DC Theater Friday: From 'In the Heights' to 'Arabian Nights' by Nelson Pressley

Last chance: 'Fun Home' at the National and 'The Magic Play' in Olney

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:06pm on May 11, 2017☆⚑

Keegan and Constellation shine on their historic D.C. stages by Nelson Pressley

Small troupes mark anniversaries with Shanley's Irish comedy and 'Arabian Nights.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on May 10, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: A Trump week with 'Macbeth' and 'Building the Wall' by Nelson Pressley

'Ragtime' and 'Fun Home' keep on truckin' downtown

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42pm on May 4, 2017☆⚑

The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political 'Macbeth' by Nelson Pressley

The unrest is somewhere in Africa, with meddlers intruding from the West.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:18pm on May 2, 2017☆⚑

Schenkkan's 'Wall' imagines Trump consequences. Disaster! by Nelson Pressley

Dark two-character drama gets onstage under the wire for the first 100 days.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:24pm on May 1, 2017☆⚑

To Moscow! Kennedy Center showcases an expert Russian 'Three Sisters.' by Nelson Pressley

The international directors series concludes with stellar acting by Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:02pm on April 27, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: A 'Three Sisters' from Russia, with love and anguish by Nelson Pressley

Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In the Heights' finally gets its D.C. debut at GALA

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:02pm on April 27, 2017☆⚑

Kennedy Center announces theater season around 'Hamilton' by Nelson Pressley

"Book of Mormon," "On Your Feet!" and "Color Purple" join "American in Paris" in slate of musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:31pm on April 24, 2017☆⚑

'Smart People' puts race under a comic microscope by Nelson Pressley

Intellectuals squabbling in the Harvard milieu as Obama wins in '08

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:06pm on April 21, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Fun Home' in the house by Nelson Pressley

The Tony-winning musical leads an entertaining week.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:54pm on April 20, 2017☆⚑

Having it all as the first female playwright in 'Or,' by Nelson Pressley

In an exquisite comedy for three actors, Holly Twyford stars as Aphra Behn.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:24pm on April 18, 2017☆⚑

Dramatic tricks abound in new 'Magic Play' by Nelson Pressley

Brett Schneider's sleight-of-hand act features a wild-card finish.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:12pm on April 17, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Black Lives Matter by Nelson Pressley

From 'Raisin' to Mosaic's South Africa rep, DC theater sends a message.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on April 13, 2017☆⚑

The Baltimore theater scene's new projects: Buildings and songs by Nelson Pressley

Stage companies are investing in bricks and mortar and, in one case, a musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on April 13, 2017☆⚑

South African truth and reconciliation in 'A Human Being Died That Night' by Nelson Pressley

Gripping interviews with the man known as "Prime Evil" at Mosaic Theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:54pm on April 12, 2017☆⚑

A plump 'Raisin in the Sun' at Arena by Nelson Pressley

Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 drama finally makes its debut on the historic D.C. stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:02pm on April 10, 2017☆⚑

'Raisin' dramatist Lorraine Hansberry's time is now by Nelson Pressley

Playwrights Lawton and Diamond on race, politics and joining Hansberry at Arena Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:54pm on April 7, 2017☆⚑

How 'Chicago' became the musical for every American decade, for all time by Nelson Pressley

The die-hard dames, now including Brandy, are an eternal reflection of the country.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Shows bloom in twos by Nelson Pressley

Repertory is Washington's spring thing " and 'Chicago''s back in town.

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

Athol Fugard's 'Blood Knot' is tightly wound at Mosaic by Nelson Pressley

Hinton and Story excel as black-white brothers under apartheid.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:02pm on April 4, 2017☆⚑

Nilaja Sun channels a village in her solo show 'Pike St.' by Nelson Pressley

She vividly plays all the characters as a storm bears down on New York's Lower East Side.

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

The killer-dillers of 'Chicago' have been slaying audiences for decades by Nelson Pressley

Partners in crime Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly simply cannot do it alone.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:42pm on March 30, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: A musical new thriller and familiar killer dillers by Nelson Pressley

Signature debuts the musical 'Midwestern Gothic,' and 'Chicago''s back.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on March 30, 2017☆⚑

George Bernard Shaw's science fiction 'Methuselah' reaches its final frontier by Nelson Pressley

Washington Stage Guild's four-year, three-part project finishes philosophically.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on March 27, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Three Sisters' 2.0, plus a 'Nasty Women' rep by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for fun with 'Mrs. Miller' and 'Fickle'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:06pm on March 23, 2017☆⚑