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Review: The Lion, the Unicorn and Me, Washington National Opera’s annual...
With the help of one “ordinary” angel with back-pack wings and a gaggle of colorful, singing animals, a story of complete enchantment unfolded, vying for the number one spot on the extensive list of...
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Raising praise for Markus Williams (1972-2018) from his family and the cast...
“Luminous.” That is the word that five actors from A Civil War Christmas settled on to describe their Music Director Markus Williams, who swept into their lives in early November. Two days into tech...
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Review: Driving Miss Daisy at Anacostia Playhouse
I wasn’t planning to catch this – the Morgan Freeman/Jessica Tandy movie was enough, so I passed on all the other enticing offerings. Yes, the play is beautifully written and quaint, and ends with a...
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Review: Miss Saigon. A haunting production at the Kennedy Center
The Vietnam War ended 45 years ago, and Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s Miss Saigon debuted almost 30 years ago, but the musical, in a riveting touring production at the Kennedy Center...
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Review: Oh, God. Ready to throw in the towel, God tries therapy
So is God more like a Jewish mother or an abusive husband? Both comparisons are thrown around like zingers in Mosaic Theater Company’s Oh, God. In Anat Gov’s comedy, God (Mitchell Hébert) isn’t a...
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Review: An Irish Carol at Keegan Theatre
If you like your Christmas holiday fare free of treacle then this is the show for you. No annoyingly twee children shouting out carols in bad English accents and no sticky sugar plums to get stuck in...
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Review: Kings probes Washington’s pay-to-play politics
Playwright and Alexandria-native Sarah Burgess is known for her sharp-tongued, rapid-fire dialogue and expositions into the underbelly of American institutions. Burgess’ first play, Dry...
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6 days to learn lines, music and blocking? Check. How Paul Scanlan, popular...
“In mid-August, I did the audition and, the very next day, I got the call from my agent that I had booked it; and then, six days after that, I started rehearsal; and then, six days after that, I flew...
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DC Theatre in 2018.We answer your most burning questions
If you are a theater enthusiast (and we know you are), how busy could you have been in 2018? 464 productions = 38 days, and 16 hours If you watched all 464 shows, back to back, assuming they averaged 2...
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DC Theatre Scene – facing a shutdown? It’s up to you.
In the waning days of 2018, I’m remembering the lesson learned by George Bailey when he saw what Bedford Falls would have been like if he had never been born. The Internet, we’re told, is forever. But...
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Programs created in Tricia McCauley’s honor keep her memory alive
This holiday season is a time of celebration. It celebrates the possibility of hope, it celebrates redemption, it celebrates generosity of spirit, it celebrates the triumph of light over darkness. For...
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Review: The Play That Goes Wrong
I don’t care if The Play That Goes Wrong has won prestigious theatre awards named Olivier and Tony. I don’t care how much the ticket costs, and that there is an intermission, and that it plays, here...
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Ford’s Theatre and The Kennedy Center remain open through the shutdown
The two Washington-area theaters with a large Federal Government footprint will remain open during the partial shutdown of the Federal government, the companies reported. Members of the 2018 cast of A...
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Where to find live performances on Christmas Day
Most theatres are shuttered on Christmas Day, but we have found two performances for that evening. The National Theatre is open for the December 25 performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical....
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Our 24 favorite stage moments of 2018
We thought back on all the 464 plays seen in our area to find our favorite scenes of the year as part of our series of 2018 Wraps. We asked: what moments still linger with you and received these...
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As the Vietnam War defined a generation, does Miss Saigon reveal ours?
This is not a review. Rather, it’s a memory of an event that caused a kind of metastasized growth inside and, until now, kept me from ever being able to attend a performance of the Broadway phenomenon...
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The 22 shows of 2018 which made our ‘favorites’ list
Perhaps the toughest assignment of the year is to pick out the favorite productions of the year from among the 464 plays seen in our area. We’d love to know which shows emerge as your favorites for...
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Anacostia Playhouse robbed on Christmas Day. Recovery support needed for the...
As reported by Prince of Petworth: “Today, December 26th, the day after Christmas, our friends at the Anacostia Playhouse came to work and discovered they had been robbed. Thieves broke in and stole...
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Let’s end 2018 on a high note
If we didn’t have the Holiday Season, Virginia, we’d have nothing but dark days and bad weather right now. Leafless trees. Bitter winds. And shutdowns. We’d have government shutdowns. It would be...
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A Toast to the New Year
We have found no better wish for the New Year than this from poet/lyricist Fran Landesman. A TOAST Here’s pearls in your oyster Here’s plums in your pie Here’s fun in your future And stars in your sky...
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