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Hobson's Choice is a winner. The play – a sparkling comedy with a terrific cast – just opened at the Quotidian Theatre Company, a jewel of a playhouse tucked into the rear of the…
Monumental Theatre Company is a theatre troupe on the rise. Recently eligible for the John Aniello award, their productions are steadily gaining high praise and acclaim–and they show n…
"We all move, we all walk, we all run, we all fall, we all can even dance." said Artistic Director Jacques Heim of DIAVOLO. With a motto of "architecture in motion" DIAVOLO will be bringi…
Amy Oestreicher was a theatre-obsessed teen until her world changed overnight after waking from a coma, caused by her stomach literally exploding. After 27 surgeries and six years being unab…
One of the newest companies in the DC circus scene (yes there is one), Alter Circus, is dedicated to challenging gender norms and celebrating "the rebellious spirit, strength, and grace of w…
In 1920, a fourteen-year-old boy in Idaho, named Philo Farnsworth, asked his science teacher for advice on a design he was working on for an electronic television system. Seven years later, …
Puppets, people, props, projections, and sci-fi pop up a lot on DC stages, but not often with the narrative verve, literary cred, and nonstop wit of The Lathe of Heaven. Adapted and directed…
Review by Betsy Lizotte The Port City Playhouse production of The Boys Next Door is playful, yet provocative. This community theater, operating out of the Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Chur…
Noura, the story of a Chaldean Christian refugee from Iraq, is a magnificent production. The acting is first-rate, the technical aspects flawless, the whole experience complex and full of de…
35mm: A Musical Exhibition is referred to as a musical by the directors, but it is different from the way many think about the standard musical. The George Mason University School of Theatre…
By Cassandra Miller The seven teenage girls in The Strand Theater Company's production " and regional premiere " of Count Down are the standout stars of the show. From the performances of th…
Written by Hope Villanueva, The Veils explores the dualities of identity and traverses the delicate terrain of PTSD. This show is enjoying its world premiere at the Women's Voices Theater Fe…
U-Street, The Musical, directed by Alexandria, Virginia-based playwright Jason A. Ellis, explores the tribulations of the homeless in an engaging story punctuated with humor, song, dance, an…
How does someone pay honor to a deceased parent whom they loved dearly? How does a son give thanks to his father? And when does a son really come to learn what a father went through, in thos…
Who knew a game of chess could be so rock 'n roll? Or so sexy? Or set off rumblings of nuclear war? The semi-staged concert version of Chess, the 1984 rock opera playing a short run at the K…
Dynamic showcases the best of Broadway and movie musical numbers choreographed by our own talented directors and special guest artists including Broadway and film actress and New York choreo…
There’s a lovely scene just before intermission that is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. It is 1833 in agricultural County Donegal Ireland, and two star-crossed lovers"Maire (Saman…
George Clinton, legendary songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, at 76 years young, put on a rapturous, stunning, extraterrestrial funk fest at the Howard Theatre on a warm February ni…
West Side Story remains glorious from its opening notes to its incredibly powerful final curtain. The National Symphony Orchestra's (NSO) Pops concert version adds its own distinctive, intel…
Marking the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel of 1818, Frankenstein, a new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Eric B. Sirota, focuses less on the monster and mor…
In the world of #MeToo and the #TimesUp movement, how important is the playwright of color's voice to theater and entertainment world? The Women's Voices Theater Festival? Do you try more to…
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the very successful Encores! series threw us a party by offering its seven audiences (February 7"11) a potpourri of book scenes and musical numbers from ei…
At a presentation in Lansburgh Theatre Wednesday morning, Michael Kahn announced Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2018-2019 Season. With two world premieres from celebrated playwrights, a mu…
No Word In Guyanese For Me challenges our social conditioning around gender norms, identity, immigration, religion, and sexuality. Rainbow Theatre Project remounts this award-winning play by…
Have you ever had a day where absolutely every little thing goes wrong? Well, Alexander has. In the musical version of Judith Viorst's book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Ve…
