Though written in 2014, Dominique Morisseau's "Blood at The Root" proves an incredibly timely play. Dealing with themes of racial equality, homophobia, and the crackdown on student protests,…
TEACHING THE CREATURE'S BRAIN"WHO IS THE REAL MONSTER?Elizabeth Frankenstein v. Victor Frankenstein Originally conceived in 1994, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Mock Trial event this year tur…
For some, resistance is protesting, for others it's making their voices heard through whatever channel possible during times of strife, and still for others resistance might be as simple and…
Wombats, who knew? Former small mammal, zoo biologist David S. Kessler happens to be a pretty ardent supporter of the wombat"of all small mammals really, but perhaps most fondly, the wombat.…
Boundlessly creative is the only way I can think to describe Avant Barde Theatre's production of "The Margriad." A complex assemblage of four of Shakespeare's history plays"the three "Henry …
Characters in Harold Pinter's plays tend to have a shorthand when it comes to their conversations. That is, the words they say to one another are generally packed with a lot more meaning tha…
What is "art?" This is the question that Tony award-winning, French playwright Yasmine Reza puts front and center in her quirky drama, "Art" (translated by Christopher Hampton). The Vagabond…
Getting a new musical on its feet is notoriously difficult. Generally speaking, this is why smaller regional theatres don't often try it. In the case of Bethesda Little Theatre's mounting of…
Often, we have difficulty seeing beyond the challenges and barriers specific to our own situation or to our own country. Plays like Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of "Kunene and Th…
Perhaps best known for his Pulitzer-finalist "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," playwright Rajiv Joseph walks a different artistic path with "The Lake Effect" now playing at 1st Stage. A rel…
Immersive theatre can take a number of shapes and occur in any number of venues. Bob Bartlett's "Love and Vinyl" is immersive, record-store theatre with a quirky, highly entertaining edge. S…
Given this incredibly challenging artistic and national moment, it is so good to see that DC theatres aren't afraid to embrace material that may be considered on the more controversial side …
Acclaimed DC playwright Karen Zacarias's "Native Gardens" has been well produced in regional and community theatres across the country"with good reason. While on its surface, this is the sim…
The Reading Room Festival at the Folger Theatre kicked off Thursday with a deep dive into the historic-minded Shakespeare. Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels invited a few friends to help h…
The mood as audience members were leaving Studio Theatre following the production of Bruce Norris's "Downstate" was somber to say the least. Given the play's themes and several of the events…
Playwright Alexis Scheer seems to possess uncanny insight into what it means to exist with a foot in two different worlds, or more, depending on how many feet you can muster. The characters …
Always putting on a show full of spirit, heart, and an abundance of feel-good vibes, the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington DC (GMCW) delivers yet again with their holiday extravaganza. Presente…
The Coil Project's newest "Strange Tales" installment brings four new short plays with equally bizarre, sometimes macabre, and definitely unconventional twists to the stage of Capitol Hill A…
Musicals don't get much darker than "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Stephen Sondheim's 1979 show, based on a 19th-century penny dreadful, reveals the secret life and diabol…
Joshua Harmon's 2024 Tony-nominated, epically expansive script, "Prayer for the French Republic," investigates the horrors of the Holocaust, albeit as more of a side note than headline, hold…
The intellectualism of Tony Kushner's work can sometimes obscure the bigger-picture themes and stories and yet, it is this intellectualism that brands his work as distinctly of its time in a…
Following a sold-out Off-Broadway run in 2023, York Walker's acclaimed "Covenant" has come to Theater Alliance. Described as "Southern gothic meets the blues," the show offers some soulful s…
Marlene Dietrich is perhaps best known as a symbol of the ever-so distinctive brand of talent and glamour that epitomized the heyday of "Old Hollywood." German-born, Dietrich came to the US …
Getting a new play off the ground takes a great deal of work. Playwright Marshall Logan Gibbs and director Maxwell Wolf seemingly hit the ground running with "MonstÓ r (Or, #MeToo Brute),"…
"Night Sky," a new play by Pipeline Playwright Patricia Connelly at Aldersgate Church Community Theater (ACCT), tells the story of Julia (Patricia Nicklin) who, now in her seventies, must gr…