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Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Pamela Roberts - March 01, 2024

The Lehman Trilogy, directed by Arin Arbus at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, is an extraordinary feat of storytelling. It is simultaneously epic and spare. With just three actors it unfolds the captivating and intimate story of one immigrant family that evolves its company, navigates pious lives, ...

Review: MACBETH IN STRIDE at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Roger Catlin - October 17, 2023

They aren’t actually that in Whitney White’s concert cum critique “Macbeth in Stride” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. But they do backup singing, some choreographed dance moves (by Raja Feather Kelly), reply and advise the lead and never quite leave the stage, itself dressed up like a spangly ni...

Review Roundup: EVITA Opens at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2023

Shakespeare Theatre Company's 23/24 season has opened with EVITA, which is playing now through October 15. Read the reviews for Evita here!...

Interview: Theatre Life with Thomas Floyd


by Elliot Lanes - December 29, 2022

Today’s subject Thomas Floyd is someone you probably know if you are a regular reader of The Washington Post. Thomas is an arts journalist who contributes features on theater, movies, television, books and comedy for the Weekend and Style sections. He also writes theater, film, and literary criticis...

Review: POTTED POTTER at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Tavish Young - July 01, 2022

In the spacious and comfortable Sidney Harman Hall of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, a group of wizards, muggles, adults, and children sat down to watch Potted Potter (The Unauthorized Harry Experience). The show is a parody of the world-famous Harry Potter novels, and encapsulates all seven in ju...

Review: RED VELVET Captivates on Opening Night at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Morgan Musselman - June 25, 2022

The Shakespeare Theatre Company wraps up its 2021/2022 season with a brilliant production of Red Velvet, directed by Jade King Carroll, playing now at the Michael R. Klein Theatre through July 17, 2022....

BWW Review: OUR TOWN at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Pamela Roberts - May 22, 2022

The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Our Town is a triumphant production of vitality, and consequence. Thornton Wilder’s classic—a work that captures the universal experience of being alive—takes on new resonance and depth in the capable hands of an extraordinary ensemble. This play is immediate—one ...

Briga Heelan and Justin Guarini Will Lead Broadway-Bound ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Nicole Rosky - October 18, 2021

The Shakespeare Theatre Company has just announced casting for the world premiere of the Broadway-bound musical ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME November 30-January 2 at Sidney Harman Hall. The show will star Briga Heelan and Justin Guarini as Cinderella and Prince Charming, alongside John Glover as Narrat...

World Premiere of ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME and More Now On Sale At Shakespeare Theatre Company


by A.A. Cristi - September 02, 2021

The Shakespeare Theatre Company is preparing to welcome fully vaccinated patrons back for the 2021/22 Season....

Past Shows

Everybody
10/15 - 11/17/2019


This modern riff on the 15th Century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as he or ...

The Oresteia
4/30 - 6/2/2019


Sidney Harman Hall: Ellen McLaughlin; dir: Michael Kahn....

Vanity Fair
2/26 - 3/31/2019


Lansburgh Theatre: Kate Hamill; dir: Jessica Stone....

Richard III
2/5 - 3/10/2019


Richard Duke of Gloucester is determined that he should wear the crown of England. He has already dispatched one king and that king's son; now ...

Richard the Third
2/5 - 3/10/2019


Sidney Harman Hall: William Shakespeare; dir: David Muse....


David Ives; dir: Michael Kahn. World Premiere...

An Inspector Calls
11/20 - 12/23/2018


The action of the play occurs in an English industrial city, where a young girl commits suicide and an eminently respectable British family is subject ...

The Comedy of Errors
9/25 - 10/26/2018


William Shakespeare; dir: Alan Paul....

Camelot
5/22 - 7/1/2018


Sidney Harman Hall: book: Alan Jay Lerner; lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner; music: Frederick Loewe; dir: Alan Paul....

Noura
2/6 - 3/11/2018


Heather Raffo; dir: Joanna Settle. Lansburgh Theatre:...

Hamlet
1/16 - 2/25/2018


William Shakespeare; dir: Michael Kahn. Sidney Harman Hall:...

The Lover and The Collection
9/26 - 10/29/2017


Harold Pinter; dir: Michael Kahn....

School For Lies
5/30 - 7/2/2017


adapt: David Ives from Moliere ; trans: David Ives; dir: Michael Kahn....

Macbeth
4/25 - 5/28/2017


William Shakespeare; dir: Liesl Tommy....


adapt: Elevator Repair Service ; dir: John Collins. Lansburgh Theatre:...

King Charles III
2/7 - 3/12/2017


Mike Bartlett; dir: David Muse. Sidney Harman Hall:...

The Secret Garden
11/15 - 12/31/2016


The Secret Garden, a musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel, takes you on a journey of healing and self-discovery. The music and ...

The Secret Garden
11/15 - 12/31/2016


The Secret Garden, a musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel, takes you on a journey of healing and self-discovery. The music and ...

Romeo & Juliet
9/13 - 11/6/2016


This tragedy tells the story of two “star-cross'd lovers” from feuding families. During a party, Romeo and Juliet fall in love. They meet secretly until ...

Romeo & Juliet
9/13 - 11/6/2016


This tragedy tells the story of two “star-cross'd lovers” from feuding families. During a party, Romeo and Juliet fall in love. They meet secretly until ...

The Taming of the Shrew
5/17 - 6/26/2016


She’s got an attitude…but he’s got a plan! Marriage, money and mayhem take center stage in Shakespeare’s uproarious battle of the sexes. It’s a clash ...

Headlong's 1984
3/9 - 4/10/2016


adapt: Robert Icke, Duncan Macmillan from George Orwell; dir: Robert Icke, Duncan Macmillan....

Othello
2/23 - 3/27/2016


Alaska Dance Theatre presents Othello - The Moor of Venice. For tickets and more information, visit the website....


adapt: Jeffrey Hatcher from Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Tom Stoppard; dir: Michael Kahn....

Kiss Me, Kate
11/17 - 1/3/2016


One of the most raucous, rowdy and enduring romances of all time, Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate is a mix of an on-stage Taming of ...

Salom?
10/6 - 11/8/2015


Ya?l Farber; dir: Ya?l Farber....

Tartuffe
6/2 - 7/5/2015


dir: Dominique Serrand....

Man of La Mancha
3/17 - 4/26/2015


Trapped in a dungeon, an eccentric old man tells of the adventures of Don Quixote: his campaign to restore the age of chivalry, to battle ...

The Metromaniacs
2/3 - 3/8/2015


In 18th-century Paris, poets are the rock stars of the day, and young people like Damis have gone métromanie—crazy for poetry. Damis has a serious ...

Dunsinane
2/4 - 2/21/2015


Under cover of night, an English army has swept through the landscape, killed the tyrant and taken the seat of power. Attempting to restore peace ...

The Tempest
12/2 - 1/11/2015


There could scarcely be a more provocative start to the season—or a more vivid way to experience Shakespeare’s beloved final play. Unique staging that transports ...

Lansburgh Theatre:
5/29 - 7/13/2014


Private Lives No...

Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2
3/25 - 6/8/2014


Sidney Harman Hall: William Shakespeare; dir: Michael Kahn....


Ever wish you could take a break from the responsibility of being you? Wilde’s two charming bachelors each enjoy a double life, running away from ...


Sidney Harman Hall: lyrics: Stephen Sondheim; music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Alan Paul....

Measure for Measure
9/12 - 10/27/2013


“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Shakespeare’s black comedy tingles with intrigue in this story of love, lust, and politics. A full ...

The Winter's Tale
5/9 - 6/23/2013


Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...

Coriolanus
3/28 - 6/2/2013


Sidney Harman Hall: - William Shakespeare; dir: David Muse....

Wallenstein
3/29 - 5/31/2013


Sidney Harman Hall: - adapt: Robert Pinsky from Friedrich Schiller; trans: Robert Pinsky ; dir: Michael Kahn....

The Merry Wives of Windsor
6/12 - 7/15/2012

The Servant of Two Masters
5/15 - 7/1/2012


Celebrated director Christopher Bayes restages this magical comedy at the Shakespeare Theatre Company after a sold-out run at Yale Repertory Theatre. Identities are mistaken, engagements ...

Strange Interlude
3/27 - 4/29/2012


STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn directs Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, yet controversial, drama about love and deception. Heartbroken over her adored fiancé’s death, Nina engages ...

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1/17 - 3/4/2012


Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed into enemies thanks to their ...

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