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This show is very enjoyable, and the laughter will carry you through the emotional moments as the family struggles to be functional.

The cast and crew of Oakton High School has reason indeed to celebrate with a dance after sweeping the audience off their feet into a standing ovation.

In McLean High School’s production of Arthur Miller’s play A View from the Bridge, the audience got a first-hand feel for what life was like in the Carbone family after two illegal immigrants moved in with them.

Aida was a heart-felt production by Lopez Studios. It will be interesting to see how the next generation of performers develops over the next few years.

Workhouse Theater’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by virtue of a strong cast and amazing pacing, brings out excitement, nervousness, tension and disappointment in the spelling bee tradition.

On the Waterfront is a play well worth catching at TACT. The eternal story of conscience, loyalty and martyrdom still resonates in our contemporary times of moral ambivalence.

A character driven story on a section of Galileo’s life that was well performed and led the way to a new era and way of thinking.

Aladdin and the Magical Lamp was a fun, family friendly show appropriate for ages 2 to 8 or so.

This is an ambitious production to take on, particularly with a large, younger cast, and features several upbeat musical numbers.

Riverside Dinner Theater in Stafford, Virginia, provides a faithful, competent, and often polished reproduction of the 1998 Broadway revival of the Kander and Ebb musical, Cabaret, a show that has always had moments of greatness along with noteworthy flaws.