Some works of theatre are given the dreaded label ‘period piece’—destined to stay locked in the time they were created. But others age quite nicely—as a well-shaped, tanned piece of …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:12PMWhat a year it has been! Would you call the recent news cycle—oh, I don’t know, fake-arcial? We have been regularly been bombarded with salacious dossiers, hand sizes, libs threatening t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:28PMLeave it to the British Players to give us a holiday treat that is heartfelt, uproarious, artistically pleasing and–gets all of ye people in the seats in the act, mate! The Christmas s…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:19PMThe holiday season is an easy excuse to hearken back to memories of Victorian times, what with the classic Dickens story permeating our brains. Cockney accents mugs of wine and holiday singa…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:20PMWhen mischievous merriment intersects with immorality, the results can be marvelously maddening. I am convinced that Sondheim’s legendary wordplay would have made that less clunky b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:19PMGreat theatre sometimes just needs a classic mix of opposites. Could this one be any more diametric? Sit back and enjoy the ride. A little bumpy, but those 1940s Cadillacs had big springs. M…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:38PMWho doesn’t like a musical revue? It’s akin to going to a buffet, where you can sample that suits your tastes. You might get a surprise. And if one serving is not to your liking, another…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:51PMTwo words come to mind when describing the experience of the musical “Cabaret.” Entertaining. Unsettling. The intertwining of both at a high level is what launches the show to it…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:48PMOne would not initially think that advanced Mathematics involving mind-numbingly complex formulas would be a ‘prime’ subject for riveting theatre. And then we are usually surprised at ou…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:08AM“It was December 4, 1957. And it was the first time all my boys were together at one time, and it was the last.” The bittersweet retrospective comes from the enterprising owner of Sun…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:26PMFairy tales naturally call out to our imaginative earlier days of youth. Larger than life heroines are put in sketchy circumstances set in woodlands, usually with ghastly creatures or nasty …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:46PMNeed to break up the usual winter theatre choices that abound with Christmas favorites and holiday nutcrackers? Alexandria’s MetroStage is shelving its usual holiday chestnut, “A Bro…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:36PMLike a gentle sledgehammer, Conor McPherson’s “The Night Alive” is a masterwork of daily life juxtaposed with transcendent issues deep in our soul. McPherson has a singular gif…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:22PMLet’s get this out of the way right away. There will be ample writhing. In fact, beaucoup writhing. An oddly sounding word, but of course never heard onstage, only experienced in the unend…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:05AMIt was truly another world back then. New musical styles, upward mobility, a clash of cultures. Or, then again, it could sound a lot like today. That may be why one is so comfortable walking…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:03PMIn a word, exhilarating. Without a word, it was challenging but fascinating. Using my words, the group at Synetic Theater, those purveyors of movement, sight and sound, have now put on the…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:50PMFull of sizzle and sparkle and hope, Arena Theatre’s newly reworked musical Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story looks and feels like a homey family reunion. And like most family get-tog…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:17PMYes, they stomped by again. If you were within hailing distance of Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna you likely may have heard the syncopated cacophony that is the da…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:29AMThere is always a place for inspired silliness. Who knew it would come from an inside out, upside-down look at a famous Hollywood bromance? Flying V Theatre’s Matt & Ben mines our kits…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:59PMChock full of the mind expanding calling cards that are Synetic Theater, The Man In The Iron Mask bursts onstage to give us an altogether immersive experience. From its beginning as the Mu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:22PMThornton Wilder’s Our Town ambles into DC’s suburbia–landing as is has in thousands of other large and small towns across America. One can’t miss the signs in the grassy…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:06PMJust as this isn’t your usual Brothers Grimm tale, this isn’t your usual children’s theatre, either. Reston/Herndon’s NextStop Theatre has put together a fun fable–Snow White&#…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:00PMOne favorite parlor game to play is let’s meet a famous person. If you could pick someone to have dinner with, who would it be? Scott Carter’s thought provoking play The Gospel Accordin…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:25PM“I wish I can take away the memory, and leave the pain.” –The Walking Man Falling Out Of Time, the world premiere play based on David Grossman’s absorbing bestselling novel a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:46PMLeave it to Irish playwright Martin McDonagh to make a case for being the Brothers Grimm of the 21st century. The playwright has carved out a niche market for himself with such grotes…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:26AMNeed to break up the winter with a soulful, steamy show selection? It starts, it establishes itself, it continues, and it just keeps on coming—an African American musical roadmap, packed w…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:00PMIt’s really the pace of it all—the unplanned meandering stroll through the nondescript town, in the play–aptly named Middletown, that gets you. Playwright Will Eno’s word wise pl…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:50PMThe much anticipated Signature production of West Side Story has arrived, and it is a rumble with nary a stumble. Signature has a deserved, mostly favorable rep for doing shows big. They rar…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:52PMNow becoming a DC holiday staple, An Irish Carol is the Christmas story that brings a wee little saltiness to the endearing holiday tale of a miserable old man who transforms his life just i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:36PMChristmas is the quintessential time of tradition. We have our unique memory-laced decorations, the one holiday dish we can’t do without, or that special trip downtown. For many of us, wat…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:13AMIt hangs thickly in the air, waiting to be uttered by daft, supremely non-pc denizens of the isle of Inishmaan, a beautifully desolate place on Ireland’s western coast. As if his given nam…
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