In the other half of its repertory tour at Shakespeare Theatre South Africa's Isango Ensemble transformed the Bard's poetic telling of the Venus and Adonis myth into a glorious, multi-dimens…
Shakespeare Theatre launched its 2014-15 Presentation Series with the ebullient work of South Africa's Isango Ensemble, which is presenting adaptations of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute " I…
The Murder Room  by Jack Sharkey If Monty Python were tasked with rewriting an Agatha Christie murder mystery, the results wouldn’t be half as funny as The Murder Room, where &#…
Taking a hit movie and turning it into a property for the stage is always a risky proposition. Sometimes it comes off successfully and other times it fails miserably. When it does fail, it's…
Jane Horwitz is someone you might know from a number of local entertainment mediums. If you read the Washington Post regularly, then you know about Jane’s work as a reviewer and that s…
Assembling a nice night of operatic arias for a cabaret production, Kathleen Cahill was struck by a commonality among the women in classic productions: They pretty much all ended up dead in …
The broad reach and influence of Franz Kafka's deeply disturbing, yet funny, story Metamorphosis is illustrated by a line in Mel Brooks' 1968 film The Producers. Desperate to underwrite a fl…
The timing of the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere production of Colossal could not be better. The play is about football (the new season has just begun); it's abo…
The "MOTEL" sign flickers and sputters its message before showtime, forlorn and unforgiving as the Mojave desert landscape, as it awaits the production of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love to begi…
Gillian Williams is currently starring as Abby in Belleville at Studio Theatre. She was recently seen in Venus in Fur at Seattle Repertory Theatre and Arizona Theatre Company. Other regio…
1. Star-Spangled Spectacular Concerts. On September 13, 6:00-10:00 PM at Fort McHenry, observe the bicentennial of the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the spot that endured the B…
Actor Joseph Marcell is living his dream right now. He is currently touring the states playing the lead role in Shakespeare's King Lear. This production started at Shakespeare's Globe in Lon…
US Navy Disabled Veteran, Robert Levoy gave to our country and now I am calling out to all of our readers to consider giving back by supporting his hobby of collecting Playbills, posters, au…
One might think that the stunning intimacy of Folger Shakespeare Library's theater would be too cozy for King Lear, but the space only serves to amplify the drama, humor, and overall human c…
Brynn O’Malley is currently starring in the dual roles of Dot/Marie in Signature Theatre’s fantastic production of Sunday in the Park with George. Â She has appeared on Broadwa…
Ah…the age old question, when it comes to romance – what takes precedence " career or love? And who makes the sacrifice? That is the premise for Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's cur…
The topic of what happens to our service men and women has been explored in numerous film and TV shows as well as on stage. Theater Alliance is opening its twelfth season with a world premie…
When a young woman named Abby returns home unexpectedly one afternoon after nobody showed for her yoga class, she finds her husband Zack home even more unexpectedly. That he was in the bedro…
Jenna Sokolowski is currently opening the 2014/15 season of Arena Stage as Phyllis in the world premiere of The Shoplifters which runs through October 19th. Although this is her Arena Stage …
Vagabond Players analyze the friendship among three men in Art, the opening show of their 99th Season. Directed by Howard Berkowitz and written in French by Yasmina Reza with the translation…
I can't think of another local young actor who was starring in musicals along side adult actors at the age of 10, and holding their own so well everyone in the audience knew you were a natur…
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Congress made musical theatre lovers happy for a change and signed a bill saying that once a year would be known as a day for commemorating compos…
Dirty Dancing " The Classic Story On Stage opened its North American Tour and the 2014-2015 Broadway at the National season on September 2nd at the National Theatre to a packed house of very…
Few characters are as vivid in the imagination as Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yentl, the bright young Rabbi's daughter who, upon being orphaned, dares to disguise herself as a boy so she can stu…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the selection of the five individuals who will receive the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors. Recipients to be honored at the 37th annua…