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Monday, June 9, 2014

‘Wild With Happy’ at CENTERSTAGE by Amanda Gunther

When looking at it from the outside, grief seems endless. But grief is as unique as each individual person who experiences it, much like the individual experiences of joy we feel along life�…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:39PM
Sunday, June 8, 2014

‘The Totalitarians’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

There are times in life when the truth can be hard and there will be darkness, but seek the light! Freedom from fear! The campaign slogan pumping on everyone’s fists, hissing from everyone…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:53PM
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Robert O’Hara on Directing ‘The Totalitarians’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

The notion that a single state could suddenly become a Totalitarian governed state here within the United States of America without anyone noticing is completely absurd. Right? Or is it? The…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:18PM

Story of My Life: The Freak Flag Chronicles” Part 3: Jeffrey Shankle as Farquaad. by Amanda Gunther

Things are looking up here in Duloc! And it is certainly a long look up for actor Jeffrey Shankle playing the antagonizing villain in Shrek the Musical at Toby’s Dinner Theatre, after all …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:55PM
Sunday, June 1, 2014

‘Bareback Ink’ at Iron Crow Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

A blank canvas. Every artist’s dream come true. Unless the canvas isn’t yours, and the art isn’t yours. Possession. Obsession. Failing to nurture basic needs verses carnal instinct…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:31PM

‘Tribes’ at Everyman Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Everyman Theatre closes their 2013/2014 season with British playwright Nina Raine’s gripping, heartwarming, coming-of-age story Tribes about a dysfunctional family and a young son who…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:14PM
Saturday, May 31, 2014

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at The Lyric by Amanda Gunther

Baltimore is off to see the wizard! The Wonderful Wizard of Oz! Following the yellow brick road all the way from Toronto the touring production of the MGM film classic The Wizard of Oz touch…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:16PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

’42nd Street’ at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Come and meet those dancing feet on the avenue down at the docks of Annapolis as the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre presents 42nd Street to kick-off their summer of 2014 season. With well-…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

‘The Schemings of Scapin’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Amanda Gunther

Bodies are humorous again! For two years running now! Returning for their second annual “Comedy in the Courtyard” series, Annapolis Shakespeare Company is back and bringing the laughter …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:56PM
Sunday, May 25, 2014

‘On the Wheels of a Dream’ Part 4: The Family Group: Santina Maiolatesi (Mother), Cory Jones (Father), and Brian Nabors (Younger Brother) by Amanda Gunther

In New Rochelle, a family who was really just your ordinary upper class family of the time, came to experience life far different from the one they knew when Mother discovered a baby in the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22AM
Friday, May 23, 2014

‘Taking Tiger Mountain’ at The Baltimore Annex by Amanda Gunther

The Baltimore Annex Theater is shaking things up with an adaptation of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy written by Guo Tai Gong. Adapted and Directed by the company’s Artistic Director …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:58PM
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

‘Curtains’ at Silhouette Stages by Amanda Gunther

Putting on a musical is the most fulfilling thing a person can do, and the people of Silhouette Stages provide a thoroughly fulfilling experience for theatergoers in Howard County with their…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:39PM
Monday, May 19, 2014

‘The Arabian Nights’ at Silver Spring Stage by Amanda Gunther

If the wind’s from the east, and the sun’s from the west, and the sand in the glass is right, then come on down, stop on by, hop a carpet and fly to Silver Spring Stage to see their sens…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:26PM

‘Habeas Corpus’ at Greenbelt Arts Center by Amanda Gunther

Somewhere between the loving and the lying, the kissing and the crying, and the living and the dying is a British farce called Habeas Corpus. Written by Alan Bennett and Directed by Pauline …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:03PM
Friday, May 16, 2014

‘Another Day on Willow Street’ at Compass Rose Theater by Amanda Gunther

Today is just like any other day; a normal ordinary day. Until it isn’t any more. Today should be the day that you stop procrastinating and go to Compass Rose Theater to see the world prem…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:50PM
Thursday, May 15, 2014

‘The Piano Lesson’ at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Gunther

You can’t sell your soul for money. But at what point does the sentimental value of a family heirloom become diminished enough to sell it for money? When ghosts of the past, both figurativ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:51PM

‘Story of My Life: The Freak Flag Chronicles’ at Toby’s ‘Shrek’: Part 2: Ashley Johnson (The Dragon) by Amanda Gunther

She’s gonna love you forever! A big mean, fire-breathing machine! Part Two of the Story of My Life: The Freak Flag Chronicles interview series takes flight with cast member Ashley Johnson,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:03PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

‘On the Wheels of a Dream’: Jacob Stuart (Tateh), Katie Tyler (Evelyn Nesbit), and Lauren Blake Williams (Emma Goldman) at Arts Collective @HCC’ by Amanda Gunther

In Latvia, a man dreamed of a new life for his little girl. At Union Square a rebel with a cause for justice spoke up. And in 1906 the crime of the century was wrapped around a girl on a swi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50AM
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

‘These Shining Lives’ at The Colonial Players of Annapolis by Amanda Gunther

Things that shine: the waters reflecting off the sand of the Great Lakes, the stars in the Chicago night sky, the jangling coins of 8¢ a watch at the bottom of your purse, and the Colonial …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:14PM
Monday, May 12, 2014

‘Light of Night’ at Venus Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

Love is more than safety and self-sacrifice; it is freedom and being able to receive someone else’s sacrifice. A stronger message will be tough to find, especially when it comes to being a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:06PM
Sunday, May 11, 2014

‘Peter and Wendy’ at Pumpkin Theatre by Amanda Gunther

What little girl doesn’t want to be whisked away from their nursery window out to the second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning? And what little boy doesn’t want to go on d…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:59PM
Saturday, May 10, 2014

‘Nabucco’ at Lyric Opera Baltimore by Amanda Gunther

No one in peril had faith in God and perished. Verdi’s celebration of spirit, sacrifice, and faith comes to The Lyric Opera Baltimore to close out the 2013/2014 season of Redemption and Re…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:57PM

‘Ragtime’ at Arts Collective@HCC by Amanda Gunther

The wheels are turning, the dream is burning; justice and love and a time where the music inspired the world to build a better hope for tomorrow. They call it Ragtime, and it’s on the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:22PM
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at Hippodrome Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Glowing! Ringing! Flying! That can only mean one thing! Peter and the Starcatcher has landed at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre as a part of the Broadway Across America— CareFirst Hippodr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

‘The 39 Steps’ at Dignity Players by Amanda Gunther

After nine years of excellent theatre, Dignity Players will be closing their doors, but they aren’t going out without a bang. Action! Excitement! Romance! Special Effects! Chases! Deceptio…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:54PM

‘The Fantasticks’ at Rep Stage by Amanda Gunther

Try to remember, four months before September when Rep Stage mounted The Fantasticks to close their season. A classic love fable springs to mind; the Music by Harvey Schmidt, the Book and Ly…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49AM
Sunday, May 4, 2014

‘Les Misérables’ at Kensington Arts Theatre by Amanda Gunther

I dreamed a dream in time gone by that one of Broadway’s most moving stories came to the Kensington Arts Theatre. Life has made the dream I dreamed a reality as Les Misérables opens the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:49PM

‘On the Wheels of a Dream’: Shayla Lowe and Jamar Brown on Playing Sarah and Coalhouse in ‘Ragtime’ at Arts Collective@HCC by Amanda Gunther

They call it Ragtime, yes they do! Continuing on in the ‘On the Wheels of a Dream’ interview series, I’ve sat down with Shayla Lowe and Jamar Brown, playing Sarah and Coalhouse in the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:15PM

‘Amadeus’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

I don’t believe it. Salieri. What does he cry? Salieri. We won’t believe it! Salieri! I know who started the tale. What a story! What a scandal! And the only way to discover the truth is…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:12AM
Friday, May 2, 2014

‘La Cage aux Folles’ at Dundalk Community Theatre by Amanda Gunther

It’s a bonanza, it’s a mad extravaganza and it’s arrived at Dundalk Community Theatre to close out their season. With Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman and the Book by Harvey Fierstein,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:57PM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Young Playwright’s Theater’s ‘New Play Festival’ by Amanda Gunther

Inspiring students to realize the power of their own voices for nearly 20 years, The Young Playwright’s Theatre is hosting their annual New Play Festival. Held over a series of three eveni…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:37PM

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Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards