Washington, DC Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 6

Review: AMERICAN PSYCHO at Monumental Theatre Company
by Tavish Young - July 03, 2024

Local theatergoers would be remiss to miss this production, and Broadway World highly recommends the 'Psycho Experience' for those willing to get a little out there.  ...

Review: BROADWAY IN THE PARK at Wolf Trap
by Roger Catlin - July 02, 2024

The intent of Wolf Trap’s annual “Broadway in the Park” event is to blend the star power of the Great White Way (if it’s still called that) with the rising stars of the local co-presenter, Signature Theatre....

Review: BLACKSTAR SYMPHONY: THE MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIE at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - July 02, 2024

It was a one-two punch to fans of David Bowie in early 2016 when the rock star was suddenly pronounced dead and two days later, on what would have been his 69th birthday, released his final album, “Blackstar,” a preordained farewell addressing his demise....

Review: PANTI BLISS: IF THESE WIGS COULD TALK at Solas Nua and Studio Theatre
by Rachael F. Goldberg - June 30, 2024

Famed Irish drag queen Panti Bliss leads the audience on an emotionally satisfying journey in her one-woman show, 'If These Wigs Could Talk,' reflecting on her own internal journey as she considers the role she’s played over the years and where she fits in today’s modern landscape....

Review: 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY, PROGRAM B at Kennedy Center
by Michela Dwyer - June 28, 2024

What did our critic think of 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY, PROGRAM B at Kennedy Center?...

Review: THE KITE RUNNER at Kennedy Center
by Shelby Tyler - June 27, 2024

In a time and age where it seems that our dichotomous natures are at the core of all interaction, there is one thing that remains true: we are all human, faced with difficult choices and sometimes, we make the wrong choices. ...

Review: MISS NELSON IS MISSING! at Imagination Stage
by Jennifer Muscato - June 24, 2024

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard is a beloved children’s book that’s been read in homes and schools for decades. My 7-year-old son jumped at the chance to see the story being performed at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland and, in the end, turned to me and said unprompted, “I liked that p...

Review: 10,000 DREAMS DANCE FESTIVAL - PROGRAM A at The Kennedy Center
by Emily Berger - June 23, 2024

This festival includes performances by Ballet West, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, Goh Ballet featuring dancers from the National Ballet of China, Houston Ballet. Pacific Northwest Ballet, Singapore Ballet, and The Washington Ballet....

Review: IS GOD IS at Constellation Theatre Company
by Jackson Malmgren - June 21, 2024

What did our critic think of IS GOD IS at Constellation Theatre Company?...

Review: LETTERS TO KAMALA/DANDELION PEACE at Voices Festival Productions
by Mary Lincer - June 16, 2024

What did our critic think of LETTERS TO KAMALA/DANDELION PEACE at Voices Festival Productions?...

Review: THE HATMAKER'S WIFE at Theater J
by Rachael F. Goldberg - June 14, 2024

Theater J closes new Artistic Director Hayley Finn’s first season on an enchanting high note. 'The Hatmaker’s Wife' is an emotional, charming, and thoughtful story about love in all its complexities....

Review: POSTCARDS FROM IHATOV at 1st Stage
by Hannah R. Wing - June 14, 2024

This is the premise for 1st Stage’s production of Postcards from Ihatov, adapted and directed by Natsu Onoda Power. Postcards from Ihatov is a captivating exploration of Kenji Miyazawa’s works and life....

Review: BYE, BYE, BIRDIE at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - June 12, 2024

The latest entry into Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage series is one that you don’t see produced professionally very often which is a good thing. The 1960 Charles Strouse/Lee Adams/Michael Stewart musical Bye, Bye, Birdie was at one point the most produced musical by high schools and community...

Review: ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
by David Friscic - June 10, 2024

Rose: You Are Who You Eat is an irreverent (yet, concurrently, affectionate) look at a performer/cabaret artist’s autobiographical impulse and gender identity questions/affirmations set against the metaphor of cannibalism as a “who gets devoured?”/”feasting/ingestion”  metaphor ---that plays into “d...

Review: THE MIGRATION at Arena Stage
by Itai Yasur - June 08, 2024

Step Afrika! brings paintings, and their history, to life in radically thrilling display....

Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Round House Theatre
by Pamela Roberts - June 08, 2024

At Round House Theatre, director Jamil Jude stages a brilliant, heightened and deeply emotional interpretation of the Suzan-Lori Parks’ work that is as raw and affecting now as it was when it earned Parks a Pulitzer Prize two decades ago....

Review: New York City Ballet at The Kennedy Center
by Emily Berger - June 06, 2024

New York City Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center with a thrilling production of George Balanchine’s Jewels, through Sunday, June 9....

Review: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM at Keegan Theatre
by Jake Bridges - June 04, 2024

What did our critic think of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM at Keegan Theatre?...

Review: MI ESCOBA POR UN REINO/ GOD SAVE THE QUEEN at Teatro De La Luna
by Tavish Young - June 03, 2024

Things at Teatro de la Luan feel familiar, and from May 31 - June 9th, they are showing their one-woman show, Mi Escoba por un Reino, or God Save the Queen, starring Patricia Meneses, written by Kado Lostzer, with direction by Mario Marcel. ...

Review: WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA at Signature Theatre
by Hannah R. Wing - May 31, 2024

Signature Theatre’s production, Where The Mountain Meets the Sea, is a touching narrative that explores the complex dynamics between a father and son, set to the soulful sounds of mountain music. You don’t want to miss out on this original musical, which will stay with you in your heart, even after ...

Review: THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Creative Cauldron
by Pamela Roberts - May 28, 2024

Creative Cauldron stages a positively effervescent musical, THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN, a coming-of-age story that ably balances light humorous moments with pointed questions of growing up a Black woman in the latter part of the 20th century....

Review: LONG WAY DOWN at Olney Theatre Center
by Tavish Young - May 28, 2024

On May 25th, Olney Theatre Center unveiled the world premiere of the musical Long Way Down at the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab. The piece was adapted from Jason Reynolds's novel of the same name, which has received accolades such as the National Book Award and a Newbery Medal, and was written (books,...

Review: BEYOND BOUNDARIES, AN EVENING CURATED BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA at The Kennedy Center
by Michela Dwyer - May 26, 2024

What did our critic think of THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S BEYOND BOUNDARIES, AN EVENING CURATED BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA at Kennedy Center?...

Review: THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE at Shakespeare Theatre/Klein Theatre
by Mary Lincer - May 25, 2024

What did our critic think of THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE at Shakespeare Theatre/Klein Theatre?...

Review: MEXODUS at Mosaic Theater Company
by Itai Yasur - May 21, 2024

Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson are making history with their new two-person musical extravaganza...