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Another chance for audiences to see a promising play
Theater Alliance’s ‘Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea’ is part of the ‘rolling world premiere’ program.
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Sparkling performances buoy revival of British comedy ‘On Approval’
The Stage Guild production, which makes no attempt to modernize the 1920s play, is perfect for anglophiles.
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Mosaic hangs out its theatrical shingle
Born out of controversy, a company of serious dramatic pursuit starts up on H Street NE.
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New play’s spotlight will shine on Pussy Riot and protest punk rock
Contemporary American Theater Festival touts its forthcoming schedule in Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Hamlet’s ‘bad’ self and Kafka’s bug, on compact stages
Taffety Punk plays the rarely used first “Hamlet” quarto, while a new “Metamorphosis” serves up a cello.
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Casualties of the Black Power movement in potent ‘Sunset Baby’
Dominique Morisseau’s drama feels the repercussions of the Baltimore protests at Columbia’s Rep Stage.
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A play packed with action, pathos, romance and supernatural goings-on
Constellation Theatre mounts a sweeping production of Girish Karnad’s “The Fire and the Rain.”
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Going Out Guide, April 30-May 6, 2015
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‘Closet Land’ is courageous and uncomfortable, but also predictable
Factory 449’s production about willpower and oppression forces the audience to share in the experience.
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Dance audiences are too caught up in the performance to be rude
Bad behavior isn’t on the program when amazing moves take over.
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Turn off your phone. And ignore the prostitute.
Cause a distraction at the theater and you might get what you deserve, perhaps an actor stopping the show.
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‘Man of La Mancha’ bound for Broadway again?
The book writer’s widow takes in a local production and says she aims to take the show back to New York.
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Momix evokes earthy spectacle
Dance-Illusion company offers humor and solemnity
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‘American in Paris’ tops the list, with 12 nominations.
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‘An American in Paris’ and ‘Fun Home’ top the Tony Awards nominations
The musicals each received 12 nods. Helen Mirren and Bradley Cooper are also among the nominees.
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Hip hop’s athletic power energizes ‘LOV: American Style’
Dancers of Rennie Harris RHAW brought the moves, but the plot was murky.
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The Tony Awards brouhaha is best taken with a shoveful of salt
The awards don’t honor the best and most significant work in American theater. They honor only Broadway.
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A hotel of horrors
In “Very Still & Hard to See,” Rorschach Theatre’s inventive staging brings a ghostly tale to life.
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A cornucopia from Momix
The company of “dancer-illusionists” brings its many varied props to GMU’s Center for the Arts.
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For the Tonys, which of the two Broadways will prevail?
In a slew of shows opening ahead of the awards deadline, it’s quiet gems vs. star-driven musical muddles.
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The scene of the crime steals the show in rock musical ‘Murder Ballad’
Studio Theatre creates a fully working dive bar for a tale about night owls and foul play.
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Engaging children’s theater is blooming on area stages
For younger set, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” and for teens, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.”
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Going Out Guide, April 23-29, 2015
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Italian Embassy gets raves
Ambassador hosts Stephen Sondheim Award Gala to raise money for Signature Theatre.
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Voices of political outsiders, from Booth to poetic radicals
A two-man play about Lincoln’s assassin and a devised work on artistic protesters share themes, but not styles.
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Art, life and disappointment in the deserts of 1950s Mexico
Gala Hispanic Theatre’s “Mariela en el Desierto” follows a family wrestling with creativity and parenthood.
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Spinning a big ‘Carousel’ at the Olney Theatre
How to succeed with one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s darkest musicals.
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Urban Bush Women, with energy to burn
A kinetic performance at Rockville’s American Dance Institute brims with passion but strays in narrative focus.
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Expanding the pattern for black actresses in all-female “Blood Quilt”
Are there enough good roles for women of color? Not yet, says the cast of Katori Hall’s “Blood Quilt”
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Julian Sands celebrates Harold Pinter’s poetry in one-man show
Actor’s portrait-in-words shows a more tender side of the late writer, known for his mordant stagecraft.
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Piano lessons with a side of philosophical sparring
An Austrian musician and his American student face the echoes of the Holocaust in “Old Wicked Songs.”
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Going Out Guide, April 16-22, 2015
Theater, sports, arts and more in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland.
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Chekhov’s ‘Vanya’ rides again, with uncertain feeling
Round House Theatre stages an epic-scale show with Annie Baker’s adaptation.
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A lesson in geography, typography and stenography
Although offbeat and charming, the Hub Theatre’s “Typographer’s Dream” doesn’t hit all the right marks.
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Sibling drama gets a Chekhov twist in ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’
Aaron Posner adapts the Russian playwright in this bitingly funny, Tony-winning comedy at Arena Stage.
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‘Arden of Faversham’: Killing time (and a man) in an entertaining way
The acting is uneven, but the storytelling is brisk and winking in Brave Spirits Theatre’s production.
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Misty Copeland’s swan queen takes wing at Kennedy Center
The dancer’s star turn in Washington Ballet’s “Swan Lake” proves to be a deeply human and sympathetic foray.
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Christopher Wheeldon, bringing ballet to Broadway
In “An American in Paris,” dance is the star.
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Bill and Hillary, sent up in ribald song
"Clinton the Musical" takes us back to the Oval Office follies of the 1990s.
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Oh, no, not the deserted mansion!
Molotov Theatre summons spirits and fear in its production of David Skeele’s “The Margins.”
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New York City Ballet’s life-affirming new works boost the spirit
Dances by Alexei Ratmansky and Justin Peck exude a memorable playfulness.
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Sit down, have a drink and watch a play
‘Murder Ballad’ at Studio Theatre aims to be an immersive experience, down to the jukebox in the corner.
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‘Gigi’ skips uncertainly onto Broadway
The revamped revival that started at the Kennedy Center opens at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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New York City Ballet sparkles and blurs in opening program
The dancers lacked confidence in Balanchine’s ultra-modern “Agon”; other performances fared better.
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Out of prison and into the fire of race and sex in ‘Lights Rise on Grace’
Chad Beckim explores uneasy relationships in his new play at Woolly Mammoth.
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Small troupe wins big with 7 prizes at expanded Helen Hayes Awards
Big winners included “Side Show,” “Sunday in the Park,” “Colossal” and the small troupe Theater Alliance.
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2015 Helen Hayes Awards
The full list of 2015 Helen Hayes Awards recipients.
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Instrumental to Signature’s success, orchestra shines in Sondheim revue
A 16-piece ensemble leads “Simply Sondheim” this month at Signature.
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A brilliant view of faded affair
David Hare’s 1996 play, “Skylight,” is revived on Broadway with stars Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan.
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It’s ‘Vanya,’ loosely speaking
Two creative riffs on the Chekhov classic — and one bar game — will open soon.
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Trading high heels for cowboy boots
Signature Theatre is expanding its cabaret offerings to include country music, a far cry from musical theater.
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Here’s what you need to know about this year’s Helen Hayes Awards
For those who got tickets to the event and after-party, these are some tips, including how to get there in heels.
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Fresh moves from Jessica Lang Dance at Lisner
Although a few pieces were variations on tropes by others, the troupe offered a couple of strong works.
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‘Cinderella,’ with a post-performance touch of happily ever after
Unable to dance as scheduled, American Ballet Theatre’s retiring Julie Kent is honored onstage.
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From canvas to stage
Dana Tai Soon Burgess premieres “Picasso Dances,” a piece inspired by four of the Spanish artist’s paintings.
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Nothing like a dame: The splendor of Helen Mirren
She’s the queen of Broadway, golden in a new movie, and busier than ever.
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Play inspired by rabbi and his fake torahs misses its mark
Renee Calarco’s “G-d’s Honest Truth,” at Theater J, goes too far afield from its most intriguing character.
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A sparkling start to American Ballet Theatre’s D.C. engagement
Xiomara Reyes dazzles as the Cowgirl in Agnes de Mille’s “Rodeo,” among other incandescent works.
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Early Kushner and a play on domestic violence, now playing in little rooms
Uneven new shows from the small female-focused troupes Nu Sass Productions and Venus Theatre.
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Going Out Guide, March 26-April 1, 2015
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Backstage with Jesus and Hitler in Ruhl’s epic ‘Passion Play’
Forum Theatre again shows that it can handle a marathon drama as the play sweeps across centuries.
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Shakespeare Theater Company’s ‘La Mancha’ lances its mark
Baritone Anthony Warlow galvanizes a serious-minded revival of the 1960s musical.
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The apocalypse comes to the Lower East Side in the new musical ‘Soon’
The show from “Glory Days” songwriter Nick Blaemire premieres at Signature Theatre.
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‘Somewhere in Quixote’: Ron Lalá puts its comic twist on Cervantes
Five actors deliver a tuneful, winking, meta-literary (but child-friendly) spin on the masterpiece “Don Quixote.”
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These star ballerinas are retiring — graceful, and grateful, to the last dance
American Ballet Theatre is losing three of its biggest stars: Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent and Xiomara Reyes.
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Good cast makes the best of entertaining ‘Freedom’s Song’
Ford’s Theatre puts on the Civil War-focused musical revue as part of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s death.
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Impossible dream: young director brings musicals to Shakespeare Co.
After “Forum’s” success, Alan Paul helms “La Mancha” for the classical troupe. Next up: “Kiss Me, Kate.”
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Scalia and the intern, punching from right and left in ‘The Originalist’
John Strand’s new play probes hard-core partisanship, with Edward Gero as a fiery court justice.
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Dance performance as a high-tech journey into the esoteric
Performers wearing “neuro headsets” in Maida Withers’s “MindFluctuations” generate protean video images.
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Ageless Lansbury puts fizz in ‘Blithe Spirit’
Angela Lansbury, a born entertainer and pro’s pro at 89, delights in the Noël Coward comedy.
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Critics’ pens vs. spray cans: Reviews of a play about graffiti spark controversy
Chicago newspaper writers called out after panning “This Is Modern Art (Based on True Events).”
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A jigsaw puzzle of a play at the Kennedy Center
Brazilian play “O Jardim” unfolds in three areas on the stage, with actors repeating each scene.
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‘Laugh’s’ music man is a theater lifer
Play at Studio Theatre is most recent stop in composer Wayne Barker’s journey as a freelance artist.
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Rollicking one-act plays at the Kennedy Center’s Iberian Suite festival
Spain’s Teatro de La Abadía presents an ebullient “Entremeses.”
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Sue Sylvester, cabaret star?
For her first post-“Glee” gig, Jane Lynch is taking her song-and-dance act on the road. First stop: Birchmere.
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Classic antics of ‘Laugh’ an uphill climb in Beth Henley’s latest
The “Crimes of the Heart” Pulitzer winner tries on slapstick for size.
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How the Internet taught us all to be just a little dumber
“What I Heard About the World” at the Kennedy Center offers a comical look at globalization.
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After “The Jacksonian,” Beth Henley recharges with slapstick “Laugh”
Following her 2013 “comeback,” the “Crimes of the Heart” Pulitzer winner debuts her new play in D.C.
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After Broadway heights of ‘Glory Days,’ back home with ‘Soon’
Nick Blaemire returns to Signature Theatre with a new apocalyptic musical.
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‘Doctor Caligari’: Off-balance to a fault
Pointless Theatre production is based on 1920 silent film, but the adaptation doesn’t go far enough.
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A diamond among flamenco’s divas
María Pagés dazzles in performance with her company at Kennedy Center’s Iberian Suite festival.
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The understated drama of ordinary people
Rep Stage offers a resonant and relatable production of Annie Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation.”
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Hair-raising performance at Iberian Suite festival
Long locks get in the way of a Portuguese company’s “Fado, Rituals and Shadows.”
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Signature Theatre needed four actors. It found them cheap at the pet store.
Four goldfish play one crucial role in Nick Blaemire’s new musical, “Soon.”
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Another ‘Pitch Perfect’ part for Ben Platt
Ben Platt to star in musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” debuting at Arena Stage this summer.
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Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras in ‘Voces’: Power of simple pleasures
The dancer flaunts her peerless charisma, but the rest of the show suffers from too much effort.
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Portuguese company Mundo Perfeito brings its vision to Kennedy Center
The troupe presents a double bill that breezily references authors ranging from Sophocles to George Steiner.
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Dorrance Dance forms a tribute with ‘The Blues Project’
Company’s performance at American Dance Institute in Rockville explores the hard knocks of life.
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Enter, stage (far) right: New play about Justice Scalia in production at Arena
“The Originalist” uses the polarizing justice to ask about the vanishing political center.
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Combat via video screen and its emotional toll
“Grounded” at Olney Theatre Center captures the bravado and the fragility of a U.S. drone pilot.
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All the standard Larry David neuroses, now on Broadway
The force behind “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” stars in his own Broadway play.
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‘Stories on a Journey — Cape Verde’ review
The winsome play-with-music kicked off the Iberian Suite: Global Arts Remix festival at the Kennedy Center.
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Stuck inside with the kids? Theater’s a fine escape.
Here are shows for children of all ages — from “Oz” at Adventure Theatre to “Doctor Caligari” at Mead.
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Famed Canadian theater filming entire Shakespeare canon
“King Lear” will screen at the Angelika in March, followed by “King John.”
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Life after a teen kidnapping in new Kander-Pierce musical ‘Kid Victory’
Musical theater legend John Kander, 87, wrote the story and music for this premiere at Signature Theatre.
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In a state of undress, ‘Chambre’ show cites Lady Gaga’s redress suit
At American Dance Institute, Jack Ferver and crew dance and act in undies onstage.
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Mark Morris Dance Group’s many surprises flow naturally at GMU
The program’s choreography feels perfectly logical; so, how then, to explain all the unpredictability?
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‘Ballet 422’: A young choreographer’s nervous rise at New York City Ballet
The film takes us into the emptiness, quietness and darkness as Justin Peck creates a dance, and a life.
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Iberian Suite at Kennedy Center aims to engage on many levels
Nearly three-week festival features Picasso ceramics, flamenco dancing, three Pablos and more.
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Avast! Sunny pirates, a frosty ‘Frozen’ and a forecast from Shaw
Three current stage offerings include the second part of Stage Guild’s three-year “Methuselah” project
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