National Symphony rises under conductor James Conlon by Patrick Rucker

Compelling music in program honoring Rostropovich and showcasing French pianist.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on April 7, 2017☆⚑

How 'Chicago' became the musical for every American decade, for all time by Nelson Pressley

The die-hard dames, now including Brandy, are an eternal reflection of the country.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

LuPone and Ebersole, together in the footlights, in Broadway's 'War Paint' by Peter Marks

The historic rivalry of two cosmetics empresses, Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, told in song (and a bit of dance).

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Cartoonist laureate says world has changed, accepts gay work by Associated Press

Vermont's new cartoonist laureate has made a career out of illustrating the complexities of same-sex relationships and says the world has changed around her and is now much more accepting of…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:32pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Shows bloom in twos by Nelson Pressley

Repertory is Washington's spring thing " and 'Chicago''s back in town.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

A divine showing of divas put the 'broad' in Broadway by Karen Heller

Midler, LuPone and Close: In the theater, there is nothing like a dame, a grand dame.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:06pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Stars of 'A Human Being Died That Night' wrestle with apartheid's big questions by Geoffrey Himes

The play, at Atlas, explores an interview for South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:02pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Patti LuPone on her 'painful' rise to Broadway stardom: 'I was my biggest enemy!' by Karen Heller

She's been Evita and Mama Rose, and " in "War Paint" " she plays Helena Rubinstein.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Christine Ebersole, at peace even in "War Paint" by Peter Marks

The two-time Tony winner is Elizabeth Arden opposite Patti LuPone's Helena Rubinstein.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Two 400-year-old soap operas rip along in stagings by Brave Spirits Theatre by Celia Wren

"A King and No King" and " 'Tis Pity She's a Whore" are full of passion, humor and suspense.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:03pm on April 5, 2017☆⚑

Athol Fugard's 'Blood Knot' is tightly wound at Mosaic by Nelson Pressley

Hinton and Story excel as black-white brothers under apartheid.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:02pm on April 4, 2017☆⚑

Nilaja Sun channels a village in her solo show 'Pike St.' by Nelson Pressley

She vividly plays all the characters as a storm bears down on New York's Lower East Side.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:12pm on April 3, 2017☆⚑

Olivia Wilde to make her Broadway debut in play of '1984' by Mark Kennedy

A new stage adaptation of George Orwell's chilling dystopic novel "1984" will star Olivia Wilde, making her Broadway debut.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42am on April 3, 2017☆⚑

There will be blood in Signature's 'Midwestern Gothic' by Peter Marks

The murk blunts the gore in the world-premiere musical in Shirlington.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:24pm on April 2, 2017☆⚑

'The Hairy Ape' with Bobby Cannavale is a vision by Peter Marks

It's such an epic vision of the piece, the role of the "ape" could have gone to King Kong.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42pm on March 31, 2017☆⚑

Sally Field, on Broadway and on a mission by Peter Marks

The two-time Oscar winner ignites her theater career in a revival of "The Glass Menagerie."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24pm on March 31, 2017☆⚑

The killer-dillers of 'Chicago' have been slaying audiences for decades by Nelson Pressley

Partners in crime Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly simply cannot do it alone.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:42pm on March 30, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: A musical new thriller and familiar killer dillers by Nelson Pressley

Signature debuts the musical 'Midwestern Gothic,' and 'Chicago''s back.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on March 30, 2017☆⚑

The remarkable 'Battlefield' speaks softly, and profoundly by Peter Marks

Peter Brook's return to "The Mahabharata" is at the Kennedy Center through April 2.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on March 30, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Season 2017-18: 'Scottsboro' at Signature, Trump satire at Mosaic by Peter Marks and Nelson Pressley

New 'Mean Girls' musical sets dates at National Theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:48am on March 30, 2017☆⚑

Theater for children: What's on Washington-area stages this spring by Jane Horwitz

For little ones, "Jungle Book" and "Aladdin"; for older kids, "Ragtime" and "Raisin."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:31pm on March 29, 2017☆⚑

Women and age-old struggles take center stage in two local productions by Celia Wren

Suffrage playlets at Venus Theatre, and Lisa Kron's "Well" at 1st Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:06pm on March 28, 2017☆⚑

John Leguizamo provides a hilarious syllabus in off-Broadway's 'Latin History for Morons' by Peter Marks

The comic actor gives us all in lesson in funny business

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48pm on March 27, 2017☆⚑

George Bernard Shaw's science fiction 'Methuselah' reaches its final frontier by Nelson Pressley

Washington Stage Guild's four-year, three-part project finishes philosophically.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on March 27, 2017☆⚑

Kevin Kline says farce looks easy but it's certainly not by Mark Kennedy

At a press event celebrating his return to Broadway, Kevin Kline wanted to be crystal clear on one topic: He's not having a midlife crisis. He's PLAYING someone who's having a midlife crisis.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48am on March 27, 2017☆⚑