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 10:22AMBeginning on July 14, 2023, Sisters Freehold will be presenting “The Code Switch,” at Baltimore’s Theatre Project. This world-premiere play is written and directed by Shakill Jamal. Th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:07PM“Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville” is a jukebox musical where the book by Greg Garcia and Mike O’Malley is secondary to the music and lyrics of the popular singer, Jimmy Buff…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:19PMHoward County Summer Theatre is currently presenting the classic musical, “Hello, Dolly!” The show opened almost 50 years ago on Broadway with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:40PMThe pride of Disney’s musicals has roared into the Kennedy Center with all of its magic. Based on the 1994 the smash animated film produced by Disney Studios, the stage version of “The…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:48PMIron Crow Theatre is a bastion for the queer community in the Baltimore area. Their performances “explore and celebrate that which is queer” rather than define the term for others. It al…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:03PMOn May 20, 2023, Maestro Jason Love conducted the Columbia Orchestra for the last time in his long tenure as Musical Director and Conductor. It was a perfect sendoff performance which includ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:29PMOn Saturday, May 6, 2023, Columbia Pro Cantare performed its last concert of the season, “American Tapestry,” conducted by Laura Lee Fischer at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Columbia. Sadly, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:48PM“The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee” at Laurel Mill Playhouse is produced by Maureen Rogers and, with direction by Michael Hartsfield, you know you will be seeing a polished show…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:55PM“Falsettos,” a pop-opera with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by William Finn and James Lapine, is Rep Stage’s swan song at Howard Community College. It is directed and chore…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:24AMOn April 23, 2023, the Candlelight Concert Society presented “Music Under Tyranny” performed by the Jerusalem Quartet. The program featured three composers—Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Sho…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:00PMIn 1977, Frances Motyca Dawson had a vision of bringing choral music to Columbia, Maryland. Since then, as Columbia has grown to the second largest city in Maryland, CPC has become an integr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:32PMRep Stage was founded in 1993 by Valerie Lash at Howard Community College. It has been the only theatre in residence at a community college in the country. Its professional casts and creativ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:21PM“The World Goes ‘Round – The Music of Kander & Ebb” is a revue of the music of the prolific team of Kander & Ebb (“Cabaret” and “Chicago” being the most successful) t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:45PM“Inbox Zero,” a monodrama presented by UrbanArias, will be performed as a live stage reading at the Keegan Theatre in Washington, D.C. on May 4, 2023. UrbanArias was founded in 2010 by G…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:21PMThe Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting the Jerusalem Quartet at the Horowitz Center at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD on Sunday, April 23, 2023. The concert is called �…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:38PMColumbians will acutely miss the presence of Maestro Jason Love after he steps down at the end of this season’s performances in his role as Music Director of the Columbia Orchestra. Of cou…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:21PMLaurel Mill Playhouse is currently presenting George Boyd’s “Consecrated Ground” until April 7, 2023. It is important to mention the date because this is a play that need to be seen. I…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:26PMOn Saturday, March 18, 2023, The Columbia Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Jason Love, performed their much-acclaimed “Symphonic Pops.” The Columbia Orchestra, which all-volunte…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:54PMRegional and community theatre allow us to watch productions that we might never have a chance to see live onstage. Sometimes, venues are just too far away or too costly. Sometimes larger, m…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:29PMFord’s Theatre will be presenting the East Coast premiere of “SHOUT SISTER SHOUT!” by Cheryl L. West and directed by Kenneth L. Roberson opening this week and playing at the historic t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:40PMEven if you have seen “King Lear” before, you will want to see this fascinating production by Shakespeare Theatre Company. Expertly directed by Simon Godwin, the play is taken into the m…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:39PMNow celebrating its 50th Anniversary Season, the Candlelight Concert Society presented the “musically brilliant” Hanzhi Wang on the accordion and the equally talented Steven Banks (read …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:16PM“Kinky Boots,” with a Tony® and Grammy®-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Tony®-winner Harvey Fierstein, is currently playing at the Olney Theatre Center. The musical is b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:40PMCandlelight Concert Society will be presenting “Hanzhi Wang, accordion and Steven Banks, saxophone, with Xak Bjerken, piano” in concert on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at the Smith Theatr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:50PMNow playing at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is the delightfully witty “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again].” The play was is written by Adam Long, Da…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:06PM“Men in Boats,” by Jaclyn Backhaus, is currently playing at Silver Spring Stage. It follows the 1869 expedition of John Wesley Powell (Stephanie Dorius) who led nine men to map out the t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:39AM“Something Rotten!” is a Tony Award-winning musical comedy with book by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Directed and choreogra…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:21PMWhat could be more fun on a winter’s night than to try to solve a wonderful Agatha Christie mystery with friends? Laurel Mill Playhouse is currently presenting “Towards Zero” by Christ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:53PMMany years ago, I saw “CATS” at The National Theatre in Washington, D.C. Since then, I have seen it two more times, but that first time was the most memorable. Now “CATS” is back at …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:53PM“Pride@Prejudice” written by Daniel Elihu, is an updated look at Jane Austen’s beloved novel. The play opens January 27, 2023 and is being presented by Rockville Little Theatre which i…
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