Washington, DC Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 17

Review: ON THE FAR END at Round House
by Roger Catlin - April 13, 2023

When elders pass, surviving family members often learn more than they knew about the departed by clearing out their home and going through papers left behind....

Review: JENNIFER WHO IS LEAVING at Round House Theatre
by Shelby Tyler - April 12, 2023

What did our critic think of JENNIFER WHO IS LEAVING at Round House Theatre? Jennifer Who Is Leaving, written and directed by Morgan Gould, is a snapshot into the lives of four vastly contrasting characters while all stuck in a Dunkin' Donuts on the side of a snow-ridden Massachusetts highway. This ...

Review: MY FAIR LADY at National Theatre
by David Friscic - April 10, 2023

The musical revival of My Fair Lady, that came to the National Theatre this past holiday weekend, proves that this classic musical with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe is an indestructible warhorse of a show that never grows stale. Director Bartlett Sher (with tour di...

Review: THE JOFFREY BALLET: ANNA KARENINA at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - April 07, 2023

How do you fit an 800-page Russian classic into a night's ballet? Throw a lot of ballroom dances. There has been a couple of attempts to make Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina' into a ballet before - there also has been two operas and nearly two dozen filmed versions. Past ballets have usied a pastiche o...

Review: ONE DESTINY at Ford's Theatre
by Elliot Lanes - April 06, 2023

There are several things I can always depend on at this time of year in DC. The cherry blossoms blooming, me having to give lost people directions to the zoo when they are standing in front of a sign that says “Zoo, this way”, and for theatre lovers, DC’s best kept secret One Destiny at Ford’s Theat...

Review: THE NOSEBLEED at Woolly Mammoth
by Roger Catlin - April 06, 2023

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Review: UNSEEN at Mosaic Theater Company
by Rachael F. Goldberg - April 05, 2023

'Unseen' is a heartfelt and heartrending production that covers difficult topics, but somehow manages to leave the audience feeling hopeful. Mona Mansour's script is beautiful and poignant, and the team at Mosaic brings it to life with care, heart, and impressive artistry....

Review: CENICIENTA: A BILINGUAL CINDERELLA STORY at The Kennedy Center
by Jennifer Muscato - April 03, 2023

From the moment Madison Palomo (Belinda) hit the stage, my son was hooked....

Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES at Arena Stage
by David Friscic - April 03, 2023

A seismic theatrical jolt shot through the theatre world this past Thursday evening when a startling, radically deconstructed production of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches opened at the Arena Stage; this interpretation grabs you like a “fever-dream” of the mind.  As soon as I walk...

Review: HAL PRINCE'S BROADWAY at The Music Center At Strathmore
by Olivia Murray - April 02, 2023

Honoring someone as monumental as Hal Prince is no easy task, but every single performer on stage proved that it can be done, and the results can be amazing....

Review: THE JUNGLE at Shakespeare Theatre Company's Harman Hall
by Dara Homer - April 02, 2023

The Jungle focuses on the experiences of a community of migrants in a real encampment in Calais and was inspired by the playwrights’ work at the actual camp. From its rich design to its phenomenal ensemble company, The Jungle is a wrenching, one-of-a-kind performance that shouldn’t be missed....

Review: PUSH THE BUTTON at The Keegan Theatre
by Olivia Murray - March 31, 2023

Learning to question what you believe to be morally right and wrong is something I think we all need a little bit of....

Review: BALLET FLAMENCO SARA BARAS: ALMA at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - March 30, 2023

The art of Flamenco dance has been around since the 15th century. This passionate dance form, when performed properly, can keep an audience entranced from the first note of a flamenco guitar to the last fiery stomp from the dancer....

Review: RISING at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic - March 29, 2023

Acclaimed Tenor Lawrence Brownlee treated his audience, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, with an afternoon of engaging, sensitive vocal interpretations of some of the world’s most talented African American composers.  This invigorating program, entitled Rising, increased in vocal nuance, and...

Review: URINETOWN at Workhouse Arts Center
by Jake Bridges - March 29, 2023

What did our critic think of URINETOWN AT WORKHOUSE ARTS CENTER at Workhouse Arts Center? There is something I learned about Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman's 2001 hit satire URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL after seeing the production this weekend at Workhouse Arts Center. I've seen it several times over the yea...

Review: BEN BUTLER at Washington Stage Guild
by Morgan Musselman - March 28, 2023

BEN BUTLER, a witty and swift-moving play inspired by a pivotal event in the U.S. Civil War, is on stage now through April 16 at the Washington Stage Guild....

Review: R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF ARETHA FRANKLIN at Capital One Hall
by Ken Kemp - March 27, 2023

The national tour of R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin is a tribute fit for The Queen of Soul. It stopped at Capital One Hall on March 22nd, with a lean and streamlined review that made music the priority....

Review: SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! at Ford's Theatre
by Mary Lincer - March 22, 2023

What did our critic think of SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! at Ford's Theatre? Four lady singers dominate in the very best way SHOUT SISTER SHOUT!, a musical biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973). at Ford's Theatre through May 13. Sister Rosetta began singing in church alongside her mother, Katie Bell...

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at National Theatre
by Ken Kemp - March 20, 2023

It may be quite some time before DC audiences get a chance to see the kind of raw emotion and powerful acting and singing that Heidi Blickenstaff brings to the stage in this production of Jagged Little Pill....

Review: JULIUS CAESAR at Avant Bard Theatre
by Rachael F. Goldberg - March 18, 2023

Avant Bard’s production of Julius Caesar is thoughtful, charming, and thoroughly entertaining. It’s well worth the trip over the river for Shakespeare fans and critics alike, and will hopefully change the way you view the classical figure and play that loom so large in our world....

Review: PACIFIC OVERTURES at Signature Theatre
by David Friscic - March 17, 2023

The clash of cultures –between West and East—is portrayed with poetic and musical flourish in Signature Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s rarefied and insightful Pacific Overtures. This very specialized of musicals should now appeal to a larger audience thanks to the savvy, relevant and com...

Review: GLORIA: A LIFE By Emily Mann At Theater J
by Mary Lincer - March 14, 2023

What did our critic think of GLORIA: A LIFE at Theater J?...

Review: CLYDE'S at Studio Theatre
by Martrese Meachum - March 14, 2023

The Tony nominated play by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage expertly humanizes the felonious kitchen staff of a truck stop sandwich shop through humor, storytelling and the power of possibility....

Review: A NICE INDIAN BOY at Olney Theatre Centre
by Peter Rouleau - March 13, 2023

A funny, touching variation on a familiar story....

Review: BLUE at Eisenhower Theater
by Mary Lincer - March 12, 2023

What did our critic think of BLUE at Eisenhower Theater?...