Saturday, August 22, 2015
A night of One-Act Plays is always interesting. It gives new or little-known playwrights a chance to shine. It gives new directors a shot at showing their talent. Actors who may never have h…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:18PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 1, 2015
Disney’s High School the Musical, at Laurel Mill Playhouse, is directed by AJ Lukacsina, and is produced by Maureen Rogers and Laila Riaz. This is the 12th year that LMP ha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2015
If you think you know everything about Lincoln, you may be surprised to find out that there is a great deal of information out there that is not in text books. The Springfield Boys, now play…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 11, 2015
Venus in Fur directed by John Dellaporta opened last night at Silver Spring Stage, literally with a bang. The play opens during a thunderstorm that is a metaphor of the action to come, and t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:55PM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2015
The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley opened this weekend at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, and is directed by Patrick Pase and produced by Julie Rogers. Maureen Rogers is the Executive Pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:56PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 28, 2015
What do Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, Joan Rivers, Jim Bulushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Steven Colbert and Steve Carrell have in common? Well, they are all very funn…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:03AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 27, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015 was a night of laughter at the Smith Theatre. First, the Columbia Festival of the Arts, presented The Stoop Stoop Storytelling Series: Kitchen Confidential which …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 21, 2015
Imagine you are in a West Virginia coal mine, and there is a cave it. It is cold, and the only light is from the tiny one on top of your helmet or the helmet of a coworker. That is what A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:38AM[SHARE]The indoor performances of the Columbia Festival of the Arts began on Friday, June, 20, 2015 at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Columbia, MD. It could not have picked a more inspirational gro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12AM[SHARE]Monday, June 15, 2015
Mother Nature was kind to the Festival this weekend. Thunderstorms were predicted but there was only one close call. So, though many were sweltering, it was a wonderful day to listen to good…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 14, 2015
It was a hot day and a hotter night at the Lakefront but that did not keep the crowds away. Good music, especially free for the listening, is always a way to attract an audience. Folks liste…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:43AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 13, 2015
Last night the Columbia Festival of the Arts began on the Lakefront in Columbia. (This review is of the last two performances of the evening as those were the ones that were viewed and not t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:41PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 30, 2015
In Tom Stoppard‘s wonderful farce, On the Razzle, the humor relies on mistaken identities, lots of puns and malapropos, pratfalls, sex, and pomposity. Silver Spring Stage’s hi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:21PM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2015
Tonight, Laurel Mill Playhouse will be presenting one of Shakespeare's later comedies, The Tempest. Unlike the Bard's earlier comedies, The Tempest does not rely on some of his more tradi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:41PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 23, 2015
The Columbia Festival of the Arts is in the 28th  year. It began is an offshoot of the Columbia Fair that celebrated the anniversary of the city. On the 20th anniversary celebration they …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:03AM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2015
Arthur Miller’s The Price, now playing at Olney Theatre Center, is brilliantly directed by Michael Bloom. The play, which opened in 1968 on Broadway, takes place in the late 1940s. Lik…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 16, 2015
Silhouette Stage’s Godspell, directed by Stephen M. Deininger, opened last night at Slayton House in Columbia. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michae…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 3, 2015
On Saturday May 2, 2015 the Columbia Pro Cantare choral group, lead by Conductor Frances Motyca Dawson, ended their 38th Season with The Great American Songbook performed at the Jim Rouse…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2015
What a glorious day to go to tea at a beautiful mansion. The Israeli Tea at the Strathmore Mansion was a special as the beautiful Spring Afternoon. If you get there early, you can browse the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 25, 2015
Little Shop of Horrors opened last night at the Laurel Mill Play House, directed by Michael Hartsfield and produced by Maureen Rogers. This quirky satirical farce has become an American clas…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2015
College theaters have always been forerunners in experimental theater, and Arts Collective at Howard Community College’s zany production of Avery Crozier’s Eat the Runt …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:57PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 12, 2015
Fools by Neil Simon opened this weekend presented by the APL Drama Club located on the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab campus in Laurel, MD. The members and performers are mostly the s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 11, 2015
The Language Archive at the Silver Spring Stage, is not a play about the language of love but of language and love, or more specifically, communication and emotion. The play centers on th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 29, 2015
I was born and raised in New York City just miles away from the theatre district. However, I find myself jealous of the opportunities many community theater groups around the country, but es…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 14, 2015
The Heritage Players’ uproarious production of the farce Rumors is written by Neil Simon. Yes, the word farce and Neil Simon usually don't go together, but if you are old enou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 7, 2015
Silhouette Stages’ hilarious production of Monty Python’s Spamalot opened last night at Slayton House in Columbia, MD. It is based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Gr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:01PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 28, 2015
333 Variations is a drama by Moisés Kaufman that deals with the nearly always fatal disease of ALS and the study, not just of music, but also the variations of life. The main character is D…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:51AM[SHARE]Friday, February 27, 2015
The intimacy of the recital room at the Strathmore Mansion creates the perfect atmosphere to listen to a piano virtuoso play a night of sonatas. Jenny Lin chose these particular composers, b…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The main emotion I felt last night at Strathmore, while I watched The President's Own United States Marine Band, was pride. These very talented musicians gave up the chance for a professi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 21, 2015
Harvey, currently playing at Laurel Mill Playhoue, and produced by Maureen Rodgers, is a wonderful classic American comedy. It was unique when it opened in the 1940s. First of all, it won a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:02PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 7, 2015
Epic Productions, Inc.’s inaugural production of the popular musical I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change, with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts, is…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:53PM[SHARE] 
