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Saints be praised: Mary Magdalene and Jesus are meet-cute Nazareth teens in a hilarious 'A.D. 16' by Peter Marks

Bekah Brunstetter and 'Schmigadoon!'s' Cinco Paul concoct a delicious biblical musical at Olney Theatre Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:33am on February 16, 2022

As the Kennedy Center celebrates 50 years of musical theater, the challenge is more ambition moving forward by Peter Marks

Weekend concerts featuring a cast studded with Broadway talent leave a critic wondering why there can't be more theater that begins life on the arts center's stages.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:36am on February 15, 2022

Hugh Jackman sings, dances and still misses the mark in a cartoonish 'Music Man' by Peter Marks

The long-awaited revival at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre is an exercise in misconception, and doesn't do justice to the Tony-winning classic.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:48am on February 11, 2022

'MJ' director Christopher Wheeldon on how he brought Michael Jackson's dancing to life by Sarah L. Kaufman

"I can make the shape, but what is the intention and the attitude behind that? The people who worked with Michael and danced with him understand that," the choreographer says of creating the…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:18am on February 11, 2022

Washington Ballet's 'Swan Lake' is finally at the Kennedy Center, intimate and also more ambitious than ever by Sarah L. Kaufman

Eun Won Lee and Gian Carlo Perez add depth to a visually striking but uneven production, which runs through Sunday.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:54pm on February 10, 2022

The road to 'A.D. 16,' Olney Theatre's musical about a teenage Mary Magdalene in love with Jesus by Thomas Floyd

Cinco Paul and Bekah Brunstetter collaborated on 'A.D. 16,' a musical love story about a teenage Mary Magdalene and adolescent Jesus.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:24am on February 9, 2022

This exuberant dance video is an inspiring showcase of living legends by Sarah L. Kaufman

An answer to the youthful dances typically featured on TikTok, there's no song to lip-sync, no moves to copy " just pure joy, delivered by great artists of the dance world.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:03am on February 9, 2022

Theater loves giving minor figures from history major roles. Two take center stage in D.C. in plays about JFK and the Holocaust. by Peter Marks

A notebook about two new D.C. productions that spotlight minor historical figures: "Change Agent" at Arena Stage and "Compulsion or the House Behind" at Theater J.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on February 8, 2022

Psalmayene 24's autobiographical 'Dear Mapel' has a promising yet uneven debut by Celia Wren

Mosaic Theater Company production, in-person and streaming, could use more connective tissue between antecdotes

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:33pm on February 7, 2022

A 107-year-old woman seizes the spotlight at the Dance on Camera Festival by Sarah L. Kaufman

Fundamental human values are the focus of this 50th-anniversary festival: unconventional joys, convulsive histories and social justice.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:33am on February 5, 2022

Keegan's 'Trans Am' is an absorbing autobiographical show of transgender experience, enhanced by a rock score by Celia Wren

Production is the in-person premiere for Lisa Stephen Friday's solo show.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:06pm on February 3, 2022

Alvin Ailey illuminates what 2021 looked like from a dance perspective: Agitated. Stressed. Detached. by Sarah L. Kaufman

How do you move dancers around in a studio when everyone's got to stay six feet apart? The answer defines the two premieres given by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:06pm on February 2, 2022

A world-premiere at GALA Hispanic Theatre speaks to Puerto Rico's past, and its present by Thomas Floyd

Adapted from Rosario Ferré's 1995 novel, 'La Casa de la Laguna" tells a story that is at once personal and political.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36am on February 2, 2022

There are so many Broadway actors in 'The Gilded Age,' it's like being at the Tony Awards by Peter Marks

HBO's "The Gilded Age" is chockablock with Broadway stars, in what feels like an unprecedented degree for television.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:12am on February 2, 2022

I wasn't looking forward to sitting through the new Michael Jackson musical. Then I saw it. by Peter Marks

"MJ" is propelled by remarkable dancing and the galvanizing breakout performance of Myles Frost.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:33pm on February 1, 2022

How do theaters entice new audiences with Shakespeare? There's the rub. by Peter Marks

The Bard of Avon's continued relevance and appeal were cause for debate at a recent gathering of the Shakespeare Theatre Association.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:42am on January 29, 2022

As director of the Ailey company, Robert Battle pushed his own creativity aside. The pandemic brought it back. by Sarah L. Kaufman

"In the quiet ... I could hear my choreographic voice again," says the artist, whose troupe will be at the Kennedy Center Feb 1-6 .

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:42am on January 29, 2022

Suzan-Lori Parks's provocative 'White Noise,' with its shocking echoes of slavery, will knock the wind out of you by Peter Marks

Studio Theatre produces a revised version of the dramatist's 2019 play

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on January 28, 2022

How four Washington Ballet dancers are diving back into 'Swan Lake' by Sarah L. Kaufman

Getting through the past two years has left these dancers with new perspectives on mental health, their bodies and their art.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:33am on January 28, 2022

They've shortened O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey.' It feels cut off at the legs. by Peter Marks

Audible produces a two-hour version of what is normally a 3 1/2 hour play, with Bill Camp and Elizabeth Marvel.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:06pm on January 26, 2022

'Compulsion' follows the journey of Anne Frank's diary from the page to the stage, with marionettes by Celia Wren

Playwright Rinne B. Groff's 'Compulsion' follows the backstory of Anne Frank's diary and its journey from the page to the stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36am on January 25, 2022

Beckett the Brawler? Towering statures meet buddy comedy in 'Sam and Dede.' by Celia Wren

Washington Stage Guild production of Gino DiIorio's play imagines a decades-spanning relationship between wrestler André the Giant and playwright Samuel Beckett.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on January 24, 2022

A Broadway show about life after incarceration finds its most avid audience in a New York City prison by Peter Marks

Lynn Nottage's "Clyde's" gets a showing at Rikers Island, and prisoners have plenty of feedback.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:12am on January 21, 2022

He was cast in a juicy role in 'Mrs. Doubtfire.' The pandemic has made his Broadway run as heartbreaking as it is thrilling. by Peter Marks

The new musical, hobbled by omicron, sees salvation in a pause, in hopes the coronavirus subsides.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:12am on January 12, 2022

Brandon Carter is named artistic director of American Shakespeare Center by Peter Marks

Resident actor is first person of color to lead the Staunton, Va., playhouse, which also announced a new roster of productions after some recent strife.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:06am on January 10, 2022
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