Last year, I spoke with Naomi Robin (as she was leaving her longtime gig as Casting Director at Theater J) about her time there and about her career more broadly. I also asked her about the …
This is not actor Ian Merrill Peakes' first time playing Macbeth on the Folger stage. Ten years ago, he and Kate Eastwood Norris played Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth, and now return to their roles un…
The last place you'd think to go for a little peace and quiet is the theater. But that's what happens in Round House Theatre's production of Bess Wohl's 2015 off-Broadway hit, Small Mouth So…
In 2008, Folger Theatre's Macbeth, directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (of the magician duo: Penn and Teller), starred Ian Merrill Peaks and Kate Eastwood Norris in the titular roles. Ten ye…
The Shakespeare Theatre Company has ended its nearly year-long hunt for Artistic Director Michael Kahn’s successor with the appointment of London’s National Theatre Associate Dir…
How can liberal activists diminish the power of the Alt Right, a rebranded digital army of white supremacists whose influence manifests in real domestic terrorism? For starters, they can plu…
This latest work by Athol Fugard, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, is a masterpiece on so many levels. Set in two distinct times, it explores the oppressive impact of apartheid in So…
As Edwin Lee Gibson prepares for opening night September 6th of Arena Stage's production of Turn Me Loose, a look into the life of comedian Dick Gregory, his dressing room is full of photos …
"The closet" symbolizes an important moment for many LGBTQ+ folks. It has myriad meanings and significance to the members of the community. Playwright Sigmund Fuchs, through In the Closet, h…
One of DC theatergoers' favorite times of year is back, as theatreWashington presents the popular Theatre Week, Sept. 12 through Oct. 7, with 26 productions being staged throughout the regio…
Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel scored a huge hit in 1989 with the release of her debut novel, which became a New York Times best seller, Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate),…
It's 1946 Mississippi and recording artist Sister Rosetta Tharpe is considering adding a singer to join her show, so she finds the only comfortable spot available for them in the Jim Crow so…
Sometimes it is just easiest to say it up front as clearly as possible: I loved The Ice Child"an old-school-esque "once upon a time" fairy tale about very real-world, right now issues that t…
Neil Simon has died. As a playwright, a book-writer of musicals, a gag-writer for the golden age of television, a screenwriter, and a legendary "play doctor" (his ability to fix problems wit…
Actress Natascia Diaz's bold performance breathes transformative life into Fosca"one of musical theater's most remarkable creations"in Signature Theatre's resplendent revival of Stephen Sond…
In celebration of the 17th annual Page-to-Stage Festival, more than 60 theater companies"both new and established"will ascend to The Kennedy Center this coming weekend (Sept. 1-3) to offer a…
This year’s Page-to-Stage Festival will feature new events – from yoga to a Looping class to more shows and events for kids as well as readings from over 60 theatre companies. To…
This review was originally published on DC Metro Theater Arts and appears here with permission. In Jonathan Dahm Robertson's set for Constellation Theatre Company's production of Sarah Ruhl'…
It's become a truism in the queer community that coming out of the closet isn't a singular event. And yet, the very expression "coming out" conjures up images of individuals in their teens o…
One of the great perks of being in the theatre community is getting little sneak peaks at your friends' shows. When you meet for drinks or run into one another at various places around the c…
"These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder / Which, as they kiss, consume." Friar Lawrence's words ring pulse-quickeningly true in Shakespeare…
Cheese, wicked stepmothers, wicked stepfathers, national emergency and whatever your imagination can come up with — Imagination Stage will this season be probing all the themes which f…
Iris is an astronaut. She travels through space. Iris is also a chrononaut. She travels through time. And that's where her troubles begin as the protagonist of The Interstellar Ghost Hour…
GALA Hispanic Theatre will mark its next season, its 43rd, with eyes on modern classics: a play which takes Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea as a jumping-off point, the musical v…
Love the classics, but think they’re old hat? WSC Avant Bard has something for you this year: two brand-new reimagined classics (one by the Bard), plus one classic from our own time. T…