On Monday, May 18, 2026, the Washington DC theater community gathered to recognize outstanding 2025 productions at the 42nd annual Helen Hayes Awards. The evening was filled with surprised a…
Is a classified ad a sound strategy to find a partner these days? More specifically, a partner in crime to travel back in time? In a new, indie-rock musical adapted from the eponymous 2012 f…
Framed by twinkling tulle curtains, Mosaic Theater's The Spark Benefit Celebration on February 7, 2026 celebrated "the spark that has kept Mosaic growing and glowing." Lifting up the artistr…
The pottery wheel spins like an acrobat. The clay ebbs and flows, hypnotic and sensual, alive with a hint of danger. Will the pot collapse? The sculptor must move sure and strong, yet with d…
"'Parade' is playing the Kennedy Center and we're not changing one word." It's rare for a composer to publicly clarify a Broadway tour will perform as contracted and as written, but these ar…
From the first song's title alone""The Opening Number Is Indulgent And Perverse""Â audiences can tell "The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical" is weird but has a sense of hu…
Remember "Moonlight?" If you didn't catch that gorgeous, queer, black coming-of-age film, you surely know of it from the ensuing Academy Awards mix-up. Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney wrote…
When a cop encounters someone in a mental health crisis, do they see a person or a threat? Matthew Capodicasa's tense dash of a play, "The Scenarios," probes this charged question. In the st…
Have you ever heard that great actors are great liars? Well, Tony Award-winner Ari'el Stachel's deeply personal, Berkeley Rep-produced, one man show, "Out of Character," certainly supports t…
Even from their first sour meeting, it's clear Alice and Diana have chemistry. A deep and fast intimacy strengthens between them, a platonic summer romance, in parallel with their daughters'…
Morals tomorrow, comedy tonight! For those seeking escapist delight, a laugh-out-loud musical croons just outside DC at Arlington's Signature Theatre. Transport yourself to ancient Rome in "…
The fame and endurance of Billie Holiday's discography overshadow the facts of her cruelly brief life, gone at just 44 years old. What would you give to have seen Holiday perform live, her w…
 Have you ever worn a hat so enchanting, you felt completely happy and a little bit magic? If you're willing to imagine such a thing were commonplace, then you may enjoy the fable-like "…
In a different decade for a different war, young people"just as hopeful, naive, and outraged"gathered in parks, city halls, and capitals to protest and plead. The hair may be longer, the clo…
He's green, he's mean, he's an unidentified plant with a thirst for blood! "Little Shop of Horrors," composer Alan Menken's 1980s ear-worm, horror-comedy classic, has landed at Ford's Theatr…
With a warm smile and welcoming arms, the sparkling hostess Roya invites you into her home for the Persian New Year. As patrons take their seats at Olney Theatre, she makes light small talk.…
A ratchet cranks, or a gun cocks. Then, a snare drum cracks, or a bullet fires. A wounded man whimpers, or is it just a dog? The creative soundscape and direction of "Private Jones" echoes f…
 Like a sharp current through the brain, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical illuminates the rippling impacts of mental illness. Yorkey's darkl…
A story for "those who are part way in love with tragedy," as the anti-hero protagonist self-describes his tale, accurately pegs the new musical, "Swept Away." The gorgeous folk-rock score f…
A new production of "Evita," with rumored Broadway ambitions, has landed at Shakespeare Theatre Company. First conceived for the 2019 New York City Center (NYCC) Gala Presentation, then revi…
This one is for the Rentheads! If you can belt "La Vie Boheme" from memory and recognize "Seasons of Love" from its first piano bars, "RENT in Concert" delivers as you've never heard it befo…
Attend the tale! Sweeney is back in DC in all of his pie-eating, throat-slitting glory. Rounding out Signature Theatre's Season of Sondheim in honor of the late and great composer, this inti…
While the real-life WGA strike grinds Hollywood to a stop, a new play in DC is ripping into the racist and sexist inner politics of TV writers' rooms. Highlighting Asian-American experiences…
"Great is the hope that makes men cross borders." In 2015 and 2016, thousands arrived in the Calais "Jungle," a refugee encampment on the coast of France, 22 miles from England. Fleeing war …
 Reluctantly, Naveen Gavaskar's parents have reconciled themselves to their son's sexuality, watching "Milk" for research purposes as they wait to meet his Hindu, Marathi-speaking boyfri…