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Thursday, January 31, 2013

‘Our Town’ at Ford’s Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

You have to love life to have life and you have to live to love it. But so few of those who have life even realize that they have it let alone love it. That dawning realization flashes throu…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:30PM

‘Barefoot in the Park’ at Compass Rose Theater by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

A comedic romp up five flights of stairs (six if you count the stoop but who’s counting?) An empty apartment; a newlywed couple currently on the rollercoaster ride of their six whole days …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56AM
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

‘Steel Magnolias’ at Way Off Broadway by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Half of Chinquapin Parish would give their eye teeth to see a stage production of Steel Magnolias. With all the beauties in the beauty shop gossip going non-stop you will too! And The Way Of…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22PM
Thursday, January 24, 2013

‘The Minotaur’ at Rorschach Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

We all at some point wish our stories were different. But our stories are our own and that’s just the way it is. Or is it? What if your story change? What if you did have a choice? What if…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:10PM
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Be their guest! Be their guest! And put their spectacular show to the test! I’m certain it will pass with flying colors as NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and The Beast. Landing at Hip…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:43PM
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

‘The Music Man JR.’ (The ‘Music’ Cast’) at Bravo@KAT at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

76 trombones led the big parade— with roughly 110 great youth actors right behind. OK— maybe not 110 all at once on the stage, but somewhere close to that in the two casts of The Music M…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AM

‘August: Osage County’ at Everyman Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Broadway has come home to Baltimore as Everyman Theatre opens its doors at its brand new home on Fayette Street, bringing along with it the Pulitzer Prize-Winning play August: Osage County, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:01AM
Thursday, January 17, 2013

‘The Mountaintop’ at CENTERSTAGE by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

The final moments of a man’s life can be profound and deep, especially when they are the final moments of one man who touched humanity in a deeply profound way, leaving his legacy to chang…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:56PM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

‘Boged (Traitor): An Enemy of the People’ at Theater J by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Doing the right thing will always start a war. In a time plagued with controversy, a thought-provoking intensely profound new work comes out of Theater J’s ‘Voices From A Changing Mi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:39PM
Monday, January 14, 2013

‘The Tempest: Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On’ at Pallas Theatre Collective by Amanda Gunther

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with sleep.” William Shakespeare’s words straight from The Tempest. But those aren’t the only famous words of …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12PM

‘Rose’s Dilemma’ at Spotlighters Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Never trust the dead man you live with, especially if you can’t be certain whether he’s the ghost of your dead ex-lover or just your mind making you think he’s the ghost of your dead e…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013

‘Daddy’s Dyin’…Who’s Got The Will?’ at Bowie Community Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Four siblings in Lowake, Texas are forced together after years of estrangement in 1986 as they learn that their father is dying. Only one problem. Daddy’s will has gone MIA. All of the hil…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28AM
Saturday, January 12, 2013

‘Superior Donuts’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

A family run donut shop 60-years in the running, and a street savvy kid with great ideas and a great gambling debt. The zoned out hippy draft dodger who runs the store is the last person you…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:19PM
Thursday, January 10, 2013

‘The Birthday Party’ at Idly Bent Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

The new year brings a new show to the DCAC as Idly Bent Theatre Company presents Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party. Director Anne Cecelia Haney’s intentions for this production wer…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49PM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

‘Cirque Éloize: iD’ at The Lyric Opera House by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Imagine a world where the sounds of the cityscape are all you can hear, and street dancing is all you know. Now imagine that all you can see is the incredible feats of dare-doing acrobats an…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PM

‘Hot Nostalgia’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia is off to a sensational start for their new season. A bright and brilliant beginning to the new year comes in the form of a dazzling musical revue — Hot…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:28AM
Monday, January 7, 2013

‘Cut’ at Thunderous Productions by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

With a play about film editing, Thunderous Productions presents Cut, the Washington area premier of Crystal Skillman’s reality TV comedy play. But this production didn’t even come close …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:21AM
Saturday, January 5, 2013

‘The Mousetrap’ at Vagabond Players by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

The butler did it! Now, if only there were a butler character in this wildly thrilling murder mystery. Hold onto your pipes, detectives, because Vagabond Players are starting up the second h…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15PM
Friday, December 21, 2012

‘The Sound of Music’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Baltimore by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

The hills are alive with The Sound of Music, but only if those hills are the hills over at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Baltimore. The holiday season and new year are coming to life with the c…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:00PM
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

“Billy Elliott’ at Hippodrome Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Baltimore is being electrified for two weeks only as Broadway Across America in conjunction with Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions, and NETworks …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:40PM

‘The Hallelujah Girls’ at Prince George’s Little Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Need a break from the stresses of the holiday season? How about a soak in the sauna to ease all the pains of holiday shopping? Or a facial and mani/pedi to get your mind off all the decorati…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

‘Mannheim Steamroller Christmas’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

It was the most electrifying concert of the holiday season. Strathmore was proud to present for two shows only, the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas. An epic concert featuring the unique music…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:06PM
Monday, December 17, 2012

‘A (Comic) Christmas Carol’ at The Greenbelt Arts Center by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Ever wanted to play the humbugging Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Or what about the wicked and haunting ghost of Marley? Perhaps one of the three spirits that haunt the old miser? …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:15PM

‘The Pajama Men’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Two men. One stage. In their pajamas? The infamous Pajama Men have come to town and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is tossing their newest show In The Middle of No One up onto the stage just…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:51PM
Friday, December 14, 2012

‘White Christmas’ at The Kennedy Center by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

At this festive time of year we all hope that our days are merry and bright. But if you truly wish for the seasonal sentiment to reach out and touch your heart the place to go is The John F.…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PM
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

‘A Christmas Carol’ at Arts Collective @HCC by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Clowns for Christmas? Why only in Howard Community College’s Arts Collective’s presentation of A Christmas Carol, written by Dickens and adapted by Doris Baizley. A proverbial circus…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:39AM

‘A Christmas Carol’ at Colonial Players by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

‘Tis the season to be jolly! And jolly is indeed what Colonial Players is offering up for the holiday season with their unique time honored tradition of performing a version of Charles Dic…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

‘The Foursome’ at Bay Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

A brilliantly witty and easy comedy brings itself to the stage at Bay Theatre Company for the end of the 2012 year. A feel good funny piece coming direct from Canadian playwright Norm Foster…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:48AM
Sunday, December 9, 2012

‘What A Girl Wants’ at Strand Theater Company by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Taking on new challenges and new works is what Strand Theater Company is all about. And What A Girl Wants is definitely a challenging new work. Playwright and Director Deletta Gillespie bri…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Saturday, December 8, 2012

‘Annie’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

In this dreary economy the bright mantra ‘the sun will come out, tomorrow’ is perhaps even more profound than it was back during the stock market crash, Hoover-Roosevelt depression era. …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:40PM
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

‘Claudie Hukill’ at Venus Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Every small town has a small town hero. And for every small town hero there’s bound to be some family secrets that go along with him. Of course in a small town they probably aren’t as se…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AM

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