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The Great Society Review: LBJ Back on Broadway
“I feel strongly that I should not permit the Presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept,...
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Dining review: Grillfish, Dupont Circle’s well-kept secret, perfect for...
The first thing you see when you walk into this 20 year old restaurant at 1200 New Hampshire Ave NW is the huge mural looming over the bar. The different servers and managers at Grillfish will give you...
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Review: The Improvised Shakespeare Company. Ridiculous. Silly. Delightful.
Five men, three chairs, and 75 minutes of improv set in the world of the Bard. That’s the simple premise of The Improvised Shakespeare Company. But the payoff is so much more. At the Kennedy Center on...
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Highwood Theatre sexting scandal: a mother’s perspective
It comes down to trust. A parent sends their theater-loving child to the Highwood Theatre, a Silver Spring, Md.-based youth educational theater company, where he can get performance and technical...
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Review: Merce Cunningham at 100. The choreographer’s pioneering spirit lives on
Eleven dancers in white unitards with horizontal black strips at the top extending to gloved hands. In a dawn of pastel light, they hold a marvelous stillness. Four musicians play a minimalist John...
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Review: Escaped Alone, Caryl Churchill jarringly dark, dystopic visions
For those unfamiliar with the work of British playwright Caryl Churchill, Signature Theatre’s production of Escaped Alone (2016) may come as a bit of a shock. Valerie Leonard as Mrs. Jarrett in Escaped...
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Review: The Royale . Olney Theatre’s boxing drama wins in a knock out
If baseball represents the joy of sport — its season concluding with popped champagne corks and ticker tape parades for the winners and the promise of next year for the losers — then boxing represents...
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Review: The Winter’s Tale. The Wheel Theatre Company fittingly exits the...
With the holiday season quickly approaching, so do the stresses that accompany the tricky social etiquette around visiting and hosting loved ones. You might do your best planning and preparation –...
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Review: Fences at Ford’s Theatre
The staging of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Fences at Ford’s Theatre seemed made-to-order for a grand slam home run. The memorable backyard drama of father and son and husband...
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Review: West by God, a love letter to rural life in West Virginia
Brandon McCoy admits that he has written a love letter to his home state of West Virginia. McCoy has created a work that is both personal and heartachingly relatable to anyone who has pulled up roots...
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School Girls: or, the African Mean Girls Play. Funny for African-Americans,...
As the stage lights brightened on Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls or the African Mean Girls Play, I was immediately taken back to my primary and secondary school days in Lagos, Nigeria. The button up shirt...
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Review: Paquita from The Mariinsky Ballet, rarely produced and newly conceived
The Mariinksy Ballet marks its annual appearance at the Kennedy Center this week with an unusual offering: a full-length three-act Paquita, a ballet that is rarely performed in its entirety. While it...
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Louis Altarescu and Alan Friedman, recipients of 2019 Gary Maker Audience Award.
Louis Altarescu and Alan Friedman, well known volunteer ushers and theater enthusiasts until Friedman’s untimely death last month, have been selected to receive the 2019 Gary Maker Audience Award,...
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Review: Disenchanted! Suitably madcap, Princess-worthy performances at...
All the charm in Creative Cauldron’s Disenchanted! is homespun, from madcap performances to powerful voices and kitschy props. But the script lobs too much hate at the House of Mouse (while staying...
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Review: Pride and Prejudice at NextStop. This comedy has the playwright...
Jane Austen’s resilient and comedic novel “Pride and Prejudice” has survived high school English classes, stuffy college seminars, the musical stage, several film adaptations, and even a parody in...
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Dat’s Love. We take you to the first Spit Dat spoken word night at Woolly...
Drew Anderson (poetically known as “Droopy, The Brokeballer”), one half of the #DynamicDuo that is responsible for producing the weekly Thursday open mic Spit Dat since 2002, describes the new monthly...
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Home is where the art is. West by God playwright Brandon McCoy
Playwright Brandon McCoy’s world premiere West by God, which he admits is semi-autobiographical, is onstage now at Keegan Theatre through October 20th. We caught up with him to chat about the play, and...
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Review: My Barking Dog. What happens when a coyote shows up with a message
In 2017, the American Psychological Association acknowledged the existence of a new psychological disorder: eco-anxiety. The disease can cause a spectrum of despair in response to the effects of...
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Review: Escape to Margaritaville, a predictable buffet of Buffett, amiable...
How shocked must Jimmy Buffett have been when “Margaritaville,” his ode to heartbreak and mid-grade alcoholism, became not just a breakout 1977 hit but a potent lifestyle brand? It’s about wasting...
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Show-Score New Jersey launched today with a contest to give away $1,000 worth...
Show-Score New Jersey is the first extension of Show-Score.com, the popular fan site for New York City shows. Under the leadership of newly-appointed CEO, Deeksha Gaur, Show-Score has partnered with...
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