Family can often provide us with some great stories; but with Love in Ruins, Paul Handy took his in-laws story and turned it into a wonderfully engaging play, performed under the direction o…
Written by Andrew Reid and directed by Madison Landis, Saudade; the one where I miss you, is a poignant exploration of the meaning behind the Portuguese word “saudade.” A play ab…
Geoff Sobelle’s The Object Lesson is at once of the strangest and yet most heartwarming pieces of theatre I have ever seen. Directed by David Neumann, the show is vivid, imaginative, f…
Whether you consider yourself a Sondheim fan or have never experienced Sondheim before, director Gary Griffin has staged a production of Road Show that you don’t want to miss. Written …
Flying V’s hilarious but poignant musical comedy, You, or Whatever I Can Get examines love (or the lack thereof) in four Millenials’ lives. Collaboratively written by the four ma…
Dynamic director & choreography duo Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili have staged a dark, semi-steampunk but definitely steamy Romeo and Juliet. You may have seen Shakespeare’s Romeo a…
Arena Stage is looking for its voice in DC’s theatre scene and looking at the political scene as a possibility. The City of Conversation certainly has a uniquely DC poignancy with the …
Once again Studio Theatre has taken on an edgy, exciting, and slightly uncomfortable play with its production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Between Riverside and Crazy. This 2015 Pulitzer P…
If you have ever enjoyed a good old Hollywood Classic musical and love Shakespeare–or are simply thinking you might try to check out this Shakespeare thing, then Shakespeare Theatre Co…
Signature Theatre has launched another new show, Girlstar; a modern fairytale with a broad musical range and a dark underbelly. Directed by Eric Schaeffer, with book and lyrics by Anton Dudl…
Alice in Wonderland, now playing at Synetic Theater under the direction of Paata Tsikurishvili, is truly a sight to behold. The playful, bizarre story audiences are familiar with is all ther…
If you are looking for a night of comedic relief, look no further than Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s latest production, Inheritance Canyon. Being part of the audience was like sitting…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Synetic Theater is Shakespeare like you’ve never heard before! Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili and choreographed by Irina Tsikurishvili, this spe…
It should probably be stated right from the beginning that I have never been a Whitman fan and I don’t like grass, so going to see Robert Michael Oliver’s production, Song of Mys…
These days, Poe is usually found on a shelf in the classic literature section of bookstores; bookcases like giant tomes to the work of literary masters of the past, their works to be brought…
There are few productions I have ever enjoyed as completely or deeply as Our Lady of the Clouds. Written in Spanish by Aristides Vargas under the name, Nuestra Señora De Las Nubes, the pl…
A Family Reunion, presented by Out-Side the Box Theatre, is an ambitious play that packs quite a punch in the short time it has to deliver. …an explosive, raw exploration… Writte…
A whole lot of kicking and pummeling takes place in Flying V Theatre’s latest smashing production, Flying V Fights: Heroes & Monsters, but there’s no knocking the show itself…
It is the 8th year for CulturalDC’s Source Festival, which seeks to combine rising talent with established artists and has been a great launching pad for both new work and artists in t…
Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love is a zany, pot-hazed, half dream, comedic production now playing on the intimate 2nd Stage at Studio Theatre. Written by Mallery Avidon and under the excellent …
We all know about pirated music, but what about pirated Shakespeare? Taffety Punk’s production of Hamlet is not the story we all know so well, but rather, a gripping depiction of a hig…
I can think of no more timely or masterfully presented play to recommend anyone go see than Factory 449's riveting rendition of Radha Bharadwaj's Closet Land, directed by Rick Hammerly, and …
There is nothing very hard to see about the fabulous creepiness of the production, Very Still & Hard to See, written by Steve Yockey and now playing with Rorschach Theatre under the dire…
Crime in DC just got epic, because Arden of Faversham, produced by Brave Spirits Theatre and playing at the Atlas, is a killer show boiling over with adultery, deceit, and (drum roll, please…
If you have a taste for the deliciously modern and totally relevant, go get your tickets for Soon, a dazzling new musical premiering at Signature Theatre, directed by Matthew Gardiner. Charl…