Not as well known or as often produced as Conor McPherson's later works The Weir, Port Authority or Shining City, this superb production of This Lime Tree Bower is every bit as worthy, in th…
Spooky Action Theater's spirited dive into the addled mind of avant garde playwright and nonsense man Alfred Jarry provides an experience of the provocateur's life and art in a manner that c…
Studio Theatre Artistic Director David Muse's inspiration to "bring the 14th street nightlife" onto the stage and immerse its audience in a rock musical cabaret experience pays off big, maki…
John Patrick Shanley's thought-provoking dialectic on the dead-end of certainty vs. the revelatory nature of doubt is masterfully handled by director Michael Dove in a production at Tysons' …
By Act IV's wedding masque celebrating the betrothal of Ferdinand and Miranda, I fully capitulated to the spell of enchantment director Ethan McSweeny has conjured for The Tempest, his lates…
Giacomo Puccini's abiding tale of tragic love proved its unassailable endurance as the Washington National Opera's restrained, ashen La bohème received an enthusiastic standing ovation at t…
I was all ready to declare Quotidian Theatre Company's boldly imagined if awkwardly self-conscious reworking of Hedda Gabler as a fatal misstep in transference. But after revisiting Henrik I…
The reflective moments after a funeral open and close August Wilson's Seven Guitars, the opening production of No Rules Theatre Co.'s 2014-15 season. And that's wholly appropriate, as the pl…
Chalk up another success for Arlington Va.'s Signature Theatre, which welcomed loyal subscribers and curious newcomers alike August 2nd for its annual free Open House event. Music, fun and g…
Arlington, VA’s Shirlington Village is the place to be this Saturday, August 2nd, for Signature Theatre's Open House, an annual celebration of theater and music. From noon to 10 p.m., …
Is The Veil firstly a ghost story? Hard to say, but it is appareled in those trappings, and some fine creepy moments are conjured, too. Is it historical metaphor? One may be led to believe s…
Arlington's Synetic Theater, showered with superlatives for its moody goth fantasias and wordless "Silent Shakespeare" series, is tentatively emerging from its comfort zone in concluding its…
Unsettled is the residual impression after viewing 1st Stage's The Cripple of Inishmaan, although, and surely because, the experience delivers on the promise of enfant terrible playwright Ma…
"Summertime and the livin' is easy." Those familiar with Porgy and Bess's story of unlikely love, drug addiction and brutality amidst the slums of Charleston, S.C., know life for these chara…
Yael Farber's Mies Julie, an unflinching adaptation of the Victorian shocker Miss Julie, clenches you tightly and doesn't let go during its 90-minutes of fever-dream performance art staged a…
First-time director Michael Avolio has done something extraordinary. How's that, you ask? Not only did he have the chutzpah to stage Eugene O'Neill's rarely-produced, large-ensemble grand re…
Grieving the sudden death of a cherished person is a most personal process, not bound to an expiration date or applied formula. The passage from shock to acceptance is a campaign for control…
Jon Robin Baitz' fitful exposé of a coiffured, political-celebrity family in extremis, Other Desert Cities, the hit of the 2011-12 Broadway season, is a cool, captivating examination of the…
For all the imposing bang of Thomas Stearns Eliot's blasts of modern poetry (The Wasteland, Four Quartets), his "drawing-room" plays, while also flush with important, complex ideas, tend to …
The joint Signature Theatre/Ford's Theatre mini-version of the classic tart of a musical Hello Dolly! is charming and delightful, if a bit lackluster. Here, director Eric Schaeffer attempted…
Discerning theatergoers, are you looking for a contemporary play that you can relate to, that makes you laugh and think about the world? Are you in need of a delightful and gripping entertai…
Despite theater's origins in religious ritual, dramatists for the most part these days present religion as a foil for criticism or mockery .. That's especially true in regards to Christianit…
Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson is known across the pond as a visceral force in contemporary theater, from the vanguard of the brash "in-yer-face" genre, and creator of challenging works…
For those who have come to know the irascible George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion chiefly from the Cinderella romances of subsequent iterations, there are many recognizable commonalities to feel…
Playwright Gregory Burke's intense and electrifying Black Watch manages to capture the valorous romance, raw humanity and transcendent camaraderie of soldiers in combat while simultaneously …