Staged readings of three new plays, each featuring sample design elements to give audiences a taste of a full production, run June 14-15. Rorschach’s 2025 MAGIC IN ROUGH SPACES New Play Lab will ...

This remarkable new play by 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner examines the mentality of the assassin and that excruciating period in American history. Ben Ahlers as John Wilkes Booth in ‘John Wilkes ...

Washington National Opera's production makes a radical and joyful declaration of the power and resiliency of community. So much has happened in this year at the Kennedy Center, and perhaps most ...

Everything in this production — the acting, music, and singing — comes together. How many of us have fantasized about the perfect mate, career, sex life, house, and perfect children — in short, ...

This 'creature' (as Director Emily Burns calls her world-premiere adaptation of the gothic classic) isn’t really sure what it wants to be. There is always risk involved in adapting a beloved classic.

Jon M. Chu's new film improves on its source material just as Spielberg’s 2021 film 'West Side Story' improved on the 1961 version. I finally saw Wicked on Broadway in early 2022. I went in blind, and ...

In this refreshing parody — overflowing with red-hot talent — the symbolic meaning of Bram Stoker's novel is laid bare. Something is afoot at the Workhouse Arts Center. They seem to have discovered a ...

The veteran theater critic leaves the Post as a new generation takes DC theater journalism in new directions. Readers must adjust their habits to find them. Gone are the days when you open a paper ...

Six DC arts institutions will present seven unique productions under the umbrella of the 12-week festival, which also includes lectures, workshops, and other special events. For the last twelve weeks ...

Despite the musical's dated book, this is a high-energy production set to a nostalgia-tinged soundtrack. Footloose the musical … is not a very good musical. It is campy to the point of cringe. The ...

Toby’s Dinner Theatre has polished up this vintage cornet and made it shine and sound sweeter than ever. Ever since its 1957 Broadway debut ran for 1,375 performances, followed by major revivals in ...

Arena's 75th season celebrates a significant milestone and the continuation of its commitment to amplifying dynamic work that reflects the voices of its community and country. Arena Stage Artistic ...