Arena Stage’s riveting ‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?’...
This brisk, often funny docudrama about a 1940s and ’50s Congressional inquisition feels all too topical today. By CELIA WREN
‘The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ at Theater J is a work...
The romance of Bella and Marc Chagall is brought to life with live music, aerialists, and the whimsical, dreamlike imagery of his iconic paintings. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS
A joyously over-the-top ‘Rocky Horror Show’ at Iron Crow Theatre
The company inaugurates its new home with science-fiction sendup, sexuality of every flavor, and enthusiastic audience engagement. By BOB ASHBY
‘Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour’ serves up moving memories at Prologue Theatre
Emotional authenticity and shared humanity give this one-woman play its greatest strength. By DANA ROBERTS
Synetic’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ is gorgeously spine-chilling at Olney Theatre Center
The wordless dance-and-physical-theater production is a perfect combination of eerie beauty and spectral chills. By JENNIFER GEORGIA
Youth go goth in ‘Monsters of the Villa Diodati’ at Creative...
This outstanding musical tells the story of a group of 19th-century writer friends who created some of literature’s most famous fiends. By BOB ASHBY
‘Woody Sez’ gifts DC with the music and message of Woody...
Just in time for an election that Woody would have words about, Voices Festival Productions brings this important concert to Dupont Underground. By GREGORY FORD
Spookiness with significance in ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ at CSC
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company offers a compelling take on a classic tale about the dangers of unchecked ambition and the consequences of playing God. By CONSTANCE BEULAH
Captive women spin life-saving stories in ‘Hakawatis’ at Spooky Action Theater
Beauty and spectacle are abundant in this performance, produced in association with Solas Nua. By GREGORY FORD
Folger Theatre’s ‘Measure for Measure’ turns a problem play into a...
Set in the 1950s segregated South, this visionary production heightens a story about characters trying to make sense of inequality. By DANIELLA IGNACIO
‘Washington Stage Guild offers a thrilling ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’
This dramatic one-man production is a delightfully fitting start to the spooky season and an adventure for all ages. By EM SKOW
A sizzling ‘Some Like It Hot’ reopens Olney’s Bernard Family Theatre
A big, brassy production filled with showbiz spectacle proves a fitting debut for Olney Theatre Center’s newly renovated stage. By BOB ASHBY
‘The Second Best School Shooting’ is movingly real and raw at...
A deeply dark comedy about the aftermath of tragedy, social media’s glorification of grief, and the humanity lost along the way. By KENDALL MOSTAFAVI
‘Come From Away’ returns to Ford’s Theatre when we need it...
Ten years after its East Coast premiere, the joyous musical about welcoming strangers comes home to Washington with renewed resonance. By CAROLINE BOCK
In ‘Somewhere Over the Border,’ the yellow brick road leads to...
Mosaic Theater’s warm, inventive musical reframes ‘The Wizard of Oz’ through one Salvadoran woman’s perilous journey north. By MELISSA LIN STURGES
In ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ the blues come with a price
The admirable Round House–Olney revival brings August Wilson’s story of race, artistry, and ownership vividly to life. By AMY KOTKIN
A seriously funny bad romance in ‘Venus’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre...
Steve Yockey’s dating horror story about a butch-femme ‘Odd Couple’ provokes laughs and gasps. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
Step Afrika!’s ‘Fruits of Our Labor’ at Arena Stage is the...
If you’ve never seen the DC-based, globally renowned dance company, now is your chance. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
At Everyman, ‘Kim’s Convenience’ is a funny, tender story of family...
Ins Choi’s immigrant-family comedy launches Brandon Weinbrenner’s first season in a three-theater co-production filled with wit and heart. By GINA JUN
Workhouse Arts Center’s ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ is wildly satirical, wickedly...
This small-scale production packs a mighty big sense of humor. By MELISSA LIN STURGES