Synetic’s gorgeously spine-chilling ‘Sleepy Hollow’ returns
The wordless dance-and-physical-theater production is a perfect combination of eerie beauty and spectral chills. By JENNIFER GEORGIA
Deliciously surreal spoof of upper crust in ‘Barococo’ at Baltimore Theater...
Happenstance Theater has devised a gorgeous, funny, elegant, disturbing, and timely piece of theater. By JENNIFER GEORGIA
In Scena’s excellent, expressionist ‘Metamorphosis,’ a family is bugged
A misfit son’s transformation into an insect tests his parents’ and sister’s humanity. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
We Happy Few’s gripping ‘War of the Worlds’ is a winner
This audacious staging of the famously alarming 1938 radio broadcast is thoroughly entertaining. By AILEEN JOHNSON
‘Mamma Mia!’ on tour at the National is pure electricity
A fresh, heartfelt take on the ABBA favorite, powered by a blazing band and a mother-daughter finale that will have you reaching for your own kids. By NATASHA PARNIAN
In Signature’s ‘All the World’s a Stage,’ the joy of living...
In this DC premiere — a musical exploration of the tensions between who you pretend to be and who you are — there are moments of quiet brilliance. By EM SKOW
Queens reign in exhilarating ‘SIX’ on tour at the Hippodrome
The award-winning concert musical celebrates women who tell their stories on their own terms. By SHERRITA WILKINS
Triune’s kid-friendly musical ‘Finding Neverland’ tells backstory of Peter Pan
This solid production is entertaining and inspiring for the whole family. By LAURA MILLS
‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ thrills and chills at American Shakespeare Center
It’s a helluva night with everyone’s favorite monster. By ANDREW WALKER WHITE
Finally, the Devil meets his match in ‘Witch’ at American Shakespeare...
Jen Silverman’s comedic play is a timeless contemplation of temptation, jealousy, and the brutal cost of surrendering to our darkest impulses. By ANDREW WALKER WHITE
Rorschach Theatre’s eerie ‘SPARKED’ is an intriguing puzzler
Subtitled ‘The Vanishing at Buzzard Point,’ the mysterious immersive experience plays out in found spaces and the audience’s minds. By DEB HANSEN
Triune’s ‘Finding Neverland’ is big on heart and imagination
A committed cast of 27 fills the Warrenton stage with J.M. Barrie’s playful world and delivers a few moments of real theatrical magic. By NATASHA PARNIAN
GALA’s ‘Pancho Villa and the Children of the Revolution’ is a...
Here’s how the theater’s bilingual production of ‘Pancho Villa y los niños de la bola’ enraptured a group of fourth- and fifth-grade Spanish students. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS
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
Women reclaim agency in ‘Different Words for Happiness’ at Everyman
Katie Kleiger's new play walks a masterful tightrope between tense psychological drama and crackling comedy. By GINA JUN
Bluegrass and dark humor in ‘Bell Wringer’ by Pinky Swear Productions
This delightfully spooky musical comedy brings the legendary Bell Witch to life with country charm and plenty of mischief. By DRE PEDEMONTE
August Wilson’s legacy lives in ‘Two Trains Running’ at Morgan State
The Theatre Morgan production captures the humor, humanity, and social commentary that define the playwright’s work. By CONSTANCE BEULAH
Explosive, immersive ‘The Trumpeter’ returns to Dupont Underground
There is no better place to see this play and no better time than now. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
‘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
‘Handle With Care’ and ‘Oedipus in Seattle’: two post-pandemic delights
The COVID lockdown inspired some brand-new genres of theater — like these that just opened in DC. By JOHN STOLTENBERG