TikTok rocks KenCen with Barlow & Bear’s ‘Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’

Broadway stars shine performing the Grammy-winning concept album live in concert with National Symphony Orchestra.

Standup comic brings ‘My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy’ to...

The show is at its best when Brad Zimmerman shares his whole, vulnerable self — but at times he pushes the audience away.

Anthony Green’s entertaining and moving ‘When Boys Exhale’ returns to DC

A fervent, authentic, and hysterically funny portrait of the deep humanity of queer Black men.

Blue Man Group leans into weirdness and wonder on tour at...

They do their thing (whatever that is) the visually stunning way that only they can.

Roundup of 2022 Capital Fringe Festival reviews

Check out which shows are BEST OF FRINGE.

Riotous imagination casts a spell on Folger’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

...and the magnificent Playhouse, built inside the Great Hall of the National Building Museum, is a theatrical wonderland.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Green Machine’ by Jim McNeill

A well-paced dramatic comedy about a pop-up pot shop in Mt. Pleasant.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘SWB – Strangers With Benefits’ by Shadia...

BEST OF FRINGE. A riveting relationship drama, a remarkably moving parable about the components of human connection.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Interrupted’ by Hyla Matthews (5 stars)

An optimistic and funny solo performance that brings us together around the artist's loss and pain.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘All the Feels: An uplifting cabaret’ by...

A show true to its name: a group of friends have a karaoke party and sing about the highs and lows of pandemic life and the state of the world.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Gate’ by Robbie Gringras

A gripping 45-minute solo show that captures Arab–Israeli tensions with compassion and a touch of humor.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Sheboygan’ by novelist Louis Bayard

A debut play based on real events performed by top-notch DC talent.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Meatballs and Music’ by Tom Sweitzer

The funny, moving, and memorable story of one man's childhood in 1980s Pennsylvania.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Motherload’ by Jenna Hall and Justine Hipsky

A hilarious, heartfelt, and heartbreaking show based on the performers' childhood relationships with their mothers.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Sobriety of Fear’ by Shaun Michael Johnson

Virtuoso solo storytelling about the cycle of family violence, with a script and performance even more stunning than the play's Fringe debut four years ago.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘EGO/DEATH’ by Natalie Parks

An intimate window into the consciousness of a young individual who dies shortly after their college graduation and then is inexplicably resurrected.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Mary’ by Jo Williamson

The story of a woman who considers herself an atheist and who is courted by two men who expect her to convert to their religion.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Body Show’ by Mikala Jamison

Eight first-rate storytellers share entertaining and personal stories about their relationship to their bodies.

2022 Capital Fringe Review: ‘A Number’ by Caryl Churchill

A tantalizing “what if?”: a dramatized thought experiment about the interpersonal consequences of human cloning.

Monumental’s fantastic ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’ is a joy

The entire vibe of the production is a warm blend of humor, hope, fear, and love.