‘”Gloria: A Life” at Theater J takes the audience on a journey through second-wave feminism with feminist icon Gloria Steinem (Susan Lynskey) as guide while she reflects on her youth a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:33PM“Blue,” in its D.C. premiere by The Washington National Opera, elegantly makes use of a centuries’ old art form to tell a 21st century story. It is one with national repercussions, but…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:45PMIn Sylvia Khoury’s “Selling Kabul,” lives swiftly unravel as the Taliban closes in on Afghan interpreter, Taroon (Mazin Akar) in retaliation for his collaboration with American militar…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:45PMThe Royal Court Theatre Production presented in association with The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival Set both in real life and the virtual world of social media, the provocativel…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:48PMMore than a century after its premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy, Verdi’s “Falstaff” continues to charm audiences with its humor, lovable characters, and magnificent score. The Maryl…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:07PMAny musical theatre enthusiast alive in the 1980s (or maybe just anyone alive) will remember the immense popularity of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “CATS,” winner of seven Tony Awards® inclu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:11PMHoward University’s Cramton Auditorium was awash in color, rhythm, and light during the Dance Institute of Washington’s annual concert dedicated to the observance of Kwanzaa. This is …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:43PMWitches and wizards have taken up temporary residence in the Kennedy Center Opera House in a spectacular production of “Wicked,” almost 20 years after the beloved musical made its Broadw…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:24PM“Just For Us” is an award-winning, one-man show starring the incomparable Alex Edelman at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. He keeps the audience laughing from the moment he appears onst…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:13PMVerdi’s ‘Un Ballo in Maschera” (“A Masked Ball”) is the Maryland Lyric Opera’s second production in an all-Verdi season featuring some of the composer’s best-loved works. In…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:11AMSome of the opera world’s most glorious voices are currently filling the Kennedy Center Opera House in the Washington National Opera’s dazzling production of Verdi’s “Il trovato…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:50AMRorschach’s “Dracula” delivers the feminist revenge fantasy it promises with a witty, relentless, and bloody satisfying attack on the patriarchy. Loosely based on Bram Stoker’s Dracu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:36PMThere’s only one Tina Turner in this world, but you’d be forgiven for doubting that reality after seeing “TINA – The Tina Turner Musical’ now playing at the National Theatre. The a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:09AMSet in the 1950s, American playwright Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is a meditation on memory, the search for meaning, and the need to belong. Seen through a 21st century lens…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:45PMSet in 11th-century Scotland, “Macbeth” is a play in five acts that examines blind ambition, its effects on those who embrace it, and the consequences for anyone standing in its path.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:31PMThe winner of six Tony awards including Best Musical, ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has returned to the Kennedy Center this month, with a dazzling set and gifted cast. Written by Steven Levens…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:30PM‘Firebringer: A New Stone-Age Musical’ is a laugh-out-loud reminder that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Directed by Michael Page with musical direction by Chad Raba…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:01PMCoil Project’s world premiere of “Forgotten Monsters of Filmland” picks up the stories of classic literary characters whose lives, as reimagined in this production, continued on eve…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:32AMThe National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) opened the evening with Czech composer Bedrich Smetana’s “Vitava” (“The Moldau”) from Ma Vlast (My Country). The piece, which celebrates on…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:28AMFrederick Douglass’ spirit is once again gracing the nation’s capital in a world premiere of “American Prophet.” The musical, based on his writings and speeches, resoundingly demands…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:58PMThe timeless beauty of Verdi’s “La Traviata” lives on. Recently it echoed through the woods of beautiful Wolf Trap—an ocean and more than a century away from where it originated—wi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:52PM“Chemical Exile: Synthesis” is the final chapter and culmination of Rorschach Theatre’s second, season-long Psychogeography Project which began in October of 2021. “Chemical Exile…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:11PMAaron Sorkin’s new play based on Harper Lee’s classic novel now onstage at the Kennedy Center is set in 1930s Alabama. It could just as easily have found a home in contemporary America, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:39PM“Jersey Boys” celebrates the still-vibrant tunes of music superstars, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, with big dance numbers and quick and witty humor, wrapped in that most Americ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:57PMMaz (Emily Kester) is in Dublin for a protest urging the legalization of abortion in Ireland and Bricks (Jonathan Feuer) is on his way to collect his daughter for a day at the zoo. A chance …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:25PMThe Little Theatre of Alexandria has mounted a gem of a production in “Prelude to a Kiss.” Witty dialogue and a talented cast make for an enjoyable evening. For those who want somethi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:30PMBilled as a comedy, “Do You Feel Anger?” delivers an evening of humor, but amidst the laughter is a profound lesson about women’s experiences in the workplace and the desperate need fo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:21PMIt wasn’t my first journey “Into the Woods,” but the production currently playing at Creative Cauldron is by far my favorite, due largely to the talent and enthusiasm of the cast, b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:46PMThe world premiere production of “Twigs & Bone” is currently playing in one of the city’s most intimate and charming theatre venues. This small but mighty company is offering audie…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:01PMIn a creative twist, the audience quickly learns that they are the newest members of the BBSM (Bougie Black Single Moms) sisterhood, when they are warmly welcomed into the fold by BBSM Presi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:04PMEdgy, provocative, and enlightening, Ryan J. Haddad mesmerizes in his one-man show, “Hi, Are You Single?” at the equally edgy and provocative Woolly Mammoth Theatre. A gay man living w…
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