DC Theater Friday: 'Mormon' and 'Mean Girls' tune up the scene by Nelson Pressley

'Pajama Game' also says hello.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42pm on October 26, 2017☆⚑

Designer Sivigny uses a real house to make a play about home by Nelson Pressley

The Welders forge another fresh experience with "Hello, My Name Is . . ."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:04pm on October 24, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Big plays and 'In the Heights' power down by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for 'Salesman,' 'Skeleton Crew,' 'Native Gardens,' 'Love & Information'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:54pm on October 19, 2017☆⚑

'Antony and Cleopatra' amps up the glamour at Folger by Nelson Pressley

Shakespeare's tragedy gets a close-up in this scaled down staging.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:04pm on October 17, 2017☆⚑

The Almighty is a cutie-pie in 'An Act of God' by Nelson Pressley

His new commandment: chillax.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33am on October 16, 2017☆⚑

Hal Linden is right for 'The Price' at Arena Stage by Nelson Pressley

The Arthur Miller drama boils with emotion, while Linden plays it cool.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:36pm on October 13, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: New plays rock on by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for 'A Little Night Music' as two 'Assassins' take the stage

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on October 12, 2017☆⚑

Refugee drama remains calm in 'Sotto Voce' by Nelson Pressley

The Nilo Cruz play cleverly weaves border issues across decades and hemispheres.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33pm on October 11, 2017☆⚑

Langston Hughes vs. McCarthyism in 'Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been . . . ' by Nelson Pressley

History gets musical treatment in Carlyle Brown's drama and in "Mistress Cycle."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54am on October 10, 2017☆⚑

'Great Comet' director follows Tony nomination with D.C. premiere by Nelson Pressley

Silver Spring native Rachel Chavkin makes hometown debut at Round House.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:54am on October 6, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: British invasion! by Nelson Pressley

Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill and George Bernard Shaw headline the week.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:36pm on October 5, 2017☆⚑

Two Irish comedies shine in the heart of the city by Nelson Pressley

Rich and poor square off in "Widowers' Houses" and "Stones in His Pockets."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on October 3, 2017☆⚑

'She Rode Horses' gallops through the housing collapse by Nelson Pressley

Amelia Roper's absurdist comedy gets smart laughs in tight quarters.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:33pm on October 1, 2017☆⚑

A day in the life: Backstage with Shalwitz and Kahn by Nelson Pressley

Two leaders steam toward their final acts at Woolly and the Shakespeare Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on September 29, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Vintage Arthur Miller at Ford's by Nelson Pressley

This week's hits: 'Night Music,' 'Arsonists,' 'Jesus Hopped the A Train,' 'In the Heights'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:12pm on September 28, 2017☆⚑

'Enron' playwright Lucy Prebble gets her D.C. premiere with her play 'The Effect' by Nelson Pressley

The writer has created stories from financial calamity to a "chemical romance."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on September 28, 2017☆⚑

Willy Loman still dreams big in Miller's 'Salesman' at Ford's by Nelson Pressley

The epic, familiar staging stars Craig Wallace, raising an angle of race.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42am on September 28, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: A localized 'Native Gardens' and an inspired 'A Train' by Nelson Pressley

'In the Heights' rolls on, and Kelli O'Hara stops by.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:12pm on September 21, 2017☆⚑

Kelli O'Hara changes channels after her Tony win for 'King and I' by Nelson Pressley

Singer-actress will be in concert at George Mason before heading back to Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:42am on September 21, 2017☆⚑

Heaven sent: 'Jesus Hopped the "A" Train' at 1st Stage by Nelson Pressley

Guirgis drama gets divine treatment, but Next Stop's "Disgraced" gets Purgatory.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:33pm on September 19, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Robin De Jesús drives Olney's 'Heights' by Nelson Pressley

The 1958 'The Arsonists' becomes a Trump era parable.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:04pm on September 14, 2017☆⚑

'Heidi Chronicles' and 'M. Butterfly' bring back the '80s by Nelson Pressley

Two big plays are rendered with too small strokes at Everyman Theatre and Rep Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:18pm on September 13, 2017☆⚑

'The Arsonists' at Woolly dramatizes the modern world on fire by Nelson Pressley

Max Frisch's 1958 drama echoes 2017 headlines.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:42pm on September 13, 2017☆⚑

Production manager Josh Escajeda solves Studio Theatre's backstage puzzle by Nelson Pressley

How to juggle four stages, nine shows and an acting conservatory.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42pm on September 8, 2017☆⚑

Will Tina Fey's 'Mean Girls' rule onstage? by Nelson Pressley

Fall theater highlights range from a Broadway tryout to a Trump satire.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42pm on September 8, 2017☆⚑