The last play of the year at 1st Stage, Laughs in Spanish, directed by Elena Velasco (she/ella), is a rollicking, code-switching, witchy, and wonderful 90 minutes of fun. Over-the-top diva matriarch ...

The cast of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ (2023). Photo by Kiirstn Pagan Photography. In “The City That Reads,” holiday parlor games make reference to Baltimorean author Edgar ...

It is astonishing to think that Jonathan Larson, the visionary composer, the voice of a new generation, the tunesmith who brought rock to musical theater in his iconic show RENT, would be 65 this year ...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces its 2024/25 theater season featuring a world premiere, exclusive engagements, and the latest Broadway hits. Season subscriptions are now on ...

Ari’el Stachel. Photo by Nathan Johnson courtesy of Theater J. I talked to Stachel — or Ari, as he prefers to be called — during a lull in rehearsals last month. “Two Jews hanging out on Christmas Eve ...

Dave Harris. Photo by Izak Rappaport courtesy of the artist. Over the past year and a half, I’ve reviewed the DC productions of Exception to the Rule and Incendiary. Although Dave Harris started as a ...

I finally saw Wicked on Broadway in early 2022. I went in blind, and as I left, I was sad to find that I felt underwhelmed. Unmemorable, plotless songs plagued the performance, and the show centers ...

For some people, the promise of spring reveals itself with the first crocuses popping up in the yard. For others, it might be baseball’s spring training and the Grapefruit League season. But for me, ...

Something is afoot at the Workhouse Arts Center. They seem to have discovered a magic spell for executing lesser-known comedic texts that have the potential to teeter but that Workhouse turns into ...

Lillian Brown in ‘The Oreo Complex.’ Photo by Aubri O’Connor. Lillian Brown, the writer, director, and sole performer of Oreo Complex, is expected to remember them. She is expected to follow them, too ...

Frida Libre, a bilingual world premiere, opened to a packed house at GALA Hispanic Theatre. With book and lyrics by treasured playwright Karen Zacarías and music by Deborah Wicks La Puma, the show ...

Scenes from the WATCH Award Ceremony March 17, 2024. Photos by Matthew Randall. And now for the winners (shown in bold)… In each of the forty categories, five nominees were selected based on the ...