Roundabout's 2020 Tony Award-winning Best Revival of a Play is launching its national tour at the Kennedy Center this month. At the top of "A Soldier's Play," unseen men sing a melody that b…
Shakespeare Theatre Company's new production of "Much Ado About Nothing," delayed from its intended season in 2020, is worth the wait. This fizzy romp, confidently directed by Artistic Direc…
Like the embroidered silk that makes several appearances in its story, "Intimate Apparel," is finely made, full of small, precious details. Theater J's new staging of the quietly luminous pl…
Arena Stage continues its 2022-23 season with the gentle, romantic comedy, "Holiday," a very good-looking show underscored by a solid ensemble cast, directed by Anita Maynard- Losh. (Audienc…
Creating a unique staging of a play produced as often as Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a daunting task, but one that Synetic Theater more than achieves in its reworking of the…
The mortals are foolish and the fairies spectacular in New York City Ballet's new production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Kennedy Center. This cheerful show is wonderfully playful a…
Nature is red in tooth and claw, the poem says, and that's especially true in Avant Bard's incredibly compelling new production of "Suddenly Last Summer," directed by Christopher Henley. Pro…
It's hard to imagine a play more timely than "Marys Seacole," Jackie Sibblies Drury's astonishing new show, which is having its regional premiere at the Mosaic Theater Company. Opening close…
If you need a pleasant escape from the world right now, look no further than Synetic Theater's new staging of "The Servant of Two Masters." A brilliant farce, this lighter than air story is …
American Ballet Theatre closes its run at the Kennedy Center with the resplendent "Don Quixote," fantastically staged by artistic director Kevin McKenzie and Regisseur Susan Jones. A classic…
Spring is in the air and so is romance in "She Loves Me," a gorgeously performed and staged production of the well-loved musical, now at Signature Theatre. Anyone needing a feel-good, or eve…
Murder will out, eventually, in the charming "Arsenic and Old Lace," directed by Sarah O'Hara and now on stage at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore. This community theatre offering is a cozy lit…
People contain multitudes, which is why telling the story of oneself can seem so daunting. It's a challenge that "Trans Am," a one-woman, autobiographical rock musical, meets with startling …
In the fall of 2020, I had the distinct pleasure of reviewing "Trans Am," a one-woman rock musical, written and performed by the electric Lisa Stephen Friday. Like many productions at the ti…
The divide between middle America and so-called coastal elites has been much dramatized in recent years, but perhaps one of the most enjoyable incarnations is "The Prom," a glittering disco …
In his pre-show introduction to Synetic Theater's new production, "The Madness of Poe," Director Paata Tsikurishvili jokes that he wanted to start the season with "something light." Drawing …
Olney Theatre Center's suite of summer programming continues strong with Dance Around the World, a two-part series that features dance troupes with traditions from across the globe. The firs…
It's old news that theatre is undergoing a transformation this year due to the pandemic. At the same time, it might be the most important moment for the rawness and immediacy the institution…
Though the pandemic continues, theatre is alive and has a future, according to the playwrights who took part in Olney Theatre Center's Streaming Saturdays, a video series that investigates h…
"No man is a monster!" claims one of the characters in "Frankenstein," partway through the thrillingly staged production, directed by Danny Boyle and produced at the UK's Royal National Thea…
Make time for "Make Way for Ducklings," Adventure Theatre & ATMTC Academy's digital preview of its new musical, based on the classic children's book and scheduled to debut as part of the…
An appropriate subtitle for "Perfect Arrangement," a highly attractive period piece now at Silver Spring Stage, could be "The Way We Never Were." A satire of 1950s conventionality, this char…
"Spring Awakening," the turbulent rock-musical about teenage sexuality, is being given new life at Round House Theatre. Round House stages a surprising and skillful production of this roller…
Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake" is not your mother's Swan Lake, and it's marvelous indeed. A gorgeous reinvention of ballet's revered classic, the production, in performance by Bourne's New Adv…
The weather outside isn't yet frightful, but Synetic Theater's debut production of "The Snow Queen" creates a delightful winter wonderland inside. This innovative outfit's new show is a char…