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This 'King Lear' might be the best our theater critic has ever seen by Peter Marks

Director Simon Godwin's sleek "King Lear," with a consummate Patrick Page as the vain and foolish king, is definitive.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:57pm on March 3, 2023[SHARE]

Decoding the genius of Sondheim: Six theater pros explain his mystique by Thomas Floyd

"Pacific Overtures" book writer John Weidman, "Sweeney Todd" director Thomas Kail, "Into the Woods" star Montego Glover and others break down the musical theater icon.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:00am on March 2, 2023[SHARE]

Parker Posey is playing a classic Chekhov character and having a ball by Peter Marks

She is starring in the New Group's "The Seagull/Woodstock, NY," playwright Thomas Bradshaw's sly updating of Chekhov's sublime tragicomedy.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:00am on March 2, 2023[SHARE]

Tulsa massacre horror reverberates in a solemn 'High Ground' at Arena by Peter Marks

Arena Stage production of Nathan Alan Davis's new play is provocative and lyrical, yet somewhat opaque.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:44pm on March 1, 2023[SHARE]

A marriage of movement and acting in Shakespeare Theatre's 'King Lear' by Thomas Floyd

Longtime collaborators, director Simon Godwin and movement director Jonathan Goddard, reunite for Shakespeare's tragedy of power struggle and family strife.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:04am on March 1, 2023[SHARE]

Kennedy Center replaces 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' with 'Spamalot' by Peter Marks

Citing a rights issue, the Kennedy Center cancels a revival of "Kiss of the Spider Woman." Instead, it will offer "Monty Python's Spamalot."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:30am on February 28, 2023[SHARE]

Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan head sparkling cast in Hansberry revival by Peter Marks

Brooklyn Academy of Music stages "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," a little-known play by "Raisin in the Sun" playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:00pm on February 27, 2023[SHARE]

Broadway's 'Into the Woods,' now at the Kennedy Center, still enchants by Peter Marks

Director Lear deBessonet's spare staging of "Into the Woods," now at the Kennedy Center, places the accent in this fractured fairy tale musical on storytelling

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:27pm on February 26, 2023[SHARE]

Rena Gluck, modern dancer who reshaped Israeli stage, dies at 89 by Brian Murphy

Ms. Gluck, who move to Israel in 1954, built links between Israeli dancers and her former teacher, the famed choreographer Martha Graham.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:02am on February 26, 2023[SHARE]

The play that 'Raisin in the Sun' overshadowed finally gets its due by Peter Marks

Lorraine Hansberry's "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" is being staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, starring with Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:23pm on February 23, 2023[SHARE]

A playwright grapples with the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre by Thomas Floyd

Nathan Alan Davis's 'The High Ground' is the latest offering in Arena Stage's Power Plays initiative.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:37pm on February 22, 2023[SHARE]

An award in RBG's name will go to a star she loved: Barbra Streisand by Peter Marks

Streisand will receive the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award at the Library of Congress on April 22.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:00am on February 22, 2023[SHARE]

'Kinky Boots' struts into Olney Theatre Center at just the right time by Thomas Floyd

Stars Vincent Kempski and Solomon Parker III are the right fit for director Jason Loewith's stirring staging.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:09pm on February 20, 2023[SHARE]

Constellation's sleek 'Incognito' explores the mysteries of the brain by Celia Wren

Nick Payne's play finds drama in the work of scientists, including the pathologist who autopsied Albert Einstein

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:40pm on February 16, 2023[SHARE]

Solomon Parker III is ready to fill these 'Kinky Boots' by Thomas Floyd

The Silver Spring performer plays drag queen Lola in Olney Theatre's production of the musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:25pm on February 15, 2023[SHARE]

Kylie Jenner, murder, Instagram: This raucous British play cuts deep by Peter Marks

A provocative play about Internet influencers and their effect on Black women, "Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner," comes to D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:16pm on February 13, 2023[SHARE]

Susan Jaffe's return to Ballet Theatre is a step forward for women by Charlotte Barnett

The longtime American Ballet Theatre star dancer is one of only a few female artistic directors.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:00am on February 11, 2023[SHARE]

Big names fuel high hopes for the spring theater scene by Peter Marks

Stages will feature the artistry of Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Stephen Sondheim and Lynn Nottage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:00am on February 10, 2023[SHARE]

On Broadway, home movies reveal tough truths about America itself by Peter Marks

Nathan Lane, Zoë Wanamaker and Danny Burstein star in "Pictures from Home," a play with "Death of a Salesman" vibes

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00pm on February 9, 2023[SHARE]

The Atlas arts center, and its full theater menu, is a gem on H Street by Peter Marks

The Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast Washington offers "Bars and Measures" and "The Cake" on adjacent stages.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:29pm on February 8, 2023[SHARE]

Cartoonish comedy is in the crabgrass in this 'Native Gardens' by Celia Wren

GALA Hispanic Theatre's world premiere is a Spanish-language adaptation that lacks subtlety

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:56pm on February 7, 2023[SHARE]

It took 3 playwrights to get to the truth of 'The Lifespan of a Fact' by Thomas Floyd

Based on the acclaimed 2012 book, Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell's play comes to Keegan Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:30am on February 7, 2023[SHARE]

Charles Kimbrough, 'Murphy Brown' actor with prim persona, dies at 86 by Harrison Smith

He played stuffy characters on the stage and screen, including in Broadway musicals by Stephen Sondheim and plays by A.R. Gurney.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:42pm on February 6, 2023[SHARE]

In a world on the brink, there's always room for Beckett's 'Endgame' by Peter Marks

Two productions of 'Endgame' are on the boards in New York and Washington, freshly revealing Beckett's relevance.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:25pm on February 6, 2023[SHARE]

'Sunset Boulevard' at the Kennedy Center quakes with a volcanic Norma by Peter Marks

Stephanie J. Block is the powerhouse star of a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical take on a timeless 1950 film.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:22pm on February 3, 2023[SHARE]
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