Bluegrass and romance star in ‘Bright Star’ at Fauquier Community Theatre
For Southern lore, catchy music, and winning performances, you can’t go wrong. By JEFFREY WALKER
A humorous, heartfelt ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at ARTfactory
The classic, quirky, and quixotic musical from Actors Theatre is just in time for spooky season. By ZOE WINSKY
Avant Bard announces 36th season
Interrogating both the classics and our current moment, the season celebrates immigration and resists authoritarianism.
Arlington Players’ ‘The Full Monty’ leaves it all onstage
The story of a ragtag assembly of male strippers warms the heart and tickles the funny bone. By JEFFREY WALKER
Neil Simon’s ‘Lost in Yonkers’ takes audiences back to 1942 at...
The award-winning play spotlights generations of a family in turmoil. By JEFFREY WALKER
Spectacular play of light and rain in Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Luzia’
The show marries surrealism with gravity-defying acrobatics in a dreamlike Mexico. Wherever your eye lands, something beautiful is happening. By ANDREA MOYA MUNOZ
Signature Theatre announces cast and creative team for ‘Strategic Love Play’
Miriam Battye's not-quite-romantic comedy explores love, loneliness, and lying to (and about) ourselves in the age of swiping.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ as endearing tweens at American Shakespeare Center
The production is bawdy, brassy; it kicks you in the gut and gives you a night to remember. By ANDREW WALKER WHITE
Workhouse Arts Center announces 2025/26 season
The four-show lineup brings together outrageous comedy, Broadway classics, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and family-friendly spectacle.
Theatre Washington sets Theatre Week 2025 to run September 18 to...
DC-area theaters will offer discounted tickets to more than 20 productions, as well as free community events.
A gorgeous new ‘Sound of Music’ at Riverside Center for the...
The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic fills the stage with lyrical beauty and charm, and the performances are top notch. By JEFFREY WALKER
NextStop Theatre kicks off 2025/26 season with ‘Dream Hou$e’
Eliana Pipes' sharp comedy wrestles with family, gentrification, and the price of the American dream.
Performers dazzle in ‘Play On!’ at Signature — but the play’s...
Showstoppers save a Duke Ellington–infused adaptation of ‘Twelfth Night’ with musical theater magic. By DANIELLA IGNACIO
Powerful ‘Everything Is Wonderful’ is brilliantly honest at Dominion Stage
Chelsea Marcantel’s gripping play offers a sobering look at our flawed yet beautiful humanity — what makes us good people? Can we choose to forgive? By ZOE WINSKY
1st Stage announces 2025 Logan Festival for Solo Performance lineup
Award-winning performers from around the nation take the stage in Tysons for two weeks in September.
Iconic LGBTQ musical ‘Kinky Boots’ electrifies at Little Theatre of Alexandria
The performers' boundless energy and excitement created an almost immersive experience with plentiful “awws,” “oohs,” laughter, and gasps filling the room. By ZOE WINSKY
Passion and romance in ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ from City of...
The bells of Notre Dame ring again in this compelling production of Disney’s musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic tale of the bellringer of Paris. By JEFFREY WALKER
McLean Community Players’ ‘Shrek’ brims ‘ogre’ with charm and talent
The twisted fairy tale musical bursts with energy and a giant, green heart. By JEFFREY WALKER
Creative Cauldron announces 2025/26 season
First full season in new home delivers beloved favorites and exciting new musicals.
Signature Theatre announces cast and creative team for ‘Play On!’
Musical comedy sets Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' in 1930s Harlem, with a soundtrack of Duke Ellington's greatest hits.