All posts by Kate Wingfield
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Arena’s “A Raisin in the Sun”: Five Stars (Review)
A Raisin in the Sun endures as a timeless jewel, and Arena’s production is a chance to see it truly shine
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Living Just Enough: Pike St. at Woolly Mammoth (Review)
Nilaja Sun gives a virtuoso performance that brings a powerful story to vivid life.
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Novel Notion: The Select at The Shakespeare Theatre Company (Review)
Hemingway fans will appreciate the faithfulness of The Select, but for everyone else it's a bit of a slog
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WNO’s Champion is a knockout (Review)
Terence Blanchard's jazz opera Champion comes out swinging and delivers some powerful punches
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Washington National Opera’s “Dead Man Walking” (review): Original, beautiful and compelling
The Washington National Opera's Dead Man Walking is what modern opera should be
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Royal Pain: King Charles III at The Shakespeare Theatre (Review)
Mike Bartlett's King Charles III is one regal encounter you won't want to miss
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Fighting Tyrants: Watch on the Rhine at Arena Stage (Review)
Arena's Watch on the Rhine struggles to master Lillian Hellman's challenging structure
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Folger Theatre’s “As You Like It”: A charmingly energetic soul-pleaser
"As You Like It" is a charmingly energetic soul-pleaser paired with the Folger's special brand of intimacy
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (review): Holly Twyford delivers a potent, memorable Martha
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is another showcase for Holly Twyford's amazing talent
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Roe at Arena Stage (review): Energetic, engaging and somewhat flawed
Roe dramatizes one of the most iconic cases of the Supreme Court
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“Moby Dick” at Arena Stage (review): Catch a ride on this bewitching Pequod
Visually and aurally enchanting, this is storytelling as magical dream. You've never seen Melville quite like this.
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Spotlight on The Second Shepherd’s Play
Folger's add interludes of music and song from the period to enhance this holiday treat
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WNO’s “The Daughter of the Regiment”: Much needed respite from tumultuous times
The Daughter of the Regiment offers much-needed respite from tumultuous times
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Kiss at Woolly Mammoth (review)
Guillermo Calderon turns Syria from ubiquitous headline into something more urgent and human
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“The Year of Magical Thinking” at Arena Stage (review)
"The Year of Magical Thinking" is wholly, engagingly real
