Nearly Nirvana in 'Journey to the West' by Nelson Pressley

Constellation's delightful eyeful doesn't quite reach that higher plane

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:16pm on April 29, 2016☆⚑

The tangled questions on C.S. Lewis's journey to becaming a Christian by Celia Wren

At the Lansburgh, a play about the writer probes theological issues but lacks visual variety.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on April 29, 2016☆⚑

Olney, musicians union finally achieve harmony after 18 months of negotiations by Rebecca Ritzel

The theater signs its first contract with the American Federation of Musicians local chapter.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:56am on April 29, 2016☆⚑

'Shuffle Along': the Broadway musical as teachable art by Peter Marks

REVIEW || Eagerly anticipated, the musical features the dynamic choreography of Savion Glover

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:58pm on April 28, 2016☆⚑

A Dadaist portrait of the man who invented Dada by Geoffrey Himes

At Pointless Theatre, drama meets slapstick meets puppets in "Hugo Ball."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:27pm on April 28, 2016☆⚑

Seth Rudetsky sees no 'Disaster' casting his friends in show by John Carucci | ap

Seth Rudetsky has always had a dream of writing and performing in a show surrounded by his friends.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:16pm on April 28, 2016☆⚑

Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne take 'Long Day's Journey' out for its harrowing ride by Peter Marks

REVIEW|| Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Shannon and John Gallagher Jr. star in the definitive American dysfunctional family play

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:04pm on April 27, 2016☆⚑

What's up with the glowing baby at the back of the stage? by Celia Wren

A sense of mystery is at the heart of Rorschach Theatre's production of "The Electric Baby."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:39pm on April 27, 2016☆⚑

'Tuck Everlasting' is strictly for the little ones by Peter Marks

REVIEW || This family friendly musical just isn't special enough.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:53am on April 27, 2016☆⚑

Madeleine Sherwood, actress in 'The Crucible,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' dies at 93 by Adam Bernstein

She also played the stern Mother Superior on the sitcom "The Flying Nun."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:49pm on April 26, 2016☆⚑

Chaos as art: Pointless takes on Dada in 'Hugo Ball' by Peter Marks

A boisterous production explores the title character's evolution into a Dada revolutionary.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:32pm on April 26, 2016☆⚑

Review: Broadway's 'Fully Committed' a cacophony of voices by Mark Kennedy

You might very well think that decorum is positively dead on Broadway these days with phones chirping and bleating endlessly during the entire run of the one-man play "Fully Committed."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:25pm on April 25, 2016☆⚑

It's Restaurant Week on Broadway: Jesse Tyler Ferguson romps in 'Fully Committed' by Peter Marks

|| Ferguson plays all the parts in this one-person culinary-world cry of the heart.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:16pm on April 25, 2016☆⚑

Caliban and the Taliban? Shakespeare as you've never imagined. by Celia Wren

At the Folger, Reduced Shakespeare Company gleefully tackles the Bard's "first" play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:02pm on April 25, 2016☆⚑

Brian Stokes Mitchell returns to Broadway in 'magical' show by Mark Kennedy

Brian Stokes Mitchell jokingly sings a bluesy rendition of "Stairway to Heaven" by the time he reaches his dressing room on the fourth steep floor of the Music Box Theatre on Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42am on April 25, 2016☆⚑

Ingredients of 'Waitress': Sara Bareilles, show tunes and syrup by Peter Marks

REVIEW || Sara Bareilles makes her debut as a Broadway composer with this stage version of a sweet 2007 movie.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:39pm on April 24, 2016☆⚑

Things to know about Shakespeare, 400 years after his death by Associated Press

Theater-lovers in Britain and around the world are marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. A few things to know about the famous playwright:

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:43am on April 23, 2016☆⚑

Royalty, Obama, fans mark 400 years since Shakespeare died by Associated Press

If all the world's a stage, William Shakespeare is its architect.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:28am on April 23, 2016☆⚑

'Eclipsed' shows on Broadway to be dedicated to victims by Mark Kennedy

In an effort to shine a light on the hundreds of girls abducted from a school in Nigeria two years ago, all performances of the Broadway play "Eclipsed" will be dedicated to the still-missin…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:08pm on April 22, 2016☆⚑

Career of Washington Ballet's Brooklyn Mack takes another leap forward by Rebecca Ritzel

Dancer will perform at a New York cancer fundraising gala with other top names in ballet.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:04pm on April 22, 2016☆⚑

A Pulitzer for his play 'Disgraced' in hand, Ayad Akhtar comes to Washington. by Nelson Pressley

Two of his topical works on Muslim American identity arrive at Arena and Round House.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:04pm on April 22, 2016☆⚑

Imagine being Lin-Manuel Miranda right now by Peter Marks

It's the year of the "Hamilton" composer, who continues to receive accolades

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:50am on April 22, 2016☆⚑

'American Psycho' not even so-so by Peter Marks

REVIEW || The musical is far less sensational than the Bret Easton Ellis novel on which it is based.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:57pm on April 21, 2016☆⚑

Review: Darkly wonderful 'American Psycho' slays onstage by Mark Kennedy

They sell clear, plastic raincoats at the "American Psycho" concession stand on Broadway. If you think, "Hey, that's a cute item for a rainy spring in New York," you may be in the wrong thea…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:57pm on April 21, 2016☆⚑

It's the 1960s, baby. Who do you love? by Nelson Pressley

The politics of gender and race smolder in Morisseau's 'Detroit '67.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:57pm on April 21, 2016☆⚑