Strong performances and a tense atmosphere can’t quite unify Rachel Bonds’ unflinching but fragmented drama.
A guide to the must-see shows across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, from major productions to daring new work.
Dave Malloy’s a cappella chamber musical delivers striking harmonies but never develops into an engaging drama.
With "A Case for the Existence of God," director Danilo Gambini explores what we inherit, what we learn, and what adult life asks of us.
Growing up is hard to do for two queer siblings in Studio’s moving and funny "The Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions."
A fearless fall on D.C. stages -- classics reimagined, new voices amplified, and bold premieres that insist live theater matters now.
In Studio's gripping "Paradise Blue," 1940s film noir meets August Wilson-style drama inside a Detroit jazz club.
Studio Theatre revives George C. Wolfe's pungent satire "The Colored Museum" in a hilarious new production.
Rory O'Neill jets into town as Panti Bliss, the fabulous drag doyenne of Ireland, with his one-person show, "If These Wigs Could Talk."
Studio cordially invites you to laugh heartily as lovelorn lesbian Carlo crashes her ex's nuptials in "At the Wedding."
Shakespeare gets his invite to the cookout in "Fat Ham," a saucy gay, Black riff on the Bard's melancholy Dane.
The cast of Studio’s World Premiere 'Good Bones' keeps tensions simmering in a clash between bougie and blue collar.
There is an abundance of great shows and musicals presently filling D.C.'s stages as the second half of the season kicks into high gear.
Charlotte Clymer and Dixon Osburn are the featured guests in Washington Improv Theatre's extraordinary and exciting series.
Studio's "People, Places & Things" makes trenchant art by casting a humorous light on the darkest dimensions of drug addiction.