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Tony Awards 2023: Who's hosting, favorites to win and how to watch by Thomas Floyd

Ariana DeBose returns to host the writers' strike-affected Tony Awards on Sunday at the United Palace in Washington Heights.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:55am on June 10, 2023[SHARE]

'Incendiary' world premiere is a satirical misfire at Woolly Mammoth by Peter Marks

'The Bluest Eye' and 'The Humours of Bandon' add to the artistically diverse offerings at Washington theaters

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:43pm on June 9, 2023[SHARE]

The last thing Broadway needs is a weird Tonys. It's what might occur. by Peter Marks

A writers strike and an off-year financially have made this a season of nervous hits for Broadway and the Tony Awards.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:37am on June 8, 2023[SHARE]

These summer dance offerings will make you feel like moving by Celia Wren

Highlights include the American Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow and an eerie clown ballet from the San Francisco Ballet.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:37am on June 8, 2023[SHARE]

Despotism meets disco in David Byrne's 'Here Lies Love' by Gina Apostol

The musician discusses his new Broadway show, which was inspired by Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos and the People Power Revolution in 1986.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:37am on June 8, 2023[SHARE]

Even in this play's fantastical setting, HIV is a cold, hard fact by Peter Marks

Mosaic Theater Company's "One in Two," by Donja R. Love, is directed with cleverness by Raymond O. Caldwell.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:19pm on June 7, 2023[SHARE]

Summer theater is packed with unique offerings from coast to coast by Thomas Floyd

Highlights include free Shakespeare, the Muny's 105th season, 'Rent in Concert' at the Kennedy Center and 'A Sondheim Celebration" at the Hollywood Bowl.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:13am on June 6, 2023[SHARE]

Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James soar in 'Days of Wine and Roses' by Peter Marks

Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas's "Days of Wine and Roses," an off-Broadway musical adaptation of the midcentury teleplay and movie is vibrantly emotional.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:24pm on June 5, 2023[SHARE]

'Sweeney Todd' director Sarna Lapine found her own path to Sondheim by Thomas Floyd

How Sarna Lapine, the niece of Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator James Lapine, puts her unique stamp on Sondheim.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:06am on June 5, 2023[SHARE]

These Broadway actors are finally getting the spotlight they deserve by Peter Marks

Four performers nominated in the Tonys featured actor categories reveal the depth of talent on Broadway, and the career impact of the nomination can be seismic.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:24am on June 2, 2023[SHARE]

This play aims to scare you out of your wits. But your wits remain intact. by Peter Marks

Levi Holloway's thriller 'Grey House,' on Broadway starring Laurie Metcalf and directed by Joe Mantello, is a near-miss.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:32pm on June 1, 2023[SHARE]

Neal Brennan would like to introduce a 'Brand New Neal' by Thomas Floyd

Stand-up comedian and "Chappelle's Show" co-creator Neal Brennan is bringing his latest show the Howard Theatre and Kennedy Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:06am on May 30, 2023[SHARE]

How Schmicago made this critic a 'Schmigadoon!' schmuperfan by Peter Marks

The series hit its stride in a season that embraces musicals of the 1960s and 1970s.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:12am on May 26, 2023[SHARE]

This version of 'Sweeney Todd' commits a cardinal sin: It's bloodless by Peter Marks

Signature Theatre's revival of "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" tiptoes around the horror of the peerless Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:54pm on May 25, 2023[SHARE]

The Hollywood spoof 'Exclusion' goes deeper than cynical satire by Celia Wren

Kenneth Lin's barbed comedy, having its world premiere at Arena Stage, delves into how Hollywood misrepresents, suppresses and distorts Asian American history.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on May 23, 2023[SHARE]

Hours after founder's death, GALA theater wins big at Helen Hayes Awards by Thomas Floyd

Company's revival of "On Your Feet!" wins ceremony-best nine prizes as D.C. theater community gathers for its first in-person awards ceremony in four years and honors GALA's Hugo Medrano.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54pm on May 22, 2023[SHARE]

'Monsoon Wedding' the musical is not quite yet a happy marriage by Peter Marks

Director Mira Nair has transformed her beloved 2001 film about Delhi-arranged matrimony into a song-and-dance rom-com.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:48pm on May 22, 2023[SHARE]

In a new play, a writer tackles a touchy topic: Black class conflict by Peter Marks

"Good Bones," James Ijames's seriocomedy about the tensions gentrification can set off in the Black community, gets a world premiere at Studio Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on May 22, 2023[SHARE]

Discarded photos of Nazis relaxing at Auschwitz led to this riveting play by Peter Marks

"Here There Are Blueberries," a documentary drama about a real photo album sent to the Holocaust museum, gives wrenching context to genocide.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:42pm on May 18, 2023[SHARE]

An audacious season coming for D.C.'s small but mighty Mosaic Theater by Peter Marks

Mosaic Theater Company Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas unveils a 2023-24 roster of new plays for a theater making a name for itself on D.C.'s H Street NE.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:48am on May 18, 2023[SHARE]

After a scare in D.C., 'Beetlejuice' found a second life on Broadway by Thomas Floyd

The touring production of the retooled, Tony-nominated show comes to the National Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:18pm on May 16, 2023[SHARE]

'Spamalot' might be retro, but it's still a riot by Peter Marks

Josh Rhodes directs a top-flight cast of Broadway clowns in the Kennedy Center's revival of the hit "Monty Python's Spamalot"

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on May 15, 2023[SHARE]

A zany team gets 'Spamalot' up on its funny feet " at breakneck speed by Peter Marks

It takes nerves of steel and a village of deft theater people to whip up a full-fledged Kennedy Center musical like "Spamalot" in the space of two weeks.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:48am on May 12, 2023[SHARE]

How Mira Nair's 'Monsoon Wedding' became a musical by Annie Gowen

It's been "a long journey" to the stage for the Indian-born director's 2001 film about a lavish family wedding in Delhi.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:48am on May 12, 2023[SHARE]

Gospel singers and a son's kiss were the theater the coronation needed by Peter Marks

As the coronation revealed once again, pageantry is as natural on British shores as the White Cliffs of Dover.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:24pm on May 6, 2023[SHARE]
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