Reviews

Intrepid adventurers, your next quest awaits in the District of Columbia! By LAURA MILLS

In the company’s 50th Anniversary season, a production of Puccini's grand opera to die for. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

An absurdist one-man show, impressively performed, sharply satirizes politeness. By NATHAN PUGH

The inclusion of Igor Stravinsky’s artfully realized opera in this 50th Anniversary Season shows Glimmerglass Festival at its best. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

The opera festival's 50th season honors designer legend John Conklin with a Sondheim feast and a world premiere coming-of-age story about a young Chicana. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

There’s something to relish about seeing this witty spoof of DC politics, right here in DC, right now. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

It's a passionately told story about a woman's passion to get pregnant, and it's in the form of a one-person stand-up comedy musical. By GREGORY FORD

Director Aaron Posner's lighthearted Prologue sets the tone of the production — a mixture of contemporary and timeless. By SOPHIA HOWES

It's not only a show for kids, but a playful send-up of theater itself with plenty of self-referential humor for adults to enjoy. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS

This unique rendition of Shakespeare's classic is a visual feast, wondrously telling the timeless story solely through movement and original music. By JULIA TUCKER

This riveting, poignant, and profound play dramatizes the intersection of abolitionist and feminist activism. By AILEEN JOHNSON

Many talented theater professionals have put their all into this production, and it shows. By JENNIFER GEORGIA

This delightful, upbeat cabaret-style revue is an easy-listening reflection on relationships between men and women. By CAROLINE BOCK

The one-person take on an Irish myth is a captivating journey through a world of druids, fairies, and … deer? By DANIELLA IGNACIO

Lisa Loomer has written a deeply personal play about a mother whose son, like Loomer’s, developed a devastating condition. By BOB ASHBY

In this fresh new realm of theater expression, two stuntmen push to the max to fulfill their sense of self. By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON

The enthusiastic teenage cast meets the challenge of an incredibly complex production. By JULIAN OQUENDO

A two-person show stages one woman’s conflicted inner dialogue. By NATHAN PUGH

In Mark St. Germain's retelling, the Apostle Peter and Mary Magdalene become totally different characters from who we expect them to be. By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON

Appalachia meets Vietnam in CATF's first world premiere by a local West Virginia playwright. By ANDREA MOYA