At Ford’s, George and Martha Can Still Shock
• February 2, 2017

Directed by Aaron Posner, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” leaps out of its bounds of time snarling and swinging.

What’s New, Pussyhat?
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**Where Will the Women’s March Go From Here?** At the end of Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., people who weren’t dancing at the various balls around the city barely had […]

Albee’s ‘Woolf’ Comes to Ford’s at Last
• January 30, 2017

The production, directed by Aaron Posner, will run through Feb. 19.

The Oscars, Not Quite So White
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This year, there was actually something newsworthy about the Academy Award nominations.

The Speech and the March: What a Difference
• January 26, 2017

If the campaign seemed finally over on Friday, on Saturday a new campaign seemed to have begun.

‘The Gabriels’ — A Fictional Family We Come to Care About
• January 19, 2017

The election-year trilogy runs through Jan. 22 in the Kennedy Center Theater Lab.

Obama’s Speech and Trump’s Press Conference
• January 17, 2017

Americans might be forgiven if they felt themselves coming down with a case of whiplash.

On MLK Day, Tweets Notwithstanding, ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’
• January 16, 2017

History is always with us, especially on a historic day, in the middle of historic times. We—the nation of all of us—are celebrating again the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther […]

‘The Dictator’s Wife’ Shows Lots of Initiative at WNO
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It’s a common complaint that you hear about opera, especially from some younger people when they look up from their phones. What’s it to us? It’s old. What does it have to do […]

‘Exorcist’ Author William Peter Blatty Dies at 89
• January 13, 2017

Author and noted Georgetown University alumnus William Peter Blatty has died at the age of 89. “The Exorcist” on the other hand will live forever. Which means that Blatty will […]