'A Doll's House, Part 2' extends on Broadway " big time by Peter Marks

A play moves toward hit status on Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:48pm on June 5, 2017☆⚑

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the theatrical sun by Peter Marks

Where summer theater is concerned, give me a roof, four walls and adequate ventilation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:06pm on June 2, 2017☆⚑

Woolly's 'Hir': laughing at the darkness by Peter Marks

Woolly Mammoth's production recalls Sam Shepard's family dramas.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:12pm on May 29, 2017☆⚑

A quartet of actors take the gloves off in a play with four thrilling corners by Peter Marks

"A Doll's House, Part 2" has Broadway audiences choosing sides and cheering.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:36pm on May 25, 2017☆⚑

A transgender character bends traditional limits in Taylor Mac's play 'Hir' by Peter Marks

The raucous absurd-realism comedy written by the Pulitzer finalist makes its regional debut in D.C.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on May 18, 2017☆⚑

Shakespeare's 'Timon of Athens' takes a rare Washington bow by Peter Marks

With the stellar Ian Merrill Peakes, Folger Theatre stages lesser-known play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:06pm on May 17, 2017☆⚑

Studio Theatre's 'The Father' may mean more to students of medicine than drama by Peter Marks

A masterful Ted van Griethuysen carries the production of Florian Zeller's play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:36pm on May 16, 2017☆⚑

Even the gargoyles dance in Synetic's fierce 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' by Peter Marks

The company makes a 19th-century French novel its own.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on May 14, 2017☆⚑

The surprise smash of the Broadway season: 'Come From Away' by Peter Marks

A musical about kindness and humanity after Sept. 11 finds an enthusiastic audience.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:12am on May 12, 2017☆⚑

J.T. Rogers's play 'Oslo' receives seven Tony nominations by Peter Marks

There's nothing frosty about the diplomacy portrayed in the trenchant "Oslo."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42pm on May 5, 2017☆⚑

Tony Award nominations 2017: 'Natasha, Pierre' leads with 12 nominations by Peter Marks

Lead actor Ben Platt secured a nomination for his role as the angst-filled teenager.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:24am on May 2, 2017☆⚑

More than 100 years ago, Nora walked out of 'A Doll's House.' Now in 'A Doll's House, Part 2,' she walks back in. by Peter Marks

Playwright Lucas Hnath has a Broadway breakthrough with this wickedly intelligent play, inspired by Henrik Ibsen.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:36pm on April 27, 2017☆⚑

Dumbing down the Bard: Are Americans too intellectually lazy to appreciate his genius? by Peter Marks

Why we see only four or five Shakespeare plays, over and over.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:18pm on April 27, 2017☆⚑

GALA's 'In the Heights': Party like it's 2017 by Peter Marks

The D.C. company unveils a Spanish language version of a Lin-Manuel Miranda hit.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:36pm on April 24, 2017☆⚑

Why 'Put On Your Sunday Clothes' in 'Hello, Dolly!' is making people crazy happy by Peter Marks

"Put on Your Sunday Clothes" is the pick-me-up you need

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:12pm on April 21, 2017☆⚑

Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!' are a perfect match. Don't tell me you're surprised. by Peter Marks

With David Hyde Pierce's Horace Vandergelder as her humorous mark, Midler's Dolly hits a bull's eye.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:36pm on April 20, 2017☆⚑

'Fun Home' is pure musical satisfaction by Peter Marks

The touring Tony-winning show is as good at the National Theatre as it is on Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:54pm on April 20, 2017☆⚑

Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon were both up for the lead role in Broadway's 'The Little Foxes.' They both got it. Now you can see why. by Peter Marks

Linney and Nixon alternate in the roles of Regina and Birdie in Hellman's 1939 melodrama.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:24pm on April 19, 2017☆⚑

'Oslo' has exhilaration " and Tony " written all over it by Peter Marks

Lincoln Center Theater stages the play of the season.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54pm on April 13, 2017☆⚑

Pointless Theatre looks inspirationally to the past, and thrillingly sees the future by Peter Marks

A D.C. company fuses hip-hop and futurism in ".D0t:: a RotoPlastic Ballet."

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

It's built around a funeral home, but there's nothing funereal about 'Fun Home' by Peter Marks

Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron bring their Tony-winning hit to Washington's National Theatre.

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

The fight between cosmetic legends Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden by Peter Marks

Lindy Woodhead's biography "War Paint" inspired a team of Broadway musical veterans.

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

LuPone and Ebersole, together in the footlights, in Broadway's 'War Paint' by Peter Marks

The historic rivalry of two cosmetics empresses, Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, told in song (and a bit of dance).

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

Christine Ebersole, at peace even in "War Paint" by Peter Marks

The two-time Tony winner is Elizabeth Arden opposite Patti LuPone's Helena Rubinstein.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

There will be blood in Signature's 'Midwestern Gothic' by Peter Marks

The murk blunts the gore in the world-premiere musical in Shirlington.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:24pm on April 2, 2017☆⚑