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A probing and startling interview with the writer behind DC productions of 'Exception to the Rule' at Studio and 'Incendiary' at Woolly Mammoth. There comes a point in every Dave Harris play when the ...

Lineup features 'Schmigadoon!,' Broadway Center Stage's first world-premiere musical, along with exclusive engagements and latest Broadway hits. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ...

Inspired by the childhood of Frida Kahlo, this bilingual musical for young audiences sparkles with life. Frida Libre, a bilingual world premiere, opened to a packed house at GALA Hispanic Theatre.

Jon M. Chu's new film improves on its source material just as Spielberg’s 2021 film 'West Side Story' improved on the 1961 version. I finally saw Wicked on Broadway in early 2022. I went in blind, and ...

The dreamlike drama of a recollected unrequited queer crush. At the beginning two young men stand back to back and, to prerecorded guitar accompaniment, begin to dance the dreamlike drama of a ...

In an unlikely friendship, two apparently different sanitation workers discover common ground. When audience members step into Theater Alliance’s theater space, they are immediately confronted by a ...

A musical that will tickle longtime fans of Lehrer’s sharp wit and dark humor and pique the interest of newbies too. Tom Lehrer, the brilliant satirist known for the hilariously clever ditties he ...

Playwright Matthew Libby’s cautionary tale plays out in a harsh, inhuman world. In Data, Matthew Libby’s cautionary tale of the comprehensive reach of big tech, it is Arena Stage’s technical ...

In a challenging but rewarding show about students stuck in detention, playwright Dave Harris questions which Black Americans are allowed to succeed. In his 1903 essay “Of the Meaning of Progress,” ...

In this refreshing parody — overflowing with red-hot talent — the symbolic meaning of Bram Stoker's novel is laid bare. Something is afoot at the Workhouse Arts Center. They seem to have discovered a ...

This warm and endearing production stays true to the story, delivering a show grounded in realism and uplifted by passion. Little Women, a beloved book adapted for the screen and stage many times, has ...