A manic 'Hedda' sails 'round the bend at Studio Theatre by Nelson Pressley

A modernized take looks great but doesn't let you breathe.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:51am on May 18, 2016☆⚑

Synetic's 'Man in the Iron Mask' has action and unexpected melodrama by Nelson Pressley

As much as anything yet from the theater, this has the texture of a good old-fashioned movie.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:07pm on May 16, 2016☆⚑

Fiona Shaw leads the Kennedy Center's Irish celebration by Nelson Pressley

Amid the hundreds of performers taking part, the actress is the festival's artist-in-residence.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on May 13, 2016☆⚑

The political wrath of Wendy Wasserstein by Nelson Pressley

"An American Daughter" and the "woman card" problem

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:36pm on May 11, 2016☆⚑

The killer career of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa by Nelson Pressley

From Broadway's "American Psycho" to zombie Archies, D.C. kid makes good.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:22pm on May 6, 2016☆⚑

The revolution will definitely be dramatized by Nelson Pressley

Quotidian revives Fugard apartheid play, while The Welders challenge your beliefs.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:13pm on May 4, 2016☆⚑

'Body of an American' goes beyond Black Hawk Down photo by Nelson Pressley

The prize-winning play at Theater J is an exhilarating take on war and trauma.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:03pm on May 4, 2016☆⚑

Nearly Nirvana in 'Journey to the West' by Nelson Pressley

Constellation's delightful eyeful doesn't quite reach that higher plane

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:16pm on April 29, 2016☆⚑

A Pulitzer for his play 'Disgraced' in hand, Ayad Akhtar comes to Washington. by Nelson Pressley

Two of his topical works on Muslim American identity arrive at Arena and Round House.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:04pm on April 22, 2016☆⚑

It's the 1960s, baby. Who do you love? by Nelson Pressley

The politics of gender and race smolder in Morisseau's 'Detroit '67.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:57pm on April 21, 2016☆⚑

The messiness of 'Love & Sex' anatomized at Signature Theatre by Nelson Pressley

Bathsheba Doran's warmhearted play on family and identity has the right actors.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:39pm on April 20, 2016☆⚑

Exit Max Woodward after four decades at the Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

Memories of entering as an usher and leaving as VP of theater programming

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:30am on April 15, 2016☆⚑

'Dial 'M' for Murder' at Olney almost connects, along with 2 more D.C.-area plays by Nelson Pressley

Three dramas flatline just outside the Beltway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:25pm on April 13, 2016☆⚑

How to design a dystopian play by Nelson Pressley

In a wave of current shows, the future looks eerily like us

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:31pm on April 8, 2016☆⚑

The married life with 'his' and 'hers' hits by Nelson Pressley

Career high notes arrive in harmony for Olivera and Casey.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:14pm on April 8, 2016☆⚑

Williams's 'Cat' lands on its feet at Round House by Nelson Pressley

Maggie, Brick and Big Daddy are revived solidly, and with size

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:25pm on April 6, 2016☆⚑

'Moment' review: Kitchen-sink realism makes this Irish drama shine by Nelson Pressley

Deirdre Kinahan's exactingly detailed play gets an exemplary cast at Studio Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Fable of grief has clipped wings at Theater J by Nelson Pressley

David Grossman's novel "Falling Out of Time" weighs heavily onstage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

At Ford's, a cool '110 in the Shade' by Nelson Pressley

The 1963 musical is old-fashioned but easy to warm to.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Venus in "Fur," keeping strange romantic flames burning by Nelson Pressley

Because we're keeping the Women's Voices initiative in mind even though Washington's groundbreaking fall festival is done (and we are, aren't we?), let's wrap our heads around this one mo…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on March 25, 2016☆⚑

Fable of grief has clipped wings at Theater J by Nelson Pressley

When David Grossman's novel "Falling Out of Time," about parents grieving for dead children, came out in 2014, some reviewers suggested that the poetic fable read like a play. Now it is a pl…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:16pm on March 23, 2016☆⚑

'Moment' review: Kitchen-sink realism makes this Irish drama shine by Nelson Pressley

The acting in Deirdre Kinahan's "Moment" at Studio Theatre is so sharp it's like seeing a play in a live equivalent of high-def. The drama revolves around a criminal incident that blew a fam…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:32pm on March 22, 2016☆⚑

At Ford's, a cool '110 in the Shade' by Nelson Pressley

Musicals just don't get a lot smarter or more sensitive than the loping "110 in the Shade" that opened Wednesday at Ford's Theatre. The 1963 show is simple but bighearted, with an underrated…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:06pm on March 18, 2016☆⚑

A hard-knock 'Annie' hits the National Theatre this week (and gets heckled) by Nelson Pressley

A Trump rally briefly threatened to break out Tuesday night at the National Theatre in downtown Washington during the normally adorable musical "Annie" as a viewer fleetingly protested the s…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:37pm on March 16, 2016☆⚑

The comfort of robots in sci-fi 'Marjorie Prime' at Olney Theatre by Nelson Pressley

Are you more at ease talking into a device or on social media than speaking face to face with a loved one? Are you more frank when the chat is virtual? The sly new play "Marjorie Prime" will…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:46pm on March 15, 2016☆⚑