Every production of The Rocky Horror Show lives or dies by its Frank-N-Furter. Monumental Theatre Company believes it has found the perfect one. DMV favorite Christian Montgomery will lead this summer ...

Aurin Squire’s laugh-out-loud play looks at the demise of journalism and the rise of fake news. In Aurin Squire’s My Favorite Sociopath, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in ...

It’s always exciting to get a glimpse of the future, even if that glimpse is somewhat murky — as it decidedly is for the character Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Scottish play. Happily, that is not the case ...

The staged reading offered poignant and engaging theater, and impressive performances showcased the play’s enormous potential. The two-act staged reading (sans set) asked us to visualize a concrete ...

This new musical seems destined to leap from sold-out staged readings to full production. Teenage sloth Archie Mills (Kaeli Patchen), the title character, lives with her father, Pops (Anthony Galace), ...

At its best, the play is a tender and beautiful meditation on the ways women inherit family, history, and loss, but emotional momentum stalls in exposition. Maggie Bofill and Francesca Santodomingo in ...

Theresa Cunningham delivers a gripping autobiographical journey through abuse, survival, and the search for healing. In the aptly named Swallowing My Shout, writer and performer Tvinity/Theresa ...

Rex Daugherty’s personal musical narrative brings to mind the grit and conviction of Bruce Springsteen. Accompanying Daugherty from stage right is Jonathan Feuer on guitar and percussion (here not a ...

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Kicking off District Fringe year two, the winner of the 2023 Capital Fringe Festival is a sure bet for a good time. No, it’s not Miss Scarlett in the ballroom with the lead pipe, but it’s not far off!

This classic is always a special show, and this production has just the right combination of light and darkness to make it a great experience. All of a sudden, you recognize something that was always ...

Mixing humor and heart, the performers hit every moment perfectly and sing with energy and passion. Tommy Malek plays Nathan Detroit, a gangster looking for a new place to host his long-running craps ...