"TEXTURES," presented by Textures Dance Theatre, marked the closing performance of the 17th annual Intersections Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Prepared for the stage in only …
Piragua! Piragua! Climb out onto the fire escape and feel the still, sweltering heat. Listen to the blaring taxis rush up and down the block. Smell the scent of coffee and hairspray wafting …
Hear ye, hear ye! I hereby decree that Third Wall Productions is currently staging a royally marvelous presentation of the Disney mega hit, "Frozen." Brilliantly directed by Krystyna Graff, …
"Lineage" Thursday night at the Gordon Center was a one-night-only performance with the Ballet Theatre of Maryland and the modern dance-based Full Circle Dance Company at the Gordon Center. …
Is a classified ad a sound strategy to find a partner these days? More specifically, a partner in crime to travel back in time? In a new, indie-rock musical adapted from the eponymous 2012 f…
Sometimes theatrical professionals get the chance to write something special. Back in 1995, Laura Andruski (Book and Lyrics) and Sharilyn C. Reynolds (Music) created a musical version of Han…
Featuring a Musical Performance from Tony Award-Winner Adrienne Warren Washington, DC " Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater today announced Tonia Wellons, President & …
The best way to tell how a show lands is to read the room when the lights come up. After the curtain call for "Next to Normal," produced by Baltimore's professional queer theatre company Iro…
Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha" holds a singular place in American cultural history as one of the earliest operas written by a Black American composer and what scholars have called one of the f…
The 2025 Tony Award-winner for Best Revival of a Play, "Eureka Day," has finally come to Washington, DC. Written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Hayley Finn, the production will be openi…
It was one of the most enthusiastic audiences of the Intersections Festival that greeted "We Are Somebody's Ancestors." Featuring the work of choreographers Ishanathan Guteng, Lauren DeVera,…
The world can be divided into two kinds of people: Those who love Shakespeare and those who would rather eat glass than sit through a production of "Hamlet." The good news is you don't have …
You need a pretty good reason to mount a 75-year-old play about a century-old historical event. The new production of "Inherit the Wind" at Arena Stage makes its case for revival based on th…
It was a dark and stormy night, but the lights of the theater marquee cut through the mist like a homing beacon: "City of Angels," at the Colonial Players. Inside, the usual suspects awaited…
1st Stage has built up a reputation for presenting insightful, timely, and highly evocative shows that profoundly cut to the core. With their current production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Puli…
Whether or not you are familiar with Baltimore's history, Dan Rodricks' production of "No Mean City: Baltimore 1966," an already sold-out run hosted at the Baltimore Museum of Art, will cert…
The late playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard left a legacy of clever, colorful works that continue to resonate with playfulness, philosophy, and panache. With their latest double-bill p…
 Kids should be allowed to be kids without having to worry about dance critics. However, public artistic statements by youth performers about the condition of being a kid in this world d…
Featuring:The Smoker by Lisa D'Amour (world premiere)Refugee Rhapsody by Yussef El Guindi (world premiere)Best Line Wins: A Play Inspired by the Improvised Lives of Elaine May & Mi…
Award-winning playwright, Lynn Nottage, writes plays that deal with many of the issues of our times. In "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," she does not shy away from the racism in Hollywood …
"Bardolatry:" the emphatic admiration of William Shakespeare, the one and only "Bard." Arguably the quintessential symbol of British arts and culture, Shakespeare wasn't always the definitiv…
The Washington National Cathedral's soaring architecture added a layer of majesty to a program that featured Renaissance composer Orlando di Lassos' elegant "Musica Dei donum optimi," ("Musi…
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" is arguably the most recognizable opening line in English literature. First published as a 31-part serial in 1859, Charles Dickens' "A T…
 Choreographer and producer Kyoko Fujimoto's concept for "Urban Steps" was perfectly suited for the Atlas Intersections Festival. Fujimoto presented three choreographic projects in works…
Being seven is hard enough without being covered in…GASP…freckles! Well, meet Strawberry, a young girl who loves riding her bike but hates her freckles"the very freckles her classmates u…