78 stories by "Wendi Winters"
Whether we grew up in the heart of DC, Manhattan, Evanston, on a midwestern farm, or in the Everglades, we all seemingly arrive at adulthood after spending years on an isolated island, cut o…
Tantallon Community Players’ current production of Hairspray is one of those shows where this reviewer wouldn't mind seeing every performance. It's just that damn good. I'm saying that…
Follow the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole for an enchanting Alice in Wonderland performance. It was a surreal evening on Friday evening, the Opening Night of Chesapeake Shakespeare Compan…
The Improvised Shakespeare Company is a performance that has been performed to sold out, jam-packed houses in its Chicago hometown since 2005, and in New York City, L.A., San Francisco…
George! Go see this! George " Don’t Do That!: The Music and Magic of Joyce Grenfell is part two of MetroStage's three-part Spring Solo Series featuring three artists telling stories…
Doggone it! This is a fun show! (And, Arf-fully family-friendly). Complete Dogness is about a dog with bad habits, who has the ability to learn new tricks and win hearts. This was a one-time…
Five minutes into the start of Every Brilliant Thing, most of the audience had already cried for the first time – and had laughed aloud. By the end of the show, the entire room s…
Gypsy, A Musical Fable, a Broadway classic that debuted in 1959, has become intertwined with the DNA of most Baby Boomers, Gen Xs, Gen Ys, and even Millennials. The book by Arthur Laurent…
Catch Happenstance Theater’s Slapstick Jukebox before it scoots away. Only five shows were planned for this weekend, so only the fast and the few will get the opportunity to watch this…
One of the most amazing things in this eye-popping production happened after the show ended. The audience at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts stood and applauded for more t…
The annual productions throughout this region of Charles Dickens's nearly 175-year-old tale, A Christmas Carol, are as timeless and an integral part of the holiday experience as nativity sce…
The Pajama Game is a classic, a Broadway mega-hit with themes and tunes as timely as today's news. The show is currently a wonderfully realized, dynamic production at the Fichandler Theater …
The timing of Vagabond Players' production of Little Shop of Horrors is fortuitous, opening Halloween weekend when thoughts turn to the spooky and macabre, and running through November 25, b…
Just as Fiddler On The Roof, Cabaret, Porgy and Bess, and Hello Dolly! defined their generations, The Book of Mormon mirrors the zeitgeist of the Millennial Generation. It is often vul…
Native Gardens is a bloomin' hysterical comedy at Arena Stage Need something to boost you up? Perhaps something to make you, temporarily, forget the current political and social climate? Or,…
Okay, I'll say it: the production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running is so packed with dynamic performances under the direction of the multi-faceted Fuzz Roark, it threatens to explode ou…
Now in its 58th season, The Nerd is Prince George's Little Theatre's 192nd production. Scripted by Larry Shue, the zany comedy is directed by John Degnan, a long-time area director and retir…
Last night was a miracle of sorts. The heavy rains forecast to wash out the Aretha Franklin concert at The Filene Center of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts didn't show up. A…
This hot, summery production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (VSMS), a production of Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, is a spicy show you definitely want to… Chekhov… your b…
A show that's "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" on every level. There has never been a nanny quite so magical " or musical – as Mary Poppins, a character created by author P.L. Trav…
We all need a good laugh these days " not a snicker or a snarky smile. A series of side-splitting belly laughs that leave you exhausted and smiling. See How They Run aptly named for the nurs…
The glammed-up, black tie crowd began arriving at the historic Lincoln Theatre in U Street NW 90 minutes before show time. Most of the men were in tuxedos or dark suits. Some of the suits we…
OMG! OMG! Silhouette Stages’ Legally Blonde is a blast! The closed curtains on the stage at Slayton House Theater gave no clue as to what dynamic show the highly regarded Silhouette St…
This was the first time this reviewer had seen a show with a large, and largely young audience of elementary, middle and high schoolers. Hundreds swarmed into the cavernous Victorian-era bui…
Coming out of the Howard University Department of Theatre Arts production of Ain't Misbehavin': The FATS WALLER Musical Show, we checked googlemaps to be absolutely sure we hadn't accidental…
