Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Parker Esse is currently the choreographer for Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage which begins performances on October 31st. This is Parker’s fifth production with Arena Stage …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:08PM[SHARE]Friday, October 10, 2014
Joseph Ritsch is currently the Co-Producing Artistic Director at Rep Stage. You would think that would be enough of a job to keep him busy but Joseph is also the director for Rep Stage’…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:18PM[SHARE]Monday, October 6, 2014
Bruce Coughlin is currently the orchestrator for Elmer Gantry at Signature Theatre which begins performances on October 7th. Elmer Gantry is not the first time Bruce has worked at Signature …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:29PM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2014
The original productions of certain musicals are forever etched in your memory. West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof are two examples of this. The original choreography and production con…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 1, 2014
This past Monday evening, in the Studio Theatre's Metheny space, members of the DC theatre community came together, to remember one of our finest actresses. Tana Hicken passed away at age 70…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Going to a classical concert can be somewhat of a crapshoot. Sometimes the music is glorious and other times it's a crashing bore. This past Saturday evening's BSO concert at the Music Cente…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:50AM[SHARE]Monday, September 29, 2014
Today marks the third anniversary of A Quick 5 on MD Theatre Guide. When I started this column I never thought it would last this long and be as popular as it has become. Today’s colum…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:46AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Broadway actress/singer Dee Hoty is currently performing in 9 to 5 the Musical at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia PA in the role of Violet Newstead. On Broadway she has been seen i…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:51PM[SHARE]Friday, September 19, 2014
Arena Stage's 65th Anniversary Season opened in a big way last night with a world premiere comedy that goes far beyond the jokes to make a point about the human condition. Morris Panych'…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2014
To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof , today’s A Quick 5 subject is a man who knows the show very very well. John Preece has played in many productions of F…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:17PM[SHARE]Monday, September 15, 2014
Taking a hit movie and turning it into a property for the stage is always a risky proposition. Sometimes it comes off successfully and other times it fails miserably. When it does fail, it's…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:47PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 14, 2014
Jane Horwitz is someone you might know from a number of local entertainment mediums. If you read the Washington Post regularly, then you know about Jane’s work as a reviewer and that s…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:34AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 11, 2014
Gillian Williams is currently starring as Abby in Belleville at Studio Theatre. She was recently seen in Venus in Fur at Seattle Repertory Theatre and Arizona Theatre Company. Other regio…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:58PM[SHARE]Actor Joseph Marcell is living his dream right now. He is currently touring the states playing the lead role in Shakespeare's King Lear. This production started at Shakespeare's Globe in Lon…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Brynn O’Malley is currently starring in the dual roles of Dot/Marie in Signature Theatre’s fantastic production of Sunday in the Park with George. Â She has appeared on Broadwa…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:53PM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2014
The topic of what happens to our service men and women has been explored in numerous film and TV shows as well as on stage. Theater Alliance is opening its twelfth season with a world premie…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:23PM[SHARE]Jenna Sokolowski is currently opening the 2014/15 season of Arena Stage as Phyllis in the world premiere of The Shoplifters which runs through October 19th. Although this is her Arena Stage …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 7, 2014
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Congress made musical theatre lovers happy for a change and signed a bill saying that once a year would be known as a day for commemorating compos…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Katie deBuys is currently in rehearsals at Round House Theatre for Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love in which she plays the role of May. She appeared at Round House Theatre last season in…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:22AM[SHARE]Friday, August 22, 2014
Our second night of vacation in Denver bought us back to the Denver Performing Arts Complex having seen The Sound of Music the night before. This time around we are in the Space Theatre for …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:46AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Jon Kalbfleisch is currently the musical director for Signature Theatre’s 25th anniversary season opener Sunday in the Park with George. Jon has been the resident musical director for …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 19, 2014
What has gobs of toilet paper, plenty of tube like structures and three not of this world performers? If you guessed the global sensation Blue Man Group then you get a MD Theatre Guide mug! …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:53PM[SHARE]Monday, August 18, 2014
Many opera companies fail miserably in presenting Broadway musicals because traditionally opera singers cannot act. They are trained to sound pretty and not much else. The show I saw the fir…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2014
When in Las Vegas your entertainment options are endless. Le Rêve, which is playing at the Wynn, might be one of the most unique and spectacular choices. Entertainment in Las Vegas is don…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:51AM[SHARE]Monday, August 4, 2014
My fellow readers, it's that time of year again when this aging theatre type goes on vacation with his wife Jen to recharge before the upcoming season. The cities this year are Denver and La…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 31, 2014
Actress, singer and MD Theatre Guide writer Tina Ghandchilar will be the featured artist for the month of August at LA-TI-DO the place where musical theatre and poetry collide every Monday e…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:02PM[SHARE]On an unusually cool night at Wolf Trap's Filene Center, the stage heated up with the swinging stylings of NYC's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra featuring legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsali…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:24AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2014
Do you remember back in Jr. High School English when your teacher would give you a scenario and ask you what you think the ending is? That is what Pseudostyle Theatre’s Holocaust play …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:01AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 26, 2014
Stop the presses!! Master storyteller James Judd is back for his tenth anniversary at Capital Fringe with his latest show Killer Quack which features a story that you just can't make up. Dea…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:38AM[SHARE]Friday, July 25, 2014
Rachel Stroud-Goodrich and Chris Goodrich are one ambitious theatre couple. They are the C0-Artistic Directors of Unexpected Stage Company which is presenting its first musical called Dani G…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:23AM[SHARE]Good talent gets drawn to a play for many reasons. In the case of Jean P. Bordewich's predictable and melodramatic play Marriage, Lizards and Love, you have to wonder what that reason was. J…
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