Chess Jakobs’ outstanding script and a phenomenal production pay tribute to a righteous movement for love and justice and rouse the spirit like a rally. Not often in American theater — or not often ...

As students have returned to colleges and universities across the DMV area, here are some highlights of what’s coming up this fall on local university stages. In many ways, our local colleges and ...

The three actors fill the stage with energy, bantering and one-upping each other as they train for a soccer club tryout while juggling uncertain futures. As the audience filed into Olney Theatre ...

Michael Urie in Oh, Mary!. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. Urie, a longtime artistic collaborator of Red Bull Theater, will soon take the stage as the titular lead in the company’s limited Off ...

For a good portion of my life, Shakespeare felt like an inaccessible thing. I wouldn’t have warmed to it had I not had the privilege of going to college. In my adulthood, it feels like I mostly see ...

I’ve always felt that the power of comedy is underestimated. Humor can be grasped universally and understood as an insider’s secret at the same time. By way of a joke, and the laughter that comes with ...

A selection of new cast albums and recordings of songs from Broadway’s greatest hits and performers includes an array of shows, themes, and styles that offer fans the opportunity to hear their ...

Staged in a chapel in a cemetery, Bob Bartlett’s new play is a magnificent meditation on life and death and women and men. The enigmatic execution of that promising premise can now be experienced ...

Hal Holbrook’s play, performed by Richard Thomas, shows its enduring relevance to America through the voice of one of our most beloved writers. A name, but not a face, that most are familiar with took ...

While the history of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves from below the Mason-Dixon line escape to freedom in the North and Canada has been well-documented and taught, few have heard of the ...

This Broadway-bound ‘revisal’ keeps every ounce of the original’s zeal and is packed with powerhouse performances. A night at the theater that doubles as a trip to the ballpark — what could be better?

Star-studded holiday production of the classic musical runs December 2-January 4 in STC’s Harman Hall. Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the casting for its holiday presentation of Guys and ...