"R.U.R Rossum's Universal Robots" was written by Karel Capek in 1920 and actually introduced the word robot into our vocabularies. The play takes place in a factory that makes artificial peo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:23PM[SHARE]It has been fifty years since Maynard Jackson become the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Less than ten years since the Civil Rights Laws came into being and only a little o…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:35PM[SHARE]If you like zany comedies with a touch of mystery, you will thoroughly enjoy "The Play That Goes Wrong" written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and directed by Alex Campbell…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:20AM[SHARE]The Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting the world acclaimed piano quartet, Fauré Quartett, on Sunday October 1, 2023. The program will consist of Gabriel Fauré's music, "Songs A…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:29AM[SHARE]Silver Spring Stage has become a performing arts landmark in their community and it was great to come back to the newly-renovated theatre now that outside construction has ended. It was also…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:10PM[SHARE]Laurel Mill Playhouse is currently presenting "The Play That Goes Wrong" by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields. It is produced by Maureen Rogers and directed by Alex Campbell. The…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:48PM[SHARE]For those of us who remember September 11, 2001, our lives were immeasurably affected by those attacks. This was especially true for those in the Mid-Atlantic states where many lost love one…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:53PM[SHARE]On September 8, 2023 "Out of the Vineyard" by Psalmayene 24 will open at Joe's Movement Emporium in conjunction with the Freedom Stories Initative. The play is directed and choreographed by …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:55PM[SHARE]Some theatrical productions are just plain fun. You don't have to worry about deep meanings or subtleties of the plot. The protagonists are very likable, and the villains are, well, just vil…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:23PM[SHARE]Fifty years ago in 1973, Maynard Jackson became the first Black mayor of the city of Atlanta, Georgia. He was the first Black to become a mayor of a major Southern city. It began a new e…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:25PM[SHARE]The Bowie Playhouse Theatre will be the site of a new production by playwright, Shekeia Cowan. Ms. Cowan not only wrote the play "The Delicate Flower," but along with Assistant Director Audr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:49AM[SHARE]The music and dance of West Africa are part of the fabric of life there. Just walk down a street, and the sounds and beats somehow seem to fill the air. So it is no wonder that music of one …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:22AM[SHARE]Beginning on July 14, 2023, Sisters Freehold will be presenting "The Code Switch," at Baltimore's Theatre Project. This world-premiere play is written and directed by Shakill Jamal. The play…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:07PM[SHARE]"Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville" is a jukebox musical where the book by Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley is secondary to the music and lyrics of the popular singer, Jimmy Buffett. Mos…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:19PM[SHARE]Howard County Summer Theatre is currently presenting the classic musical, "Hello, Dolly!" The show opened almost 50 years ago on Broadway with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book by Mi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:40PM[SHARE]The pride of Disney's musicals has roared into the Kennedy Center with all of its magic. Based on the 1994 the smash animated film produced by Disney Studios, the stage version of "The L…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]Iron Crow Theatre is a bastion for the queer community in the Baltimore area. Their performances "explore and celebrate that which is queer" rather than define the term for others. It also e…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:03PM[SHARE]On May 20, 2023, Maestro Jason Love conducted the Columbia Orchestra for the last time in his long tenure as Musical Director and Conductor. It was a perfect sendoff performance which includ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:29PM[SHARE]On Saturday, May 6, 2023, Columbia Pro Cantare performed its last concert of the season, "American Tapestry," conducted by Laura Lee Fischer at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Columbia. Sadly, it w…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:48PM[SHARE]"The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee" at Laurel Mill Playhouse is produced by Maureen Rogers and, with direction by Michael Hartsfield, you know you will be seeing a polished show. Th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:55PM[SHARE]"Falsettos," a pop-opera with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by William Finn and James Lapine, is Rep Stage's swan song at Howard Community College. It is directed and choreograph…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:24AM[SHARE]On April 23, 2023, the Candlelight Concert Society presented "Music Under Tyranny" performed by the Jerusalem Quartet. The program featured three composers"Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakov…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]In 1977, Frances Motyca Dawson had a vision of bringing choral music to Columbia, Maryland. Since then, as Columbia has grown to the second largest city in Maryland, CPC has become an integr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:32PM[SHARE]Rep Stage was founded in 1993 by Valerie Lash at Howard Community College. It has been the only theatre in residence at a community college in the country. Its professional casts and creativ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:21PM[SHARE]"The World Goes 'Round " The Music of Kander & Ebb" is a revue of the music of the prolific team of Kander & Ebb ("Cabaret" and "Chicago" being the most successful) that was first pr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:45PM[SHARE]"Inbox Zero," a monodrama presented by UrbanArias, will be performed as a live stage reading at the Keegan Theatre in Washington, D.C. on May 4, 2023. UrbanArias was founded in 2010 by Gener…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:21PM[SHARE]The Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting the Jerusalem Quartet at the Horowitz Center at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD on Sunday, April 23, 2023. The concert is called "…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:38PM[SHARE]Columbians will acutely miss the presence of Maestro Jason Love after he steps down at the end of this season's performances in his role as Music Director of the Columbia Orchestra. Of cours…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:21PM[SHARE]Laurel Mill Playhouse is currently presenting George Boyd's "Consecrated Ground" until April 7, 2023. It is important to mention the date because this is a play that need to be seen. In thes…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:26PM[SHARE]On Saturday, March 18, 2023, The Columbia Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Jason Love, performed their much-acclaimed "Symphonic Pops." The Columbia Orchestra, which all-volunteer, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:54PM[SHARE]Regional and community theatre allow us to watch productions that we might never have a chance to see live onstage. Sometimes, venues are just too far away or too costly. Sometimes larger, m…
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