“Angels in America” has been deemed Tony Kushner’s magnum opus. It’s a broadly panoramic and searing look at a very specific time in American history—the mid 1980s and the beginn... Read more
Telling historical tales set against a modern mindset, if not milieu, seems to be Perisphere Theater’s specialty. Their mission: to produce plays that “examine personal and collective hist... Read more
The music of Alanis Morissette, for me, represents a flood of memories wrapped in a nostalgic little pill. She was the definitive soundtrack of my college years, and as such, I was extremely... Read more
In 2016, Arena Stage’s artistic director, Molly Smith, commissioned a cycle of 25 power plays—plays that seek to tell the authentic stories of notable people and events throughout American h... Read more
Last year, I saw Nick Payne’s “Constellations.” The play twists and turns through time. There are loops; there are rewinds; and there are moments that seemingly emerge out of nowhere. Watchi... Read more
The doubleheader presented by 4615 Theatre Company at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda is as much a series of compelling conversations as it is a theatrical production. The plays, “paper back... Read more
Bekah Bruntstetter’s play “The Cake” combines a number of timely topics with a confectionary smorgasbord for the eyes, and a highly-charged look at more than one relationship teetering on th... Read more
If there is one thing you can say about Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin’s play currently running at Strand Theater Company, it’s that it certainly isn’t afraid to take some chances. As a result, thea... Read more