Thursday, August 15, 2024
Presidential elections have this way of bringing out the claws. The desire to win, the need to have one party decimate the other—people’s baser instincts tend to emerge, even in the nice…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:44PMMonday, August 12, 2024
Caryl Churchill’s work has this uncanny way of harnessing the big picture questions of history, science, and philosophy and distilling them down to what these kinds of questions mean for h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:01PMWednesday, August 7, 2024
Faction of Fools Theatre Company specializes in a type of theatrical practice known as commedia dell’arte. Most prevalent in Italy during the Renaissance, this art form leans heavily on st…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:07PMSunday, June 23, 2024
Aleshea Harris’ “Is God Is” has been hailed as “high-octane carnage,” a mythic journey, and the ultimate revenge fantasy. After seeing Constellation Theatre’s production, I can a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:23PMThursday, June 6, 2024
Through music, dance, and pure emotion, the cast and crew of “Long Way Down” tell a penetrating story that stays with you long after you leave the theatre. Olney Theatre Centre’s premi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:48AMTuesday, May 28, 2024
Rock operas really are their own special breed of show, comprised of vivid costumes, powerful, edgy songs, and very often a heavy dose of fantasy and adventure. The Baltimore Rock Opera Soci…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:43PMWednesday, May 22, 2024
Northern Ireland’s c21 Theatre Company, in conjunction with The Keegan Theatre, is currently presenting “Expecting” by Irish playwright Charis McRoberts. Described as a “poetic one-a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:36AMMonday, May 13, 2024
Eva Perón’s story is the stuff of movies, books, and, yes, even ghost stories. The meteoric rise of Evita from Argentine “showgirl” to beloved political figure has been comprehensivel…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:00PMSunday, May 5, 2024
Often the hallmarks of the most provocative theatre experiences are irreverence, a willingness to push the envelope, and the approach that no subject is off the table and no topic is too tab…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:39PMFriday, May 3, 2024
It was a night of fine dining, Broadway-caliber entertainment, and one truly touched honoree. On April 29, 2024, Signature Theatre presented the Sondheim Award Gala to the iconic Nathan Lane…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:45PMTuesday, April 23, 2024
Imagining an apocalyptic world in which food, water, and essentially all of the basic necessities are in short supply has become popular fodder for television, movies and, yes, theatre as we…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:20PMMonday, April 22, 2024
Creative Cauldron’s “Bold New Voices” initiative was designed to support the development of plays or plays with music written by women. As Artistic Director Laura Connors Hull emphasiz…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:15PMWednesday, April 17, 2024
The End of Days is some 100 years past and the world is now populated by robots. All humans have tragically died despite their best efforts not to become extinct. Or have they? This is the b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:22PMTuesday, April 16, 2024
Set in the 1930s, “The Nance” harkens back to the heyday of the burlesque era with clubs and cabarets, featuring bawdy stripteases interspersed with comedic acts, dotting Greenwich Villa…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:55PMPart deconstruction of a fraught father-daughter relationship, part dysfunctional love story, and part homage to Nina Simone, Dominique Morisseau’s 2012 play “Sunset Baby” is now playi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:01PMThursday, April 4, 2024
Mosaic Theater’s latest offering is, in large part, a searing and satirical look at the prevailing politics of the 80s. It invites audiences into a comic book world of then First Lady Nanc…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:46PMThursday, March 28, 2024
Workhouse Arts Center’s production of Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s “Every Brilliant Thing” was not at all what I was expecting—it was so much more. Developed as part solo p…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:47PMMonday, March 25, 2024
“Murder on the Orient Express” is one of Agatha Christie’s most well-known novels. As adapted by Ken Ludwig, the play of the same name takes audiences on a train ride they will not soo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:37PM“Migraaaaants, or there’s too damn many of us on this boat” is a play that seriously defies any sort of theatrical genre. Is it a comedy? Drama? Farce? Political satire? Lower budget m…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:26AMTuesday, March 19, 2024
Weddings (as the reception wears on and the alcohol flows) tend to be drama-filled, emotionally-charged events that can, with the mere flip of a switch, devolve into overly confessional hotb…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:59PMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Eleanor Burgess’ “The Niceties” is a deeply intense two-hander that deftly blurs the line between hero and villain, as it is nearly impossible to completely ascribe any one category to…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:52PMWednesday, March 6, 2024
Pulitzer Prize finalist “Rapture, Blister Burn” gives playwright Gina Gionfriddo a theatrical platform from which to explore the topic of feminism from just about every conceivable angle…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:46AMSunday, March 3, 2024
The sheer staying power of three actors playing countless characters over the course of three and a half hours is perhaps the most astounding part of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s producti…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:42PMMonday, February 26, 2024
Anna Julia Cooper became principal of M Street High School in DC in 1902. Deemed by many the “mother of Black feminism,” Cooper was a staunch proponent of young students of color pursuin…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:18PMThursday, February 8, 2024
Jane Martin is the pseudonym for a playwright who, among other honors, has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. That very same anonymous “Jane Martin” is the author of “Anton in …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:43PMWednesday, February 7, 2024
Jonathan Spector’s “This Much I Know” is currently having its East Coast premiere at Theater J. It was the winner of the 2023 Theatre Bay Area Will Glickman Award for best new play pre…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:57PMSunday, February 4, 2024
Plays centering exclusively on people “of a certain age” are admittedly few and far between. “Morning After Grace” heavily mines the lives of those who fall into the 60+ category and…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:16PMFriday, February 2, 2024
Audra McDonald’s star just keeps rising. With a record six Tony Awards along with two Grammys and an Emmy adorning her mantle, the soprano powerhouse absolutely brought down the house in h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:04PMTuesday, January 30, 2024
The final day of the Folger Theatre’s Reading Room Festival proved as plucky and spirited as ever. At the center of this Shakespeare-filled Sunday was a staged reading of “Everything Tha…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:40PMSunday, January 28, 2024
This is the second year the Folger has produced The Reading Room Festival, “with new work and conversations inspired by or in response to the plays of William Shakespeare.” The four-day …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:00PMSunday, January 14, 2024
Jordan Harrison’s play “Marjorie Prime,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist, is one that teasingly flirts with the boundaries between past and future, between artificial intelligence and the fa…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:00PM 
