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Monday, August 4, 2014

Dark Star Orchestra (DSO) at Wolf Trap by Keith Tittermary

DSO Keeps Truckin On, Continuing the Grateful Dead Concert Experience The Dark Star Orchestra (DSO) rocked Wolf Trap last night like it was 1985.  Continuing the Grateful Dead experience, A…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:08PM
Sunday, June 1, 2014

‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ at 1st Stage by Keith Tittermary

In 1992, the Weekly World News supermarket tabloid published an article with the headline “Bat Child Found In A Cave”. Over the past 20 years Bat Boy has been seen everywhere from runnin…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:10PM
Sunday, May 18, 2014

National Philharmonic: ‘Sarah Chang Plays Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary

The National Philharmonic is constantly changing both in size and in artistic depth, and it was evident on Saturday night at Strathmore as the Philharmonic was their own opening act presenti…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:47AM
Saturday, April 12, 2014

‘The Great American Trailer Park Musical’ at Rockville Musical Theatre by Keith Tittermary

When a show begins with a “Greek chorus” that is part Sorority girls, part Girl-Band, and a lot of “trailer trash,” you know you are in for a great time. The perfectly mismatched set…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:18AM
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Lily Tomlin at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary

Thirty-plus years after 6-year old Edith Ann debuted on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, the eternally young Edith Ann was complaining about her big sister Irene’s iPhone and how she “text…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12AM
Saturday, March 1, 2014

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ‘Off The Cuff CSI: Mozart’ at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at the young age of 35 in 1791, and there was a lot of mystery surrounding his death. Did he succumb to rheumatic fever? A kidney disease? Or was he poisoned? Mo…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:49PM
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Aquila Theatre’s ‘Fahrenheit 451′ at Hylton Performing Arts Center by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

“It was a pleasure to burn.” The opening line of Ray Bradbury’s 1953 magnum opus, Fahrenheit 451 sets the mood for a dystopian society where firemen set fires and critical thinking is…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:54PM
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Beethoven’s Eternal Masterworks-Piotr Gajewski, Conductor and Soovin Kim, Violin at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Just before Christmas in 1808, four notes opened Beethoven’s latest composition and those notes according to fellow composer Robert Schumann, “will go on centuries hence, as long as the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:40AM
Sunday, September 22, 2013

‘Peter Nero: Classic Connections’ at Hylton Performing Arts Center by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

When I was about 11 years old, I saw the talented and comedic Victor Borge perform at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. I wasn’t there to see him, though, I went to see Ann Jillian sin…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:50AM
Monday, September 9, 2013

‘Completely Hollywood (Abridged)’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Could you imagine what would become of the classic Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal movie, if the leading man were played by Clint Eastwood? You would get When Dirty Harry Met Sally. On Sunday night a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:29PM
Monday, August 5, 2013

‘Rodrigo y Gabriela’ at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

In the early 1990s, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero met playing in a metal band in their native Mexico City. After a record deal fell through, the platonic couple found themselves busk…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:55AM
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Songs From An Unmade Bed’ by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

According to the program notes: “In 2005, lyricist Mark Campbell asked 18 different composers to put music to his portrait of a smart, resilient, wry, and ultimately romantic gay man goin…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:35AM
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Capital Fringe Review: ‘In Search of the Perfect G-String’ by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

  NSO Cellist Yvonne Caruthers has over 30 years of service as a “soldier of music” and used her life and her experience as the basis for a solid and heart warming solo performance, In …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:34PM
Monday, July 15, 2013

‘Spin’ at Signature Theatre by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Signature Theatre somehow finds a way to keep outdoing itself. This year, they launched their brand new “Siglab” – a program “to provide writers of new musicals a chance to see their…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:58AM
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Cabaret XXX – Who Do You Think You Are?’ by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Another steamy night in the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar was courtesy of Pinky Swear Productions. This year’s annual offering, Cabaret XXXY: Who Do You Think You Are, is just what you need t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55AM
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Capital Fringe Review: ’1814! The War of 1812 Rock Opera’ by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

1814! The War of 1812 Rock Opera Music & Lyrics by David Dudley and Dave Israel Book by David Dudley and David Israel Additional Lyrics by Erik Sunday The 2013 Capital Fringe Festival ki…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30PM
Monday, May 13, 2013

‘Chaplin’s Masterpiece: Modern Times’ at The Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

In 1936, Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in his final silent movie, Modern Times. His trademark character, The Little Tramp, with his toothbrush mustache and bowler hat would ma…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:13AM
Monday, May 6, 2013

Allison Miller at The Mansion at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Montgomery County native and drummer extraordinaire, Allison Miller played at the Mansion at Strathmore on Friday night to a Standing Room Only crowd. Miller, who grew up in Olney and is a g…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AM
Monday, April 29, 2013

‘Midori’ at The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

In 1982, the young Japanese immigrant, Midori Goto, made her concert debut with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of the legendary Zubin Mehta. The young violinist was only 11 at the…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:05PM
Saturday, April 27, 2013

‘The Tempest’ at Rockville Little Theatre by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s final plays, is a difficult play to categorize: part romance, part cautionary tale, part comedy. The play is A Midsummer’s Night Dream – lite, set on …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:48AM
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Michael Feinstein at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

On July 11, 1937, the young 38 year old George Gershwin died of a brain tumor, but before his untimely passing, he had approximately 900 published songs and almost as many unpublished ones. …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:51PM
Sunday, April 14, 2013

‘Under the Streetlamp’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Oh, what a night! Late in April, back in 2013… what a special night, indeed! If you were in a 10 mile radius of Strathmore on Saturday, you heard the roof rocking off the building, as the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:05AM

Cameron Carpenter at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

When you think of an organ, the first thought that comes to mind is a big pipe organ buried somewhere in the loft of a church. An instrument that time forgot, perhaps. Well, fortunately for …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55AM
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Frost/Nixon at Silver Spring Stage by Keith Tittlermary by Keith Tittermary

“When the president does it, that means it is not illegal” – Richard Nixon, in his 1977 interview with David Frost. In 1977, British tabloid journalist David Frost set out to become th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:45PM
Friday, April 5, 2013

‘Passagio’ at The Mason Players at George Mason University by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

“Passaggio… used to describe the transition area between a series of notes, usually occurring between registers of the voice” – www.vocalist.org.uk The Mason Players and the Departme…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:39AM
Saturday, March 9, 2013

Helen Reddy at The Barns at Wolf Trap by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

“I used to wonder where the stars go, well now I know, so I’ll tell you.” The lyric from “The Stars Fell On California” from Helen Reddy’s 1981 album, Play Me Out was a …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:02AM
Friday, March 8, 2013

‘Cirque Zíva’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Strathmore’s Concert Hall is usually a venue for some of the area’s finest music. But on Thursday night, the conductor’s baton was traded in for human gyroscopes and a troupe of Chines…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:52AM
Sunday, March 3, 2013

‘Once on This Island’ at Montgomery College by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

Once on This Island, with a score by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime) the Caribbean inspired retelling of The Little Mermaid, is a bright and vibrant story of a …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:44AM
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

‘Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano’ at Nordic Cool 2013 by Keith Tittermary by Keith Tittermary

The arts in Washington, DC are an ever-evolving landscape. Being in the political center of the country we sometimes underestimate the resources that organizations have to present some of th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:10AM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards