Kirsten Greenidge on ‘Bud, Not Buddy’: A Boy’s Search for His Father

January 13, 2017

Boston playwright and writer Kirsten Greenidge has already compiled a prolific, diverse and often issues-oriented body of work about the way Americans live today, and, according to New Dramatists, “shines […]

An Irresistible ‘Grinch’ at the National

December 23, 2016

The musical version of Dr. Seuss’s Christmas classic runs through Dec. 31.

Keegan’s Profane, Lyrical ‘Irish Carol’


Set in a pub, the show runs at the Dupont Circle theater through Dec. 31.

Isabel Keating is Morrible in ‘Wicked’


The actress, who played Birdie in “The Little Foxes” at Arena, is back in D.C. on her first national tour.

At Shakespeare: A ‘Garden’ Blooming With Hope

December 19, 2016

The STC co-production of the musical version of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s book runs through Jan. 8.

An Amusing, Then Moving, ‘Into the Woods’

December 15, 2016

Fiasco Theater Company’s at first seemingly casual production of the Sondheim musical is at the Kennedy Center through Jan. 8.

An Airborne ‘Moby Dick’ at Arena

December 12, 2016

The play comes brilliantly alive when it and its actors are in the air, in motion, at sea, pitching and floundering.

Florence Henderson (1934-2016): America’s ’70s Mom

November 29, 2016

Every now and then, we’re reminded that television wasn’t always a world of edgy serial shows on HBO or Netflix, a world of live streaming and binge watching. Usually, it’s […]

This Week: A ‘Nutcracker’ with Poodles

November 28, 2016

Cincinnati Ballet, under Artistic Director and CEO Victoria Morgan, brings its acrobatic version to the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Why We Go to the Theater: Miller’s ‘A View From the Bridge’

November 23, 2016

Watching Belgian director Ivo van Hove’s clean-as-a-stripped-bone production of Arthur Miller’s 1955 play, “A View from the Bridge,” at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater was to experience a fulfillment of […]