Stage
-
Review: “Freedom’s Song” at Ford’s Theatre
"Freedom's Song" at Ford's Theatre is a don't miss, "only-in-Washington" kind of show
-
Review: “Laugh” at Studio Theatre
“I just want to laugh,” playwright Beth Henley has been quoted as saying. That may well be, but her latest work, Laugh, fails to incite...
-
Editor’s Pick: Bessie’s Blues at MetroStage
Twenty years ago, Studio Theatre won six Helen Hayes Awards with its production of Bessie’s Blues by Thomas W. Jones II. If you missed its first...
-
Editor’s Pick: The Metromanics at The Shakespeare Theatre
A new adaptation of Alexis Piron’s classic 1738 French farce
-
Evil Dead: The Musical
The Greenbelt Arts Center offers a production of Evil Dead: The Musical, an off Broadway stage adaptation of Sam Raimi’s cult classic zombie film, featuring book...
-
The Richmond Triangle Players thrive in a rapidly changing capital
A gay theater company thrives in the rapidly changing capital
-
Signature’s Kid Victory (Review)
Signature Theatre's new musical "Kid Victory" asks too much of its audience
-
Much Ado About Nothing at Synetic (Review)
Another in Synetic Theater’s Silent Shakespeare series, the dance-musical interpretation of Much Ado About Nothing is a clever, outside-the-box extravaganza. A pastiche of 1950s musical...
-
Great Scot
Kate Eastwood Norris amps up the rage in Folger's "Mary Stuart"
-
King of Pain: King Hedley II (Review)
King Hedley II is a ruthlessly honest examination of the profound costs of prejudice
-
Collaborative Arts
Atlas's Intersections Festival returns for more cross-cultural mixing
-
Revivals and Reunions
Bernadine Mitchell turns "Bessie's Blues" into a powerhouse evening, while Round House takes a feminist point of view
-
MacSequel: Dunsinane (Review)
A contemplation on Macbeth, David Greig's Dunsinane offers reflection on modern global conflicts
-
Musical-Making Couple: Turn of the Screw
Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith bring "Turn of the Screw" to musical life
-
Metro Accessible
An adaptation built for a new century with laughs that will last
