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If you need an introduction to George Salazar, you haven't been paying attention. Currently seen Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center in the sold-out smash-hit musical Be …
When Rusty the celebrity dog goes looking for kisses this Saturday, he won't be alone. Joining Rusty will be a cadre of adoptable dogs and animal-loving actors brought together by Lisa Carri…
By Brandon Block We're in a long, dark, monastic chamber. A white marble bust of Putin sits against dark red drop-banners that are just barely not swastikas, instead featuring a black outlin…
"This we'll defend" is the motto of the U.S. Army, and the Theatrical Mining Company is going above and beyond to fulfill that commitment in its world premiere production of Robert Garcia's …
In  January 1666, famed diarist Samuel Pepys saw a performance of the William Davenant Macbeth and called it a "strange perfection.” The production that just opened at the Folger Th…
Paula Vogel facetiously called Othello “a play about a handkerchief,” but Shakespeare’s R & J, Joe Calarco’s all-male reconception of the Bard’s most famous…
Count on Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to leave you whiplashed and shell-shocked. He hits nerve after nerve then goes for the jugular. Whatever he writes, see it. Woolly’s previous product…
The current offering from the justly renowned GALA Hispanic Theatre, Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water For Chocolate) is a veritable feast for the senses and a savory mixture of theatrica…
Director Simon Reade's compelling stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 2003 award-winning novel for young adults, Private Peaceful, now playing a limited engagement at TBG Theatre, offers …
Colonial Players' production of Neil Simon's Rumors is a hilarious farce of a play, a wonderful way to start their 70th season. First appearing on Broadway in 1988, this version, directed by…
By Cybele Pomeroy "My name is Luther and I'm going to sing every song I know. Come on, y'all, let's have a party." — Tamba Giles as Luther Vandross in Luther. It's a small, squatty bri…
Director Kip Fagan opens this production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria with a clever conceit: Miles (Justin Weaks), an office intern, is at his desk, as the contrapuntal woodwinds …
The Little Theatre of Alexandria's production of August: Osage County, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Terry Letts, pulls off the condensed, soap-opera feel of a family forced to dea…
Avant Bard theatre announces the full cast and creative team for its 2018/2019 season opener, Illyria, or What You Will, freely adapted from Twelfth Night by Jonelle Walker and Mitchell Héb…
There is an engaging sub-genre of theater, that one might call the battle of wits or the comedy of intellect, that takes some of the greatest minds in history and brings them to life, with a…
So what sort of play is Hand to God? Dysfunctional family drama? Teen coping with angst saga? Angry satire on a particular style of Christianity? Scenario for a horror movie? Raunchy …
Hero's Welcome at 1st Stage is the area premiere of British playwright Alan Ayckbourn's 79th play. While Ayckbourn might be best known for his uproarious comedies, the humor here is darker t…
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street presented by Rep Stage, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by High Wheeler, took to the boards this week at Howard Community…
True magic happens not when we’re convinced that an illusion is true, but when we realize that it can’t be so yet still refuse to believe it isn’t. Such a spell is cast ove…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, directed by Jen Sizer and produced by Maureen Rogers, opened September 7 at the Laurel Mill Playhouse. Written by Dale Wasserman (based on Ken Kesey…
A favorite summertime installment in The Imbible's series on the origins and development of alcoholic beverages, The Imbible: Rum and Pirates is back by popular demand for a limited four-…
Monumental Theatre Company is not messing around: After their 2018 win at this year's Helen Hayes Awards, Monumental is gearing up for a season guaranteed to impress. From off-Broadway indie…
No one is from there. They come from France, Vietnam, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Little Rock, and a host of unnamed American cities. Espiritu Santo, the main island setting of Rodgers and Hamm…
After a dramatic auditioning process that lasted the entirety of their 40th season, Washington Bach Consort has selected their new Artistic Director. The premiere Baroque chorus and orchestr…
Kennedy Center’s annual Page to Stage Festival is always chock full of tempting offerings, and the challenge of deciding what to see is daunting. It’s like an all-you-can-eat buf…
