The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts Atrium was transformed into a bohemian, Bedouin-style venue, where pillows for seating were splayed across the floor and the audience was lulled in…
Creative Cauldron's Learning Theater Ensemble presents The Snow Queen, an original adaptation based on the tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Written by Ellen Selby, this production joins a lo…
A new twist on the old adage attributed to former Philadelphia Police Chief and Mayor Frank Rizzo, "A liberal is a conservative who hasn't been mugged yet," Lincoln Center Theater's producti…
Despite its occultish name, The Tarot Reading is not a cabalistic rite for mystics. It is actually an ingenious theater game for hipster questers who are psyched to play along. To be sure, t…
George! Go see this! George " Don’t Do That!: The Music and Magic of Joyce Grenfell is part two of MetroStage's three-part Spring Solo Series featuring three artists telling stories…
D.C. theater collective The Klunch's mischievous production of Adult Entertainment tells the story of a group of four pornographic actors and one producer who hope to make a good movie, and …
Doggone it! This is a fun show! (And, Arf-fully family-friendly). Complete Dogness is about a dog with bad habits, who has the ability to learn new tricks and win hearts. This was a one-time…
The sign of a good show is being able to announce you're extending during your opening weekend. David London's newest spectacular, Humbug, The Great P.T. Barnum Séance just extended through…
Reston Community Players present Tennessee Williams’ classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Sharon Veselic directs a talented cast for this insightful production. While a lot has changed in t…
"There is nothing whatever beneath my exterior." So proclaims a character in Death by Design, now playing at the Aldersgate Church Community Theater (ACCT) in Alexandria. How right he is, no…
THE 18th Annual WATCH AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED Sunday, March 11, 2018 " 7:00 pm at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA HERE ARE THE WINNERS (IN BOLD) Outstanding Set Design in a Musical (5) Skip G…
Post-Play Palaver is an occasional series of conversations between DC Metro Theater Arts writers who saw the same performance, got really into talking about it, and decided to continue their…
The classic musical farce, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, danced and sang its way on stag…
Things are getting a little wacky with the McLean Community Players these days, and this time it's in the form of Harvey by Mary Chase. This challenging and earnest production"directed by El…
Frederick's Other Voices Theatre puts a very large cast and a complex technical scheme to excellent use in its production of the 1971 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock operetta Jesus Christ …
KAT-2nd Stage is back at the Kentlands Arts Barn with their latest family offering: Peter Pan, Jr. Peter Pan tells the story of the flying boy who never wants to grow up, the magical world h…
Frankenstein by Bowie Community Theatre has blood, violence, and drama, all wrapped up in a Gothic shell. This version was adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel by Victor Gialanella and Di…
This Little Light by Jennifer Faletto opened this week at Venus Theatre. Deborah Randall is the director of this remarkable play. In her director's notes, Randall calls This Little Light a c…
An eclectic excursion into choreographic experimentation, innovative instrumental accompaniment, and exciting vocalizing is all part of DEMO by Damian Woetzel: Now at Kennedy Center's …
Maurice Durufle's Requiem, adapted for tenor and bass chorus by Artistic Director Thea Kano and presented by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, was performed at the Church of the Epiphany o…
I doubt the Eisenhower Theater was ever more queered than the night Taylor Mac came to town. The outrageously gifted and fabulously attired theater artist brought “a radical fairy real…
If you love the New York stage and its stars, but can't make it to the theater in person to see a live performance, Audible, a subsidiary of Amazon and the world's largest purveyor of audiob…
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the selection of Maria Manuela Goyanes to succeed co-founder Howard Shalwitz as the organization's Artistic Director. Goyanes is curren…
(Washington, D.C.) The Welders"Washington's only playwrights' collective devoted exclusively to developing and producing new plays"has received funding for artistic development of projects b…
I didn’t want to slink off into the night without saying so long to you very lovely DC fans at DC Metro Theater Arts. It was time to go, and I’m grateful for the space in which t…