At STC, Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ Checks off All the Right Boxes 
• April 17, 2025

This weekend is your last chance to catch ‘Downton Abbey’ star Hugh Bonneville in ‘Uncle Vanya’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC). A perfect blend of comedy and poignant emotion, this […]

Works by Chekhov, Medtner and Other Russians
• April 3, 2025

Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky is having a moment. Steve Carell took him on last spring in a Lincoln Center Theater production directed by Lila Neugebauer. In Greenwich Village at the Lucille […]

Onstage, Georgetown – March 2025
• March 4, 2025

By Mark Edelman Spring is right around the corner and with it comes cherry blossom time, short sleeve weather and more great theater on local stages. Try one or more […]

Onstage Georgetown, January/February 2025
• December 19, 2024

 By Mark Edelman Happy New Year! As the first two months of 2025 roll around, there’s plenty to celebrate on DMV stages. This schedule is replete with plays and musicals […]

‘Leopoldstadt’: An Immersive, Haunting Family Portrait  
• December 11, 2024

“It’s like a second death, to lose your name in a family album.”   As soon as Grandma Emilia (Phyllis Kay) verbalizes this somber truth in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of […]

Last Chance: Throwback ‘Babbitt’ Has Lessons for Today
• October 30, 2024

“Babbitt,” starring two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and directed by Christopher Ashley, has been the hot ticket at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Harman Hall this month. You have a few days […]

Weekend Roundup, Oct. 10-14
• October 10, 2024

This weekend has lots to do, including a new exhibit at Amy Kaslow Gallery, Pink Martini’s 30th anniversary, actor Matthew Broderick in “Babbitt” at The Shakespeare Theatre Company and more. […]

STC’s ‘Comedy of Errors’: Connecting, We Find Ourselves
• September 19, 2024

By Lucy Cullen The Shakespeare Theater Company opened its production of William Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” on Sept. 10, directed by Simon Godwin. The show follows Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse […]

The Georgetowner’s Spring 2024 Theater Guide 
• April 10, 2024

 ONGOING …  At Arena Stage, Trip Cullman directs “Unknown Soldier,” the last musical by “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” composer Michael Friedman, with lyrics by Friedman and Daniel Goldstein, who wrote […]

Onstage, Georgetown: Plays Are Blooming
• March 27, 2024

By Mark Edelman April showers may come your way, along with the tail end of those lovely cherry blossoms. Meanwhile, these plays are blooming in the coming months at theaters […]