Chess Jakobs’ outstanding script and a phenomenal production pay tribute to a righteous movement for love and justice and rouse the spirit like a rally. Not often in American theater — or not often ...

As students have returned to colleges and universities across the DMV area, here are some highlights of what’s coming up this fall on local university stages. In many ways, our local colleges and ...

The three actors fill the stage with energy, bantering and one-upping each other as they train for a soccer club tryout while juggling uncertain futures. As the audience filed into Olney Theatre ...

Michael Urie in Oh, Mary!. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. Urie, a longtime artistic collaborator of Red Bull Theater, will soon take the stage as the titular lead in the company’s limited Off ...

For a good portion of my life, Shakespeare felt like an inaccessible thing. I wouldn’t have warmed to it had I not had the privilege of going to college. In my adulthood, it feels like I mostly see ...

Staged in a chapel in a cemetery, Bob Bartlett’s new play is a magnificent meditation on life and death and women and men. The enigmatic execution of that promising premise can now be experienced ...

Hal Holbrook’s play, performed by Richard Thomas, shows its enduring relevance to America through the voice of one of our most beloved writers. A name, but not a face, that most are familiar with took ...

The classic, quirky, and quixotic musical from Actors Theatre is just in time for spooky season. How far might we be willing to go to improve our circumstances in life? How much might we be willing to ...

While the history of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves from below the Mason-Dixon line escape to freedom in the North and Canada has been well-documented and taught, few have heard of the ...

Three solo shows portray: an amusing British entertainer, a touching dog’s perspective on the Holocaust, and the ‘baby industrial complex.’ I have never started a review with a rave about bathrooms — ...

This Broadway-bound ‘revisal’ keeps every ounce of the original’s zeal and is packed with powerhouse performances. A night at the theater that doubles as a trip to the ballpark — what could be better?

Director Shawn Westfall riffs on DC’s very own improvised Shakespeare group. If you’re a fan of improv, chances are you’ve heard of The Improvised Shakespeare Company®, who perform regularly in DC as ...