Twyford Directs ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’
• February 21, 2018

Talking with Washington actress Holly Twyford about the play “Becoming Dr. Ruth,” which runs from Feb. 21 to March 18 at Theater J, a lot of zigs and zags start to […]

2 Powerful Operas: ‘Maria di Rohan’ and ‘Don Carlo’
• February 15, 2018

Washington Concert Opera presents Donizetti’s “Maria di Rohan” on Feb. 18; Washington National Opera follows with Verdi’s “Don Carlo” from March 3 to 17.

Encounters with ‘Hamlet’
• January 24, 2018

Once encountered — preferably onstage, acting a part, however small, but also as a high school English assignment — William Shakespeare and his most familiar creation, “Hamlet,” about that melancholy […]

A Half-Dozen Gone But Remembered
• January 22, 2018

Our writer salutes musicians Edwin Hawkins and Dolores O’Riordan, sportscaster Keith Jackson, little- and big-screen stars Doreen Tracey and Dorothy Malone and Sen. John Tunney.

The Never-Ending Fire and Fury
• January 18, 2018

In a way, the disappearance of “Fire and Fury” from the headlines, or at least its cooling down, makes the main point of Michael Wolff’s book itself. 

Dr. King’s Words, and Trump’s
• January 16, 2018

In the end, the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday became a day when the president was questioned about his stand on race.

Richard Thomas Is Here for ‘The Humans’
• January 11, 2018

In the midst of the second leg of its national tour, Stephen Karam’s Tony Award-winning play is at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater through Jan. 29.

‘A New Day’ at Golden Globes
• January 8, 2018

Receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award, Oprah Winfrey gave what was described as the speech of all speeches. “Time is up,” she said.

Women’s Voices Theater Festival Returns to D.C.
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A citywide collaboration that launched the 2015-16 season, the 2018 edition comprises 13 world premieres and 10 American or regional premieres.

Allison Walsh in the Musical Arc of ‘An American in Paris’
• January 2, 2018

What is it about the musical? People argue about it, talk about it, disdain it, embrace it with a fanatic’s fervor.  But there’s no question that musicals are here to […]