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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Providence Players of Fairfax presents subtle, sweet ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by Julia L. Exline

Providence Players of Fairfax and The Young Hearts present The Gift of the Magi, adapted by Jon Jory from the story by O. Henry. Beth Gilles-Whitehead directs an engaging cast in this charmi…

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Back by popular demand, ‘Riverside Christmas Spectacular’ sparkles by Julia L. Exline

Back by popular demand and refreshed for 2019, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents Riverside Christmas Spectacular, a variety show composed of our beloved Christmas classics, w…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:20PM
Monday, October 21, 2019

‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Delivers Insidious, Subtle Terror This Halloween by Julia L. Exline

The Little Theatre of Alexandria presents The Haunting of Hill House, inspired by the novel by Shirley Jackson and adapted for the stage by F. Andrew Leslie. Maggie Mumford directs a talente…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:51PM
Monday, October 7, 2019

Review: ‘And Then There Were None’ by Providence Players of Fairfax by Julia L. Exline

Providence Players of Fairfax present Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, based on her book of the same name. By one of the world’s most decorated crime writers, And Then There W…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:15PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Review: ‘Annie’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts by Julia L. Exline

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents Annie, the beloved Broadway darling that has enchanted audiences through generations! With its Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strou…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24PM
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Review: ‘South Pacific’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts by Julia L. Exline

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. The winner of multiple Tony awards, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, South Pacific contin…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33PM
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Review: ‘Southern Hospitality’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater by Julia L. Exline

Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Southern Hospitality, written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten. Eddie Page directs this outlandish comedy about a band of people …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:44PM
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Review: ‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’ at Creative Cauldron by Julia L. Exline

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is a popular show right now with several venues running it around the same time. Creative Cauldron makes a grand entrance with their version of Disney’s Bea…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:46PM
Sunday, June 2, 2019

Review: ‘Leaving Iowa’ by Providence Players of Fairfax by Julia L. Exline

Providence Players of Fairfax presents Leaving Iowa, a touching comedy written by Tim Clue and Spike Manton, and directed by Julie Janson. A hilarious homage to the typical American family r…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:42PM
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Review: ‘The Pirates of Penzance (or the Rascals of the Rappahannock)’ at Riverside Center by Julia L. Exline

Riverside Center of the Performing Arts reprises Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, a two-act comic operetta that was first produced in December of 1879, and remains in produc…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:03PM
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Review: ‘Bus Stop’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater by Julia L. Exline

Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Bus Stop, by William Inge. Written in 1955, this production follows a group of strangers who find themselves stranded together overnight after be…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:18PM
Monday, April 1, 2019

Review: ‘August: Osage County’ by Providence Players of Fairfax by Julia L. Exline

Providence Players of Fairfax presents Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best New Play. Michael Donahue directs a strong, se…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:02PM
Monday, February 11, 2019

Review: ‘Grand Concourse’ at Prologue Theatre by Julia L. Exline

Prologue Theatre presents Grand Concourse, by Heidi Schreck. This show kicks off the inaugural season for Prologue, a new Arlington based non-profit professional Theatre company. Artistic Di…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:10PM
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Review: ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts by Julia L. Exline

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents La Cage Aux Folles, with Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman and Book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on Jean Poiret’s farcical play by the sa…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:56PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Review: ‘A Rockabilly Christmas’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts by Julia L. Exline

This holiday season, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents A Rockabilly Christmas, co-created by Todd Meredith, Patrick A’Hearn and Jeremy Renner. For this production, Riversid…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:53PM

Review: ‘Madeline’s Christmas’ at Creative Cauldron by Julia L. Exline

This holiday season, Creative Cauldron reprises Madeline’s Christmas, with book and lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby and music by Shirley Mier, based on the beloved children’s book by …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:22AM
Monday, December 10, 2018

Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Providence Players of Fairfax by Julia L. Exline

The Providence Players of Fairfax and The Young Hearts present Charles Dickens’ beloved classic A Christmas Carol, in an inventive adaptation by Rob Zapple. Set in the outskirts of St.…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:42PM
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Review: ‘Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush’ at MetroStage by Julia L. Exline

Back by popular demand, MetroStage returns Christmas at the Old Bull & Bush for its 2018 holiday season. Written and directed by Catherine Flye, Christmas is reflective of British variet…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:38PM
Monday, November 5, 2018

Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts by Julia L. Exline

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Time Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. A belov…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15PM
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Review: ‘Blueberries for Sal’ at Adventure Theatre MTC by Julia L. Exline

Adventure Theatre MTC presents the world premiere musical Blueberries for Sal, written by Michael J. Bobbitt and Sandra Eskin, and featuring new music and lyrics by William Yanesh. Based on …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:17PM
Saturday, July 21, 2018

2018 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Heartbreak Hitman’ by Julia L. Exline

Capital Fringe Festival presents Heartbreak Hitman, an original rom-com by Leigh Giangreco. This DC-based piece follows the story of Jon (Walter Riddle), a man who makes a career out of outs…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50PM

2018 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Movie Magic Live!’ by Julia L. Exline

You Win! presents Movie Magic Live!, an evening of silly, competitive fun for movie lovers! Hosted by Jason Fraley and Ally Jenkins, this is perhaps the most interactive show at the Fringe t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:10PM
Friday, July 13, 2018

2018 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Tales of The Mysterious and Grotesque: The Works of Edgar Allen Poe’ by Julia L. Exline

The Phenomenal Animals, in conjunction with Capital Fringe 2018, present, Tales of The Mysterious and Grotesque: The Works of Edgar Allen Poe, an original work by Robert Cousins, directed by…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:52PM

2018 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Phantom Limb’ by Julia L. Exline

Could I be addicted to my smartphone? It’s a question that has drifted across most of our minds at some point – a vague blip on the radar, quickly rationalized and moved to the m…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PM
Monday, July 9, 2018

Review: ‘Enchanted April’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater by Julia L. Exline

Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Matthew Barber’s Enchanted April. Directed by Marzanne Claiborne, Enchanted April follows a group of disillusioned women who embark on a life-c…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:01PM
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Review: ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ at Imagination Stage by Julia L. Exline

Imagination Stage presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz. Clark M. Gesner provides book, music, and lyrics, with additional…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21PM
Friday, June 15, 2018

Interview: Playwright Patrick Flynn Shines New Light on ‘Tinker Bell’ at Adventure Theatre by Julia L. Exline

Tinker Bell has been a part of children’s lives since J. M. Barrie first introduced her to the literary canon in his 1904 play and 1911 novel. The Tinker Bell character has been ever prese…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:14PM
Monday, June 4, 2018

Review: ‘California Suite’ at Providence Players of Fairfax by Julia L. Exline

Providence Players of Fairfax presents Neil Simon’s California Suite, a quartet of play-lets set in Suite 203-04 of California’s famed Beverly Hills Hotel. Director Beth Gilles-Whitehead…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:58PM
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Review: ‘Always Patsy Cline’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts by Julia L. Exline

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts and Producing Artistic Director Patrick A’Hearn present Always Patsy Cline. Created by Ted Swindley, the show is inspired by the true story of …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PM
Monday, May 7, 2018

Someone’s Got To Be the Bad Guy: An Interview with Waitress’ Nick Bailey by Julia L. Exline

To be honest, and I know this may sound strange, my favorite characters are usually the bad guys. The antagonists. The seemingly irredeemably flawed. I’ve always thought that they were…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22PM
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Review: ‘How I learned to Drive’ at Dominion Stage by Julia L. Exline

Dominion Stage presents Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive. This raw, piercing piece won Vogel the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1998, and after experiencing it at Dominion Stage, I un…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PM

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