In Washington Shakespeare Company's Mary Stuart, there's one big climactic moment that you're waiting for: that two women will eventually make eye contact. And the fact that this moment is so breathlessly anticipated says something about the performances of these two women. more ›

2010 is a big year for the Washington Shakespeare Company, a playhouse dedicated to presenting classical theater in bold and innovative ways. This year marks WSC's 20th anniversary and a change in venue, as it moves from Crystal City to its new digs in Rosslyn's Artisphere complex. WSC will celebrate these events on Saturday at the Rosslyn Spectrum with a gala that includes a one-night-only staging of By Any Other Name: An Evening of Shakespeare in Klingon. The event will feature a special appearance by George Takei, who played Sulu in the original Star Trek series and several of the feature films. more ›

Lulu is bad news. Don't believe me? Just take a glance at the couch that resides immediately in front of front row, center, in Washington Shakespeare Company's production of this Nicholas Wright-penned mashed-up adaptation of two notorious Frank Wedekind plays. There you'll find the trail of broken hearts and broken bodies the seductress leaves in her wake, in the form of dead husbands — one per act of this bloody, bawdy play — forced to sit there and watch helplessly after she has heartlessly dispatched them. more ›

In Washington Shakespeare Company's staging of the comedic drag classic , the story centers on Marguerite, a freewheeling but sickly prostitute with an assortment of silly friends, who falls in love with the penniless Armand. The cast is all male, save for one curious exception, and even actors who actually play men often join in with boa-wearing and lip-synching. more ›

Welcome to Monk's Place, where you can get your fill of spirits. more ›

"But wait...there's a second act?" more ›

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Who knew the image of Jackie Kennedy could be so disturbing? more ›

Good news in time for Christmas this year; the Warehouse Theater will continue to operate through next summer, according to the institution. The venue is currently hosting Scena Theater's The Maids and will have new shows in February and March. That also means it remains a venue for next year's Fringe Festival. The Warehouse is still looking for a new home. Despite the usual winter doldrums that December brings, there are still a number of... more ›

makes for a surprisingly breezy, relaxing evening at the theater. more ›

There’s a great Canadian TV show called Slings and Arrows about the backstage sound and fury at a fictitious Shakespeare company. In one memorable episode, the director of a troubled production of MacBeth — and theatrical superstition holds that there can be no other kind — tries to turn things around by making the blowhard actor he’s been forced to cast in the title role perform his first scene with Lady MacBeth in the... more ›

haters out there. Washington Shakespeare Co.’s production of the sort-of classic is nothing to scoff about. more ›

Well, they don’t call it Shakespeare in Washington for nothing. This month brings quite the selection of Bard-tastic choices. We’ve got Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare Theater (April 3), The As-You-Like-It-inspired She Stoops to Comedy at Woolly Mammoth (April 1), and The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Coriolanus at the Kennedy Center (April 13). Plus, Edward III just opened this week at Washington Shakespeare Company, and even Lord John Marbury's in DC this weekend, doing the... more ›

Rape is an inarguably powerful subject matter for drama. Throw in the fact that one particular rape was, according to legend, responsible for the fall of the Roman empire, and you've got quite the weighty subject for a play on your hands. more ›

, a story of lonely, middle-aged people coming together (Feb. 23)...and that's about it. We may be a cynical, single city, indeed. more ›

What Jay Hardee's performance as the disturbed teen Alan Strang may lack in authenticity, it makes up for in sheer gutsiness. Hardee is completely out there, whether he is writhing in agony or girlishly taunting his self-absorbed psychologist (Christopher Henley). It's spectacle, for sure, but it's riveting spectacle to watch. The same can be said for most of Washington Shakespeare Company's production of Equus, now being staged in Crystal City. Equus, to be frank, is... more ›

Sure, with Free Night of Theater on the horizon, it may be hard to justify shelling out for a ticket to a stage show, but trust us — with all the intriguing offerings that local companies have in store, you'll want to see more than one show this month. Previously at the Fringe Festival, Round House Silver Spring presents Bushwa: A Modern Ubu, about an intellectually-challenged king. Hmm. Wonder what it's like to have your... more ›

for Shakespeare," it's almost your time of year. more ›

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Labor Day is just around the corner, a time of relaxation, barbecues, final trips to the beach, heavy traffic and...dozens of plays crammed into one weekend? more ›

Sexual intrigue, Hellen Keller and urine; that's what area theaters have to offer us during the slow month of August, the dead time between the close of the '04/'05 season and the beginning of the new one. more ›

"I've gone God-hunting and caught one," the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro marvels during the second act of The Royal Hunt Of The Sun. So he has...now what? more ›

Editor's note: The following preview was written by Missy Frederick "Bard-37" ... What does this phrase bring to mind? A punk band? A brand of malt liquor? A series of all of Shakespeare's plays read in chronological order at a local Arlington playhouse? All snark aside, option C is correct. Washington Shakespeare Company has been performing each of the playwright's works as part of its Bard-37 Canon Cabaret. Tonight, they will read King Lear at... more ›

If you were hoping to catch the latest production of the Washington Shakespeare Company time is running out. Their engagement of "The Tempest" at the Clark Street Playhouse" ends Sept. 5. more ›