It's hard to imagine a more lighthearted, easily enjoyable musical than Cole Porter's "Anything Goes." Rockville Musical Theatre's new staging of this classic gem fully lives up to its promi…
A story that begins with a shipwreck might not seem like sunny, summer fare, but Avant Bard's exciting new production of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," directed by Tom Prewitt, is a lu…
Woolly Mammoth kicks off Pride month enthusiastically with its splendid new production of “Botticelli in the Fire,” a celebratory mix of the sacred and profane that is sure to pl…
The Ballet Nacional de Cuba is back at The Kennedy Center, and with a flourish. The ballet troupe, with founder Alicia Alonso as general director, began this tour with a virtuosic performanc…
Cultural shifts and changes in the zeitgeist make great grist for art and entertainment, and Laura Eason’s enjoyable play, "The Undeniable Sound of Right Now" is no exception. A close …
If revenge is a dish best served cold, then "Titus Andronicus" is chilled to the bone. A seriously enjoyable melodrama, Synetic Theater's new production stages Shakespeare's play as a beauti…
"I wanna love somebody, I hear you need somebody to love," sings Matthew Sweet on the titular track of his 1991 album, Girlfriend. Â The track is also the title of the musical "Girlfriend,…
Despite its being a "tale of woe," The Washington Ballet's new production of John Cranko's “Romeo and Juliet” is quite a delightful affair. The show's exquisite dancing and real …
Love and marriage go together, but not always, in the Fredericktowne Players’ new production of “Company,” Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy about what marriage means, a…
If you need tidings of comfort and joy, look no further than the Keegan Theatre's seventh annual production of "An Irish Carol." This is the second year in a row that this reviewer has had t…
"Well behaved women seldom make history." This could be the alternate tagline for Lauren Gunderson's "Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight" a play that retells the lif…
The most iconic pair of red shoes may belong to Dorothy Gale in the “Wizard of Oz,” but the titular pair in Mathew Bourne's new production of "The Red Shoes" takes their heroine …
"How many ages hence/ Shall this our lofty scene be acted over/ In states unborn and accents yet unknown!" Caius Cassius makes this prediction about his legacy after helping to assassinate t…
"Where should Othello go?" This is one of the final questions that the titular character asks in Shakespeare's "Othello," and points to the work's seminal exploration of "otherness" and the …
Making the story of creation feel new might seem like a daunting task, but it's one that Synetic Theatre tackles, and conquers, in its new production, "The Mark of Cain." The debut piece, di…
"By the time you're old enough to play it, you're too old to play it," is a sentiment surrounding actors who tackle the prestige role of King Lear. I'm delighted to say it does not apply to …
You really can't go home again. And maybe you shouldn't want to. That's what one of the characters finds in “Hir,” the Woolly Mammoth's fantastic new staging of Taylor Mac's kitc…
One of the recurring motifs in The Arlington Players' new production of "She Loves Me," in performance at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, is a music box that tinkles lovely tunes when op…
Sitting down in the performance space of Brave Spirits Theatre before last Friday night's performance of "'Tis Pity She's a W***e," I smiled to hear Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" playing in the…
A play that can grate on modern sensibilities, Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew” has been mounted in a few ways to appeal to contemporary audiences, but Synetic Theatre's r…
All the world's a stage, as the saying goes, and the players at the Folger Theatre do a very nice job of bringing Shakespeare's words alive. The company's new production of "As You Like It" …
When I took my seat in the new performance space at the Highwood Theatre, the excitement in the air was already buzzing. It was opening night of the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie," an…
Come in from the cold, grab your pint, and enjoy The Keegan Theatre's most recent staging of "An Irish Carol." Written by Matthew Keenan and directed by Mark A. Rhea, the play is a delightfu…
"Anything can happen in the woods." This is the promise, and premise, of the much-loved musical "Into the Woods," and the new production by the Fiasco Theatre more than delivers. Heavy on ma…
I have a feeling this sentiment might be echoed by other reviews, and possibly by theatre-goers, but it's nevertheless true that the protagonist of "TAME." is a nasty woman. She chain-smokes…