Eleanor Burgess' "The Niceties" is a deeply intense two-hander that deftly blurs the line between hero and villain, as it is nearly impossible to completely ascribe any one category to the c…
Frank Rich, the New York Times drama critic for many years, wrote that Michael Frayn's "Noises Off!" was the funniest play of his lifetime. I'm not sure I would go as far as Mr. Rich, but it…
With a warm smile and welcoming arms, the sparkling hostess Roya invites you into her home for the Persian New Year. As patrons take their seats at Olney Theatre, she makes light small talk.…
Providing laugh-out-loud theatre for more than a decade, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning musical "The Book of Mormon" is as fresh and entertaining now as it was when it premiered on Bro…
If I could say only one thing about Spotlighters Theatre's current production Charles Morey's "Laughing Stock" it would be that it definitely lives up to its name. First performed in 2001, t…
"The Baker's Wife" has quite a pedigree. Inspired by the 1938 French film, "La femme du boulanger," and written by Tony Award-winning playwright Joseph Stein, with music and lyrics by Stephe…
Pulitzer Prize finalist "Rapture, Blister Burn" gives playwright Gina Gionfriddo a theatrical platform from which to explore the topic of feminism from just about every conceivable angle"as …
If society treats soldiers as machines and war as a game, should it be a surprise when those soldiers lose their humanity? That is the question at the core of the startlingly original produc…
WASHINGTON, DC"The multi-year arc of Mosaic's H Street Oral History Project, spearheaded by the Andrew W. Mellon Playwright-in-Residence Psalmayene 24, culminates with the H Street Oral Hist…
Following a three month search, Flying V's Board of Trustees has named Kelly Colburn (she/they) as the new Executive Director of Flying V, the Montgomery County-based performing arts organiz…
Grupo Corpo's performance at the Kennedy Center Opera House featured a double bill of works by founding choreographer, Rodrigo Pederneiras. Founded in 1975, Grupo Corpo (Body Group) is one o…
"The Trans-Atlantic Time Traveling Company," a devised work presented by the Theater Alliance at the Anacostia Playhouse, is a vibrant and energetic production stuffed with music, storytelli…
The sheer staying power of three actors playing countless characters over the course of three and a half hours is perhaps the most astounding part of Shakespeare Theatre Company's production…
Going to a Happenstance Theater production is like opening a jewel box. You never know what is inside but guaranteed it will be a treasure trove of imagination, talent, and creativity"always…
Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg Set to Resume Executive Director Position at Studio Theatre After Stepping Down from Shakespeare Theatre Company February 29, 2024, Washington, DC " In a joint state…
On March 22 and 23, 2024, Authentic Community Theatre (ACT) will be presenting a production of Green Day's "ground-breaking" musical, "American Idiot" at The Maryland Theatre. This is the sh…
From Masterworks to Modern Fusion: The BSO Sets Stage for a Season of Music that Resonates BALTIMORE (February 29, 2024) " Under the baton of Music Director Jonathon Heyward, the Baltimore S…
Lady Rosalinda (Christa Beveridge) lounges on an elegant divan in a dress of jacquard satin and cuffs of embroidered organza. Rare viands are at her table, and the parrot above her is like a…
"...not sure I've ever seen anything quite like it. ....a delight, both visual and emotional"
"Measure for Measure" is a problem play. "Desperate Measures" is a problematic musical. To be sure, director Allison Arkell Stockman's current production at Constellation Theatre Company" th…
"Little Women?" Yes, please! Who can resist Louisa May Alcott's story of the March sisters coming of age during the American Civil War. Upon its 1868 publication, the novel became an immedia…
The first installment of the biannual series REACH to NATURE February 20"March 3, 2024 at the REACH Aneeshwar Kunchala also named as Kennedy Center's first Youth Ambassador for the Arts &…
Washington, D.C. (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)Â " Broadway at The National has announced its 2024/2025 season, featuring the highly anticipated D.C. premiere of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED …
Anna Julia Cooper became principal of M Street High School in DC in 1902. Deemed by many the "mother of Black feminism," Cooper was a staunch proponent of young students of color pursuing de…
St. Andrew's Episcopal School's production of Into the Woods brings the audience into the woods and out again, with no shortage of twists and turns. As Little Red Ridinghood remarked naively…