'Draw the Circle' puts a surprising frame on a transgender story by Nelson Pressley

Writer-performer Deen's solo show features a clever sleight of hand.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54pm on December 5, 2017☆⚑

I knew little about 'SpongeBob SquarePants' when I went to the new musical version. It was a handicap. by Peter Marks

Family-friendly musicals are opening

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54pm on December 4, 2017☆⚑

Warmhearted 'Curve of Departure' hits Studio's strike zone by Nelson Pressley

Slice-of-life drama looks at one extended family's night in a hotel room.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on December 4, 2017☆⚑

'The Ferryman' wins big at Evening Standard stage awards by Associated Press

Jez Butterworth's powerful drama "The Ferryman" has won three prizes, including best play, at London's Evening Standard Theater Awards.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:24pm on December 3, 2017☆⚑

Sail on, 'Titanic' " from Arlington to Seoul to . . . Broadway? by Peter Marks

A Tony winner gets a new life, maybe in New York, courtesy of a Korean producer.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:06pm on December 1, 2017☆⚑

Geoffrey Rush denies 'inappropriate behavior' at theater by Associated Press

The Sydney Theatre Company says it received a complaint of "inappropriate behavior" against Geoffrey Rush, an allegation lawyers for the Oscar winner denied.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

'Amazing Grace' lumbers into the new Museum of the Bible by Nelson Pressley

Where's the orchestra? Cue the computer.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:24pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Twelfth Night,' 'Nina Simone' and more by Nelson Pressley

Bye bye, 'Mean Girls.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:12pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

Playwright Israel Horovitz faces harassment allegations by Associated Press

Award-winning playwright-screenwriter Israel Horovitz, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment, has departed from the Gloucester Stage Company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:12pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

No actors and no director: Bulgarian theater experiment 'The State' tells us who we are by Nelson Pressley

A Bulgarian experiment in political theater makes its U.S. debut.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

Ingmar Bergman's muse, Liv Ullmann, brings his 'Private Confessions' to Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

"His words are so good. He always wanted to be best known as a writer, which he was not."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:33am on November 30, 2017☆⚑

An actress in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' on his complex language by Joe Heim

Antoinette Robinson says the fear of not getting it right is its own challenge.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:24am on November 30, 2017☆⚑

If you want to steer clear of Scrooge, two stages provide different holiday fare by Celia Wren

MetroStage, Stage Guild offer Christmas variety.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:48pm on November 28, 2017☆⚑

A quick and handy introduction to the plays of an autumn in New York by Peter Marks

Here a play, there a play, everywhere a pretty good play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:48pm on November 28, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Mean Girls' is an apex predator by Nelson Pressley

A hip 'Twelfth Night' takes off at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42pm on November 23, 2017☆⚑

Russian dancer challenges centuries of ballet tradition by Nataliya Vasilyeva | ap

It's an uphill battle trying to promote contemporary dance in a country which prides itself on keeping its trademark ballets intact for a century.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33am on November 23, 2017☆⚑

A 'Twelfth Night' that's great for any night by Peter Marks

Even if you've seen the oft-staged comedy before, Shakespeare Theatre shows you new magic.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:12pm on November 22, 2017☆⚑

In the galleries: Two photographers focus on the pastoral beauty of Arlington by Mark Jenkins

Frank Hallam Day and Anne Rowland will discuss their commissioned projects Tuesday.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:04pm on November 22, 2017☆⚑

In D.C. theater, Amber McGinnis is rising through the directing ranks by Nelson Pressley

"The Last Night of Ballyhoo," at Theater J, adds to her growing résumé.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:33pm on November 22, 2017☆⚑

'Asher Lev' at 1st Stage: Choosing to be an artist despite public condemnation by Celia Wren

In Tysons Corner, a sensitive production of the Chaim Potok novel.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on November 21, 2017☆⚑

This 'Annie' doesn't shine despite Daddy Warbucks' commanding voice by Nelson Pressley

A dutiful if uninspired production at Olney.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on November 21, 2017☆⚑

The dark aims of Enda Walsh are partly achieved in Solas Nua's 'Misterman' by Peter Marks

But the Ireland-oriented company stakes out a new neighborhood for D.C. theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:36pm on November 21, 2017☆⚑

Felonius Munk's 'Nothing to Lose' is a Second City winner by Nelson Pressley

Telling the truth with laughs about everything from jail to comedy.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on November 20, 2017☆⚑

'Nina Simone' raises a fist at Arena Stage by Nelson Pressley

The prickly musical portrait is set in a 1963 bombed Alabama church.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12am on November 20, 2017☆⚑

'Mean Girls' fans: Tina Fey's musical is a singing, dancing revenge party, and it's funny by Peter Marks

The music numbers need work in Fey's musical version of her cult hit film

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:04pm on November 19, 2017☆⚑