'Sleepy Hollow' isn't Synetic's very best work, but it will certainly quicken your pulse by Celia Wren

Another pre-Halloween offering: Creative Cauldron's "Nevermore."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54pm on October 9, 2018☆⚑

How Lady Gaga's real life mirrors " and doesn't mirror " her character in 'A Star Is Born' by Elahe Izadi

The megastar says she sees herself in the movie.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18am on October 9, 2018☆⚑

'A Star is Born': Some of Nashville's most powerful voices helped shape the soundtrack by Emily Yahr

Country music singers and songwriters had a bigger role in the film than some might think.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on October 8, 2018☆⚑

'Venom' and 'A Star Is Born' triumph at the box office, leading to the best-ever October weekend by Sonia Rao

It was quite a weekend for tumultuous movie romances.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:33pm on October 7, 2018☆⚑

History meets mystery in Arlitia Jones's slightly spooky drama 'Summerland' by Nelson Pressley

The Washington Stage Guild production, in the intimate Undercroft Theatre, jolts your senses.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:04pm on October 5, 2018☆⚑

Yes, Bradley Cooper's voice in 'A Star is Born' was physically painful to create by Emily Yahr

The process took about six months for the actor-director, who worked closely with a dialect coach.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24pm on October 5, 2018☆⚑

A play about the Clintons is headed for Broadway by Helena Andrews-dyer

Set in the throes of the 2008 presidential contest, "Hillary and Clinton" was first staged in Chicago in 2016.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:54pm on October 4, 2018☆⚑

Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow to play Bill, Hillary Clinton by Associated Press

"Roseanne" star Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow of "The Crown" are poised to star as Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton in a new Broadway play

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on October 4, 2018☆⚑

Scientists find a frozen, scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin by Associated Press

Its orbit is so stretched out that it takes 40,000 years to circle the sun.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:18pm on October 3, 2018☆⚑

A Greek-set 'Comedy of Errors' adds songs to the slapstick by Nelson Pressley

'Camelot' director Alan Paul tries his hand at Shakespeare's early farce.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on October 2, 2018☆⚑

With Dylan songbook, 'Girl From North Country' is a triumph by Peter Marks

Written and directed by Conor McPherson, the musical showcases healing power of song.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42pm on October 1, 2018☆⚑

Bradley Cooper will keep geeking out about 'A Star Is Born' as long as you let him by Sonia Rao

The Oscar-nominated actor's directorial debut was a passion project years in the making.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:42pm on October 1, 2018☆⚑

The British political comedy 'Labour of Love' translates well in its U.S. debut by Nelson Pressley

The terrain looks familiar in a rom-com that goes from Blair to Brexit.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54pm on October 1, 2018☆⚑

Post-Kevin Spacey, Old Vic 'guardians' fight workplace abuse by Jill Lawless | ap

A year after it became an unwilling focus for Britain's #MeToo movement, the Old Vic Theatre says it is trying to stamp out abuses of power in all workplaces

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:36pm on September 30, 2018☆⚑

'Heisenberg' turns an odd-couple love into faith in humanity by Celia Wren

Simon Stephens's play takes the quantum- mechanics principle beyond literary cliche.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:04pm on September 30, 2018☆⚑

The SNL season premiere was also obsessed with Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande by Sonia Rao

The episode even sneaked in a reference to the high-profile couple's pet pig.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:54am on September 30, 2018☆⚑

How are Washington theaters doing when it comes to producing plays by women? by Nelson Pressley

Four of 10 works this season are by female playwrights. That's better than ever, but parity should be the goal.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06am on September 28, 2018☆⚑

Jon Stewart hands out free lunch to construction workers by Associated Press

Comedian and former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart surprises construction workers at a New Jersey performing arts theater with a free lunch

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on September 27, 2018☆⚑

The moralizing 1946 comedy 'Born Yesterday' is not dead yet by Nelson Pressley

As the show on democratic principles opens at Ford's Theatre, good luck leaving politics at the door.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42pm on September 27, 2018☆⚑

The funny hit play 'Labour of Love' takes British party politics seriously by Nelson Pressley

The London smash by James Graham is making its U.S. debut at Olney Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36am on September 27, 2018☆⚑

John Strand's political comedy 'Lincolnesque' returns to Keegan Theatre by Nelson Pressley

An earlier look at angry speech from the author of "The Originalist."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:48pm on September 26, 2018☆⚑

Unsatisfied: Meet the people who have some reservations about 'Hamilton' by Zachary Pincus-roth

The musical has won scads of awards and is hailed as a landmark. Who are the few poor souls who don't actually love this thing?

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:04am on September 21, 2018☆⚑

This ‘Vanya’ is a teachable moment — for how to stage a classic play today by Peter Marks

It is an eternal challenge to get Chekhov right. Richard Nelson and Jay O. Sanders do.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48am on September 20, 2018☆⚑

Arthur Mitchell, pioneering black ballet dancer, dies at 84 by Deepti Hajela | ap

Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African-Americans in the 1950s as a ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet and who would go on to become a driving force in the creation of the D…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:32pm on September 19, 2018☆⚑

Motherhood isn't all it's cracked up to be in 'Pramkicker' by Nelson Pressley

Sadie Hasler's bruising comedy takes an irreverent point of view.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:06pm on September 19, 2018☆⚑