Thursday, June 25, 2026
“Sally Hemings didn’t have a choice. I do!” Luce hurls the words across the rehearsal room at her White boyfriend, Mike. They hang in the air. The room tightens. Their relationship fra…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:44PM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2026
On most nights in Washington, lawmakers debate legislation and journalists chase scoops. At Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (STC) annual “Will on the Hill” benefit last Monday night, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2026
In 2019, former Washington Post chief theater critic Peter Marks wrote about the theater of politics while following the presidential campaign trail. “44 The Musical,” written, compo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2026
There was once a time when art existed simply to enchant us, when audiences went to the theater not to see political realities reflected back at them, but to witness magic. With Edwaard Lian…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2026
“It’s too woke.” Minutes into “Aguardiente: Where Magic Transcends Borders” at GALA Hispanic Theatre, a flamboyant British producer is on the phone with two Latino artists. He’s…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:25PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 22, 2026
If there were no playbill framing Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels' vision for "As You Like It" as a "love letter to DC," would the production read that way? Would it make audiences swoon…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:18AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 21, 2026
On a night shadowed by tornado warnings across the DC region, Signature Theatre pressed forward with its annual Sondheim Award Gala on March 16, 2026. The storm paused before the program beg…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 18, 2026
There are rare moments in theater when you leave your seat thinking, What did I just watch? One came with "Go," a 2025 District Fringe performance. Another arrives with "On Beckett"Â the a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:11PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2026
From its opening fight sequence and throughout the many that punctuate nearly every scene, Synetic Theater's "Antony & Cleopatra" makes one thing unmistakably clear: power during the tri…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:11PM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2025
When you walk into a Jocelyn Bioh play, you don't just enter a theater, you enter a vibe. Before the lights dim, Afrobeats fill the space: Burna Boy, Wizkid, Asake, Fireboy, Tems, and Ayra S…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:47AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 14, 2025
"The Sound of Music," directed by Jack O'Brien and currently at The Kennedy Center, is nothing short of heartwarming. From the abbey to the hills to the von Trapp mansion, the production lea…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:21AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2025
Two figures step onto a large plastic sheet spread across the stage floor. There's no dialogue, no set pieces"just sound effects, silence, and suggestion. Somehow, this becomes a train platf…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:59PM[SHARE]Monday, June 30, 2025
A cool breeze rustled through the park as the orchestra struck its first shimmering chord for the fifth annual "Broadway in the Park," directed by Matthew Gardiner and hosted by Signature Th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:38PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 21, 2025
The world premiere adaptation of "El BotiquÃn de Boleros: Columbia Heights" at GALA Hispanic Theatre was written by Rubén León, adapted by Gustavo Ott, and directed and choreograph…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:35PM[SHARE]Monday, June 16, 2025
"It's not all the time you hear all four seasons together"so tonight is a treat. I could get a doctorate." Those words, spoken by philanthropist and first-ever NCE Arts Champion Awardee Nanc…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:15AM[SHARE]Friday, May 30, 2025
Hop on the 3 train and buckle up"Olney Theatre Center's world premiere of "Senior Class" is a joyful, unflinching ride through the intersections of youth, privilege, race, and dreams. With b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 22, 2025
A whip, a flogger (yes, there is a difference), a feather, nipple pasties, and a fishnet-clad male striptease ending in a ballroom "death drop""if homoeroticism be the food of love, then "Tw…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:41PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 11, 2025
Whether it's a Baroque viol, a Renaissance bagpipe, or a trap beat, artists across time have used rhythm and rhetoric to speak truth to power. With its final concert of the season, "Kings an…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:05PM[SHARE]Friday, May 9, 2025
The show opens in pitch-black silence. A voice counts: "One. Two. Three." The lights flash on. Two women stand still. Then darkness again. "Four. Five." The women return, same figures, new p…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:52PM[SHARE]Friday, April 11, 2025
In Flint, Michigan, Thanksgiving dinner isn't measured in cups"it's counted in bottles. Sixty-six for the veggies. Twenty-four for the turkey. Thirty-two for the greens. This is life in a ci…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:29AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Once upon a time, a man walked into a barbershop, slapping backs and tossing out greetings, his words laced with the F-bomb"five times in a single breath"before finally pausing and demanding…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:33PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 20, 2025
Valentine's Day already comes with plenty of sweets, and "The Love Birds: Chaucer's A Parlement of Foules" by the Folger Consort makes it even sweeter. It is a delectable delight amidst the …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 13, 2025
On a crisp, cold evening in Washington, D.C., the historic H Street NE corridor buzzed with anticipation as attendees gathered for Mosaic Theater's Spark 2025 benefit celebration. The event,…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Monday, February 10, 2025
It's 1979, and Hester Ferris is deeply concerned about conservative Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan. His policies and Supreme Court appointees could unravel fifty years of pr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:34PM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2025
At the Folger Shakespeare Library's Reading Room Festival 2025, the air hummed with an energy that extended beyond the performances themselves. In Row J, as attendees settled in for the Day …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:09PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 2, 2025
The first few days of Folger Theatre's The Reading Room Festival 2025 shows that theatre is constantly evolving through new perspectives, cultural lenses, and artistic interpretations. This …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:06AM[SHARE]Friday, January 31, 2025
 China recently surpassed the world in developing the world's most advanced AI engine, DeepSeek, achieving this milestone with fewer dollars too. Could ballet be next? In a mesmerizing f…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Too busy for hospice. We may have heard about people too busy for love, too busy to keep up with friendships, but too busy for hospice? It's a phrase that arrests the imagination"short yet p…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:43PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 25, 2025
There was a meme circulating years ago with a crying girl asking, "Who fought for women's right to work?! Because that sh*t is pissing me off right now." Another meme joked about women going…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:46PM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2024
In 2017, Congresswoman Maxine Waters went viral for "Reclaiming my time," and now composer Kamala Sankaram is reclaiming her heritage, bringing the Indian culture and ethnic inspirations beh…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:43PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 15, 2024
If theatre is indeed a reflection of society and offers insights into the culture of a place and its people, then what does Keegan Theatre's "An Irish Carol" reveal? Set in a cozy Dublin pub…
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