Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Imagine you're a trendy, #blessed social media influencer. Your YouTube Gold Play Button"awarded to content creators with at least a million subscribers"hangs proudly over your fireplace. It…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 20, 2024
If you need convincing to see Flamenco, the presence of Norberto Chamizo Garrido on any playbill should erase all doubts. His intensity is unmatched. With every movement"from the power of hi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Scottish costumes, opulent banquet scenes, and powerful, evocative lines like "To arms!" and "Victory or Death!" are just a few of the highlights that make Verdi's "Macbeth," presented by th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:25PM[SHARE]Monday, November 11, 2024
When does the very group that builds America's global competitive edge become a victim of its own creations? How will minority groups navigate the moral and ethical dilemmas of our data-driv…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:26PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 30, 2024
For the first time in the DMV, Olney Theatre Center was one of a select few of regional theaters to bring the icy kingdom of Arendelle to life. It succeeds with ambitious staging, vibrant co…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:41PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Imagine young Frida Kahlo shedding her neck brace, completing her metamorphosis, and transforming into a butterfly with wings that stretch from stage right to stage left. In this moment, she…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 17, 2024
Take it from "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"'s use of the word "Election" in a sentence: "One way to deal with the stress of the upcoming election is to watch a musical comedy."…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 15, 2024
There are no announcements to silence cell phones and the lights do not dim. Instead, Robert Leembruggen's quiet stride onto the stage abruptly halts the side conversations of an audience st…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:24AM[SHARE]Friday, October 11, 2024
When I tell people that Folger Theatre's "Romeo and Juliet" is about the upcoming presidential election, their jaws drop because it seems like an unlikely connection. Yet under Raymond O. Ca…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2024
The set unfolds in a whimsical setting, picking up where "Into the Woods" leaves off. It features Margie Jervis' tree stencil design adorned with musical notes, and a climber plant of sheet …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 1, 2024
The Workhouse Arts Center's "Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors," a spin-off of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, takes a cheeky twist on the classic horror tale. Directed by Danilo Stapula and written by…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:10PM[SHARE]Friday, September 20, 2024
Just days apart, two plays have premiered in the DMV, each exploring themes of the African immigrant experience in America. The first is the vibrant "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" at Arena S…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 18, 2024
A well-known chef once said, "It was God who created oysters and apples. And you can't improve recipes like that. But it is our job to try." In the case of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado Ab…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 28, 2024
"Back to the Future: The Musical" is everything it's cracked up to be. When you think it couldn't get any better, it does. Now on its North American tour with a pit stop at the Kennedy Cente…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:02PM[SHARE]Friday, July 26, 2024
When the co-chairs of Shakespeare Theatre Company's (STC) "Will On The Hill" (WOTH), Gail McKinnon and Karishma Shah Page, ask the audience to stand if arts education has made a significant …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 25, 2024
According to Pew Research Center, nearly 50% of Nigerian adults said they planned to move out of the country by 2025. If you want to know how the other half lives when they 'japa', this poet…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:52PM[SHARE]Monday, July 22, 2024
The McLean Community Players' production of "Heathers: The Musical" (book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe) is really good. Though it was hampered by some technical iss…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:37PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 16, 2024
David Kaye excels as a monologue virtuoso in this fifty-minute solo performance at the Fringe Festival. While the pace occasionally lags, it is not due to any fault of his. Rather, the scrip…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:14PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 9, 2024
"It's 1964! And we're rock 'n' roll writers!" exclaims a character roughly halfway through the musical. We don't have to wonder what an amazing time it must have been. Half of the people pac…
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