Tuesday, August 4, 2026
At its heart, Christina Pumariega’s “¡VOS!,” presented as part of the Contemporary American Theater Festival’s 2026 season, is a play about inheritance and not necessarily inheritan…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:00PM[SHARE]In comedy, timing determines whether the line lands, if an audience “gets it,” and whether an entire show flops or not. Beth Kander’s “Best Line Wins: A Play Inspired by the Improvis…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 15, 2026
What is the point? This seems to be the overriding question plaguing the residents of Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit.” Trapped for eternity in a hell of their own making—literally…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Eugene Ionesco is often synonymous with absurdism, that category of theatre that sees life as inherently meaningless and yet begs audiences to embrace the chaos and the ridiculousness for al…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:27PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Steph Del Rosso’s new play “Precarious,” presented by Mosaic Theater, offers several heavy messages. Timely and cutting, the play examines the psychological toll of living in a world i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:09PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 14, 2026
Nearly flawless is the first phrase that comes to mind when describing Carla Hall’s one-woman show, “Please Underestimate Me.” True to its title, the production delivers a hard-hitting…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Tackling a subject as tragic and as heavy as antisemitism, especially around the lead-up to World War II, can be quite a difficult endeavor, particularly from a theatrical perspective. Add t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:15PM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2026
One of Shakespeare’s most iconic plays has now become what is sure to be one of STC’s biggest hits. The combination of Tony- and Laurence Olivier-nominated actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 23, 2026
For a long time, relatively few people knew the name Aphra Behn. That a 17th-century woman ever made her living as a playwright was a fact lost to literary obscurity. In the centuries that f…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:27PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 3, 2026
Just when you think there’s nothing new you can bring to the theatrical table when it comes to Shakespeare, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s (CSC) “The Tempest” does just that. The p…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:33AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 25, 2026
It isn’t very often that I leave a play thinking to myself, what did I just see? in the most profound sense possible. Tracy Letts’ highly provocative “The Minutes” is one such play t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 16, 2026
There is something undeniably sophisticated, sharp, and memorable about Wendy Wasserstein's "The Heidi Chronicles." After watching the Vagabond Players' production, it is easy to understand …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 12, 2026
Pulling off a one-person show is certainly a complex endeavor. When that one-person show proves a rollercoaster ride of emotionally triumphant highs and rock-bottom lows, it can be an especi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Genre-bending plays can often be a difficult sell. Accustomed to tragedy, comedy, or a hybrid mashup, the average theatregoer generally likes to "name" their plays. What Austrian-Iranian pla…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 24, 2026
When a group of well-meaning parents collide (and collide is the exact right word for the premise of this particular play), what ensues is a calamitous adventure in idea-making, politically …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:57PM[SHARE]The twisted tale of Jekyll and Hyde makes for great theatrical fare. With their latest yearly offering, Theatre Du Jour brings Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella, The Strange Case of Dr J…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:17PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 7, 2026
1st Stage has built up a reputation for presenting insightful, timely, and highly evocative shows that profoundly cut to the core. With their current production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Puli…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2026
"Bardolatry:" the emphatic admiration of William Shakespeare, the one and only "Bard." Arguably the quintessential symbol of British arts and culture, Shakespeare wasn't always the definitiv…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:02PM[SHARE]Monday, March 2, 2026
Spooky Action Theater is a company that regularly tests boundaries. They are unafraid to present the entertaining, side-by-side with the disquieting. They've made a name for themselves by do…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2026
One major element that differentiates theatre from other forms of art is that it happens in time and space"real time and real space, seductively unfolding before an audience. The stage is a …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:21PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2026
Clare Barron's acclaimed "Dance Nation," a Pulitzer Prize finalist, isn't afraid to tackle some heavy subjects, exposing the rawness and, at times savagery, and the brutal honesty of what li…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:30AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2026
This seems to be the season of thriller-style theatre in the DMV region. NextStop Theatre Company joins the horror genre fray with their world premiere production of Nia Akilah Robinson's "…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 31, 2026
An admitted horror buff, I was quite excited for the opening of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's "Paranormal Activity." I was still skeptical that theatre could truly deliver the jump scare…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Through wintery weather and freezing cold temps, the show must go on. Facing down a massive January storm, the Folger Shakespeare Theatre's Fourth Annual Reading Room Festival went on as sch…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 21, 2026
I have to say, my first theatrical experience at Laurel Mill Playhouse was definitely a memorable one. A true gem, this intimate venue put on an immensely powerful show. Evan Carrington's "S…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 17, 2025
As always, the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) delivered a rollicking, lyrical, and highly entertaining evening of song and dance to mark another holiday season in the nation's cap…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Dysfunctional family Christmases have become something of a staple of popular movies, books, and plays. Perhaps this is because, like it or not, they often hit pretty close to home. In Round…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 10, 2025
At once both intimate and explosive, 1st Stage's production of Noah Haidle's "Birthday Candles" takes audiences on an extended ride through one lifetime"one very special lifetime of one very…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:18PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2025
Possessing a spellbinding theatrical imagination is certainly one way to describe the mind and work of iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Her plays test the boundaries of…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:37PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Samuel D. Hunter is a playwright rapidly on the way to becoming an iconic voice of the blue collar, the downtrodden, and the frequently forgotten. Often based in Idaho (from where Hunter hai…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:52PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 6, 2025
Henrik Ibsen is on a hot streak in DC. Two high-profile theatres opened their seasons to great fanfare as they each featured an adaptation of Ibsen. Amy Herzog's 2024 reworking of "An Enemy …
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