VFP to present acclaimed ‘Takes All Kinds’ true-life solo performance
Voices Festival Productions’ 'Voices From a Changing Nation' series concludes with Dan Hoyle's final 2026 national tour stop.
Playwright David Mamet among next Kennedy Center Honorees
Paul Anka, David Foster, Andy Garcia, and Barbara Mandrell will also be honored for lifetime artistic achievement as the annual celebration relocates to Capital One Arena.
Cast announced for Simon Godwin’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at STC
A national and international company of multidisciplinary artists will bring the magical production to life.
In ‘Alcestis 2020’ at Gallaudet, an emotional story of grief during...
In spoken English and American Sign Language, the gripping world premiere follows two gay men and their son. By MARY V. HOLIMAN
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
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
Arena Stage announces final three productions of 2026/27 season
‘Mexodus,’ ‘Bad Dates: End Game,’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’ join previously announced ‘Prima Facie’ and ‘Purpose.’
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
Mask and Bauble’s ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ is laugh-out-loud funny
In-the-round production by Georgetown University students captures the wit and silliness of Oscar Wilde’s famous drawing-room comedy. By NEAL LEARNER
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
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
Revada Arts Center, a new home for the arts, opens in...
Theater Alliance and IN Series, along with new arthouse cinema 4EYE Film Center, will co-steward the multidisciplinary arts hub and gathering space.
What sparked Rorschach Theatre’s ‘SPARKED’ at Buzzard Point?
How did the mysterious 1933 disappearance of two lovers inspire a design-driven production in vacant retail spaces? By CHAD KINSMAN
‘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
Woolly Mammoth to premiere ‘Hanukkah Spectacular,’ directed by Tony Award winner...
Peter Friedman of 'Succession' stars in Max Posner’s sharp, darkly funny new comedy about four artists, one Hanukkah project, and what happens when everything starts to unravel.
GALA to present 22nd annual Fuego Flamenco Festival November 5-22
Annual festival promises raw passion, mesmerizing music, and breathtaking dancing.
Behind the scenes and songs of ‘Woody Sez’ with musician-actor David...
The man who sings and plays Woody Guthrie shares insights about his heartfelt and inspiring show, joined by Voices Festival producer Ari Roth. By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON



















