The DC institution creates satirical musical comedy in the hope that humor is still a potent cure for our politics-driven anxieties. There is perhaps no harder time to write political satire sketches ...

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Director Paige Hernandez brings exuberance to the precious gal-pal salutations, and the actresses embody their characters with zeal and wonderment. What’s better than peeking into the brain of a Black ...

The celebration of women and gender-nonconforming spoken-word artists is available online until April 28, and ticket sales close April 9. Better Said Than Done produced its annual Women’s Storytelling ...

Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical musical is a reminder of what we tragically lost too soon. It is astonishing to think that Jonathan Larson, the visionary composer, the voice of a new ...

Lynn Nottage's thought-provoking play strikes a masterful balance of comedy and poignant reflection. Lynn Nottage’s play Clyde’s, currently at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia, is a ...

Founded as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble in 1974, Ailey II – the second company of groundbreaking dancer, choreographer, director, and activist Alvin Ailey (1931-89), representing the next ...

The musical as a whole — a lavishly produced antiauthoritarian fantasia — is a phenomenal sound machine. Do you suppose now would be a good time for a theatrical parable about artists resisting ...

In exclusive interviews, local theater leaders respond to his banning of DEI, takeover of Kennedy Center, crackdown on immigrants — all the alarums. President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders ...

Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' is very much an ensemble show, and the depth of LTA’s cast is impressive. Set in a present-day New Orleans bar, the Little Theatre of Alexandria (LTA) production ...

This stage show at Bowie Center for the Performing Arts wrings laughs out of mixed families, young love, and a wedding. If spring is in the air, that means love is soon to follow, and weddings after ...

CATF to host five world premiere plays by trailblazing playwrights, plus over 40 special events, from July 11 to August 3 in Shepherdstown, WV. “The plays on CATF’s 2025 season question who we are as ...