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Top Rated Plays List - The Highest Rated Shows In DC

The "Theatre In DC Top Rated Plays List" is a list of the top rated plays now running in the DC area based on what the current reviews are saying. To see the Washington DC Theatre Reviews of all the play reviews go to the Theatre In DC Review Round-Up.

Summer, 1976

Summer, 1976

Studio Theatre

It's midsummer in the mid-seventies-the second wave of feminism is cresting somewhere while two very different women are thrown into one another's orbit in college-town Ohio. Iconoclast artist Diana looks down on faculty wife Alice, but their young daughters' friendship forces them together. Featuring two tour-de-force performances by DC favorites Holly Twyford and Kate Eastwood Norris, David Auburn's (Proof) recent Broadway hit traces each woman's growing disquiet with the compromises they've made, and the transformative power of a friendship at the right time.

Washington Post- Highly Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Highly Recommended
Washington Blade- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
Summer, 1976
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Signature Theatre

In one of the greatest musical comedies of all time, three households reside next to each other in ancient Rome. Just outside their doors, the exploits of a quick-thinking Roman slave, a braggart soldier, a beautiful courtesan, a lovesick young man and others devolve into uproarious chaos in a fast-paced, witty and monumental escapade.

Washington Post- Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
Metro Weekly- Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Highly Recommended
City Paper- Somewhat Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Frozen

Frozen

Olney Theatre Center

Disney has asked a select few regional theaters to take a shot at their own productions of this animated classic, and it’s no surprise that Olney Theatre Center got the call! Just as we’ve done with other Disney favorites like Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast, our production will deliver everything families love about the adventures of Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf, along with a unique production you won’t experience anywhere else. Sesame Street’s Alan Muraoka (proprietor of Hooper’s Store and director of Olney Theatre’s South Pacific and Once On This Island) directs our biggest musical ever. So get your tickets early; this promises to be a show so epic you won’t want to “Let It Go.”

Washington Post- Somewhat Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Highly Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
Frozen
Data

Data

Arena Stage

Data is Matthew Libby's intriguingly suspenseful and relevant new play that takes you behind the locked doors of Silicon Valley. Its protagonist is Maneesh, a brilliant entry-level programmer at Athena Technologies, a data-mining firm. Content to work in the low-stress environment of User Experience, Maneesh has a crisis of conscience when he is offered a transfer to the more-central Data Analytics team, and learns the true nature of Athena's highly controversial and secretive work. Torn between idealism and survival, Maneesh is forced to come to terms with his unique American identity, all while learning the extent to which Athena is willing to go to hide its secrets.

Washington Post- Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
Data

To see Washington DC Theatre Reviews of all plays go the Theatre In DC Review Round-Up.