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A deep well of tenderness and sensitivity flows through this production, propelled by poetic memories of an adolescent infatuation. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

Director Kathleen Akerley's gender-bending re-imagining brings fresh twists to the Prince of Denmark and the characters around him.  By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON

Check out these stage plays, festivals, short runs, single performances, and special events celebrating queer joy and artistry in the DC area.

'Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live and active cultures!)' — Julia Izumi’s play about Japanese American identity — is powerful. By DANIELLA IGNACIO

The production leaves no doubt about why the show is among the most beloved musicals of recent decades. By BOB ASHBY

With superb music by The Go-Go’s, the show is a romantically inspiring, feel-good experience. By LUCILLE RIEKE

Raymond O. Caldwell stages Dominique Morisseau's play with immersive raw urgency and an enthrallingly frenetic current of energy and emotion. By EM SKOW

Emilio T. Infante's world premiere play tackles socio-dynamic territory and is topically relevant, universal, and geographically germane all at once. By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON

Washington National Opera presents an important and lasting new opera about a tech bro who was not a nice guy. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

Inspired by 'Antigone' and set in a 2002 Arizona border town, this masterful ghost story explores the intersection between border politics and identity. By EILEEN MILLER

This witty and fun show and its fantastic ensemble cast deliver jokes at a breakneck pace. JULIAN OQUENDO

The production is a solid introduction to the work for new audiences and a nostalgic reintroduction for Hedheads. By JULIAN OQUENDO

Sofonisba Anguissola's special strength is her firm decision to run her life as she wants to, not as society seems to think is her duty. By SOPHIA HOWES

Larissa FastHorse’s masterfully crafted script introduces surprise after surprise, weaving the story into a hilarious satire. By EILEEN MILLER

The play by Erika Dickerson-Despenza is one of the most urgent and satisfying pieces of theater now on DC stages. By GREGORY FORD

Performed by two local stars, Sharyn Rothstein's new comedic drama debates where parental controls should begin and end. By AMY KOTKIN

Marcus Kyd's deeply engaging, deeply thoughtful one-man show in a dive bar has a great deal to say about what strength really means. By DERYL DAVIS

Toby’s Dinner Theatre has polished up this vintage cornet and made it shine and sound sweeter than ever. By JENNIFER GEORGIA

In the hands of Simon Godwin’s incandescent cast, the performance is sometimes poignant, sometimes frightening, sometimes irresistibly comic. By SOPHIA HOWES

This fourth-wall-breaking revenge comedy plays like a classic farce and a feminist fantasy. By MEGAN WILLS