Review by Lyra Wilson. In this world, we’re all looking for connection and friendship. At Vincent Lima and Jonah Kagen‘s sold-out show at Beat Kitchen, I couldn’t have found a […]

A college student returns home to find that his uncle killed his father, married his mother and wants his nephew/son out of the picture. Typical family drama. But Hamlet is […]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is the platinum standard of Black culture in dance. A production from Alvin Ailey captures many facets of art and is much more than a […]

Fran, a customer at Owen’s Brooklyn laundry, asks “Do you believe in God?” Owen replies “Why not?” In the first scene of John Patrick Shanley’s Brooklyn Laundry, the exchange sounds flippant. […]

The early Atari consoles–especially the 2600–were home to a lot of games that are undeniable classics. They’re just not really played anymore because they’re so “simple.” A lot of these […]

Ion Fury was a surprise when it was released: a NEW game made entirely in the Build engine? Sure, it was a modified version of that engine, but that’s still […]

This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. It’s your college dissertation, and what do you do? Some people like yours truly might scramble to figure out what to […]

The Motive and the Cue is a theater-lover’s dream, a deliciously funny and candid theater story. Directed by Sam Mendes (Empire of Light, The Ferryman), it’s a new play about the rehearsal period for […]

Joshua Allen is about to conclude The Grand Boulevard Trilogy at Raven Theatre in Edgewater with The Prodigal Daughter (May 16–June 22). His commissioned series of plays follows Black families […]

This week the Hellenic Museum presented its annual historic trial re-enactment. The Trial of Pericles: Hero or Tyrant? You Decide. was an imagined enactment of a trial for Pericles, the […]

A few years ago, director Rod Blackhurst co-directed a documentary called Amanda Knox that I remember thinking was quite impressive. So when I heard he was taking on a crime […]

An even better follow-up to last year’s The Three Musketeers—Part I: D’Artagnan, this week’s Part 2: Milady disposes of the business of introducing all of the characters from the classic […]