When Gunderson agreed to rework 'Peter Pan' for Shakespeare Theatre Company, she had one stipulation: the sexism and racism had to go. The post Playwright Lauren Gunderson had one stipulatio…
Presently appearing as Mary Magdalene in the 50th anniversary national touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar (a superlative that originated in Andy Warhol's Factory), Jenna Rubaii, wh…
My name is Christopher Boone and I am 15 and I am brave and I can do anything. I know that because I traveled by train by myself from Swindon to London and I solved the mystery of a neighbor…
Harry Potter is a cultural phenomenon. With the entire franchise's worth surpassing $25 billion, you'd be hard-pressed to meet anyone who hasn't felt the impact of J.K. Rowling's influential…
"I love white," began the commercial. "White is clean. White is pure. White is beautiful." I stared at my laptop disgusted by the blatant discrimination in the ad as I watched a light-skinne…
Launching its 30th-anniversary season, Avant Bard Theatre announces Scripts In Play: Season 30"featuring a special presentation of Happenstance Theater's BrouHaHa December 6 to 8, 2019, a…
Tony Kushner's newly revised first play, A Bright Room Called Day, written and debuted during the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, is back for our present time in an updated incarna…
On the day I was to see 19: The Musical"which is about how the amendment granting women the right to vote came to pass in 1920"our Constitution Denier in Chief made a perfectly timed gaffe. …
"Curious" is the operative word in the title of Simon Stephens' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, now playing at the Round House Theatre. The protagonist, teenager Christoph…
Soloman Howard, the 2019 Marian Anderson Award winner, brought his unique flair to the Kennedy Center in his first-ever solo concert at the venue. As a graduate of the Washington National Op…
What is your "heart dog?" How do you know it, find it"and deal with the disappointment of maybe not being able to have it? Or even . . . losing it? Heavy questions for the school-age (and ev…
Viewing Aquila Theatre's adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University, I couldn't help but wonder which came first "newspeak" or "alternative fact…
A frustration of many classical and contemporary music critics is that we hear a new work that seems to have great promise for being added to the canon, and then poof! It disappears, never t…
In his highly anticipated debut at The Green Room 42, Mexican composer, musician, and director Jaime Lozano brought together a blockbuster all-Latino line-up and band for a one-night-only co…
How prescient of the innovative UrbanArias. To be ahead of a major Washington Post Sunday Business section about a modern-day retail apocalypse: the dying of America's suburban retail malls.…
Aquila Theatre's adaptation of Homer's Greek epic The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson and directed by Desiree Sanchez, provides a sobering picture of the impact of warfare on the psyche.…
Following its sold-out run of Be More Chill in 2019, the Helen Hayes Award-winning Monumental Theatre Company will be producing three musicals for the upcoming 2020 season: Head Over Heels, …
Venus Theatre's staff don't open the house until immediately before The Powers that Be begins, presenting audience members, as they take their seats, with the evening's most arresting image,…
The audience for Sutton Foster at The Barns at Wolf Trap was packed on opening night and clearly delighted to have a chance to hear Foster in such a warm and intimate venue. A phenomenal act…
Stand-up comedian and monologist extraordinaire Daniel Kitson enjoys a devout following in the UK and in Australia. He first made his reputation at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where he wo…
Although Lauren Gunderson has been twice recognized as our country's most produced playwright, none of her celebrated works has made its world premiere in New York until now, with The Half-L…
Following a season of sold-out performances at The Green Room 42 after his debut at the popular midtown nightclub in November 2018, Mark William returned to the venue on Friday with the prem…
A double feature, running just two performances at The Forgotten Opera Company, a subset of The Victorian Lyric Opera Company in Rockville? Sure, why not? The world debut of Brides and Mothe…
 We were saddened to learn this week that Tia Shearer Bassett, a valued member of the DC theater community and a bright shining light of a human, has recently been diagnosed with cancer.…
Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic of 1843 comes alive like never before in London's acclaimed Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol, now on Broadway for a strictly limited eight-wee…