Tag: National Theatre

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

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

The lovably oddball Tony-winning musical features a uniformly excellent cast. By AMY KOTKIN

This bio-musical about the chart-topping hitmaker has true heart. By CAROLINE BOCK

Each musical number is more hilarious than the last, and every crude line or lewd joke is delivered with radiant joy and innocence. By HALEY HUCHLER

On tour at the National, a tribute to the masterful singer-songwriters.

The 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT touched down at the National Theatre this week, much to the delight of area RENTheads. This modern take...

Kicked out of the band and facing eviction from “his” apartment, Dewey Finn questionably intercepts a substitute teacher assignment at a prestigious local academy...

One does not simply review Les Mis—at least, not when it’s this stunning revival of the epic that took the world by storm when...

I was most anxious to see Follies in its current production at the National Theatre in London. Somehow news of it had escaped me,...

Family is everything according to Eugene O’Neill. The relationships you form as a child will haunt and guide all of your future life. Rebellion...

Tony Kushner divided his epic play, Angels in America, into two parts. The second half, subtitled Perestroika, was beamed live to cinemas worldwide on...

Angels in America remains a sad, hilarious, hallucinogenic theatrical achievement. The juxtaposition of those seemingly-opposite qualities is what makes the play memorable. It has even...

Countering the brisk winter temperatures outside, Tony-nominated Broadway jukebox musical sensation Mamma Mia! unleashed flash bolts of pulsating heat with bold bright lights, zesty...

With shows like Green Day’s American Idiot and Carole King’s Beautiful, musicals based off of pop hits have become more popular in recent years....

Simon McBurney is one of European theatre's most original and controversial artists working today. For more than 30 years he has led Complicite, the...

In the bright and tuneful world of jukebox musicals there are your basic pizza joints that sell by the slice and the hot-diggity neighborhood...

Jersey Boys, the 2005 Broadway smash hit and preeminent “jukebox musical”, is now bringing its signature blend of tough guy brashness and doo-wop dazzle...

There are two things they always say never to work with: animals and children. There are exceptions, obviously. For six days at The National Theatre,...

Here is Part 2 of DCMetroTheaterArts' Scene Stealers ending March 31, 2015. Congrats to our honorees! ______ Charles Edwards as Charles in a Ghostly Encounter he...