Louis Armstrong, arguably the first jazz superstar, achieved world-wide fame as a trumpet player, composer, singer, occasional actor. Satchmo at the Waldorf by Terry Teachout (best known as …
Typically readers of plays are drama students, theatre professionals, and other artistic nerds like myself. J.K. Rowling and friends have clearly shattered that barrier last weekend w…
Plays involving religion often have a defined point of view that can make them predictable and boring. Yet nothing is predictable or boring about Helen Pafumi’s world premiereÂ…
The Lady with the Little Dog, the story of a melancholy affair between a Russian couple which begins in 1901, is one of Anton Chekhov's most famous and influential short stories. Dmitry Guro…
The Three Musketeers, as performed by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company-in-the-Ruins receives a spirited and entertaining outdoor staging that will please many family members, although th…
Lost in Wonderland is a workshop production of a new musical based upon Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. As fostered by Pallas Theatre Colle…
The welcome arrival of the Mosaic Theater Company of DC on the local theatre scene is punctuated by When January Feels Like Summer. The heartwarming and frequently funny Cori Thomas play…
The storied 1938 CBS Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds by Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air allegedly created a panic by individuals who believed that the dramatization …
Have you ever mocked how TV characters of modest means live in apartments way beyond their means (e.g., NBC's Friends)? Rep Stage has a play for you. The regional premiere of Brooke …
One of the greatest stress tests imaginable for a couple would be having their only child go missing. Lauren Yee's in a word focuses on the challenges of a couple with a missing childÂ�…
One of the joys of living in the DMV is that it is both a strong area for theatre, and a strong area for family theatre. A case in point is the charming and clever production of OLIV�…
10. Murder Ballad, Studio Theatre Recent explorations of "immersive theatre" received a boost with this rock musical about a scorching love triangle headed for trouble. The four performers c…
Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews, the best-selling play in Studio Theatre’s history, makes a welcome return less than a year later. Often described as a savage comedy, this remounted productio…
The Magic Tree sounds like the title of a children's play, but consider that the first of several times that Irish playwright Ursula Rani Sarma plays with the audience's expectations. Some o…
Learning to let go, whether of a friend or a traumatic experience, is one of life's greatest challenges. In Now Comes the Night playwright E.M. Lewis explores both in the story of a journali…
Emily Cohen is a genuinely funny woman both as a writer and a performer. Â Unfortunately the format of Interviews With undercuts her opportunity to fully demonstrate those skills. A topic …
Cheeky Monkey Sideshow Presents: CMSS X 3D, OK? is an affectionate collection of extreme performances and biological oddities that makes you cringe and cheer. It is utterly unlike any other …
Double Trouble, now playing at Imagination Stage, is a charming world premiere musical that works on every level. It's funny, well-acted, and delivers an endearing story and wonderful music.…
One of the joys of the Source Theatre Festival's 10 Minute Plays is the variety of themes and genres. Whether achieved through selection, serendipity, or a combination, these collections mak…
The talent of Tom Wells, regarded as one of Britain's brightest young playwrights, is well-displayed in Jumpers for Goalposts on stage now at Studio Theatre. Wells has the rare ability to fi…
Irish journalist and film documentarian Phelim McAleer will tackle one of the most provocative events in recent U.S. history. FERGUSON " The Play explores the controversial killing of Michae…
Has it really been over 17 years since the regional premiere of Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans at Studio Theatre? The 1996 Pulitzer Prize nominee for Best Drama (which lost to Rent) is given…
If Scena Theatre's production of C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians was a food, it would be a chocolate mousse. It is a darkly delicious black comedy about two spurned Minnesota women who con…
Washington Stage Guild made a wise choice in producing Terence Rattigan's In Praise of Love. This literate and thoughtful work is well-suited for the company's talents and is given an impecc…
For too much of my life Hollywood executives were gun-shy about making new movies based upon Broadway musicals. Despite the occasional hit like Grease (1978), the prevailing sentiment was th…