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Is God Dead? Or Just Depressed, Lonely and Fed Up With Humankind?

The verdict is in. God is not dead. And rumors of his death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the...
Baba Brinkman. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Review: ‘Rap Guide to Evolution’ at SoHo Playhouse

In 2009, Baba Brinkman debuted what would be the first in his award-winning series of Rap Guides, an imaginative mash-up of challenging scientific and...

DCMTA 2018 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Performance in a Professional Production

As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them...
The Anacostia Playhouse. Photo courtesy of Nikki Peele.

Anacostia Playhouse Suffers Robbery, Spurs Fundraising Efforts

The Anacostia Playhouse community is reeling after a December 26th robbery in which burglars broke into the theater, ransacked the offices and stole thousands...
Measure for Measure at Green Globe Theatre. Photo courtesy of Green Globe Theatre.

Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ at Green Globe Theatre

There is some uncanny and rather dismaying contemporary resonance in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, now playing at Baltimore’s Green Globe Theatre. The virginal Isabella...
Debora Crabbe. Photo by Mike Kozemchak.

Review: ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ at Keegan Theatre

Capitalism. Exploitation. Greed. It’s the holiday season, folks, and your kids shouldn’t lose out on the fun. At Keegan Theatre’s The Elves and the...
Erin Weaver (Sally Talley) and John Taylor Phillips (Matt Friedman) in Theater J's production of Talley's Folly. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

‘Talley’s Folly’ Dances Through the Holiday Season at Theater J

Talley’s Folly - now in its final week at GALA Hispanic Theatre on 14th Street - is a waltz. Meaning, it’s not a salsa....

News: Ford’s and Kennedy Center Shows to Go On During Federal Shutdown

DC's two major federally funded theater venues have both announced that performances will be uninterrupted by the federal shutdown. According to the website of Ford's Theatre, where...

DCMTA 2018 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Theater Productions

As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the productions that left an indelible impression on them...
Peyton Crim, Yaegel T. Welch, and Jamie Ann Romero in 'The Play That Goes Wrong' at the Kennedy Center. Photo by Jeremy Daniel.

Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ at the Kennedy Center

Even before the curtain officially goes up on The Play That Goes Wrong, you can tell you are in for a laugh riot. The...

Magic Time!: ‘Washington Magic’ at the Arts Club of Washington

When I was a kid, magic tricks and puppet shows were forerunners to my love of theater. They were like my gateway drug. I...
Matthew Keenan's An Irish Carol plays through December 31 at the Keegan Theatre. Photo by Mike Kozemchak.

Review: ‘An Irish Carol’ at Keegan Theatre

With a heart as cold as the blustery winds blowing people in and out the door, An Irish Carol by Matthew J. Keenan finds...

DCMTA 2018 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Theater Productions

As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them...
Red Concepcion in Miss Saigon. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

‘Miss Saigon’: Time To Say Goodbye?

A blunt assessment: It’s time to move on. It is time to retire Miss Saigon as the seductive, out-of-touch, museum piece that it is. Miss...

Magic Time!: ‘Kings’ at Studio Theatre

"Laws are like sausages," goes the adage. "It’s better not to see them being made." As it happens, I have a good mental picture...

Review: ‘Man of La Mancha’ at Workhouse Arts Center

Man of La Mancha has long been an icon of mid-20th century American musical theater with its share of 1966 Tony Awards. This show about...
The National Touring Company of Miss Saigon. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ at The Kennedy Center

Miss Saigon is all grown up.  Sort of. It’s been almost 30 years since Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s blockbuster opened in London’s West...

Review: ‘A Christmas Messe’ at Folger Shakespeare Library

This time of year, it can be challenging to keep your spirits merry and bright through the commercialized din of holiday exhortations. Well, I...

Review: ‘Oh, God’ at Mosaic Theater Company

Theater and theology have been boon companions for eons. Ever since religion was invented, humans have wanted divinities with drama. Way back in polytheistic...

Review: ‘Kings’ at Studio Theatre

Kings at Studio Theatre is both entertaining and thought-provoking in every sense. Beautifully acted and directed, it reminds us that politicians, even though it...