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A funtastic ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ is in town at...

The wonderful visual experience mimics the original so well it’s like being immersed in the cartoon.

DCMTA’s 2021 Holiday Theater Guide

A wishlist of great offerings in the DMV for every taste and price range.

‘The Simon and Garfunkel Story’: beautiful sounds and rapt silence at...

Success strikes like a cobra. It mesmerizes, then it strikes. It paralyzes its target, freezes it in the moment. Simon and Garfunkel found that...

‘A dream for me’: Ashley Bruce on playing Mary Delgado in...

While the Tony Award-winning musical is called Jersey Boys, let’s not forget that so many of the Billboard chart-toppers performed in the show are...

Not your father’s ‘Fiddler’ – The latest Broadway tour of ‘Fiddler...

When Fiddler on the Roof opens at the National Theatre next week, the village of Anatevka—the fictional setting for one of the most successful...

John Leguizamo takes audiences to school in ‘Latin History for Morons’...

John Leguizamo is a famously Latino, American, Tony and Emmy Award-winning comedian, known for numerous roles that defy pigeonholing on the character-genre spectrum. Yet...

‘Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live: The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour’...

A cult favorite TV show created in the ’80s, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3) has left your screens and found its way to the...

Review: ‘Mike Birbiglia’s The New One’ at The National Theatre

Mike Birbiglia’s The New One is at The National Theatre in DC for just a few nights so let’s cut to the chase: go...

National Theatre Announces 2019-2020 Broadway Season

The National Theatre’s 2019-2020 "Broadway at the National" season continues its history as the nation’s oldest touring theatre with a lineup of a dozen...

Review: ‘STOMP’ at the National Theatre

Started by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1991, STOMP is a cacophony of sounds produced by common objects in...

Review: ‘A Bronx Tale’ at the National Theatre

Chazz Palminteri is one cool dude. Imagine having your own life story play to sold-out houses on and off Broadway, and be made into...

Review: ‘Beautiful – The Carole King Musical’ at the National Theatre

Beautiful - The Carole King Musical is a delightful, heavenly-sounding, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Carole King, who “wrote the soundtrack to a generation.”...
Nick Bailey and Desi Oakley. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Review: ‘Waitress’ at The National Theatre

Waitress at the National Theatre is sweet as “Sugar.” The word resonates during scene shifts, as an immensely talented piemaker, Jenna (Desi Oakley), lists...

Who’s in Town? Adam Pascal Brings Rock Star Shakespeare to ‘Something...

Adam Pascal is no stranger to iconic roles, having originated roles in Rent and Aida on Broadway, and stepped the role of the Emcee...

Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ at Hippodrome Theatre

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...

Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ The Farewell Tour at the Merriam Theatre

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....

Roz White and Teresa Castracane on Appearing in ‘Black Pearl Sings!’...

Roz White and Teresa Castracane star in Black Pearl Sings! at MetroStage playing two extraordinary strong women from very different backgrounds. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our...

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2015 #4: Best Plays in Professional Theaters

Here are the DCMetroTheaterArts Staff's honorees for Best Plays in Professional Theaters in 2015: A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas at Olney Theatre Center. A...

Blake Hammond on Playing Sebastian in ‘Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella’ at...

Blake Hammond is playing Sebastian in the Tour of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella which is about to open at The National Theatre. Joel: Hi Blake....

‘Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye – The Farewell Tour’ at The National...

Capping a spectacular career spanning nearly 60 years of bravura showmanship, legendary 81-year-old Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist and author Barry Humphries performed as his...