Famed Hamptons home Grey Gardens for sale for $19.95 million by Associated Press

Grey Gardens, the Hamptons home once owned by eccentric relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is for sale. It was featured in a documentary, HBO movie and Broadway musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:06pm on February 8, 2017☆⚑

Alec McCowen, stalwart of British stage, dies at 91 by Jill Lawless

He achieved global success with "St. Mark's Gospel," a one-man show about the life of Jesus.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:06pm on February 8, 2017☆⚑

Gala's 'Yo También Hablo de la Rosa' punctuates its social commentary with humor by Celia Wren

A riddle about a flower is in some ways the key to this Mexican play from the 1960s.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on February 8, 2017☆⚑

Go fish: 'The River' and 'Gin Game' angle for small fry by Nelson Pressley

At Spooky Action and MetroStage, dramas in which relationships go bust.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on February 8, 2017☆⚑

Jake Gyllenhaal helps open a new Broadway theater by Mark Kennedy

Broadway has welcomed a new theater with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Jake Gyllenhaal.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on February 8, 2017☆⚑

Olney's big 'Sweeney Todd' makes a stab at greatness, and falls just shy by Nelson Pressley

David Benoit leads a full-throated cast in the musical thriller.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:42pm on February 8, 2017☆⚑

Hands down, 'Baby Screams Miracle' is the windiest show in town by Peter Marks

Woolly Mammoth Theatre unveils Clare Barron's tragicomic disaster play

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:42pm on February 7, 2017☆⚑

Broadway-bound 'Come From Away' from Ford's tops Hayes nominations by Nelson Pressley

Signature's 'Jelly' scores big, as does the latest Happenstance vaudeville.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:42pm on February 6, 2017☆⚑

A plot twist squanders 'Tear You Apart's' outsider insights by Peter Marks

Studio Theatre unveils the world premiere of Morgan Gould's comedy.

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

What do we do in the time of Trump? The theater community is trying to figure out the answer. by Peter Marks

Theaters are grappling with how to respond to the controversies stirred by the Trump administration

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54pm on February 5, 2017☆⚑

It's a Nova Y. Payton sweep in 'Caroline, or Change' by Peter Marks

Round House Theatre revives the powerful musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on February 5, 2017☆⚑

From Bechdel to Chekhov, literary stars inspire this spring's D.C. theater choices by Peter Marks

Winner of five Tonys, delightful and sad musical memoir 'Fun Home' comes to the National.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:06am on February 3, 2017☆⚑

Washington Ballet leaps " with 4 can't-wait-to-see programs " into grandeur by Sarah L. Kaufman

The ambition, variety and quantity of works make this a season of historic reach and significance.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:06am on February 3, 2017☆⚑

Play of George Orwell's '1984' coming to Broadway this year by Mark Kennedy

A new British stage adaptation of George Orwell's chilling dystopic novel "1984" is coming to an America where issues of "newspeak" and surveillance are quite relevant.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06pm on February 2, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Big laughs and high drama in 'Virginia Woolf' and 'Hooded' by Nelson Pressley

Also: The Lillian Hellman Festival revs up at Arena Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:36pm on February 2, 2017☆⚑

Sharp lessons in 'Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies' by Nelson Pressley

A funny, edgy Black Lives Matter play from Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm at Mosaic.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on February 1, 2017☆⚑

Washington Stage Guild's 'Last Train to Nibroc' is grounded in reality by Celia Wren

A relationship develops as the world goes to war in play at Undercroft Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on February 1, 2017☆⚑

Mariinsky Ballet's 'Little Humpbacked Horse' is rowdy fun at Kennedy Center by Sarah L. Kaufman

An energizing mix of magic and child's play is instilled in Alexei Ratmansky's folk tale.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:18pm on February 1, 2017☆⚑

A scintillating 'Virginia Woolf' with a scalding Holly Twyford by Peter Marks

Ford's Theatre, aided by director Aaron Posner, gets a big one right.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:06pm on January 31, 2017☆⚑

A show of virtuosos, 'Swan Lake' shimmers with strong women by Sarah L. Kaufman

With fouettes as liberation and Odette as action hero, American Ballet Theatre's staging is right for these times.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on January 30, 2017☆⚑

Bites from Shakespeare's banquet by Nelson Pressley

The choice dish: Folger's 'As You Like It.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on January 30, 2017☆⚑

Opening Ceremony swap runway for an evening at the ballet by Jocelyn Noveck | ap

The fashion label Opening Ceremony never disappoints when it comes to finding inventive ways to present its wares at New York Fashion Week. It has shown its clothes next to a wall oozing cho…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on January 29, 2017☆⚑

What's on tap on D.C. stages for children by Jane Horwitz

"Ella Enchanted," "The Freshest Snow Whyte" and "Hamlette" put a 2017 spin on very old tales.

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

DC Theater Friday: Plays are the thing by Nelson Pressley

With such heavy musicals as "Caroline, or Change" and "Sweeney Todd." Winter, y'all.

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

Marsha Mason, still putting the pedal to the metal by Peter Marks

The "Goodbye Girl" star has tackled Hollywood, auto racing and a Lillian Hellman drama.

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