Past Reviews

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.

Current Theatre Season in Washington, D.C.

Arena Stage | Baltimore Center Stage | Everyman Theatre | 1st Stage | Folger Theatre | Ford's Theatre | Hippodrome | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Keegan Theatre | MetroStage | Mosaic Theater Company of DC | National Theatre | Olney Theatre Center for the Arts | Round House Theatre | Shakespeare Theatre Company | Signature Theatre | Studio Theatre | Synetic Theater | Theater Alliance | Theater J | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company |


Arena Stage
Mead Center for American Theater, Sixth and Maine Ave.
202-488-3300

Jaja's African Hair Braiding
September 6 - October 13, 2024
In the Kreeger

The Other Americans
World premiere
October 18 - November 24, 2024
In the Fichandler

Data
World premiere
October 31 - December 15, 2024
In the Kogod Cradle

Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile
World premiere adaptation by Ken Ludwig
November 22 - December 29, 2024
In the Kreeger

Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
December 13 - 22, 2024
In the Fichandler

The Bedwetter - A Musical
January 31 - March 16, 2025
In the Kreeger

The Age of Innocence
February 28 - March 30, 2025
In the Fichandler

Fake It Until You Make It
World premiere
April 3 - May 4, 2025
In the Kreeger

Untitled Tarell Alvin McCraney Play
World premiere
May 16 - June 15, 2025
In the Fichandler

A Wrinkle in Time
World premiere musical
June 12 - July 20, 2025
In the Kreeger


Baltimore Center Stage
700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore MD
410-332-0033

Oh Happy Day!
World premiere
September 19 - October 13, 2024

Pride and Prejudice
October 17 - November 10, 2024

Black Nativity
ArtsCentric production
November 30 - December 22, 2024

Everything That Never Happened
East Coast premiere
February 13 - March 9, 2025

Akeelah and the Bee
March 20 - April 13, 2025

John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only!
May 15 - June 15, 2025


Everyman Theatre
315 West Fayette Street, Baltimore MD 21201
410-752-2208

POTUS: or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
September 1 - 29, 2024

Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains
October 20 - November 17, 2024

And Then There Were None
December 1, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Primary Trust
February 2 - March 2, 2025

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
March 23 - April 20, 2025

The Mystery of Irma Vep - A Penny Dreadful
May 18 - June 22, 2025


1st Stage
1524 Spring Hill Road, Tysons VA
703-854-1856

Logan Festival
July 18 - 28, 2024

The Waverly Gallery
September 12 - October 6, 2024

Laughs in Spanish
December 12 - 29, 2024

The Lake Effect
January 30 - February 16, 2025

Hang
March 13 - 30, 2025

The Piano Lesson
June 5 - 22, 2025


Folger Theatre
201 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington DC
202-544-7077

Romeo + Juliet
October 1 - November 10, 2024

A Room in the Castle
March 4 - April 6, 2025

Twelfth Night
May 13 - June 29, 2025



Ford's Theatre
202-347-4833

Mister Lincoln
One-man show, Scott Bakula as Abraham Lincoln
September 20 - October 13, 2024

A Christmas Carol
November 21 - December 31, 2024

The Ford's Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look
Featuring new works by Nilo Cruz and Gloria Reuben
January 2025

Sister Act
March 14 - May 27, 2025

The Inheritance
A staged reading
May 2025


Hippodrome
France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, 12 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore MD
800-982-2787

& Juliet
September 22 - 28, 2024 MJ the Musical

November 12 - 17, 2024

Life of Pi
December 7 - 14, 2024

Annie
January 7 - 12, 2025

Disney's The Lion King
February 12 - March 2, 2025

Shucked
April 1 - 6, 2025

Come from Away
April 18 - 19, 2025

Some Like It Hot
May 6 - 11, 2025

Chicago
June 3 - 8, 2025


John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St NW, Washington, DC
202-467-4600

Clue
September 17 - October 6, 2024

Shear Madness
October 1, 2024 - October 5, 2025

Broadway Center Stage: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
October 11 - 20, 2024

Champions of Magic
November 19 - December 1, 2024

& Juliet
December 17, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Life of Pi
December 17, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Broadway Center Stage: Schmigadoon!
January 31 - February 9, 2025

Riverdance 30 - The New Generation
March 4 - 16, 2025

Eureka Day
March 4 - 22, 2025

Broadway Center Stage: Legally Blonde
June 6 - 15, 2025

Les Misérables
June 11 - July 13, 2025

Bluey
July 9 - 20, 2025

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
July 11 - 13, 2025

Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern
July 22 - August 3, 2025

Parade
August 19 - September 5, 2025

The Sound of Music
September 9 - October 5, 2025


Keegan Theatre
1742 Church St NW, Washington DC
202-265-3767

Noises Off
Return run
August 1 - September 1, 2024

The Woman in Black
Return run
October 12 - November 17, 2024

Irish Carol
The company's holiday tradition
December 4 - 31, 2024

Hand to God
February 1 - March 2, 2025

#Charlottesville
World premiere
March 22 - April 13, 2025

Falsettos
May 10 - June 15, 2025

Apropos of Nothing, A Comedy
DC Premiere
July 12 - August 10, 2025


MetroStage
1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria VA
703-548-9044

As work continues on the company's new theater, MetroStage is hosting individual performances for brief runs at the Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.


Mosaic Theater Company of DC
1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002
202-399-7993

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
With Roz White
September 5 - October 6, 2024

The Art of Care
October 31 - November 24, 2024

cullud wattah
April 3 - 27, 2025

Andy Warhol in Iran
May 29 - June 29, 2025


National Theatre
1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC
202-628-6161

Mean Girls
Begins October 15, 2024

SIX
Begins November 12, 2024

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
Begins December 3, 2024

A Magical Cirque Christmas
Begins December 12, 2024

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Begins January 24, 2025

Shucked
Begins February 25, 2025

Kimberly Akimbo
Begins May 20, 2025

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations
Begins June 17, 2025

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Begins July 8, 2025


Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney MD
301-924-3400

Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground
One-man show, John Rubenstein as Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 27 - October 20, 2024
Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Disney's Frozen: The Broadway Musical
October 24, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Roberts Mainstage

A Christmas Carol, a Ghost Story of Christmas
Special event
November 29 - December 29, 2024
Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Waitress
February 13 - March 30, 2025
Roberts Mainstage

Sleepova
American premiere
March 26 - April 27, 2025
Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Little Miss Perfect
World premiere musical
May 15 - June 22, 2025
Roberts Mainstage

Kim's Convenience
June 25 - July 27, 2025
Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Synetic Theatre production
July 17 - August 10, 2025
Roberts Mainstage


Round House Theatre
4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda MD
240-564-1100

Sojourners
September - October 2024

A Hanukkah Carol or GELT TRIP! The Musical
November - December 2024

What the Constitution Means to Me
January - March 2025

Bad Books
World premiere
Part of the National Capital New Play Festival
April 2025

King James
June 2025


Shakespeare Theatre Company

Comedy of Errors
September 10 - October 6, 2024
Klein Theatre

Babbitt
With Matthew Broderick
October 1 - 27, 2024
Harman Hall

Leopoldstadt
November 30 - December 29, 2024
Harman Hall

All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
Created and performed by Patrick Page
December 6 - 29, 2024
Klein Theatre

Kunene and the King
February 16 - March 16, 2025
Klein Theatre

Uncle Vanya
With Hugh Bonneville
March 30 - April 20, 2025
Harman Hall

Frankenstein
May 27 - June 22, 2025
Klein Theatre


Signature Theatre
4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington VA
703-820-9771 or 800-955-5566

Soft Power
August 6 - September 15, 2024

Primary Trust
September 10 - October 20, 2024

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
October 29, 2024 - January 12, 2025

Job
January 28 - March 16, 2025

In the Heights
February 11 - May 4, 2025

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
April 15 - June 22, 2025

The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical
June 3 - July 13, 2025


Studio Theatre
1501 14th St NW, Washington, DC
202-332-3300

Exception to the Rule
Beginning September 2024
Milton Theatre

Summer 1976
With Kate Eastwood Norris and Holly Twyford
Beginning November 2024
Mead Theatre

Downstate
Beginning January 2025
Victor Shargai Theatre

The Scenarios
World premiere
Beginning March 2025
Mead Theatre

Paradise Blue
Beginning May 2025
Victor Shargai Theatre

Wipeout
Beginning June 2025 Milton Theatre


Synetic Theater
1800 S. Bell St., Arlington VA
866-811-4111

HamletÂ…the Rest is Silence September 28 - October 13, 2024
Thomas Jefferson Community Theater, Arlington, VA

The Little Comedies
December 19, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Theatre-on-the-Run, Arlington, VA

The Immigrant
Based on Charlie Chaplin's 1918 silent film
Produced in association with Theater J, Washington, DC
March 14 - 23, 2025, Thomas Jefferson Community Theater
April 11 - 27, 2025, Theater J

A Midsummer Night's Dream
In association with Olney Theatre Center, Olney, MD
July 17 - August 10, 2025
Roberts Mainstage


Theater Alliance

Covenant
October - November 2024

The Garbologists
Winter 2024-2025

American Fast
Spring 2025


Theater J
D.C. Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW, Washington DC
202-777-3210

How to Be a Korean Woman
Return run
September 12 - 22, 2024

Prayer for the French Republic
October 30 - November 24, 2024

Out of Character
January 8 - 26, 2025

Your Name Means Dream
March 12 - 30, 2025

The Berlin Diaries
June 4 - 22, 2025


Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
641 D St. NW, Washington DC
202-393-3939

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
July 17 - August 4, 2024

The Ford/Hill Project
A special presentation to benefit Woolly Mammoth
Presented in association with the Public Theatre
September 30, 2024

The Comeuppance
Co-production with the Wilma Theater
September - October 2024

The Second City's Dance Like There's Black People Watching: A Black Excellence Revue
November - December 2024

Show titles and dates for January-June 2025 to be announced


Please note that dates may change unexpectedly - always check with the theater before making plans.


- Updated 9/15/24. Questions and comments can be emailed to the Editor

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