Trey Graham

In ‘Respect,’ Payton brings the vocal agility — and the pure soul — to do Franklin’s catalog plenty of justice.

In her new solo show, the ‘Top Chef’ star dishes on fame, failure, and trusting your instincts.

He is not the obvious type in Simon Godwin’s bracing modern-dress staging for Shakespeare Theatre Company, but he’s intriguingly human.

Lameece Issaq’s solo dramedy isn’t afraid to go there (and there, and there, and also there…).