Queering One's Heritage with "Public Obscenities"

Public Obscenities, written and directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury was performed at Woolly Mammoth Theater until late this month.

Latest Stories, ARTSDCTRENDINGDecember 27, 2023Woolly Mammoth, Theatre, #theatre, #WoollyMammoth, #publicobscenities

A Beatles-infused, Feminist, Joyful ‘As You Like It’

Watching the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s new production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, I kept leaning forward in my seat, grinning, as the Bard’s poetry …

Latest Stories, ARTSDCTRENDINGDecember 8, 2023ShakespeareTheatre, STC, AsYouLikeIt, Theatre, #theatre, #theatreDC

Parisian Burlesque, Romance and The Vibrant Music of Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center has never graced such glitz and glamour like that of the vibrant and eclectic, Parisian burlesque romance, adorned with covers of pop hits from then and now — Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The performance celebrates music and theatre design all in the name of love and runs through September 24, 2023.

Latest Stories, ARTSDCTRENDINGSeptember 18, 2023#MoulinRouge, #theatre, #performance

Grand Spectacle in Round House's Tempest

Round House Theatre’s version of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is an outlandish, illusory, wonderful spectacle, with stage magic performed so seamlessly it appears to be real.