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.

Comedy of Errors

Shakespeare Theatre Company at Michael R. Klein Theatre

Confusions collide in this hilariously illogical comedy. Lookalikes Alex Brightman (School of Rock on Broadway) and David Fynn (School of Rock on the West End) come together as Dromio and Dromio (respectively) to add a splash of rock 'n' roll to Shakespeare's most deliriously funny play. Artistic Director Simon Godwin (Much Ado about Nothing, Macbeth) directs this raucous reflection of families lost and found, topsy turvy love and the utterly human desire to belong. 

Washington Post- Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
Metro Weekly- Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Highly Recommended
City Paper- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended

Primary Trust

Signature Theatre

Wally's Tiki Bar serves the sweetest mai tais in town, and Kenneth never misses a happy hour with his best friend. But when a job loss upends Kenneth's static existence, he must discover the courage to open a new door and change his life - even if it means facing the past and letting go.

Washington Post- Highly Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
Metro Weekly- Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Highly Recommended
City Paper- Highly Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended

Romeo and Juliet

Folger Theatre

Shakespeare's timeless story of star-crossed lovers is also a story of the politics of warring families and the violence that consumes them. When all the systems meant to protect and guide a pair of young lovers-familial, religious, and governmental-fail them, can they find a way to safeguard their future despite the chaos around them?

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

Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground

Olney Theatre Center

Tony Award winner John Rubinstein (Pippin, Children of a Lesser God) stars as President Dwight D. Eisenhower in this candid and fascinating fictional eavesdropping on the 34th President at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania farm. It is 1962 and The New York Times Magazine has published its first list ranking the American Presidents in order of greatness, and poor Ike is ranked 22nd of 31. Enraged at being called "mediocre," he mounts a defense of his life and career - his Kansas upbringing, his decorated Army career, his victories in World War II, and his two terms as President - contemplating the qualities and adversities that make an American President great. Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground is adapted from a vast array of General Eisenhower's memoirs, speeches, and letters animated by a bravura performance by one of our great actors.

Washington Post- Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Recommended
City Paper- Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Recommended
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended

Exception to the Rule

Studio Theatre

Six Black students at the city's worst high school wait out Friday detention, but no one can figure out how "College Bound Erika" ended up stuck here too. The rules are simple: a teacher has to sign their form before anyone can leave the room. But no adults have made it yet, so the teens fill their time by flirting, fighting, and forming plans for the long weekend ahead-until a more sinister probability comes into view. This gut-punch of a comedy interrogates how a racialized public school system fails its students by design, who gets the chance to escape it, and what they must leave behind to do so.

Washington Post- Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Recommended
City Paper- Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
Washington Informer- Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended

Cracking Zeus

Spooky Action Theater

Hera, a goddess with a grudge to settle, has found her husband Zeus' newest illegitimate child. On the outside, Baniaha is a pillar of his community: he helps his mother run her church while mentoring orphaned youth. On the inside, he is lost: the mystery of his paternity leaves him yearning for answers. When Hera arrives to exact her revenge with the help of Rufus, a homeless crack addict she thinks she can exploit, relationships are strained and faith is put to the test. This wildly inventive dark comedy is a present-day myth about religion, dependency, and redemption.

Washington Post- Somewhat Recommended
DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended
Metro Weekly- Somewhat Recommended
City Paper- Highly Recommended
MD Theatre Guide- Recommended
BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended

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