Packed with strong performances, The Folger's "Romeo + Juliet" is a buzzy, smart interpretation of this oft-told tale.
After a major, multi-year renovation, the Folger Shakespeare Library is now able to truly showcase its vast collection.
As the sprite with a mischievous streak, Zack Powell is having the time of his life in Everyman Theatre's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
From an olfactory trip to an woodsy Irish bog to an arts festival in Bethesda, we have your week's activities covered.
The Shakespeare offers an alchemy of cast, style, vision, and a chance to see Ralph Fiennes embody a consummate Macbeth.
Eddie Izzard portrays an astounding 23 characters in a mightily impressive, one-person "Hamlet."
There's a cruise ship somewhere waiting for the Shakespeare Theatre Company's misbegotten mashup of "As You Like It."
The Washington National Opera's 'Romeo and Juliet' is the epitome of impending doom delivered with entertainment and style.
Shakespeare gets his invite to the cookout in "Fat Ham," a saucy gay, Black riff on the Bard's melancholy Dane.
A whirlwind of ideas and music, Macbeth in Stride delivers its own unique brand of Shakespearean interpretations.
The Maryland Lyric Opera is continues its celebration of Verdi, one of the world's greatest and most popular opera composers.
Despite two uproarious turns from Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn, Talene Monahon's Jane Anger misses its feminist mark.
Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn on "Jane Anger," life since the pandemic, playing gay roles, and the iconic Harrison Ford.
It's hard to imagine a better version of "The Tempest" than this production that positively vibrates with talent.
Simon Godwin makes the most of the machinations of a TV news show to tell Shakespeare's comic tale of mismatched romance.