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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Some Like It Hot’ at The National Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

Imagine everything you expect a classic Broadway musical to be: the glamor, the harmonies, the leave-you-breathless dancing, and of course a story that will touch your soul. “Some Like It …

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Strategic Love Play’ at Signature Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

If we all hate online dating so much, why do we consistently force ourselves through the humiliation ritual? Deep down, when all is said and done, we just want to be remembered as a person w…

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ at The National Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

From the final battle at Hogwarts to the “expelliarmus” spells, the phenomenon of Harry Potter is a marvel. Though the story made its way into the cultural zeitgeist nearly three decades…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:22PM

Monday, June 23, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Wipeout’ At Studio Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

In the surfing world, triangulation keeps you from floating too far from where you’re supposed to be. When you’re in the water, you pick two points on the shore that won’t move so you …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:16PM

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Frankenstein’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Aidan O'Connor

There is a monster inside all of us. The choices we make and the people we touch determine whether or not it comes to the surface. Monsters aren’t born, they are a product of individual de…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:44PM

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’ at The Arlington Players by Aidan O'Connor

Omigod, omigod you guys…Elle Woods is back on stage in the DMV and it’s, like, the most fun you will have at the theatre. From the moment the curtain rises, The Arlington Players’ prod…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:03PM

Monday, March 24, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘#Charlottesville’ at The Keegan Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

“Happiness is a place called Charlottesville.” But what comes of that happiness when Charlottesville is plagued with the violence hundreds of white supremacists? “#Charlottesville” a…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:39AM

Friday, March 7, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘The Age of Innocence’ at Arena Stage by Aidan O'Connor

Desire is the ultimate rebellion in a pseudo-aristocratic society that forces stifling, sometimes hypocritical norms onto its constituents. Whether it be the Gilded Age or yesterday, this me…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:20PM

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Job’ at Signature Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

An average American will spend eighteen years of their life online, glued to a screen. It’s an omnipotent tool that divulges instant information and connection but what is the human cost o…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:25PM

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Theatre Review: Broadway Center Stage: ‘Schmigadoon!’ at the Kennedy Center by Aidan O'Connor

It’s a dream theatregoers have to somehow end up in the middle of an out-of-the-blue dance number à la “The Music Man,” “Oklahoma,” “Brigadoon,” or the like. Part of Kenned…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:21PM

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Guac’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Aidan O'Connor

When you lose a son, what do you do? Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin “Guac” Oliver whose life tragically ended from a mass shooting at his Parkland School, hopes you never have to find …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:49PM

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