1st Stage offers a deeply moving ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’
The play's exploration of loss and community is raw and real. By KENDALL MOSTAFAVI
‘The Sea Beyond the Ocean’ at Kennedy Center is a winner
The theater-for-young-audiences production is haunting, inspiring, and precious. By GREGORY FORD
DC Theater Arts is doubling down on local theater
An urgent message from ELGIN MARTIN, executive director, in response to what has happened at The Kennedy Center and The Washington Post.
Theatre Washington announces nominees for 2026 Helen Hayes Awards
Nominations in 41 categories were announced on February 23 at Studio Theatre. The ceremony will take place on Monday, May 18, at The Anthem.
‘Nothing Up My Sleeve’ is sheer joy at Round House Theatre
The very charming Dendy offers an intriguing amalgam of magic show and autobiography. By JENNIFER GEORGIA
In stellar ‘Tambo & Bones’ at Spooky Action, everyone is complicit
Dave Harris’ interrogation into race-based capitalism gets a blistering and mesmerizingly funny DC debut. By NICOLE HERTVIK
Terrific ‘Chez Joey’ at Arena Stage is more than a revival...
This hard-hitting transformation reinvents ‘Pal Joey’ into a deep meditation on race, class, and belonging in mid-20th-century America. By LISA TRAIGER
Creative Cauldron Stage’s ‘Snapshots’ offers a lyrical look at marriage
Three eras of a couple’s life together are brought to life through the music of Stephen Schwartz, composer of ‘Godspell,’ ‘Pippin,’ and ‘Wicked.’ By JEFFREY WALKER
‘Little Miss Perfect’ at Olney redefines the American high school musical
Starting out seven years ago as a single song that went viral, the Black and queer–themed coming-of-age musical makes its world premiere. By VICTORIA SOSA
Gravitas and great acting unspool in Scena Theatre’s ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’
Robert McNamara enters indelibly into the memory of Samuel Beckett’s famous recluse. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
Bill Irwin’s ‘On Beckett’ at STC is simply sublime
It’s a master act from a master actor and world-class clown. By SUSAN GALBRAITH
Everyman’s revelatory and poignant ‘Dawn’ can mend hearts
Tuyết Thị Phạm stars in the world premiere of her own play about a survivor of Khmer Rouge violence and her daughter. By DANIELLA IGNACIO
A knockout encounter with the end of days in ‘The World...
In an astonishingly stirring co-production with Theater J, four Jewish seniors face a heart-stopping apocalypse. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
‘Stereophonic’ on tour at the National revels in sex, drugs, and...
The most Tony-nominated play in history, ‘Stereophonic’ is a galvanizing, fly-on-the-wall snapshot of a band on the brink of blowing up … and crashing out. By MELISSA LIN STURGES
A heated and harrowing ‘House of Bernarda Alba’ at GALA Hispanic...
Federico García Lorca’s poetic language dramatically examines the fate of women in a repressive society. By SUSAN GALBRAITH
‘Fences’ at Chesapeake Shakespeare honors August Wilson’s enduring power
Directed by Reginald L. Douglas, the performances breathe, bruise, and ultimately bloom. By CONSTANCE BEULAH
It’s All Doom and Gloom
I tried, I really tried, to think of something positive to say in the wake of this week’s Kennedy Center and WaPo news. By NICOLE HERTVIK
Thrilling singing and dancing in ‘The Donna Summer Musical’ at Riverside...
The production is a party celebrating ‘The Queen of Disco’ who changed the face of pop culture. By JULIA AMIS
Madcap hilarity in Constellation Theatre’s ‘Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors’
Wit, sexual innuendo, and a vampire’s rock-star glitz add to the fun. By SOPHIA HOWES
‘Rock of Ages’ is pure rock-and-roll joy at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
The show is a nonstop parade of ’80s rock anthems, and it’s funny, loud, heartfelt, and endlessly entertaining. By CONSTANCE BEULAH