Imagine this: it is the night before Christmas. A silent snow blankets New York City, and inside a spare living room, a woman dozes in front of her Christmas tree. Her adolescent son snuggle…
By Karen Lane Walking into the elegant, bright theater hall of The Woman's Club, the audience happily chatters away anticipating a fun-filled evening. Before them on the stage, a cozy Englis…
The first time music hit me – and it hit me hard – was when I was seven. My mom handed me Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, a bright-red album whose rhythms were as hot as the…
"Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain," is a quote attributed to the late, and lost-too-soon, singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). Creative Cauldron…
Recently, the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, announced that transgender opera singer Breanna Sinclairé will join the Chorus for two concerts in 2018" first for the world premiere of th…
Imagination Stage proudly debuts The Princess and the Pauper- A Bollywood Tale, a musical adaptation of the classic Mark Twain novel. Written exclusively for Imagination Stage by Anu Yadav (…
No one sinks her hook in you like Billie Holiday. You listen to her, following her voice as it quavers like a flickering torch and, when you recover, you're bound to her forever. She's the f…
Stick Fly is a boiling stew of classism, colorism, parent-child dynamics, unspeakable secrets, and marital choices. With a cast every bit the equal of Lydia R. Diamond's Broadway-produced sc…
There are certain meals that stay with you forever. It could be the pie that your mom makes every Christmas, the soup that you made for your son when he had the flu, or the casserole you mad…
“Who here is a feminist?” asked the Ring Announcer (Amelia Hensley). As she signed, wearing a bright red pantsuit and standing on a thick padded mat as used for a contact-sport m…
The Romantic Violin for Two by the National Chamber Ensemble was a tour of the different types of love, the sorrows and joys love brings, and most importantly the power it possesses to move …
When attending a show whose premise is a "play within a play," look around. All of those audience members who are cracking up at things that are going right over your head are theatre people…
DC-based Broadway lovers rejoice: Michael Feinstein, reigning king of the Great American Songbook, is bringing his signature cabaret-style show to the DC region. Feinstein has partnered with…
“Let your joy be an act of resistance!" proclaims the woman who has seized the stage underneath Dupont Circle. She's wearing a top hat, winged liner, and a stylish frock coat. A lineup…
An evening of wordplay on the meanings and messages of Modern art awaits audiences at All She Must Possess. This is another worthy world premiere from the venturesome Rep Stage Company at Ho…
Complete with double identities, hidden passages, murders, and mystery, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 is the type of comedy that blends the serious with the silly. Sharply directed by J…
When the 2018 Women’s Voices Theater Festival comes to a close and the hits to emerge from it are tallied, Danai Guria’s comedy Familiar will surely be on the shortlist. Guria…
Titanic in Concert, story and book by Peter Sone, lyrics and music by Maury Yeston, opened this weekend at the Heritage Players at the Rice Auditorium in Catonsville. This 1997 Tony Award-wi…
"Destroy’d his country, and his name remains to the ensuing age abhorr’d." Shakespeare's Coriolanus, as directed by Charlene V. Smith, takes the audience at Brave Spirits Theatre…
Lyndon Johnson's 1964 margin of victory " nearly 16 million popular votes and a lopsided total of 486 electoral votes " is almost unimaginable today. Armed as well with a 68-32 majority in t…
Whether you love the works of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov or hate them, you can't help but enjoy The Chekhov Dreams, a dark and witty world-premiere rom-com by John McKinney. Presented …
For regular theater-goers, we have seen that projection design is not a fad or an eye-popping, one-time visual effect. Projection design has become an integral part of many a production's ov…
Hearts, flowers, chocolates…love is in the air here in the DC area! While this part of the country may be more known for partisanship than romance, we've got plenty of awesome events to ch…
For the sixth consecutive year, the Kennedy Center renewed its February tradition of hosting a gala evening of dance to raise funds for gifted young dancers in the DMV. The Alvin Ailey Ameri…
Something Rotten! at the National Theatre reminds us of why we loved theater in the first place. The Broadway show received ten Tony nominations, and this national tour is pure joy. The cast…