The climactic horror at the end of the Washington National Opera's production of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites has an added jolt " it echoes too closely the beheadings of nearly t…
Much respect is due the Washington Stage Guild, which has been systematically producing the plays of George Bernard Shaw for more than 25 years. In that time and in five different locations,…
Robert Billig is currently back on the road as musical director for the current US tour of Chicago: The Musical, which recently played here in DC at the National Theatre. After being totally…
The old saying "timing is everything" is definitely the case in Marc Camolettis' Boeing, Boeing a comical show based on the story of an unsettled bachelor living in Paris. The show is part o…
Ahoy Theatre Mateys! Gather 'round, take a seat! Come listen to me account of The Pirate Laureate and The King of The Sea! Some of yer think all pirates do is loot booty at sea; but in the w…
Written by famous screenwriter Nora Ephron, Love, Loss. And What I Wore is now playing at Next Stop Theatre Company. This collection of stories from various women about outfits that they or …
Valentine's Day at the Music Center at Strathmore featured the Great American Songbook as performed by one of our great modern-day interpreters. Singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli whose dad is…
One of the larger mistakes you could make at the theater is to take a youngster to this Frozen at the Anacostia Playhouse. The grim Bryony Lavery play is not only emphatically not the pop…
1. Wiley and the Hairy Man at Imagination Stage. “Not only does this show contain a great message, the actors, the music, the set, the costumes and the puppetry are all amazing!R…
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is: A-W-E-S-O-M-E! Bravo to Kensington Arts Theatre's performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. This musical will be running from …
For those to whom silent theater seems an oxymoron, Synetic Theater's decade-long decision to produce wordless Shakespeare must seem a very strange decision. How does one tell a complex, mov…
Secrets left untold, sins left unconfessed and fears left unfaced – our past can haunt us like a phantom in the night. A story of healing and forgiveness of oneself and others, Conv…
Jake Winn is making his musical theatre and area debut in the world premiere musical Kid Victory at Signature Theatre in the lead role of Luke. In New York Jake has been seen at New York Dea…
Wiley and the Hairy Man turns Imagination Stage into a hand-clapping, foot-stopping trip to a musical and mystical swamp. Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer and written by Suzan Zeder, Wiley an…
What is it about this verging-on-stereotype artistic inspiration that by placing most of our belongings in an SUV and visiting that thing called nature we will plumb new depths, understand o…
It's not a good sign when the only man in the world you trust suddenly turns you against your wife and your most trusted colleagues; tragic, too, when you discover his treachery too late.Â�…
Somewhere towards the end of the musical A Chorus Line the director asks "What are you going to do when you can't dance anymore?" In the case of Tony Award winning actress LaChanze, the more…
Creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky"that surely defines that ooky Addams family. You can add hilarious and goofy to the mix and you have the recipe for a delicious, zany production of T…
"Black lives matter." That’s the succinct message that's arisen from protests of the past several months. It's a rallying cry, too, from August Wilson's powerful King Hedley IIÂ " on…
A Quick 5 has always made it a point to feature people in all areas of the arts and this of course includes one of my favorite groups, musicians. Joe Connell is the regularly engaged extra p…
It is always a treat to experience a Broadway musical, and seeing Chicago: The Musical, presented by Barry & Fran Weissler at the National Theatre on Tuesday night continued that trend f…
There are very few shows I have ever seen which leave me breathless both with laughter and delight for the entire duration of a performance. The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s productio…
To fully appreciate Martin McDonagh's sick sense of humor, it might help if you're not really a cat person.  Mind you, you don't have to hate the little egotistical, capricious fur-ba…
1. Godspell at Olney Theatre Center. “Godspell at Olney Theatre Center is a quality production aided by superb direction, strong technical elements, and a lively talented cast.̶…