This is a show of such opposites that it is exhilarating and numbing all at the same time. Hate/love, forgiveness/revenge, pain/surcease, brutality/kindness, despair/hope, beauty/ugliness. I... Read more
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of “Vanity Fair,” directed by Jessica Stone, is a marvel and a delight, a hilarious rendition of William Makepeace Thackeray’s puckishly nasty satire... Read more
Every once in a while a play comes along that is so electric and alive and thought-provoking and mesmerizing that you want to shout about it from the rooftops. This is one such play. Don’t m... Read more
“Oil” by Ella Hickson is now playing at the Olney Theatre Center directed by Tracy Brigden. The play originally opened at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2016. Describing the... Read more
“Time Stands Still” may have been a replacement for a musical in their line-up this year, but the Reston Community Players do full justice to it. From the phenomenally constructe... Read more
The original St. Petersburg production of Marius Petipa’s “The Sleeping Beauty” was the Disney show of its time, complete with moving set pieces, gloriously painted backdrops, half a thousan... Read more
Energy is at the center of “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” in an impressive new production at Silver Spring Stage. As the subtitle might suggest, some of that energy is used for a... Read more
In “Finding Neverland,” a tale about the man who created the famed boy who wouldn’t grow up, there’s charm, there’s talent, and there’s even a fairy—but, in the end, the musical’... Read more
In terms of the #MeToo movement and a growing seriousness about sexual violence against women, this is a very timely script. It checks a number of boxes—body dysmorphia, Queen Bee syndrome,... Read more
When most people think of a tap dance troupe, they think a glittering group of girls on a polished stage. “Tap Dogs” is about as far from that idea as you can get; it’s a g... Read more
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