Wednesday, April 2, 2025
In 2019, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended with eight winners because the National Spelling Bee competition ran out of words to challenge the contestants. The significance of this fact…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Before receiving the coveted Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 2011 and the highly sought after Tony Award for Best Play in 2012, "Clybourne Park," by playwright Bruce Norris, premiered on off-Broa…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 26, 2025
In 2025, the youngest age of the Baby Boomer generation will be approximately 61 years old, while the oldest age will be approximately 79. For this and preceding generations, the preponderan…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The symbols for theater, Melpomene (tragedy) and Thalia (comedy) originate from the ritualistic belief held by the ancient Greeks that a "good" play should evoke an emotional response causin…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:31PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 12, 2025
Scientists have repeatedly demonstrated the important codependent elements of the global ecosystem reiterating that the destruction of one of those elements can prove to be catastrophic rega…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:59PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2024
"Black Nativity," written by Langston Hughes, is a musical adaptation of the birth of Christ celebrating gospel music, dance, and poetry. It was first produced off-Broadway December 11, 1961…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 3, 2024
"Humbug!" according to Wikipedia, is a term emerging around 1751 that describes a dishonest or deceptive person. In 1843, "Bah humbug!" appeared in the Charles Dickens novella, "A Christmas …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 29, 2024
American history documents that the United States found itself embroiled in both domestic and international confrontations caused by the Vietnam War, the Kent State massacres, and the Civil …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 1, 2024
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?" These three stanzas that open Langston Hughes' poem, "A Dream Deferred," are imbued in Lorraine Hansberry's play,…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2024
"Veronica's Room," written by Ira Levin (the author of "Rosemary's Baby)," is a short, mystery thriller that debuted on October 1, 1973 to mixed reviews. Currently being presented by Rockvil…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:18PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 14, 2024
'Quarry Theatre's mission is to "engage audiences with compelling storytelling that reflect contemporary social issues." Their production of "The Red Shoes: Soul Stories," at Theatre Project…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:07PM[SHARE]Monday, August 5, 2024
Cats," was one of the the longest running musicals and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It initially opened to London audiences in 1981 and won the Olivier Award for Best Musical. It then pr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 30, 2024
One of the longest running and successful production's on Broadway was "Disney's Beauty and the Beast." It tells the story of once upon a time, when a young and spoiled prince lived in a mag…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:42PM[SHARE]Monday, July 8, 2024
With "courage" as the central theme, audiences are pulled into a world of laughter, contemplation, bewilderment, elation, and confrontation in the short plays presented by Rapid Lemon Produc…
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