All posts tagged "shakespeare theatre company"
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44: The Musical Is a Feel-Good Obama-Era Throwback
44: The Musical is a jubilant, nostalgia-fueled romp through the Obama years, powered by humor and Shanice’s standout vocals.
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Keeping Up with Suzy Eddie Izzard — If You Dare
The shape-shifting performer talks solo Hamlet, gender fluidity, and a career built on speed, instinct, and reinvention.
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Suzy Eddie Izzard’s Solo “Hamlet” Is a Dazzling High-Wire Act
Izzard delivers a cerebral, language-driven “Hamlet” at the Shakespeare Theatre, powered by clarity, control, and sheer theatrical nerve.
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The RSC’s Hamnet Lands with a Thud in D.C.
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamnet, now at Shakespeare Theatre Company, is overacted and dramatically thin.
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Spring Theater Preview 2026: Spectacle, Satire, and Surprise
A guide to the must-see shows across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, from major productions to daring new work.
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Bill Irwin’s Beckett Effect
Bill Irwin reflects on Samuel Beckett’s writing and how it shaped his legendary stage career in his one-man show "On Beckett."
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Bill Irwin’s On Beckett Is an Exhilarating Triumph
Bill Irwin transforms Samuel Beckett’s existential prose into an intimate, illuminating, and unexpectedly moving evening.
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Paranormal Activity Is All Scares, No Substance
Impressive stagecraft and jump scares can’t make up for Levi Holloway’s thin story and underwritten characters.
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Jacob Dickey Comes Up Lucky as Sky Masterson
Fresh from belting Sondheim with Bernadette Peters, Jacob Dickey rolls the dice in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s "Guys and Dolls."
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Guys and Dolls at Shakespeare Theatre Company Is Showstopping
Francesca Zambello delivers lavish Golden Age spectacle, standout musical numbers, and big Broadway flair.
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The Wild Duck Review: A Rare Ibsen Revival That Soars
The Shakespeare Theatre's Simon Godwin turns Ibsen's "The Wild Duck" into a sharp, resonant study of truth, guilt, and family fallout.
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Stage: Fall Arts Preview 2025
A fearless fall on D.C. stages -- classics reimagined, new voices amplified, and bold premieres that insist live theater matters now.
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Merry Wives Review: Shakespeare Gets a West African Twist
Lively and colorful, Jocelyn Bioh's "Merry Wives" at STC blends Harlem culture and Shakespearean farce with mixed results
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‘Frankenstein’ Reimagined as a Marital Drama
In reshaping "Frankenstein" as a tale of contemporary marriage, Emily Burns raises more questions than her monster answers
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Hugh Bonneville Talks ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Paddington,’ and ‘Vanya’
From eloquent period dramas to talking bears to Russian classics, Hugh Bonneville has every acting base covered.
