Thatcher and the queen square off in 'Handbagged' by Nelson Pressley

Two Elizabeths and two Maggies make a full house.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:33pm on February 6, 2018☆⚑

Two versions of Miranda's 'In the Heights' dominate Hayes nominations by Nelson Pressley

'A Little Night Music,' 'The Wild Party' and 'Twelfth Night' also score well

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:54pm on February 5, 2018☆⚑

From the Trojan War to Trump: Troupe makes a feminist statement at festival by Nelson Pressley

Small Brave Spirits brings a rebellious experiment to the Women's Voices Theater Festival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on February 4, 2018☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Shows on every president, plus the Queen by Nelson Pressley

Musicals 'Something Rotten!' and 'Light Years' start Tuesday

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:54pm on February 1, 2018☆⚑

Guantanamo drama '4,380 Nights' finds history repeating by Nelson Pressley

In D.C. theater, orange really is the new black.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on January 29, 2018☆⚑

'Jefferson's Garden' blooms with contradictions at Ford's by Nelson Pressley

Timberlake Wertenbaker's historical fiction gets its U.S. debut.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:42pm on January 25, 2018☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Big theaters weigh in by Nelson Pressley

The city's major troupes make serious statements, from 'Hamlet' to 'Jefferson's Garden.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:36pm on January 25, 2018☆⚑

Friends and playwrights tell stories that call for action on stage by Nelson Pressley

The personal is political in new Women's Voices plays.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:24pm on January 25, 2018☆⚑

Grappling with Jefferson's legacy: 'A playwright doesn't like nice people' by Nelson Pressley

A white British writer and a black U.S. director bring "Jefferson's Garden" to Ford's.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on January 24, 2018☆⚑

It's almost a wonderful life in the surprising 1940s throwback 'See Rock City' by Nelson Pressley

Wood Van Meter and Lexi Langs return for Part 2 of an affecting low-key trilogy.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33pm on January 23, 2018☆⚑

Women's Voices notes: An exotic 'Imogen' and a down-home 'Hound' by Nelson Pressley

Pointless moves uptown, and Cefaly's plays shift from Baltimore to D.C.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:33pm on January 21, 2018☆⚑

The NFL's best touchdown celebrations of the season " as picked by a theater critic by Nelson Pressley

The League relaxed a rule, and players teamed up to get creative.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:42am on January 19, 2018☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: The city festival grows by Nelson Pressley

Richard Thomas and Pamela Reed sparkle in 'The Humans.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:24pm on January 18, 2018☆⚑

Constellation's 'Skin of Our Teeth' misses by just a hair by Nelson Pressley

Thornton Wilder's shaggy 1942 play renders chaos as timeless.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:33pm on January 17, 2018☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Tony winner 'The Humans' arrives at Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

'Sovereignty,' 'The Way of the World' and 'The Wolves' swell Women's Voices.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:24pm on January 11, 2018☆⚑

New 'Queens Girl' memoir revisits 1960s U.S. and Nigeria by Nelson Pressley

The solo show with Erika Rose begins D.C.'s second Women's Voices Theater Festival

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on January 9, 2018☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Women's Voices Theater Festival 2.0 gears up by Nelson Pressley

At the Kennedy Center, 'The Humans' and 'On Your Feet!'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:36pm on January 4, 2018☆⚑

Second Women's Voices Theater Festival arrives as #MeToo is in the spotlight by Nelson Pressley

Female playwrights talk about leveling the stage amid a changing landscape.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:36pm on January 4, 2018☆⚑

'Smash' writer Rebeck brings a new 'The Way of the World' to D.C. by Nelson Pressley

Backstage musicals, Restoration comedies, Weinstein: It's all sex, money, power.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:24pm on January 4, 2018☆⚑

Women's Voices festival 2.0 launches with Caleen Sinnette Jennings's memoir by Nelson Pressley

New chapter of "Queens Girl" recalls the 1960s in the United States and Nigeria.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06am on January 4, 2018☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: Ringing out the year by Nelson Pressley

Holiday bets from Gershwin 'Crazy For You' to serious Second City

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:54pm on December 21, 2017☆⚑

DC Theater Friday: 'An American in Paris' glides in by Nelson Pressley

'Christmas Carols,' Gunderson plays and 'Crazy for You' hum along

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:06pm on December 14, 2017☆⚑

Chicago theaters say 'Not in Our House' to sexual abuse by Nelson Pressley

The grass-roots program, a declaration of standards, is getting a chapter in Washington.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:06pm on December 14, 2017☆⚑

A comic 'Santaland' needs frost by Nelson Pressley

The David Sedaris standby makes a comedy club appearance.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54pm on December 13, 2017☆⚑

The book on Lauren Gunderson, topping U.S. theater charts by Nelson Pressley

'The Book of Will' and 'The Revolutionists' showcase the laugh-and-think formula.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:06pm on December 11, 2017☆⚑