Sometimes it’s hard not to wonder about the relevance of musical theater. Sometimes it’s hard not to love the form but wonder if the content might be stuck in a limbo of irrelevance. A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:16PMThere’s an odd moment in the middle of Jersey Boys, a throwaway line that you could miss amid the pulsing rhythm that drives the now decade old musical. It comes near the end of the first …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:34AMThe first thing you’ll notice about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Round House Theatre is the set. It would be impossible to walk into the Bethesda theatre and not marvel at the luscious …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:25PMA slew of clichés are at my fingertips, wanting desperately to open this review. “The silver screen comes alive on stage!” “Hollywood meets Broadway at the Atlas thanks to the Congres…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:09PMThe great American composers are alive and well in the Source blackbox, as In Series continues its season: Made in America (all three Americas that is…) with ABCs of American Art Song. The…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:19AMThe past few years have seen a boom of plays trying to tackle the digital age. It’s an interesting prospect for theatre, a medium that in so many ways is diametrically opposed to th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:43PMThe Neo-Futurists are at it again. Once more they are taking Woolly Mammoth’s stage by storm with their mentally experimental performance of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. The sho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:52PMTime is out of joint in Conor McPherson’s The Night Alive, making its regional premier at Round House Theatre. Taking place solely in the rundown apartment of Tommy, a Dublin burnout tryin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:52AMThe fear of the unknown is the greatest fear that plagues us. This is the conceit of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and the mission statement of Molotov’s newest work, a staged adaptation of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:49AMAfter years of being performed around the world, Seuls, the riveting solo performance written, directed, and performed by Wajdi Mouawad, makes its U.S. premiere in the Kennedy Center’s Eis…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:09AMIs it enough praise to simply say that shades of Churchill and Ruhl permeate Truth & Beauty Bombs: A Softer World, Rorschach Theatre’s brilliant new play running at Atlas Theatre? No…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:41PMDC Music Theatre Workshop makes its debut with Family Portrait, a musical written by British composer Theo Jamieson and being fully staged here for the very first time. The show is a collect…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:34AMGo see The Eulogy. Right now. What are you doing? Why are you still reading? For every minute you spend not seeing The Eulogy, you’re missing out on easily the funniest thing you’ll see …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:28AMOut of Sync is a show that wears its heart on its sleeve. It is a personal tale of a budding relationship held down by the tragedy of long lost love. The play jumps between past and present …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AMPaper Glass is an intimate adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass that glows with innocence and childlike wonder. The piece is created and performed by Monica Dionysiou wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:19AMOn paper, The Great Awkward Hope, a play about making a play about making a play, is a quirky little exploration into the art of making art and what it can say across racial divides. In prac…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:21PMTomato Beard contains all of the following: broken hearts, puppets, curses, an alcoholic turtle (who’s also a ship’s captain), a neurotic and sexually confused pig (who’s also a mayor)…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:51PMLife and death has never been so fun. The Paper Game is a brain-busting new show by Nu Sass Productions that tackles the struggle to survive in the face of systematic adversity with care and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:40AMNeighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom is a wonderfully fitting title for Molotov Theatre Group’s new show about a deadly video game and a sinister suburban lifestyle. Much like the play its…
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