I first saw Slave Play Off-Broadway, long before Rihanna made headlines for texting during the show (playwright Jeremy O. Harris publicly defended her; he was the one she was texting); and s…
Show-Score New Jersey is the first extension of Show-Score.com, the popular fan site for New York City shows. Under the leadership of newly-appointed CEO, Deeksha Gaur, Show-Score has partne…
Can an underemployed middle-aged jerk be a babe magnet?  That's a question theatergoers are likely to ask about Wheeler, the central character in Linda Vista, Tracy Letts' latest play…
Drew Anderson (poetically known as "Droopy, The Brokeballer"), one half of the #DynamicDuo that is responsible for producing the weekly Thursday open mic Spit Dat since 2002, describes the n…
Playwright Brandon McCoy's world premiere West by God, which he admits is semi-autobiographical, is onstage now at Keegan Theatre through October 20th. We caught up with him to chat about th…
In 2017, the American Psychological Association acknowledged the existence of a new psychological disorder: eco-anxiety. The disease can cause a spectrum of despair in response to the effect…
How shocked must Jimmy Buffett have been when "Margaritaville," his ode to heartbreak and mid-grade alcoholism, became not just a breakout 1977 hit but a potent lifestyle brand? It's about w…
Jane Austen's resilient and comedic novel "Pride and Prejudice" has survived high school English classes, stuffy college seminars, the musical stage, several film adaptations, and even a par…
The Mariinksy Ballet marks its annual appearance at the Kennedy Center this week with an unusual offering: a full-length three-act Paquita, a ballet that is rarely performed in its entirety.…
Louis Altarescu and Alan Friedman, well known volunteer ushers and theater enthusiasts until Friedman's untimely death last month, have been selected to receive the 2019 Gary Maker Audience …
All the charm in Creative Cauldron's Disenchanted! is homespun, from madcap performances to powerful voices and kitschy props. But the script lobs too much hate at the House of Mouse (…
As the stage lights brightened on Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls or the African Mean Girls Play, I was immediately taken back to my primary and secondary school days in Lagos, Nigeria. The butt…
Brandon McCoy admits that he has written a love letter to his home state of West Virginia. McCoy has created a work that is both personal and heartachingly relatable to anyone who has pulled…
For those unfamiliar with the work of British playwright Caryl Churchill, Signature Theatre's production of Escaped Alone (2016) may come as a bit of a shock. Skillfully directed by well-lov…
If baseball represents the joy of sport " its season concluding with popped champagne corks and ticker tape parades for the winners and the promise of next year for the losers " then boxing …
With the holiday season quickly approaching, so do the stresses that accompany the tricky social etiquette around visiting and hosting loved ones. You might do your best planning and prepara…
The staging of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Fences at Ford's Theatre seemed made-to-order for a grand slam home run. The memorable backyard drama of father and son a…
Eleven dancers in white unitards with horizontal black strips at the top extending to gloved hands. In a dawn of pastel light, they hold a marvelous stillness. Four musicians play a minimali…
It comes down to trust. A parent sends their theater-loving child to the Highwood Theatre, a Silver Spring, Md.-based youth educational theater company, where he can get performance and tech…
Five men, three chairs, and 75 minutes of improv set in the world of the Bard. That's the simple premise of The Improvised Shakespeare Company. But the payoff is so much more. At the Kennedy…
The first thing you see when you walk into this 20 year old restaurant at 1200 New Hampshire Ave NW is the huge mural looming over the bar. The different servers and managers at Grillfish wi…
"I feel strongly that I should not permit the Presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will no…
You may not recognize the name Eric Carle, but you'll probably recognize his distinctive collage art. He hand paints sheet after sheet of tissue paper with bold acrylics. He cuts them in sim…
Ruminations about love and passion abound in George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Written and first performed in a past century (1898), questions of what makes a successful marriage feel right…
Solas Nua's twisty tale, The Smuggler, quickly sold out its run in the Allegory Bar at Eaton DC. Rex Daugherty is still mixing drinks there as Tim Finnegan, the bartender with a shady past t…