DC Theater Friday: Second City satire and Olney's 'My Fair Lady' by Nelson Pressley

The Sizzlin' Summer Nights cabaret series returns to Signature Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:33pm on June 29, 2017☆⚑

A Second City satire returns to the Kennedy Center, quick hitting but less biting by Nelson Pressley

The jokes are kindler and gentler (but still good) in this "Almost Accurate Guide to America."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:36pm on June 28, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'The Sound of Music' and other favorite things by Nelson Pressley

'My Fair Lady' starts at Olney; 'School for Wives' continues at Shakespeare

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:32pm on June 22, 2017☆⚑

'Broken Glass': Arthur Miller's hotline from Germany to Brooklyn by Nelson Pressley

Aaron Posner gives the medical-political mystery a high-energy examination at Theater J.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:33pm on June 21, 2017☆⚑

Treem drama details domestic violence in the era of women's liberation by Nelson Pressley

TV writer of 'The Affair' shows a knack for nuanced women.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24pm on June 21, 2017☆⚑

Touring 'Sound of Music' is as fundamental as do-re-mi by Nelson Pressley

The traditional staging is a Rodgers and Hammerstein shrine.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:24pm on June 16, 2017☆⚑

Morton sings the hot pants off 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' songs by Nelson Pressley

The 1998 punk rock musical still wigs out.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:42pm on June 15, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: August Wilson's flame still burns by Nelson Pressley

Two Wilson shows open, and the annual Source Festival rolls along.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on June 15, 2017☆⚑

How August Wilson learned about life and writing by Nelson Pressley

As Eugene Lee portrays the playwright at Round House, his "Ma Rainey" is revived at 1st Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:24pm on June 14, 2017☆⚑

An unsettled Israeli-Palestinian relationship in 'The Return' by Nelson Pressley

Two-character drama is the latest in Mosaic's Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:06pm on June 13, 2017☆⚑

How Howard Shalwitz led Woolly Mammoth's stampede by Nelson Pressley

The theater company's brand will be hard to outrun.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33pm on June 9, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Bless my eyes, it's 'School for Lies' by Nelson Pressley

'Hedwig' and 'The Sound of Music' waltz into the Kennedy Center side by side

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on June 8, 2017☆⚑

First ladies on the edge in two plays and a musical by Nelson Pressley

Martha Washington, Mary Lincoln and Laura Bush get dubious turns in the limelight.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33pm on June 6, 2017☆⚑

Show tunes on the summer breeze by Nelson Pressley

Remembering the sound of music from a Michigan amphitheater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:06pm on June 2, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Dark comedy with Taylor Mac, tragedy with 'Lear' by Nelson Pressley

Plays dominate the week, but you can sing (silently) with 'Superstar' at Signature

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on June 1, 2017☆⚑

'King Lear' with Rick Foucheux is a family meltdown by Nelson Pressley

The staging is rough and semi-ready, but the acting is smart.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:18pm on May 30, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: What's the buzz? Tell you what's a happenin'. by Nelson Pressley

From Lloyd Webber's 'Superstar' to timely health care crisis monologues.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:36pm on May 25, 2017☆⚑

Mosaic's 'Ulysses on Bottles' uncorks Israel's occupied mind by Nelson Pressley

The protest play deals with a jailed teacher who had tried taking books to Gaza.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on May 23, 2017☆⚑

Milligan's health-care monologues give voice to patient and doctor by Nelson Pressley

Info-packed dramas, handily performed in Congress's neighborhood.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:54pm on May 23, 2017☆⚑

Rick Foucheux paints a possible stage exit with an intimate 'King Lear' by Nelson Pressley

Shakespeare's soaring tragedy crowns a decades-long Washington theater career

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:48am on May 19, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Superstar' steps in, 'Ragtime' wraps up by Nelson Pressley

Schenkkan's politically hot 'Building the Wall' moves to Forum's Silver Spring base

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:36pm on May 18, 2017☆⚑

Signature's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' looks hip and sounds vintage by Nelson Pressley

Lloyd Webber's early rock opera continues to ask: How high can you sing?

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on May 18, 2017☆⚑

Broadway veteran Florence Lacey stars in new musical 'Kaleidoscope' by Nelson Pressley

A perceptive performance as a star on tour and battling dementia.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:42pm on May 17, 2017☆⚑

The 2017 Helen Hayes Awards Recipients by Nelson Pressley

A list of winners for each category and the honoree for the Helen Hayes Tribute

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:18pm on May 15, 2017☆⚑

'Come From Away' primes Tony pump with Hayes win by Nelson Pressley

Marc Bamuthi Joseph's all-male "for colored girls" companion earns five prizes for Theater Alliance

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:18pm on May 15, 2017☆⚑