'Make me dance. I want to dance.' At 74, the 'Chorus Line' star steps into 'The Pajama Game.' by Nelson Pressley

Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie is still kicking her way through musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on October 27, 2017☆⚑

Donna McKechnie on Fosse and Bennett, 'Chicago' and 'A Chorus Line' by Nelson Pressley

"I was totally idolizing these guys."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on October 27, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Mormon' and 'Mean Girls' tune up the scene by Nelson Pressley

'Pajama Game' also says hello.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42pm on October 26, 2017☆⚑

Tina Fey has transformed her cult classic 'Mean Girls' into a pricey musical. Will it work? by Peter Marks

One of the Broadway season's biggest events is trying out at the National Theatre. 

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on October 25, 2017☆⚑

A member of Pussy Riot is in a new play that dramatizes the group's courage by Peter Marks

Political troupe Belarus Free Theatre brings "Burning Doors" to the D.C. area.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36pm on October 25, 2017☆⚑

Designer Sivigny uses a real house to make a play about home by Nelson Pressley

The Welders forge another fresh experience with "Hello, My Name Is . . ."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:04pm on October 24, 2017☆⚑

Avant Bard recalls a French scientific genius by Celia Wren

In the afterlife, our heroine remembers her love affairs and her work.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:36pm on October 23, 2017☆⚑

Talking to myself: two ways of looking at Carrie Mae Weems's new work by Anne Midgette

After seeing "Grace Notes" at the Kennedy Center, a critic's inner dialogue.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:04pm on October 22, 2017☆⚑

Say it out loud and proud: Michael Urie is a great actor. The latest proof is Harvey Fierstein's 'Torch Song.' by Peter Marks

Harvey Fierstein's landmark 1982 comedy-drama about gay life in New York is revived with uproarious élan at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:18pm on October 19, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Big plays and 'In the Heights' power down by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for 'Salesman,' 'Skeleton Crew,' 'Native Gardens,' 'Love & Information'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:54pm on October 19, 2017☆⚑

D.C. theatrical designer takes on a new role: Making a play about international adoption by Geoffrey Himes

The living-installation "Hello, My Name Is . . ." is staged in a house in the D.C. neighborhood of Takoma Park.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:12pm on October 18, 2017☆⚑

'Antony and Cleopatra' amps up the glamour at Folger by Nelson Pressley

Shakespeare's tragedy gets a close-up in this scaled down staging.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:04pm on October 17, 2017☆⚑

The Almighty is a cutie-pie in 'An Act of God' by Nelson Pressley

His new commandment: chillax.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33am on October 16, 2017☆⚑

Veteran British actor Roy Dotrice dies aged 94 by Associated Press

The family of veteran British actor Roy Dotrice says he has died in his London home. He was 94.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:33am on October 16, 2017☆⚑

'Wilderness' sends teenagers into the wild to find themselves by Peter Marks

"Wilderness" is documentary storytelling for a 21st Century theater audience

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:12pm on October 14, 2017☆⚑

Hal Linden is right for 'The Price' at Arena Stage by Nelson Pressley

The Arthur Miller drama boils with emotion, while Linden plays it cool.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:36pm on October 13, 2017☆⚑

Shakespeare for modern times, done right " and wrong by Peter Marks

"Richard III" done well in German, and "Measure for Measure" muddled, in English

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:36pm on October 13, 2017☆⚑

No doubt about it. Bruce Springsteen belongs on Broadway. by Peter Marks

"Springsteen on Broadway" is an affecting encounter with a great entertainer.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:18pm on October 12, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: New plays rock on by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for 'A Little Night Music' as two 'Assassins' take the stage

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on October 12, 2017☆⚑

Folger Theatre production bridges the gulfs of Shakespeare's 'Antony & Cleopatra' by Geoffrey Himes

Robert Richmond, the director, went to Rome to brainstorm and prepare for staging the complex play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:36pm on October 12, 2017☆⚑

Refugee drama remains calm in 'Sotto Voce' by Nelson Pressley

The Nilo Cruz play cleverly weaves border issues across decades and hemispheres.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33pm on October 11, 2017☆⚑

Sex, drugs and rock and roll: sounds good? Turns out the formula's not foolproof. by Peter Marks

Ambitious "I'll Get You Back Again" at Round House Theatre is all over the place.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33pm on October 11, 2017☆⚑

Matthew Bourne's 'The Red Shoes': Lovely when focused on what he knows best by Sarah L. Kaufman

The film adaptation is beautifully danced and well-designed, but the storytelling stumbles.

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

Langston Hughes vs. McCarthyism in 'Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been . . . ' by Nelson Pressley

History gets musical treatment in Carlyle Brown's drama and in "Mistress Cycle."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54am on October 10, 2017☆⚑

AP News Guide: The toppling of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein by Jake Coyle | ap

Film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been ousted from the company he co-founded and that bears his name following a devastating New York Times expose that detailed years of sexual harassment alle…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:12pm on October 9, 2017☆⚑