REVIEWS

Deliciously surreal spoof of upper crust in ‘Barococo’ at Baltimore Theater Project

Baltimore Jennifer Georgia -
Happenstance Theater has devised a gorgeous, funny, elegant, disturbing, and timely piece of theater. By JENNIFER GEORGIA

In Scena’s excellent, expressionist ‘Metamorphosis,’ a family is bugged

DC John Stoltenberg -
A misfit son’s transformation into an insect tests his parents’ and sister’s humanity. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

We Happy Few’s gripping ‘War of the Worlds’ is a winner

DC Aileen Johnson -
This audacious staging of the famously alarming 1938 radio broadcast is thoroughly entertaining.  By AILEEN JOHNSON

‘Mamma Mia!’ on tour at the National is pure electricity

DC Natasha Parnian -
A fresh, heartfelt take on the ABBA favorite, powered by a blazing band and a mother-daughter finale that will have you reaching for your own kids. By NATASHA PARNIAN

In Signature’s ‘All the World’s a Stage,’ the joy of living truthfully

Reviews Em Skow -
In this DC premiere — a musical exploration of the tensions between who you pretend to be and who you are — there are moments of quiet brilliance. By EM SKOW

Queens reign in exhilarating ‘SIX’ on tour at the Hippodrome

Baltimore Sherrita Wilkins -
The award-winning concert musical celebrates women who tell their stories on their own terms.  By SHERRITA WILKINS

REVIEWS

INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES

INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES

What sparked Rorschach Theatre’s ‘SPARKED’ at Buzzard Point?

DC Chad Kinsman -
How did the mysterious 1933 disappearance of two lovers inspire a design-driven production in vacant retail spaces? By CHAD KINSMAN

NEWS

UNIVERSITY THEATER

In ‘Alcestis 2020’ at Gallaudet, an emotional story of grief during COVID 

DC Mary V. Holiman -
In spoken English and American Sign Language, the gripping world premiere follows two gay men and their son. By MARY V. HOLIMAN

COMMUNITY THEATER

Community Theater

Relevance and heart in ‘Caroline, or Change’ at Rockville Musical Theatre

Caroline Bock -
This musical is tailor-made for today, and its abundance of talent brings to life themes of race, class, and historic injustices against African Americans. By CAROLINE BOCK

A stormy night of mystery in ‘An Old-Fashioned Family Murder’ at...

Witchiness happens in ‘Macbeth’ at Silver Spring Stage

Playfully spine-tingling ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ at Colonial Players of Annapolis

Little Theatre of Alexandria’s lovely ‘She Loves Me’ is near-flawless

COMMUNITY THEATER

Relevance and heart in ‘Caroline, or Change’ at Rockville Musical Theatre

Community Theater Caroline Bock -
This musical is tailor-made for today, and its abundance of talent brings to life themes of race, class, and historic injustices against African Americans. By CAROLINE BOCK

NYC THEATER

NEWS

DC

Cast announced for Simon Godwin’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at STC

News Desk -
A national and international company of multidisciplinary artists will bring the magical production to life.