The business of an artist is not much different than the business of a baseball umpire, though his field of vision is bigger. The artist must see the world, and then call it as he sees it. T…
I walked into the DC Arts Center to catch The Book of Merman expecting a tale of half-men, half-fish, all-Mormon singers and dancers. What I found was even campier than that. Billed as "a de…
The Christmas day rape and murder of Tricia McCauley, which rocked the DCÂ theatre community, has resulted in the confession and sentencing of Duane Johnson, the U.S. Attorney’s Off…
The sentiment expressed in the jaunty tune "Slap That Bass" tells us why Signature Theatre has chosen to stage Crazy For You: "the world is a mess with politics and taxes and people grinding…
Life: it's not about good guys or bad guys. It's about good choices and bad choices. And, Felonious Munk, a bearded comedian out of Chicago courtesy of Second City, is a solid, candid guy wh…
The ushers are wearing "Ghetto Scholar" sweatshirts in Studio 54, where for his sixth solo show John Leguizamo stands in front of a blackboard and lectures on the history, politics, cult…
Visitors to DC’s new waterfront area this July will find themselves amidst the 2018 Capital Fringe Festival crowd. Capital Fringe announced today that their upcoming festival (July 7 &…
In today's information age, where significant cultural moments flutter in and out weekly, topical theater may not age well. But sometimes, art speaks to fundamental fault lines in a culture,…
Billie Holiday died in 1959, but memories of her remain in Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, now at Rep Stage in Columbia, Md. Her voice has influenced American…
Imagine if the comedy from a charismatic SNL sketch was intertwined with poignant writing from the Spanish Golden Age of theatre. The result: The Dog in the Manger. This sparky rendition of …
A look back at the past that contains a look back at the distant past, Top Girls comes across as almost more of a recently-written period play than the 1982 piece that it is. That is a credi…
Bhavesh Patel has had a busy year, appearing on Broadway, performing in Shakespeare in the Park and now taking on the role of Orsino in Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Twelfth Ni…
What happens when a lovely, low-key musical based on an offbeat Israeli film moves from Off-Broadway to a Broadway theater five times its size? You get the same widely acclaimed show " with …
It might be tempting to write off The Pajama Game as a slight, dated musical from the 50s that doesn't have much relevance today. After all, this is a show where characters throw around phra…
I had the entire introduction to this review written out in my head before I stepped foot in Studio Theatre to see the world premiere of Daniel Kitson's new solo show, A Short Series of Disa…
Old things may become new. Handel's opera, Alcina, which premiered in 1735 has done just that " quite magically so. Washington National Opera has dared to take on the classic sorceress for t…
The Ravens brings a whole new perspective to defining art. What's Shakespeare's text doing on the lips of a strip tease performer while she sliding down the pole in shimmery stilettos?…
Jon Robin Baitz fairly sprays the audience with lines that atta-tack-tack like an AK47. You hear the moans of each hit and then explosion after explosion of laughter. In this way, his play V…
Joel Markowitz, Founder and Editor Emeritus of DC Metro Theater Arts, died in his home this afternoon after a battle with Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gherig's Disea…
Sometime in the not too distant past, an ornate street lamp, that you could easily imagine encircled by fog, glows at a dingy train depot early morning. Byron Jones, looking dapper in a suit…
My sit-down with DC actor Sara Barker was delayed slightly as I had to field a call from my financial planner about some issue with retirement accounts. As I finally sat down to our late aft…
Hey Theatre Fam! Jon Jon back, after seeking out some of the talented and friendly company members of We Happy Few. These frequent collaborators are presenting their latest offering, The …
Families wishing to delight children this November have more than the usual choices. Holiday shows, Christmas Carol at Ford’s and Washington Ballet’s Nutcracker at the Warner are…
Before he was Shakespeare with a capital "S," he was just plain Will (Nicholas Carriere), an ordinary guy"a fledgling playwright, somewhat disheveled, a bit of a skirt-chaser, and frantic fo…
The Paul Selig play that Edge of the Universe Players 2 is now performing in the Woolly Mammoth rehearsal space could, with justice, be called Five Interesting Women, Some of Whom Have Issue…