Building on its mission to produce "exciting yet profound theatre in greater Washington, DC" The Edge of the Universe Players 2 is presenting My Barking Dog, a play about "A woman. A man. A …
What an inspired creative jewel. What a brave new world. What a daring technical and artistic production. That is Synetic's The Tempest; Shakespeare's tale of shipwreck and magic, power grab…
What a charmer is the fringy play Unexpected Turbulence. It's an engaging, first-class "flight" with personable service provided by flight attendant Crystelle Desjardins (Alexander Burnett) …
In our world-class DC area, the GALA Hispanic Theatre continues to be a beacon with a mission to produce playwrights and plays often unknown to English-speaking audiences. GALA is a National…
It's true. The DC area has moved into the forefront of the nation's theater communities. A recent report from Actors' Equity Association named DC the "fastest-growing theater city." It w…
"Sing your song… be someone big on earth" is one of the centering lyrics that Tom Sweitzer sang in his one-actor, cabaret-like performance of Meatballs and Music on September 13 & 14, …
Celebrating the lushness of love without shying away from the moody darkness that might befall lovers, Theater J opens its new season with the East Coast premiere of the musical Love Sick. L…
Peter's Alley Theatre has moved its base of performances to The Writer's Center in Bethesda. Founded in 2012 by Aly B. Ettman, Peter's Alley is a non-profit professional theatre company dedi…
Let yourself drift back and be carried away to another time"the time when music with its rhythms was the center of a young life. Now with that thought, take yourself to the vibrant, energeti…
The splendid, bone-chilling darkness of Signature Theatre's production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins is lifted into reality by a most unexpected source: the humanity of a 10-year-old chara…
With the success of their first pop-up theatrical venture, the Providence Players of Fairfax are ready for a second pop-up production. This time the Providence Players, a Northern Virginia s…
Cirque du Soleil's Volta is a rush of energy and hand-over-mouth gulps of emotions. Currently decamped in Fairfax County, a quick saunter from the raised Metro Silver Line station at Tyso…
Once again, Taffety Punk Theatre Company has succeeded at challenging the theatrical status quo. This time, it was with a mesmerizing Bootleg Shakespeare Richard III. Under the open-eyed, "t…
Adding to professional theater options for audiences in Northern Virginia, Dark Horse Theatre Company will be mounting its next production at ArtSpace Herndon, as well as in its regular home…
With a return visit to The Happiest Place on Earth, new gemstones are uncovered, adding complexity and currency to its bittersweet tale about dreams that a heart makes. In its current incarn…
The Things They Carried is a personal people's history. A sharply conjured chronicle. It is told at the most granular of levels by a platoon of characters. Performed solo by David Sitler, th…
Joy Rebel, written and performed by Khanisha Foster, is a moving, deep dive into fluid identity and the fraught experiences of a mixed-race human being on her journey to self-understanding. …
"All alone in the quiet /And my ears are thirsty / For your voice, for your voice / Can you answer me." Those lyrics from The Band's Visit's "Answer Me" burrowed into my heart as I took in T…
You may remember James Corden, Sara Bareilles, and Josh Groban singing a parody of the song "Michael in the Bathroom" a few weeks ago on the Tony Awards network television show. The stars sa…
It was 50 years ago. Lost deep in the pages of the June 26, 1969 edition of The New York Times was this, "Firebombings, rock throwing and rifle shots marked a third straight night of racial …
Glory days of diminutive touring tent circuses visiting small towns return with David Dimitri and his L'homme Cirque: The One-Man Circus, currently at Strathmore. In a cozy tent set up on th…
I have no idea who the "real" Blackbeard might have been. But I raise a cup (maybe a cutlass as well) to Signature Theatre's epic, cheeky vision of the dude and his daring-do. Envisioned by …
Once again Fairfax's Hub Theatre will be introducing a new playwright, and a new play that highlights America's common humanity, to a wider DMV audience. This time the playwright is Sam Hama…
I love Brecht. My heart and soul were ready for Scena Theatre's production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (written during World War II but not produced in America until the late 1950s) …
Battle lines drawn. Cogent argument made. Can everyone be right at the same time? Does it matter in a world full of choices? Invigorating and decidedly bracing, the Round House production of…