Reviews

The musical exudes hope and love for audiences of all ages, at a time when both are sorely needed. By CHARLES GREEN

This surprisingly comedic yet darkly poetic surrealist satire is a modern moment that should not be missed. By ZOE WINSKY

Chess Jakobs’ outstanding script and a phenomenal production pay tribute to a righteous movement for love and justice and rouse the spirit like a rally. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

The two-part production combines poetic, evocative writing with daring performances and moments of weeping and exhilaration. By GREGORY FORD

The three actors fill the stage with energy, bantering and one-upping each other as they train for a soccer club tryout while juggling uncertain futures. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS

Staged in a chapel in a cemetery, Bob Bartlett’s new play is a magnificent meditation on life and death and women and men. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

This whimsical production is an ideal family outing. By JULIA TUCKER

Three solo shows portray: an amusing British entertainer, a touching dog’s perspective on the Holocaust, and the ‘baby industrial complex.’ By CAROLINE BOCK

Subtitled ‘(How to flip ten cents into a dollar),’ this stellar new play powerfully captures how ghosts of the past shape the present and won’t stay buried. By AILEEN JOHNSON

Hal Holbrook’s play, performed by Richard Thomas, shows its enduring relevance to America through the voice of one of our most beloved writers. By EM SKOW

The classic, quirky, and quixotic musical from Actors Theatre is just in time for spooky season. By ZOE WINSKY

This Broadway-bound ‘revisal’ keeps every ounce of the original’s zeal and is packed with powerhouse performances. By LUCILLE RIEKE

This one-act dramedy imagines the spats behind the scenes during the making of ‘Jaws.’ By GEOFFREY MELADA

The cast is full of life, and the spectacular singing is full of feeling. By ISABELLA ARTINO

The North American premiere has furiously swept into Baltimore, and it’s pure dead brilliant. By MELISSA LIN STURGES

Jocelyn Bioh’s warm adaptation of Shakespeare celebrates coming together in community. By BOB ASHBY

The show marries surrealism with gravity-defying acrobatics in a dreamlike Mexico. Wherever your eye lands, something beautiful is happening. By ANDREA MOYA MUNOZ

The production is bawdy, brassy; it kicks you in the gut and gives you a night to remember. By ANDREW WALKER WHITE

Young theater troupe Songs of the Goat makes evident how Sophokles speaks to the current political moment. By LISA TRAIGER

Kareem Fahmy’s tumultuous play stages scenes from a star-struck marriage nearly come undone. By JOHN STOLTENBERG