With queer-themed ‘Falsettos,’ Rep Stage ends on a high note
The heartfelt musical brings the company full circle.
Something magical happens when ‘The World Goes ‘Round’ at Olney
Director Kevin McAllister and a cast of DMV all-stars take the audience on a musical journey with the songs of Kander and Ebb.
Two sisters feud in ‘La valentía (Valor),’ a zany ghost farce...
Director José Zayas keeps the show humming and the humor coming.
A searing ‘Mojada’ at 1st Stage tells tragedy of a Mexican...
Passionate performances and magic realism depict immigrants' quest for the American dream.
‘When I like a play, I get obsessed’: Karin Rosnizeck on...
The Expats Theatre founder tells why she is directing a play about the weaponization of rape in war.
An exhilarating Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ flies into the National
The magic of Genie and Aladdin can make any day better, and this North American tour is no exception.
A comic donut dipped in tears in ‘Jennifer Who Is Leaving’...
Women’s exasperation with men has never been mined for the stage more hilariously and achingly.
An Indigenous story demands to be heard in ‘On the Far...
The one-woman show about a Muscogee Nation leader is compelling from start to finish, thanks to Mary Kathryn Nagle's writing and performance.
At play in the ashes of the dead: János Szász on...
Inside the creation of the Arena Stage production, which transforms our understanding of a great work in a way that finds in it new truth.
Everyone is invited into the story in ‘The Nosebleed’ at Woolly...
The exquisitely crafted performance, consisting of both scripted theater and unscripted communal storytelling, is clever, playful, tender, and poetic.
Breathtaking and prophetic ‘Angels in America’ takes flight at Arena
Tony Kushner's classic directed by János Szász is by turns disorienting, devastating, and exhilarating.
Marvelous performances feature in ‘Ben Butler’ at Washington Stage Guild
In this comedy set during the Civil War, a Union major general and a fugitive slave match wits.
A lighthearted look at the lovelorn in ‘Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes...
A fabulist hodgepodge of fresh fairytales with diverse new characters, the show is a riff on one-way romances.
‘SHOUT SISTER SHOUT!’ at Ford’s Theatre is triumphant
The touching musical pays tribute to crossover singer and guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who trailblazed rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, and R&B.
Uproarious musical ‘Urinetown’ opens at Workhouse Arts Center
A knockout production with a great cast and equally stellar design, the entire show is one big guilty pleasure.
A gorgeously detailed ‘Pacific Overtures’ opens at Signature Theatre
Set in mid-19th-century Japan, the musical may be Stephen Sondheim's most strikingly unique.
A visionary ‘Julius Caesar’ mesmerizes at Avant Bard
Kathleen Akerley, known for fearlessly bending the time-space continuum in her absurdist-leaning scripts, now applies that imaginative energy to Shakespeare.
In ‘Gloria: A Life’ at Theatre J, a look at an...
This compelling biographical overview of Gloria Steinem's life recounts not only the successes of the Women’s Movement but also those not yet accomplished.
Heady and topical ‘Jagged Little Pill’ pops in at the National...
Strong performances and fresh takes on much-loved Alanis Morissette hits make this musical a bit easier to swallow.
Gloriously impassioned, ‘Blue’ at Kennedy Center centers Black lives
The thrilling new opera defies the idea that there should be no space for global-majority folks to control the telling of their own stories.