What is it like for leaders of Color to work in White theatres? This Howlround Theatre Commons interview is between two well-known Washington area leaders:Â Michael J. Bobbitt, former Art…
In its best moments Love Sick"the opening show of Theater J's 2019-20 season in its newly renovated space"is a brilliantly woven tapestry of competing forms. The music, written by Ofra Danie…
It is possible for a good solo show to deliver some of the greatest magic in theater. In Solas Nua's innovative production of The Smuggler, actor and artistic director Rex Daugherty captivat…
Henry IV, Part 1 is the best of the Shakespearean histories, because it is a redemption story " not of Prince Hal (Avery Whitted), who rose from his Eastcheap debauchery to become England's …
"At Last." Etta James. If reading those words starts the soulful 1960's hit playing in your head, then you will understand the supreme confidence director Stephawn P. Stephens had in handing…
The titular doubt in John Patrick Shanley's classic play, now being given a rigorous yet nuanced treatment at Studio Theatre, is not about whether the intense, charismatic Father Brendan Fly…
Rep Stage's gracious production of Stephen Temperley's Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins makes you miss many things. Piano players in restaurants and cocktail loung…
"It's so good and so timely, I couldn't let go of it. I knew if I didn't mount it right after the Fringe experience, the danger of not coming back to it would have been very real. So it was …
Every age gets to reassess the value of a work of art relative to its present times, and not just aesthetically but politically. Never more so than today. Sometimes in our society's self-con…
Under a bright, perfect-weather-for-DC day, crowds, volunteers, donors and celebs gathered to celebrate a new addition to a Washington landmark. The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing…
Cabaret, the ground-breaking Kander and Ebb musical about sex and show-biz played against a backdrop of the Nazis' rise to power in Berlin, gets a compelling production at Olney Theatre Cent…
There was a huge line to see the fourth Broadway production of Harold Pinter's 1978 play about an adulterous triangle. The enthusiasm, I had assumed, was because the cast includes the mo…
Yvette Spears is one of those performers who sings with her whole body and soul. Medleys start deep in her throat and nearly consume her as she belts out the blues, whether she's scolding he…
With more than 30 shows opening this month, the 2019-2020 season is underway with a bang. To celebrate, theatreWashington is sponsoring its annual Theatre Week, September 10-29, and is getti…
Longstanding and highly regarded theater critic and arts writer Nelson Pressley of The Washington Post announced his retirement on August 31 on Facebook. His last piece ran in the Sunday Pos…
Eaton DC goes beyond the typical concept of a hotel. You can expect a hotel to have a restaurant and bar, but the radio station and the library are a unique perk. The yoga studio and the fin…
Noted Seattle-based director Rosa Joshi makes her D.C. directorial debut with Folger Theatre's opening production of its 2019-20 season, which will find Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV on stage Sep…
Because schedules for the Page-to-Stage Festival can be difficult to find when you arrive at The Kennedy Center, we offer this printable guide. Keys: Locations (AR) African Room " Opera Hous…
For theater enthusiasts, Labor Day weekend isn't about one last trip to the beach or three relaxing days at home. For those of us in D.C., it means it's time for the annual Page-to-Stage fes…
After being out of house since January to make room for extensive renovations, Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Md., has unveiled its new space just in time for its exciting 2019-2020 season…
There are so many weirdly gleeful moments stuffed in Assassins, composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim and book writer John Weidman's darkly comic and brilliant musical vaudeville exposing the a…
It has become a trope of a certain type of made-for-TV movie for the successful, career-driven woman in the Big City to have to return home to her humble beginnings and learn the true meanin…
The decade known as The Sixties contained so may different mini-eras it's a wonder that those of us who lived through it didn't all become split personalities. At times näive, hedonistic an…
Keith Randolph Smith is a member of the cast of August Wilson's Jitney, now in rehearsal, and opening this Fall at Arena Stage. He plays Doub, one of the drivers for the eponymous jitney in …
With 32 shows rehearsing for September openings, the 2019-2020 season is about to start in earnest and there are some awesome free celebrations going on. Round House Theatre Bethesda, MD Aug…