Articles Tagged With: Broadway at The National

The North American Tour Boleyn Company of Six 📷 Joan Marcus

Six at The National Theater DC

Reviews November 15, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther Leave a comment

Get your hands up, DC! Get this party buzzin’! You wanna Queen Bee? Well, here’s half a dozen! Everybody knows that they used to be six wives… and just for you tonight (and every night through December 1st 2024) they’re live at Washington DC’s National Theater— count them— one…two…three…four…five…SIX. The high-octane, super-sassy musical sensation (by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss) has landed— once again in the nation’s capital and is here to wake you up,

The North American Tour of 'Come From Away' ???? Matthew Murphy

Come From Away at The National Theatre

Reviews April 13, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

Welcome to the rock if you come from away! You’ll probably understand about half of what they say— if you’re coming out to DC— then let The National point the way— be sure to get your tickets to see Come From Away. The remarkable and outstanding musical with music, book, and lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein, Come From Away is a stunning experience of the stories that were started when the world stopped on September 11,

Tootsie at The National Theatre

Reviews December 8, 2021 Steven Kirkpatrick & Charles Boyington Steven Kirkpatrick & Charles Boyington

The touring production of Tootsie, a musical spin on the classic 1982 film comedy, plays at the National Theatre from Dec 7 through 12th, delivering old-fashioned, crowd-pleasing antics.

The plot concerns Michael Dorsey (Drew Becker), an NYC actor desperate to be cast in anything, who eventually auditions for a play disguised as a woman he names Dorothy Michaels. Not only is he cast but becoming “Dorothy” allows him to “access his inner female” in a way that creates both emotional growth and increasingly comic complications.