Not your grandmother’s ‘Streetcar Named Desire’

In the tunnels of Dupont Underground, each line of Tennessee Williams’s classic emits a chilling echo. By MELISSA LIN STURGES

At Rorschach’s ‘Dragon Play,’ come for the dragon sex, stay for...

Staged in a mythical lair, this experiential romantasy is a mixed bag of scorching desire and jumbled themes. By CAROLINE BOCK

Studio Theatre announces cast for ‘Purlie Victorious’

Psalmayene 24 to direct a powerhouse cast in Ossie Davis' Civil Rights-era farce.

Theater J announces 2026/27 season

Season lineup of five productions traverses centuries and continents to explore friendship, identity, love, and the transformative power of human connection.

Pared-down ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ delights at Washington Stage Guild

WSG has done Washington theatergoers a service by presenting a top-notch, well-paced production featuring excellent acting by the entire cast.  By BOB ASHBY

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is a masked ball at Faction of...

Shakespeare and Commedia dell’arte, like Beatrice and Benedick, turn out to be a match made in heaven. By SOPHIA HOWES

‘A Good Day to Me Not to You’ at Arena is...

Lameece Issaq’s solo dramedy isn’t afraid to go there (and there, and there, and also there…).  By TREY GRAHAM

Solas Nua opens ‘Tales of Two Cities’ development and exchange partnership

Applications open through April 23 for a fully funded professional development and exchange program for theater artists based in Cork, Ireland and Washington, DC.

Arena Stage announces cast and creative team for ‘The Motion’

Obie Award-winner Christopher Chen's play journeys through memory, identity, and the fragile boundaries of belief.

Monologue Madness celebrates 15 years of showcasing DC’s top acting talent

Created by actor-entrepreneur Edward Daniels, Monologue Madness features 32 local actors in a high-energy, single-elimination tournament in front of a live audience.

‘The Wiz’ on tour at the National Theatre is a joyful...

With a talented company and infinitely hummable songs, the show is a celebration of friendship, strength, and all the places (and people) we call home. By EM SKOW

Small-town secrets tell truths about America in ‘The Minutes’ at Keegan

The story revealed in a cantankerous city council meeting is fiercely funny and totally horrifying. By AMY KOTKIN

A sisterhood tragically shattered in ‘The Lady Bird of Saint John’...

Staged in Dupont Underground through April 12, this is a touching play whose context is U.S. immigration policies but whose heart is pure dramatist’s art. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

Nu Sass to premiere Katherine Gwynn’s ‘Everything, Devoured’

Ferocious queer ghost story debuts April 17.

Stirring ‘Young John Lewis’ holds up a mirror at Mosaic Theater

The new hip-hop musical invites audiences to see themselves inside the movement that shaped modern America. By TENIOLA AYOOLA

On the poetry and politics of ‘Pressure!’ at ExPats Theatre 

Translator/director Karin Rosnizeck and Austrian playwright Arad Dabiri reflect on the play's origins, language, and emotional core. By NICOLE HERTVIK

Excellence is in the details in Eddie Izzard’s ‘Tragedy of Hamlet’...

Izzard gives us a one-actor version of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy that is filled with surprises and touching insights. By ANDREW WALKER WHITE

Folger Theatre announces full roster of Shakespeare’s plays for 2026/27 season

Season features 'Hamlet' (returning to the Folger for the first time in over a decade) and the rarely-produced 'Measure for Measure,' last seen at the Folger in 2006.

Shakespeare Theatre Company announces 2026/27 season

Season includes Brian Cox as Johann Sebastian Bach in the US premiere of 'The Score.'

Mosaic Theater Company announces first slate of programming for 2026/27 season

Season to include two world premieres and a DC premiere, with additional programming to be announced.