Raymond O. Caldwell Reimagines ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Folger Theatre

October 17, 2024

For the first show in Folger Theatre’s ‘Whose Democracy?’ season, director Raymond O. Caldwell refreshes “Romeo and Juliet” for a D.C. audience by transposing the Montague-Capulet feud onto our country’s […]

Onstage, Georgetown: September

August 29, 2024

By Mark Edelman September marks the beginning of Theatre Week — an even better reason to get out there and save on more than 30 productions scattered in and around […]

Onstage, Georgetown: June’s Cool Entertainments

May 23, 2024

By Mark Edelman Now that summer’s almost here, why not enjoy these plays and musicals in air-conditioned comfort (except for Wolf Trap, of course, which offers its own natural pleasures). […]

Welcome Back! The 89th Annual Georgetown House Tour, April 23

April 13, 2022

Welcome Back! The 89th Georgetown House Tour: Perfect Recipe for Coming Home April 23    Since 1931, the Georgetown House Tour has been described in many ways: “architectural gems,” “historically significant,” […]

DC Artswatch: 6 New Leaders

September 12, 2018

The announcements of new D.C. arts leaders have been coming fast and furious. Here are six of the latest. SHAKESPEARE THEATRE On Aug. 1, 2019, following the “Grand Finale Season […]

This Summer’s Free For All: ‘Othello’

August 9, 2017

“Othello” is coming, Aug. 15-27, to Sidney Harman Hall in a Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All production. Before we get to that, let’s discuss. In theater, audience questions have always […]

Woolly’s Founder: On the Brink of Second Act

July 26, 2017

Back in early June, the announcement came that Howard Shalwitz would be stepping down as artistic director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, which has given Washington consistently fresh, ahead-of-the-curve, cutting-edge […]