Thursday, May 14, 2020
By Olivia Hampton If the corona virus has a lesson for the arts community, it's that what's small can still be mighty. Without a house to fill and lavish sets and costumes to maintain, Washi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2020
By Gwydion Suilebhan In 1960, a Turkish immigrant named Erol Onaran arrived in the United States with a whopping $32 in his pocket and a fair bit of skill as a television repair person. Erol…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30AM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2020
Welcome to the fourth installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:28PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 11, 2020
10. "Don't Kiss Me Kate" 9. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Lab Coat" 8. "How to Succeed in Business without Leaving Your Couch" 7. "Freeze Rent" No pay, not today 6. "The Lonely King" 5…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2020
 By Julianne Brienza Founding Director, Captial Fringe When planning began for the fifteenth annual Fringe Festival, no one could have imagined a pandemic with such fast, global rest…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PM[SHARE]What follows is an extraordinary conversation. It started as a Facebook post by award-winning playwright Audrey Cefaly. It was joined by her dear friend, acclaimed actor Elliott Bales, who d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:20AM[SHARE]Monday, April 6, 2020
"In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times." "Bertolt Brecht (motto to Svendborg Poems) When I saw the blooming cherry blossoms this…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Review submitted by Leslie Robinson of Severna Park High School Music, mayhem, magic and the mob! Â "Matilda the Musical" delivers allthis, plus a little chocolate cake! Marvelously telepo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:11PM[SHARE]Monday, February 17, 2020
By Kelly Hanson Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, a beloved fairy tale about a tiny girl searching for a place to belong, has been captivating children for hundreds of years. Though this…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 30, 2020
By Kelly Hanson William Shakespeare's Richard III is a masterpiece rife with intrigue, violence, and dark humor. Undertaking such a complicated and beloved production is a bold choice, and B…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:58PM[SHARE]Monday, January 6, 2020
Review submitted by Caroline Wilking of Notre Dame Preparatory. Charles Schultz's beloved Peanuts characters were brought to life in a bright and amusing new way in Glen Burnie High School's…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:49AM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2019
Review submitted by Grace Brehm of Notre Dame Preparatory School. Rivaling families, action-packed fight scenes, and chemistries beyond compare are what await you at Perry Hall High School's…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2019
Review submitted by Evan Howard of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The dim mountains were illuminated with green lights and strangedesigns. The bright and…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:36PM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2019
Review submitted by Margarita Gamarnik of South Lakes High School. Perhaps considered to be one of Thornton Wilder's most evocative works,Our Town at S…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Review submitted by Annabelle Derrick of Indian Creek High School. Attention all townsfolk! Mayhap the most enthusiastic and phenomenal production of "Spamalot" this squire's laid eye upon w…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 7, 2019
By Norman Yeung That Theory has gained urgency and relevance since I wrote the first draft in 2009 is uncanny and alarming. Over ten years of innumerable workshops, readings, and productions…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 6, 2019
By Kyle Starling The School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies (TDPS) and The Clarice at the University of Maryland, College Park will be premiering their main stage production of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:47PM[SHARE]Friday, October 18, 2019
We just found an amazing discovery during the demolition of our newhome: a 40-year-old wall-length mural of an all-black Last Supper by D.C. artist Akili Ron Anderson. Â D.C. residents mig…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:17PM[SHARE]Friday, September 27, 2019
By Brianna Lau See the greatest show with Britches and Hose Theatre Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream! Magic and mayhem run rampant in this William Shakespeare comedy, and th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:08PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 17, 2019
By Frankie Lewis The British Players' ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of The Ruby Griffith Awards for Excellence in Community Theatre was held at the Bretton Woods Recreation Center in Ger…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:21PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 14, 2019
By Rebecca Kurtz Perhaps it is a matter of personal preference that at Fringe I am often more taken by the comedies than by the dramas. The intensely self-involved process of making and perf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:39AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2019
By Helen Ganley Conjuring up images of day and night, one imagines the sun cascading into a pink and purple horizon while the moon excitedly and stoically takes its place in the sky. The pic…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:17PM[SHARE]Friday, July 12, 2019
By Caroline Bock Passover, the holiday that marks the Exodus, that signals to Jews and the world that this night is different from all others because we are not slaves, but free, is the movi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:45PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 11, 2019
By Rebecca Kurtz What fun! The Adequate Players make a splash again at Fringe this summer with writer/director/actor John Geoffrion's one-act parody of Thorton Wilder's 1938 ode to the small…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 10, 2019
By Rebecca Kurtz There is a lot to love about historical fiction, and writer/director Robert McNamara chose a good branch of history with the beautifully open-ended story of Amelia Earhart's…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PM[SHARE]By Helen Ganley Labeling the DNA sample bottle and depositing it gingerly into the mail slot feels almost like a rite of passage for many Americans. The masses of inhabitants that bask under…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:25AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 29, 2019
VIDEO: Talkback with writer and co-creater of "Disaster!," Seth Rudetsky at Cockpit-in-Court in Baltimore. Video filmed and edited by Ron Israel.
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:15PM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2019
By Katie Crabb Something wicked this way comes in Britches and Hose Theatre Company's gender-blind version of Macbeth, which breathes new life into one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Review submitted by Anna Gillespie of South Lakes High School. "It's all happening" at Northwest High School as they put up a show stopping production of "Bring It On!" Loosely based on t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:58PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 23, 2019
Review submitted by Matthew Bue of Albert Einstein High School. Hear ye hear ye, Thomas S. Wooton high school's production of "Spamalot" is a roaring good time and will have you laughing bef…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:25PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 9, 2019
Review submitted by Lila York of Chantilly High School. Thievery. Hunger. Murder. These three simple words make up Oliver Twist's life as soon as he pleads "please sir, I want some more.…
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