Signature musical examines a rooted clan one branch at a time
Visiting troupes are filling more slots in local playhouses
All the city's their stage as actors bring historical figures to life
Disability themes complement International VSA Festival
Aaron Posner, who has been a regular guest director at the Folger Theatre, is moving to the Washington area.
Activist is offended by fictional work linking him to Ponzi schemer
Nominations represent the finest offerings of an uneven Broadway season
Funny girl: That was the adorable Tony winner Laura Benanti on Friday night at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, cutting up during an extremely whimsical selection of songs.
With DeVos gift, Michael Kaiser says he'll stay till 2017
Honest, authentic productions flow to the top, while the formulaic falls away come Tonys time
Paul Scott Goodman's solo show at MetroStage lacks shape, and punch
Presented in a visually dazzling package, with coolly aggressive dance steps and the group's exhilarating songs, the show qualifies as a pulsating album in three dimensions, a gallery of zestfully choreographed music videos. The 90 minutes make for such stimulating spectacle, I would happily sit through them again. And yet, in its attempt to knit a story out of a band's discography, American Idiot comes across as ordinary
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