OK, now I’m going to extol ‘Book of Fringe’ by Julianne...
DC’s Capital Fringe Festival (2006 to 2024) was of the people, by the people, and for the people. A stunning new art book reveals how and why that was. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
In Ukrainian play ‘The Trumpeter,’ the cacophony of war in microcosm
Alliance for New Music-Theatre's staged reading in a vast underground tunnel testifies powerfully to art’s capacity amid the horror of war to inspire hope. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
Gripping ‘Ford/Hill Project’ at Woolly Mammoth speaks truth to male power
The juxtaposed testimonies of Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford about what was done to them by two men who are now on the Supreme Court. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
The ‘ISEKAI: Blooming Parallel Worlds’ exhibit at Artechouse: Is it theater?
A visit to fantasy worlds in technology-driven experiential art points to provocative possibilities in performance and production. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
The enduring magnificence of ‘Les Misérables,’ now at Kennedy Center
It's one of the world’s greatest musicals and essential to see.
Craig Houk’s near-perfect ‘Brute Farce’ skewers a theater critic
A report on a staged reading of a new comedy that could become a theater-laughs-at-itself classic alongside 'Noises Off.'
The woman who freed Frederick Douglass: a Q&A with Kristolyn Lloyd
Behind every great man is a great woman, and the actor who plays Anna Douglass in 'American Prophet' at Arena Stage reveals the power in that truth.
What it means ‘When Boys Exhale’: A Q&A with Anthony Green
The writer-director explains why his play about young Black gay men is titled after the movie about Black women friends.
Gen Z feminism is the hero in ‘John Proctor Is the...
The quality of the writing and the caliber of the performances at Studio are enthralling, but here's what impressed me most. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
Exegesis of a sexy Jesus: A look at love in ‘A.D....
A magnificently entertaining and beautifully profound new musical has opened at Olney. Here's what love's got to do with it.