In theater, 10 to remember by Nelson Pressley

A vote for politics " and it's a good year when the National Theatre's active.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Of Christmas shows and deep dramas by Nelson Pressley

Liv Ullmann brings a Bergman memoir to Washington.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:33pm on December 7, 2017☆⚑

Bergman's 'Private Confessions': Portrait of the artist's mother's affair by Nelson Pressley

Liv Ullmann directs the National Theater of Norway at the Kennedy Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:18pm on December 7, 2017☆⚑

'Draw the Circle' puts a surprising frame on a transgender story by Nelson Pressley

Writer-performer Deen's solo show features a clever sleight of hand.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54pm on December 5, 2017☆⚑

Warmhearted 'Curve of Departure' hits Studio's strike zone by Nelson Pressley

Slice-of-life drama looks at one extended family's night in a hotel room.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on December 4, 2017☆⚑

'Amazing Grace' lumbers into the new Museum of the Bible by Nelson Pressley

Where's the orchestra? Cue the computer.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:24pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Twelfth Night,' 'Nina Simone' and more by Nelson Pressley

Bye bye, 'Mean Girls.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:12pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

No actors and no director: Bulgarian theater experiment 'The State' tells us who we are by Nelson Pressley

A Bulgarian experiment in political theater makes its U.S. debut.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on November 30, 2017☆⚑

Ingmar Bergman's muse, Liv Ullmann, brings his 'Private Confessions' to Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

"His words are so good. He always wanted to be best known as a writer, which he was not."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:33am on November 30, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Mean Girls' is an apex predator by Nelson Pressley

A hip 'Twelfth Night' takes off at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42pm on November 23, 2017☆⚑

In D.C. theater, Amber McGinnis is rising through the directing ranks by Nelson Pressley

"The Last Night of Ballyhoo," at Theater J, adds to her growing résumé.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:33pm on November 22, 2017☆⚑

This 'Annie' doesn't shine despite Daddy Warbucks' commanding voice by Nelson Pressley

A dutiful if uninspired production at Olney.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:48pm on November 21, 2017☆⚑

Felonius Munk's 'Nothing to Lose' is a Second City winner by Nelson Pressley

Telling the truth with laughs about everything from jail to comedy.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on November 20, 2017☆⚑

'Nina Simone' raises a fist at Arena Stage by Nelson Pressley

The prickly musical portrait is set in a 1963 bombed Alabama church.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12am on November 20, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'Crazy for You' and new Second City by Nelson Pressley

Comedian Felonius Munk comes clean at Woolly Mammoth.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42pm on November 16, 2017☆⚑

A liberal hits the road to play heartlanders in 'The Real Americans' by Nelson Pressley

Dan Hoyle's solo show, now in D.C., has channeled U.S. frictions since 2010.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:54am on November 15, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: From Trump-y 'Vicuña' to 'Pajama Game' by Nelson Pressley

The holiday slate fattens up.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on November 9, 2017☆⚑

Splashy 'Pajama Game' at Arena Stage aims to seduce with 1950s style by Nelson Pressley

The fit's amiss, even with a cast featuring Broadway vet Donna McKechnie.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on November 9, 2017☆⚑

Churchill's 1982 'Top Girls' still stings in the Trump era by Nelson Pressley

Fantasy gets real as the 1982 play distills a millennium of discontent.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:54pm on November 8, 2017☆⚑

Media-shy comic Kitson has a show in D.C., but no one really knows what it's about by Nelson Pressley

Days before opening, the cult favorite's first U.S. project outside New York remained a mystery.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:36pm on November 3, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Tina Fey's Broadway adventure starts at the National by Nelson Pressley

'Mean Girls' primps during previews; 'Annie' & 'Crazy for You' begin holiday stands.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:36pm on November 2, 2017☆⚑

Meet the new 'Mean Girls,' bound for Broadway in Tina Fey's musical adaptation by Nelson Pressley

"Isn't high school funny, once you're out of it?"

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:48am on October 31, 2017☆⚑

Oddly, 'Shakespeare in Love' is America's top play by Nelson Pressley

It's now in Baltimore, and the big surprise is . . . just kidding, no surprises.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on October 29, 2017☆⚑

Donna McKechnie on Fosse and Bennett, 'Chicago' and 'A Chorus Line' by Nelson Pressley

"I was totally idolizing these guys."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on October 27, 2017☆⚑

'Make me dance. I want to dance.' At 74, the 'Chorus Line' star steps into 'The Pajama Game.' by Nelson Pressley

Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie is still kicking her way through musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on October 27, 2017☆⚑