Monday, July 4, 2022
Sometimes, less is more. “Native Gardens,” a comedy by Karen Zacarías is a perfect example. Currently playing at Silver Spring Stage, it has a small cast (only four members have any dia…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:25PMSunday, July 3, 2022
“The Music Man” is considered by many to be the epitome of Americana in musical theatre. With lyrics, music, and book by Meredith Willson and story by Willson and Franklin Lacey, Olney�…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:59AMSunday, June 19, 2022
If you watched the 2022 Tony Awards, you may remember they took time to honor all the understudies on Broadway. With Covid still plaguing our theatres, understudies have allowed many plays t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:36PMThursday, June 16, 2022
Summertime in Howard County is always a little brighter when the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company returns to the PFI Historic Park in Ellicott City with one of their memorable outdoor producti…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:55PMWednesday, June 15, 2022
Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” is being presented by Silhouette Stages. While the original book was by Oscar Hammerstein II, this is an updated version written by Douglas Carter…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:08PMSunday, June 12, 2022
This summer, Imagination Stage is offering a really “cool” treat. They are presenting the musical adaptation of the perennial children’s classic, “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” the 193…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:05PMOn June 9, 2022 Theater J Presents opened the groundbreaking, documentary play, “Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities.” It was conceived and written by Anna …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:29PMSaturday, June 4, 2022
The National Players returns to Olney Theatre Center with the American classic, “A Raisin in the Sun,” by Lorraine Hansberry and directed by Christopher Michael Richardson. “A Raisin i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:37PMThursday, June 2, 2022
The long-awaited concert by pianist Dénes Várjon (Read our interview with Dénes Várjon) was held June 1, 2022 presented by the Candlelight Concert Society. Though I am not an expert, I h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:04PMMonday, May 30, 2022
On May 22 Candlelight Concert Society (CCS) presented “American String Quartet with Octavio Vazquez” and the audience was in for a real treat. Even though it was getting stormy outside, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:56PMTuesday, May 24, 2022
On Saturday, June 4, 2022, “The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day” will be presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House. After performing at Carnegi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:38PMThorton Wilder’s iconic play, “Our Town,” directed by Alan Paul, is currently playing at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Some feel that “Our Town” is the greatest American play, b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:41PM On June 1, 2022, the Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting Dénes Várjon, the “a most exciting and highly regarded pianist on the international stage.” The program will incl…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:58PMWednesday, May 18, 2022
On May 14, Columbia Pro Cantare (CPC) presented “American Voices,” a compilation of music that reflects our American heritage of inclusion and our goal to create a society of many voices…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:13AMMonday, May 16, 2022
On May 22, 2022, Candlelight Concert Society will present “American String Quartet with Octavio Vazquez, Composer and Pianist.” The Quartet and Vazquez will perform his “Piano Quintet.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:32PMSaturday, May 7, 2022
“Closer” is currently playing at Silver Spring Stage in a co-production with Cogent Theater Collective, a newly formed professional theatre company based in Silver Spring. The play is wr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:36PMOn Saturday, May 14, 2022 Columbia Pro Cantare will be performing “American Voices” at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Maryland. Conducting will be Laura Lee…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:59PMWednesday, May 4, 2022
The jukebox musical, “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” with music and lyrics from “The Legendary Motown Catalog,” a book by Dominque Morisseau, and directed…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:04PMMonday, May 2, 2022
Tennessee Williams’ autobiographical memory play, “The Glass Menagerie,” presented by Rep Stage, may raise some eyebrows for some traditionalists. Director Joseph W. Ritsch, Rep Stage�…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:02PMThe musical, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” is based on the novel by Victor Hugo and the 1996 Disney animated film, with music by the great Alan Menken, lyrics by the equally recognized …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:21PMSaturday, April 30, 2022
“Our Town” by Thorton Wilder might arguably be the play that most captures small town America. Although written in 1938 about the imaginary New England town of Grover’s Corners somet…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:13PMMonday, April 25, 2022
All of the people who attended the Candlelight Concert Society’s presentation of the string quartet, Cuarteto Latinoamericano were privileged to hear this special treat. The quartet consis…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:17AMFriday, April 22, 2022
The Defiant Requiem Foundation presented “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,” created by conductor Murry Sidlin, at the Strathmore Music Center on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Theresienst…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:19PMMonday, April 18, 2022
Fans of Bach in Baltimore will have a special treat at the upcoming April 24th concert. Local resident, Elam Ray Sprenkle’s composition, “Go Down Death,” with text by James Weldon John…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:28AMWednesday, April 13, 2022
If you are like me, when you think of classical music, you think of all the European composers, Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, etc. You may also think about some of the English-speaking Americ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:59PMMonday, April 11, 2022
The Grammy-winning vocal ensemble, “Room Full of Teeth,” presented by the Candlelight Concert Society, performed beautifully at the Smith Theatre in the Horowitz Visual and Performing Ar…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:24PMSaturday, April 9, 2022
The Bard Summerscape Production of “OKLAHOMA!” by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein is currently playing at the Kennedy Center. This is the re-imagined version by “visionary directo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:24AMTuesday, April 5, 2022
On April 20, 2022 The Defiant Requiem Foundation presents “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” at the Strathmore in honor of the musicians of the Terezín Concentration Camp. This will b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:04PMMonday, March 28, 2022
When Shakespeare wrote “The Merchant of Venice,” it was done as comedy and the hero and heroine did not die—that was the differentiation at the time between a comedy and tragedy. Comed…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:25PMTuesday, March 22, 2022
When a young playwright comes onto the theatre scene, their main goal is to get his/her play seen. Of course, who wouldn’t appreciate earning some money as well, but a play without an audi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:23PMMonday, March 21, 2022
Fauquier Community Theatre is presenting the wonderful British comedy, “Noises Off” written by Michael Frayn and directed by Jeff Walker. “Noises Off” is a Tony Award-winning play th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:27PM 
