'The Vagrant Trilogy' is a night of revelation, a glimpse of the Middle East we rarely see by Peter Marks

D.C.'s Mosaic Theater Company mounts a penetrating world premiere

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on June 12, 2018☆⚑

Tony Awards 2018: 'The Band's Visit' and 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' rule the show by Peter Marks

A modest musical set in Israel dominates the ceremony, collecting 10 awards.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24am on June 11, 2018☆⚑

'How to Succeed' is a tired musical whose sexist humor is a little tired, too. by Peter Marks

The 1961 show is exuberant but worse for wear in the Kennedy Center's concert revival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:36pm on June 8, 2018☆⚑

Here are the plays that should have been nominated for a Tony. None were on Broadway. by Peter Marks

A critic's dream of how the theater's premier awards should cast.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:33pm on June 7, 2018☆⚑

Forum Theatre, a small local gem, to close its doors by Peter Marks

The Silver Spring-based company is shuttering after 14 years.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on June 6, 2018☆⚑

Broadway plays host to an erratic 'The Boys in the Band' with Parsons and Quinto by Peter Marks

Fifty years on, the Mart Crowley play finally arrives on the theater world's biggest platform.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12pm on May 31, 2018☆⚑

Tina Fey and her 'Mean Girls' team wrote him a showstopper. Then he got a Tony nod.  by Peter Marks

Grey Henson, who's "built like a linebacker," scores big as Damian Hubbard in "Mean Girls."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on May 31, 2018☆⚑

Signature Theatre can't save 'Scottsboro Boys' from its own self-righteousness by Peter Marks

Revival of 2010 Kander and Ebb musical still suffers from overabundant sermonizing.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:36pm on May 31, 2018☆⚑

Modern-day Washington giving you the blues? As a pick-me-up, try a dose of 'Camelot.' by Peter Marks

Shakespeare Theatre Company revives a classic musical in smart fashion.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on May 30, 2018☆⚑

The small-cast 'Saint Joan' at Folger Theatre is a mighty big deal. by Peter Marks

Bedlam's theater Eric Tucker stages Shaw's famous play with wit and deftness.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville are the latest in a long line of distinguished actors to take the 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' by Peter Marks

NEW YORK " It's come to that point in my relationship with "Long Day's Journey Into Night" when the feeling is one of being on safari. Because I want to see lions. I've encountered in past t…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:42pm on May 13, 2018☆⚑

Why pay $100 and more for a theater ticket if you sleep during the performance? by Peter Marks

The A to Zzzzzz's of audience shut-eye after the house lights go down.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:12pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

'The Band's Visit' is the little musical that could by Peter Marks

In a season of blockbusters, a show with modest beginnings receives 11 Tony nominations.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:32pm on May 4, 2018☆⚑

Boy meets boy in 'Girlfriend,' and the audience falls for them both by Peter Marks

A modest but endearing coming-of-age musical is staged excellently by Signature Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24pm on May 3, 2018☆⚑

A critic goes to a Synetic preview and finds much to praise by Peter Marks

Company continues successful Shakespeare productions with "Titus Andronicus."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on May 2, 2018☆⚑

'Snow Child' at Arena Stage fails to melt hearts by Peter Marks

A new musical based on a tale of the frozen north better suited for fifth-graders.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:48pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Denzel Washington's big star turn leads a strong 'Iceman' cast on Broadway by Peter Marks

O'Neill play, plus "Travesties" and "Saint Joan," rounds out a season of old plays muscling out the new.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:12pm on April 26, 2018☆⚑

If you're waiting for a new take on 'Waiting for Godot,' you'll wait some more. by Peter Marks

Druid's version at the Lansburgh is handsome, smartly acted and, yes (yawn), utterly faithful.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on April 25, 2018☆⚑

The charms of Harry Potter work on Broadway " but read the books first by Peter Marks

The book's fans will make it difficult to get tickets to "The Cursed Child."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42pm on April 22, 2018☆⚑

Women in classic musicals have to put up with a lot. Exhibits A and B: 'My Fair Lady' and 'Carousel' by Peter Marks

Two landmark musicals with uncomfortable plots return to Broadway in the #MeToo era.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33pm on April 19, 2018☆⚑

The battle royal that's threatening Broadway's 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Peter Marks

A major Broadway producer and the legal representative of author Harper Lee's estate square off in court over the fate of a stage version of "To Kill A Mockingbird."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:34am on April 19, 2018☆⚑

Signature Theatre offers up 'Billy Elliot,' 'Grand Hotel,' two world-premiere productions in 2018-19 by Peter Marks

Signature's 29th season will include "Grand Hotel" and "Billy Elliot, the Musical."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:33pm on April 17, 2018☆⚑

A doctor, a parent, a dying child. A play about what medicine can and cannot do. by Peter Marks

"Roz and Ray," expertly treated by Theater J.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:18pm on April 12, 2018☆⚑

You've never seen a play quite like Woolly Mammoth's 'Underground Railroad Game.' by Peter Marks

Play exposes America's shameful legacy of slavery.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:36pm on April 10, 2018☆⚑

'Mean Girls' on Broadway: Omg, you'll lol. by Peter Marks

Tina Fey and company learn from a Washington tryout and fashion an evening of pure fun.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑