Monday, March 25, 2024
“Little Shop of Horrors” was a small off-Broadway show that became American classic. It is reflective of the latter half of the 20th century with its weird monster, reminiscent of “The…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:05AMTuesday, March 19, 2024
Now playing at Silver Spring Stage, “Dance Nation” by Clare Barron is a coming of age play about several young teenage girls and one boy who are students at a small-town dance studio. (I…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:20PMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Frank Rich, the New York Times drama critic for many years, wrote that Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off!” was the funniest play of his lifetime. I’m not sure I would go as far as Mr. Rich…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:18PMThursday, February 29, 2024
On March 22 and 23, 2024, Authentic Community Theatre (ACT) will be presenting a production of Green Day’s “ground-breaking” musical, “American Idiot” at The Maryland Theatre. This…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:32PMFriday, February 23, 2024
After a two-day postponement due to weather, Candlelight Concert Society treated us to the moving music of British cellist, Natalie Clein, with amazing piano accompaniment by Qing Jiang, on …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:02PMArena Stage is currently presenting the play, “Tempestuous Elements,” written by Kia Corthron and directed by Psalmayene 24. It deals with Anna Julia Cooper, an educator who fought for h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:31PMWednesday, February 21, 2024
Stories about racism in America abound in literature and drama. “Till,” the story of Emmet Till, tells of the lynching of a young black boy whose only crime may have been looking at a Wh…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:26PMTuesday, February 20, 2024
I urge you not to miss Ballet 5:8’s important production of “Butterfly” on March 16, 2024. Julianna Rubio Slager’s piece is a “unforgettable and moving” experience” that tell…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:00PMMonday, February 12, 2024
Ken Ludwig may well be the consummate writer of farce in the modern theatre. His plays include “Moon Over Buffalo,” “Baskerville,” “Twentieth Century,” and “Lend Me a Tenor,�…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:21PMWednesday, February 7, 2024
Beginning on February 16, 2024, Sisters Freehold will be presenting “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea” at The Peale. It is written by Nathan Alan Davis and directed by Makeima Elise Freeland…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:15PMOn February 17, 2024 the Candlelight Concert Society will feature the world renown British cellist, Natalie Clein. Along with Ms. Clein, the pianist for that evening will be the seasoned vet…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:22PMSunday, January 21, 2024
Starting February 2, 2024, the City of Fairfax Theatre Company will be performing “POTUS” by Selina Fillinger. It is directed by Jack Lockrem and produced by Amanda Herman Snellings and …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:04PMTuesday, January 16, 2024
Broadway at the National will be presenting the classic musical “Annie” opening on January 23, 2023. The seven-time, Tony Award-winning (including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:08PMMonday, January 15, 2024
The play, “12 Angry Jurors,” was first produced as “Twelve Angry Men” written by Reginald Rose. It had a strange path going from a television play in 1954 and then to the stage. The …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:12PMMonday, December 18, 2023
The Columbia Orchestra is now in search of a permanent director and conductor. In this search, they are showcasing many fine talents for their concerts. For their holiday performance, Joseph…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:20PMWednesday, December 6, 2023
‘Tis the season and, for many in Howard County, the holidays begin with Pro Cantare’s concert of Handel’s “Messiah.” There is nothing more traditional than standing for the “Hall…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:23AMSunday, November 19, 2023
When “Fiddler on the Roof” opened on Broadway in September of 1964, no one could have imagined the universal appeal and endurance the show would have. There have been thousands of produc…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:14PMMonday, November 13, 2023
“R.U.R.” was written by the Czech writer, Karl Čapek, in 1920 when the world was still reeling from World War I and the Russian Revolution. Large companies aided by assembly lines, elec…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:19PMFriday, November 3, 2023
“Hazardous Materials” by Beth Kander opens this weekend, presented by Perisphere Theater. The play deals with the death of a Jane Doe who died in an apartment in Chicago. Jane Doe was a …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:55PMTuesday, October 24, 2023
“R.U.R Rossum’s Universal Robots” was written by Karel Capek in 1920 and actually introduced the word robot into our vocabularies. The play takes place in a factory that makes artifici…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:23PMWednesday, October 4, 2023
It has been fifty years since Maynard Jackson become the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Less than ten years since the Civil Rights Laws came into being and only a little o…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:35PMIf you like zany comedies with a touch of mystery, you will thoroughly enjoy “The Play That Goes Wrong” written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and directed by Alex Camp…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:20AMFriday, September 29, 2023
The Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting the world acclaimed piano quartet, Fauré Quartett, on Sunday October 1, 2023. The program will consist of Gabriel Fauré’s music, “Son…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:29AMMonday, September 25, 2023
Silver Spring Stage has become a performing arts landmark in their community and it was great to come back to the newly-renovated theatre now that outside construction has ended. It was also…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:10PMLaurel Mill Playhouse is currently presenting “The Play That Goes Wrong” by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields. It is produced by Maureen Rogers and directed by Alex Campbell.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:48PMMonday, September 11, 2023
For those of us who remember September 11, 2001, our lives were immeasurably affected by those attacks. This was especially true for those in the Mid-Atlantic states where many lost love one…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:53PMTuesday, September 5, 2023
On September 8, 2023 “Out of the Vineyard” by Psalmayene 24 will open at Joe’s Movement Emporium in conjunction with the Freedom Stories Initative. The play is directed and choreograph…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:55PMWednesday, August 30, 2023
Some theatrical productions are just plain fun. You don’t have to worry about deep meanings or subtleties of the plot. The protagonists are very likable, and the villains are, well, just v…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:23PMTuesday, August 15, 2023
Fifty years ago in 1973, Maynard Jackson became the first Black mayor of the city of Atlanta, Georgia. He was the first Black to become a mayor of a major Southern city. It began a new era…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:25PMSunday, August 13, 2023
The Bowie Playhouse Theatre will be the site of a new production by playwright, Shekeia Cowan. Ms. Cowan not only wrote the play “The Delicate Flower,” but along with Assistant Director …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:49AMTuesday, July 18, 2023
The music and dance of West Africa are part of the fabric of life there. Just walk down a street, and the sounds and beats somehow seem to fill the air. So it is no wonder that music of one …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:22AM 
