The Warner Theatre is once again home to the hottest holiday ticket in town"The Washington Ballet's (TWB) "The Nutcracker" which puts a unique spin on the ballet with references to DC and it…
At the Jewish Community Center of northern Virginia, a truly special show is running through December 8th. "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins" was originally a children's picture book written…
Gorgeous singing and spooky fun abound in The Little Theatre of Alexandria's (LTA) production of "Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical." Based on the gothic horror novel by Robert Louis Stevenson,…
For an acting company, Shakespeare is both daunting and liberating. His work has long been declared public domain, so there is a tantalizing impetus for a complete and total overhaul of the …
"Clue" is a household name that can evoke everything from a nostalgic tangent about a cozy childhood home and a kitchen table surrounded by relatives, to a lively debate about Tim Curry's mo…
How delicate can we allow our children to be and are we, as theatregoers, still able to absorb Tennessee Williams' prose? At NOVA Nighstky Theater, the intrepid artistic team behind the inti…
There is no way of knowing if, when Neil Simon sat down to write "The Odd Couple," he knew he was writing one of the most enduring comedies of all time. The classic tale of the unlikely frie…
Spookiness is not a quality generally associated with Christmas. When one thinks of December, images of holly and mistletoe come to mind more readily than creaking floorboards and gusts of c…
Located in the heart of Northwest D.C. is the Warner Theatre and home of The Washington Ballet's "The Nutcracker" for over twenty-five years. With a gold-plated proscenium arch and a scenic …
Becoming a theater staple in any major city is no mean feat. Places like New York and Chicago have their own staples, some are tourist attractions and some were created specifically with the…
It was a banner season for NOVA Nightsky Theater, the Falls Church-based brainchild of Jaclyn Robertson, Adam Ressa, and Ward Kay. From tackling a comedy with heightened language and slapsti…
Usually, I would start this piece with some brief history about the rise of ragtime itself, the musical stylings of which permeate the score of Signature Theatre's "Ragtime" like a warm, sum…
Sarah Ruhl's "Orlando", written in 1998 and adapted from Virginia Woolf's "Orlando: A Biography" (1928), plays like a Greek epic. That a minotaur or siren could appear seems as possible as a…
Just as we need heavy drama that picks apart our collective human psyche, so too do we need Mel Brooks. With a writing career spanning over seven decades, Brooks is a master of most sub-genr…
'Tis the season for some Poe. With Netflix's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and Synetic Theater's "The Tell-Tale Heart," audiences and creatives alike seem to be ready for new twists on tr…
Taffety Punk Theatre Company is a collection of artists based in Washington D.C. with a specific goal"to make theater affordable to any audience member who wishes to attend. Their new perfor…
The company comes through with an impeccable cast and smart tech. By FOSSE THORNTON
Signature has done it again. A feast for the eyes, "King of The Yees," written by Lauren Yee and directed by Jennifer Chang, is a meta-romp through time and space with the theme of identity …
The brilliance of the piece lies in its ability to capture individual thought processes and splash them onto the stage. By FOSSE THORNTON
Most of us remember our days in summer-stuck far too vividly. Or maybe there's a certain playhouse that garnered a little too much of our time and attention. "Two on the Aisle, Three in a Va…
The Rudes have thrown 'Midsummer Night's Dream' ingredients into the pot and produced some truly delicious results. By FOSSE THORNTON
Who do we have to blame for bad theatre? Is it the director, the actors, or the playwright? In his new play, "Brute Farce," Craig Houk seems to suggest that the onus falls on all of the abov…
Discussion surrounding Jason Robert Brown's prolific theatrical career tends to focus on his merits as a composer, wherein he is frequently lauded as Sondheim for the young folks. Whether yo…
In the early 1990s, Phillip Ridley did not have an easy time finding a theater willing to premiere his play, "The Pitchfork Disney." When The Bush Theatre of London finally gave in, Ridley's…
"Disco Fever" is a red-hot new cabaret special staged in Signature Theatre's versatile black box, and the perfect way to round out your summer theater calendar with something low-stakes and …