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Under the direction of Amber Jackson, the WSC Avant Bard production is a lively, weightless, little romp with plenty of charm.

As the more somber and sinister thoughts of each character crept through into the finale, Wakefield’s performance of Rebel Without a Cause left the audience in shock and dismay, ending with a conclusive and melancholy tone ringing through the audience.

The great virtue of Bang the Drum Slowly is that it presents a story of an athlete’s fatal illness in a way that does not turn into a four-hanky sports weepy.

Synetic’s Twelfth Night is punctuated with an all out assault by dancers with ebullient polish. They want you to just enjoy and marvel at what they can do with their enthusiasm of youth, no matter what their chronological age.

Dominion Stage’s Urinetown hits enough of the show’s high points to make for an enjoyable evening.

Late: A Cowboy Song is a cunning little early play by Ruhl. That is a reason alone to see it; to see how Ruhl has “grown up” into the major force she is now as a playwright.

Have no doubts, Sherri Edelen has put her own brassy, striving take on that ultimate theater mother, Mamma Rose, in Joe Calarco’s interpretation of Gypsy, A Musical Fable.

Washington-Lee High School’s unforgettable acting abilities and vigorous technical executions left audiences in awe.

A novel invention, UrbanArias’ She, After is a densely packed evening of quality entertainment performed in an intimate, cozy performance space.

Crossing is a cozy, no-intermission 85 minutes with a sentimental Holiday Season sensibility of trust for the future. There is a lovely quietness to it.