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Jul 21, 2022

See Or Skip: 3 Shows At D.C. Theaters We Saw In July

Our critics offer theater reviews on a buzzy edition of “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a girl power musical banger, and a musical by the writer of “Rent.”

Jul 12, 2022

How Set Designers Transformed The National Building Museum Into A Magical Playhouse

The National Building Museum’s summer programming takes audience members inside the mystical world of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Jan 22, 2020

A ’70s Setting Makes Folger Theatre’s ‘Merry Wives Of Windsor’ Extra Cheesy

Aaron Posner adds bell bottoms and the Rolling Stones to one of Shakespeare’s lowest-stakes plays.

Jan 06, 2020

The National Building Museum’s Next Big Summer Exhibition Is A Shakespearean Playhouse

It will play host to Folger Theatre’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Sep 09, 2019

‘1 Henry IV’ Makes Partying With Falstaff Look Way More Fun Than Being King

Folger Theatre takes on the coming-of-age story—with some choreographed dancing thrown in.

May 16, 2019

The Rom-Com Renaissance Comes To Folger With ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’

Credit must be given to the writer who walked so Nora Ephron could run: the one and only William Shakespeare.

Feb 07, 2019

Folger’s ‘Nell Gwynn’ Is A Lush, 17th-Century Romantic Comedy

Imagine “A Star is Born,” plopped in Restoration England.

Sep 12, 2018

You’ve Never Seen Any ‘Macbeth’ Like The One Playing At Folger Theatre

This Restoration-era adaptation has extra scenes, beefed-up roles for women, and a Baroque soundtrack.

Oct 19, 2017

All’s Fair In Folger’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’

This Shakespeare tragedy packs in enough drama, comedy, and romance to keep a diverse audience happy.

May 30, 2017

Folger’s ‘Timon Of Athens’ Vividly Charts A Rich Man’s Fall

This is a production worth donating your time to.

 
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