Monday, July 30, 2018
an enjoyable new screen-to-stage adaptation by Thomas Meehan and Nell Benjamina and theatrical tricks devised by director Tina Landau
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:57AMFriday, June 29, 2018
Get ready, rock and roll fans for the latest jukebox musical about how the Temptations got started, their ascent to the top of the charts and the challenges brought about by fame and fortu…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:11PMFriday, April 13, 2018
although Annie Baker's play is long, the dialogue and plot never lose intrigue.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:11PMFriday, February 16, 2018
Loosely based on Ibsen's tragic heroine in A Doll's House, this is a sad, thought-provoking take on the lives of refugees forced to adjust their lives and expectations.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:21PMWednesday, January 31, 2018
Written for the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, this widely produced solo is still floating along just fine at the Irish Rep
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:45PMWednesday, January 24, 2018
Michael Urie's very modern and lively Hamlet
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:11PMSaturday, January 13, 2018
Stephen Karam's is blessed with a very fine cast at the Kennedy Center in DC
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:48PMThursday, November 9, 2017
Jon Robin Baitz play updated with Epilogue in DC
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:14AMWednesday, October 4, 2017
Both these one-act plays by Harold Pinter deal with relationships in language that is spare and rich, illuminating as well as confusing.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:18PMMonday, November 14, 2016
Director Molly Smith has updated this period piece by softening the rough edges of the story and giving choreographer Parker Esse free rein. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:26AMThursday, September 15, 2016
Well cast revival of Caryl Churchill's play in DC
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:05AMTuesday, August 30, 2016
This DC production features the gifted actor Craig Wallace who gives an uncanny impersonation of Louis Armstrong's posture .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:27PMThursday, August 11, 2016
Credit for how entertaining this revival of George C. Wolfe's musical about Jelly Roll Morton is the way Director Matthew Gardiner pulls the show together. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16PMSaturday, July 2, 2016
- the syrupy but enjoyable road show makes a stop at the Kennedy Center
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:41AMTuesday, May 17, 2016
his shortened version of Ibsen's tragedy misses nothing snfdis a triumph for DC's Studio and, particularly, Julia Coffey
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:01AMSaturday, April 9, 2016
Arena Stage's theater in the round, the Fichandler, is beautifully suited to Robert Schenkkan's political drama about President Lyndon Johnson's first year in office.Arena Stage's theater in…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:47AMMonday, April 4, 2016
onflict in many forms is the basis of Motti Lerner's excellent play at Mosaic Theater. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:21AMWednesday, March 23, 2016
Theater J's adaptation of David Goldman novel . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AMWednesday, February 24, 2016
Finally, a smooth landing for this troubled Sondheim/Weidman musical, thanks largely to director Gary Griffin and Josh Lamon and Noah Racey as the Mizner brothers
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:10PMMonday, February 22, 2016
Mosaic Theater Company never shies away from tough questions. Its current offering by Shachar Pinkhas and Shay Pitovsky takes a hard look at the subject of refugees.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:18AMSaturday, February 13, 2016
Anthony Giardina's play about a by-gone Washington era is now at the city's at Arena Stage . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:21PMSaturday, December 19, 2015
The small Signature Max theater has 276 seats, arranged on three sides increasing the intensity of the performance for the dancers and for the audience who are practically in their faces
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:44PMThe show lacks luster but the heavy on the banjo bluegrass score composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell has many soothing moments along with raucous thigh-slappin' and toe tappin' rhythm…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:05PMSunday, November 29, 2015
Rarely is a revival as perfect as this one now playing at Washington's Shakespeare Theatre/Harman Center. It has all the elements that keep you smiling for days: .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:35AMTuesday, September 29, 2015
Over the top. Silly beyond words. Those are just a few words to describe playwright Karen Zacarias' contribution to the Women's Voices Theater Festival. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:32AMFriday, September 18, 2015
a huge hit in London, Lucy Kirkwood's play is now having its U.S. premiere at Washington's Studio Theatre. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AMMonday, August 24, 2015
John Dempsey's book and composer Dana P. Rowe's musical now playing at Signature Theatre is a cynical look at priming a candidate. The music is rousing and some of the lyrics are very sophis…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:45PMThursday, June 11, 2015
This touring production is as highly-polished, fast moving and well performed as any musical on Broadway . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:46AMFriday, May 29, 2015
By the end of an enjoyable evening, the audience happily gets up and dances in the balcony, in the aisles, even on stage.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:23AMMonday, May 25, 2015
The Signature's stellar production might just turn this into a hit at last.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMTuesday, May 19, 2015
A sublime production at DC's Signature .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:54AM 
