliott talk about making "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time move, in every sense.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:52PM

'War Paint' with LuPone and Ebersole, marching to Broadway this spring by Peter Marks

The Broadway musical season just became an even bigger deal

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:52PM
Monday, October 10, 2016

Cast’s great work continues in ‘Angels in America Part II’ by Peter Marks

“Perestroika” at the Round House Theatre completes a seamless double play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:45PM
Friday, October 7, 2016

'Underground Railroad Game': Speaking race-relations truths by Peter Marks

REVIEW || This sparklingly imaginative performance piece reframes how we talk about race

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:09PM
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Jeffrey Finn to run Kennedy Center's theater programming by Peter Marks

Jeffrey Finn will oversee all of the center's theatrical endeavors

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:50PM
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Synetic Theater takes us all to hell by Peter Marks

‘Dante’s Inferno,’ a revival of a 2009 production, introduces Irina Tsikurishvili as a director.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:21PM
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

‘The Gulf’ flows on a tide of insight by Peter Marks

Signature Theatre produces the world premiere of Audrey Cefaly’s relationship drama.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:44PM
Monday, October 3, 2016

Marg Helgenberger and company give Lillian Hellman her due in ‘The Little Foxes’ by Peter Marks

1939 play proves a durable choice for Arena Stage, which is giving it a lavish handling.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:44PM

Marg Helgenberger, theater lover, gets the big break she’s been waiting for by Peter Marks

The “CSI” star tackles Lillian Hellman’s powerful “The Little Foxes” at Arena Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PM
Friday, September 30, 2016

Simon McBurney encounters the Amazon, and bears fly through outer space by Peter Marks

REVIEW || "The Encounter" is a seriously fantastic journey; "Bears in Space" a guffaw-inducing wacky one.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PM
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Debate theatrics and One Angry Man by Peter Marks

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK || The debate provokes reflections on a classic movie

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:11PM
Thursday, September 22, 2016

D.C. theaters ponder a crazy political year, and Ivanka Trump gets her own play by Peter Marks

Washington's major theaters band together to reflect on this year's campaign and present free readings.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:44PM
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

This is how you bring Jane Austen to the stage by Peter Marks

“Sense and Sensibility,” enthrallingly illuminated at Folger Theatre

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:45PM
Monday, September 19, 2016

The play ‘Collective Rage’: From audience’s perspective, you can say that again by Peter Marks

The usually amazing Woolly Mammoth launches a new season with a monologue-esque misfire.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:57PM
Friday, September 16, 2016

Ripping tragedies from headlines and making them sing by Peter Marks

Are our responses to musicals that take on 9/11 and mass shootings preconditioned?

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:14PM
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Summoning those better ‘Angels’ by Peter Marks

Round House and Olney theaters team up for Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:51PM
Friday, September 9, 2016

Top 10 choices (possibly) in the new theater season by Peter Marks

Potential standouts among what promises to be a bountiful fall harvest on area stages.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54AM
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Lin takes it on the chin (daffily) in 'Spamilton' by Peter Marks

REVIEW || "Forbidden Broadway's" mad satirist, Gerard Alessandrini, turns his dangerous poison pen on the theater world's mega-hit.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:02PM

‘Come From Away’ stirs powerful memories of 9/11 by Peter Marks

The Broadway-bound musical opens at Ford’s Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:45PM
Friday, August 26, 2016

Musical tales to make hearts leap, at a time when they were desolate by Peter Marks

“Come From Away,” about 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, arrives at Ford’s Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:03PM
Thursday, August 11, 2016

‘Jelly’ Jams with vibrancy (and only a couple of lumps) by Peter Marks

Signature Theatre stages a rarely revived musical about Jelly Roll Morton.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:55PM
Monday, August 8, 2016

A 'Father' for Studio Theatre by Peter Marks

Florian Zeller's Broadway play completes the company's 2016-17 roster

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:22PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic