What role should the government play in shaping its citizens’ morality? Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” explores this ever timely question through the story of Isabella, a young no... Read more
“The Second Best School Shooting” is exactly what it is. If the title makes you shrink away, this play will be a challenge for you to get through. If the title doesn’t turn you away, i... Read more
“The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is well known to many with its headless horseman carrying a pumpkin in place of a head. This version by John Minigan is framed using the postscript... Read more
What if the actor who plays Sherlock Holmes had a real murder to solve in his own mansion? That is exactly the question at the center of Ken Ludwig’s 2012 farce, “The Game’s Afoot.” Equal pa... Read more
“This is a story all about letters and what goes on when they get together.” So begins “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical,” a whimsical show presented by Third Wish Pro... Read more
Beyond the startling headlines, political uprisings, and incessant strife that is western media’s portrayal of the Middle East are human beings living through a history they didn’t ask for.... Read more
“It was revenge—bitter, uncompromising revenge!…The chain of revenge which Todd cherished […] in his cruel and most secret heart.” This is from The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of... Read more
“Some Like It Hot” is a sizzling way to open the new Olney Theatre Center venue, the Bernard Family Theatre. Thursday, September 24, 2024 marked the official opening of both the new theatre... Read more
Describing Round House Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is somewhat difficult. I find myself overcome with adjectives like evocative, powerful,... Read more
As the world reflects on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Ford’s Theatre presents a fitting commemoration with “Come From Away,” a captivating, cathartic musical based on the real-life events a... Read more
