Friday, January 23, 2015
Gregory Wooddell is currently making his Arena Stage debut as the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in Ken Ludwig’s play Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Gregory is an Affil…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:08PMSunday, January 18, 2015
Whitney Bashor is currently performing the role of Barbara in the sold out world premiere Sheryl Crow/Barry Levenson musical Diner at Signature Theatre. This is not Whitney first time at Si…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:49AMThursday, January 8, 2015
Director Ethan McSweeny is currently hitting another home run at Shakespeare Theatre Company with what in my opinion is a terrific staging of The Tempest. Previous STC credits include The Me…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:37PMFriday, January 2, 2015
New Year’s Eve at the Kennedy Center always has something for everyone in terms of music but this year’s National Symphony Orchestra concert was something completely different from what …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:54PMTuesday, December 30, 2014
2014 was another exciting and important year in theatre for the DC/Baltimore area. To list everything that happened would take forever, but there are certain stories that stood out. Keepin…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:10PMMonday, December 22, 2014
Lawrence Redmond is currently portraying the roles of Uncle Eric Drosselmeyer and Rat in Round House Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker. Previous Round House Theatre credits includ…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:52PMThursday, December 18, 2014
Megan Hilty is a multi faceted performer that has wowed audiences on Broadway in Wicked and 9 to 5. On TV you might know her as Ivy Lynn from the all too short lived series Smash or you migh…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:53AMWednesday, December 17, 2014
As many of you know I work in the theatre as a professional Stage Manager/Board Op and Sound Designer so I guess it’s only natural for me to put together the following feature. Washing…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:35AMSaturday, December 13, 2014
In the Jewish religion a yahrzeit is a yearly remembrance for a person that has passed away. Usually it’s a family member but it can be for anyone. For the past nineteen years lovers …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:17AMFriday, December 12, 2014
Richard Bean’s Tony Award nominated play ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ now playing at 1st Stage in Tysons,VA is something completely different for the holidays. Rather than the standard feel …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:27PMWednesday, December 10, 2014
Luiciana Stecconi is one of the area’s busiest set designers. Her work can currently be seen at Studio Theatre with their current production of Bad Jews. Her many designs at Studio The…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:00AMTuesday, December 9, 2014
Over the years many companies have put their own spin on Charles Dickens’s holiday favorite A Christmas Carol. Wolf Pack Theatre Company is taking the story where it hasn’t gone before w…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:30PMMonday, December 8, 2014
Nothing says family entertainment like a title from the Disney catalogue so it’s only fitting that this holiday season Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, PA is presenting the stage ver…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:24PMSunday, December 7, 2014
Around this time of year the estate of Piotr Iilyich Tchaikovsky becomes very rich in the way of royalty checks. That’s because many performances of his Nutcracker ballet are given all aro…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:29PMSaturday, December 6, 2014
One of the nice things about reviewing is getting to see performers from your childhood. I saw Andrea McArdle in 1977 light up the stage of the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon) in the orig…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:41AMWednesday, December 3, 2014
Pun Bandhu is currently making his Centerstage debut in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play in which he portrays Clarence/Harry and others. Pun was seen on Broadway in Wit with …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:44PMIt’s hard to believe that there was a time when TV was wholesome family entertainment, particularly around the holidays. Recording artists such as Andy Williams, Perry Como and The Carpent…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:37AMTuesday, December 2, 2014
Laura Zinn is currently making her Olney Theatre Center debut as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. No stranger to working for Disney, Laura performed for almost two years for Dis…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:57AMMonday, December 1, 2014
Tony Award nominated actress/singer and theatrical force of nature Emily Skinner is currently starring in the title role of Mame at Virginia Repertory Theatre in her hometown of Richmond VA.…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:09AMFriday, November 21, 2014
The world premiere musical Little Dancer, now playing at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre, takes us back to a time when musicals depended upon good storytelling and a strong score. Let�…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:57AMThursday, November 20, 2014
Susan Rome is currently performing the role of Empty in The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (IHO for short) at Theater J. SusanR…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:44PMTuesday, November 18, 2014
It’s only mid-November and the holiday fare at area theatres is already beginning to appear. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is perhaps the most produced holiday story of them all. Wi…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:17AMSunday, November 16, 2014
Through the decades there have been many musicals that have not reached their full potential because of an element that didn’t measure up. More often than not, the book is the main culprit…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:48PMFriday, November 14, 2014
Luigi Sottile is currently making his DC area acting debut in Sex with Strangers at Signature Theatre where he is playing the role of Ethan. Luigi’s many regional credits include produ…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:42PMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Click on the various links to hear some of the varied and wonderful musical stylings of Gary William Friedman. Composer, Arranger and Orchestrator Gary William Friedman is probably best know…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:39AMFriday, November 7, 2014
Michael Winther is currently playing the role of Dan in Next to Normal at Center Stage. The production concludes its run this weekend. He last performed at Center Stage in The Boys from Syra…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:30AMThursday, November 6, 2014
Deidra LaWan Starnes is currently performing the role of Calphurnia in Julius Caesar at Folger Theatre. She previously appeared in Folger’s production of King Lear. Area credits incl…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:54AMTuesday, November 4, 2014
Vadim Feichtner is currently the musical director for Elmer Gantry at Signature Theatre. He was last seen on Broadway conducting The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His many Off-Br…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:19PMWednesday, October 29, 2014
Jefferson A. Russell is currently playing the role of Brother Rashid who is a member of the Nation of Islam and the no nonsense bodyguard to Muhammad Ali in Fetch Clay, Make Man at Round H…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:49PMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Seems like this is the year for colleges to produce lesser known musicals and thank heavens for that! I can only take so many Hairspray and Spring Awakening productions at one time. Universi…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:58AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
Parker Esse is currently the choreographer for Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage which begins performances on October 31st. This is Parker’s fifth production with Arena Stage and …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:08PM 
