Just when you thought the Irish were going to get all ‘Danny Boy’ on us with the Centenary of the Easter Rising, that ill-fated but auspicious attempt to occupy the General Post O…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:07PMIn an age when we are all held hostage by click-bait and personal algorithms—which, as the news keeps reminding us, distort reality for commercial and political gain—it is a comfo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:40PMIn the early years of the new South Africa, with Apartheid buried away and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela elected President, there was ample room for optimism and hope for the future. The g…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:13AMFor years there has been a vogue for documentary plays and films—typically involving familiar historical figures in their formative years, or retelling a famous historic event. Addi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:52PMFor many of us who got our start on the Washington, D.C. theater scene back in the 1980’s, it really is amazing to return to the Source Theater on 14th Street. The once-gritty, cavernous…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:01AMIf you’re a Jukebox Musical junkie, you know the scenario: take a beloved artist, scan through the back catalogue for a cluster of solid hits, then cook up a paper-thin plot line to…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:59PMWhen you first enter the space for Hub Theatre’s latest production, you see what appears to be a typical domestic scene; French doors, some autumn leaves, a comfy couch, a couple of storag…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:39PMA dissident musician, a concert pianist, returns to his homeland and attempts—however awkwardly—to reconcile with his estranged family. That alone is the stuff of drama; but when the p…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:21PMIn an age when ideological purities of both the left-and right-wing variety have come to dominate our presidential politics, and when utterly normal words are constantly re-defined by left a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:37AMWhen you first enter Olney Theatre Center’s intimate black-box space you’re struck by the comforting, tony, contemporary home designed by Misha Kachman. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:39PMIn case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the middle of probably the most contentious presidential election in a generation. Once the trash-talk dies down, we might actually get to talk ab…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:30PMWhen an established theater like Olney takes on a classic like Carmen, with a production team featuring leading lights like director Moisés Kaufman on book and music by Arturo O’Farrill, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:32PMAt a crucial point in Suzan-Lori Parks’ fascinating new work, Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) we find the central character—the slave, Hero—holding two uniforms in…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:01PMWatch out folks, it’s that “Most, Wonderful Ti-i-ime of the Year” (1,2,3, 1,2,3, oom-pah-pah, blah, blah, blech). Again. Face it, you’ve spent a month and half pretending not to …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:04PMWhen a new company takes the stage, founded on the principles of truth-telling and reconciliation, you can expect a production with strong material; when that new company is Mosaic Theater C…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:07PMWith all that the Women’s Voices Theater Festival has to offer, it isn’t a question of whether to go out for an evening of live theater, but when and where. The topics of the 50 plays on…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:55AMWhen we think of the Victorian era, which produced subversive wits like Oscar Wilde, we tend to stereotype it as a time of prudishness and ultra-conservatism. And yet Wilde’s London was …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:59PMWithout question, one of the most compelling and controversial issues of our time is the Settler Movement in the West Bank, a region known throughout most of the world as the Occupied Territ…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:42AMOnce upon a time, when I was a wee theatre grad student, there was a truly obnoxious bunch of undergrads who called themselves the Naked Theater. They were poseurs all, with little in the …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:39AMOne of the joys of a small repertory, like the one at the Contemporary American Theater Festival here in Shepherdstown, is that you get to see actors assume a wide variety of roles. You’…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:14PM“Feminist punk can drive you crazy, but it’s worth it. Do not resist it.” Thus spake Masha Alyokhina, a member of P***y Riot, at the Glastonbury festival in England; last week these …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:30PMAll too often, it seems, the image of mental illness careens wildly between lovable eccentrics (think: Harvey) and heartless psychopaths (think: Silence of the Lambs). Like the virgin/…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:25PMA grime-filled room in a long-abandoned hotel; a lone, exposed light bulb in the ceiling; steel brackets and bare 2X4’s at both the front and bathroom doors hinting at the menace and mayhe…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:13PMIf you’ve ever thrown your money into some get-rich-quick scheme, no questions asked; if you’ve ever been tempted to have your backyard fracked just in case there’s a gusher you can ca…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:16PMFresh off of their well-deserved John Aniello Award For Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company, our friends at Flying V Theatre are preparing for another adventure at Bethesda’s Writer’s C…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:42AMEver have that sinking feeling that you have no idea who you are, or what on earth you’re supposed to do? Ever found yourself hoping that someone would just magically materialize – poo…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:41AMFirst, an advisory for Charles Dickens fans: if you are looking for a PBS-style drama in period dress, this show is definitely not for you. Having watched one disgruntled couple walk out…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:11AMA young couple, childless, in desperate need of a sense of family; their friends, recently married, who want to help; and a mysterious African neighbor, well-meaning but cursed with a poor s…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:42AMEver had one of those interpretive guides whose colorful tales, while demonstrably pants-on-fire ridiculous, leave you thrilled—even if you know you’re stuck in just about the most obscu…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:52PMAmong incurable theatre geeks like myself, there are a couple buzzwords that come up frequently when we see productions like Round House’s new version of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, Un…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:45PMIt is rare, exceedingly rare, to be in the presence of a masterfully-written play, performed by actors who are not only emotionally engaging but also fine, classically-trained pianists. Ev…
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