Saturday, September 10, 2022
Klezmer, folk, and rock styles marry in this powerful musical based on playwright Hanna Moscovitch's great-grandparents.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 30, 2022
Inspiring new musical based on Frederick Douglass' revolutionary speaking and writing evokes his public and private life.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:05AM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2022
A grippingly intense experience of theater, and a microcosm of Jim Crow America, set in a mental hospital for Negroes in segregated 1935 Oklahoma.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 10, 2022
She's Black. He's white. They are in love. They are police officers. Their acting is as close to perfection as one can expect to find on any stage.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:48PM[SHARE]In this vision of Antarctica in crisis. two married scienists explore what it means to coexist with the universe and each other.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 5, 2022
The gender-switched adaptation contains performances and production elements that are energetic and entertaining.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:45AM[SHARE]Friday, June 24, 2022
Aaron Sorkin's reimagining of Harper Lee's novel set in the 1930s is urgent and exhortative about the need to take sides against racism and ignorance now.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:54PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 18, 2022
Anna Deavere Smith's exquisite script and January LaVoy's compelling acting capture the truth of, and the contradictions among, all the voices.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 12, 2022
The first portion of Caleen Sinnette Jennings's play threatens to go full 'Noises Off' at any moment.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:47AM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2022
At the beginning of Pride month, a musical celebration of what has been achieved, often at great cost.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2022
The playwrights' skills and vibrant acting provide memorable portraits of two very different women seeking to be more fully together.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 5, 2022
Kimberly Belflower's entertaining new play embeds its feminist message in the very real, sometimes mercurial, emotions of teenagers.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 1, 2022
The comedy of manners spoofs the British class system. Direction, costumes, and set are worthy of Watch Awards.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 24, 2022
In this family of comic eccentrics, they love each other as much because of as despite their oddities.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2022
Tim J. Lord's brilliantly written play references a tragic event during Russia's war on Chechnya when theatergoers in Moscow were held hostage.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 14, 2022
The emotional power of the material comes through clearly in this quintessential ensemble show about ordinary people's kindness.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Sunday, April 3, 2022
In the title role, Kevin Thorne gives a performance of contained power and commands the stage.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
Yussef El Guindi's post-9/11 play reminds us that bias against disfavored groups remains a danger worth guarding against.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 12, 2022
Irresistible songs and a top-flight cast make for a musical that's sweeter than vanilla ice cream.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 6, 2022
An omnipresent Holy Spirit illuminates a 90-minute version to indicate the divine right of kings.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:44AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 5, 2022
Monday, January 31, 2022
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
The rising star who plays Vivian tells how the musical has been revised since its Broadway run and how her character will be different from the movie.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 18, 2021
Saturday, December 11, 2021
A laudable performance of the renowned playwright's autobiographical 'How I Learned What I Learned.'
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 28, 2021
Sunday, November 14, 2021
The script gives an actor the opportunity for a sparkling display of comic virtuosity, and Jaclyn Young takes full advantage.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:44AM[SHARE]Monday, November 8, 2021
Emphasizing the play's fairy tale elements, Director Erin Nealer steered actors toward a wry, broadly comic style that regularly drew well-earned laughs.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:45AM[SHARE]Monday, November 1, 2021
The show's sights are fixed on the joy of living this day " joy that the production gives the audience abundantly.
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