DC Theater Friday: From "In the Heights" to "Skeleton Crew" by Nelson Pressley

Broadway vets join local talent in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical at Olney.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:42pm on September 7, 2017☆⚑

Finding authentic voices for Miranda's 'In the Heights' by Nelson Pressley

Broadway's Robin de Jesús heads a cast of New York veterans and D.C. talent.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:12pm on September 7, 2017☆⚑

Shakespeare's 'Caesar' and Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' miss big by Nelson Pressley

Two epics are on rocky ground at the Atlas.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:12pm on September 6, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: The theater season kicks off by Nelson Pressley

Send in the clowns: "A Little Night Music" takes the early lead.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on August 31, 2017☆⚑

Jon Kalbfleisch tunes up 'A Little Night Music' by Nelson Pressley

The production's music director has kept Signature Theatre shows sharp since 1991.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on August 17, 2017☆⚑

'Whipping, or the Football Hamlet' scores political points by Nelson Pressley

An absurdist show blends sports and Shakespeare, stage and screen.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:36pm on August 16, 2017☆⚑

By chance, meeting the disgraced 'M. Butterfly' diplomat whose lover misled him by Nelson Pressley

A funny thing happened on the way to the Riviera.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on August 11, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Night Music' and Summer Hummer by Nelson Pressley

Sondheim and the annual fundraiser at Signature highlight the month.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on August 10, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'King and I' cruises at Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

Closing this weekend: 'An Octoroon' and 'Cabaret.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:06pm on August 3, 2017☆⚑

Another opening, another show: D.C. couple celebrate art with their wardrobe by Nelson Pressley

Life is too short to blend in.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:05am on August 3, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Scalia v. 'Thurgood' in two Supreme Court dramas by Nelson Pressley

Deluxe 'King and I' is an eyeful at Kennedy Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:04pm on July 27, 2017☆⚑

Finding theater at the city's edges: Three shows off the beaten path of D.C. stages by Nelson Pressley

From "Lady Day" to a Carly Mensch play, troupes nest where they can.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:36pm on July 26, 2017☆⚑

'Thurgood' serves Justice Marshall in George Stevens Jr. tribute drama by Nelson Pressley

Brian Anthony Wilson plays Marshall in a show that distills the legend.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:04pm on July 24, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Bon Voyage!,' 'King and I,' et cetera by Nelson Pressley

The Capital Fringe and Shepherdstown festivals continue.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:42pm on July 20, 2017☆⚑

2008's 'Wig Out!,' from one of the writers of 'Moonlight,' sashays into Studio Theatre by Nelson Pressley

The show directed by Kent Gash puts you up close to the high drama of the drag balls.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:42pm on July 19, 2017☆⚑

A winsome road to Paris in 'Bon Voyage! A Happenstance Escapade' by Nelson Pressley

The local clown troupe in La Belle Epoque.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on July 19, 2017☆⚑

Gero still rules as Scalia in 'The Originalist' by Nelson Pressley

John Strand's hit comic drama returns to Arena Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:42pm on July 16, 2017☆⚑

Sam Mendes's 'Cabaret' icy and not much fun at the Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

Hell freezes over in Roundabout Theatre's in-your-face staging.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42pm on July 13, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: The old 'Cabaret' and new plays up the river by Nelson Pressley

Six fresh scripts in Shepherdstown, W.Va.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42pm on July 13, 2017☆⚑

'Happiest Place' sadly ponders Disneyland by Nelson Pressley

A grieving 1950s family seeks solace at the amusement park.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on July 10, 2017☆⚑

Fringe Festival's early returns: Politics in the lead by Nelson Pressley

Anything goes in the festival. So far, that goes double for topical issues.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:12pm on July 9, 2017☆⚑

What we hate about intermissions by Nelson Pressley

Washington Post critics and writers on why these 20 minutes can be a test of endurance.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12am on July 7, 2017☆⚑

The young guns of 'The Sound of Music' by Nelson Pressley

Meet the magnificent seven playing the von Trapp kids.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on July 6, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Capital Fringe time by Nelson Pressley

The annual summer festival kicks in downtown.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on July 6, 2017☆⚑

Why artists become activists: It's not only the election by Nelson Pressley

Black Lives Matter, Occupy, gun control and more are all fodder for directors, musicians and choreographers.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:42pm on June 29, 2017☆⚑