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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

‘The Wild Party’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Amanda Gunther

Laurel Mill Playhouse is having a wild, WILD party and they’re inviting you! There’s excitement! There’s sex! There’s dancing! There’s scandal! It’s a roaring good time guarantee…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39AM
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

“Elling” at The Undercroft Theatre by Amanda Gunther

The urge to create goes hand in hand with the urge to destroy and The Washington Stage Guild is creating a beautiful classic upon its stage with their production of Elling, a part of Norwegi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:10PM

On The Wheels of a Dream: David Gregory on Directing ‘Ragtime’ at Arts Collective@HCC by Amanda Gunther

Come hear the music of something beginning, an era exploding, a century spinning! And it’s all happening at the Howard Community College’s Arts Collective as they present Ragtime! Take a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:31AM
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Incorruptible at The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre by Amanda Gunther

When times get tough you have to keep stretching the flour, or in this case the miracles. And remember, that miracles make saints and not the other way around. Unless of course you’re The …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32PM
Friday, April 25, 2014

‘Air Heart’ at Baltimore Theatre Project by Amanda Gunther

Once you have tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For pilots are forever dreaming up dreams and finding ways to be one with the sky. Amelia Earhart; …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:12PM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ at CENTERSTAGE by Amanda Gunther

Quickly becoming a household name when it comes to quirky comedies, Christopher Durang’s latest Tony Award-Winning play hits CENTERSTAGE as they approach the end of their 2013/2014 season…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:12PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

‘The Foreigner’ at Vagabond Players by Amanda Gunther

How does one acquire personality? Surely it’s not as easy as attending an uproarious comedy at America’s Oldest Continuously Operating Little Theatre? But of course it is! Vagabond Playe…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:51PM

‘Top Girls’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Everyone tries to cope with the ordinary drudgeries of their lives, some do better than others when it comes to success with their coping skills. Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls attempts to il…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:54PM
Monday, April 21, 2014

‘By The Way, Meet Vera Stark’ at Everyman Theatre by Amanda Gunther

People want their history to be heroic and uplifting, happy and fabulous. They want the heroes and heroines of history to be the same. But it can be exhausting trying to perpetually live the…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22AM

‘Jack and the Beanstalk— The Story of Jack and Daisy’ at Pumpkin Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Moo-moo, moo moo moo moo! Moo! As Daisy would say, which for those of you who don’t speak cow, is translated to say “There is a fabulous story happening at The Pumpkin Theatre right now!…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:29AM
Friday, April 18, 2014

‘Story of My Life: The Freak Flag Chronicles’ at Toby’s ‘Shrek’: Part 1: Heather Beck (Gingy) by Amanda Gunther

Let your freak flag wave! Let your freak flag fly! Never take it down, never take it down and raise it way up high! For everyone at the Toby’s Dinner Theatre production of Shrek the musica…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:24AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

‘The Lieutenant of Inishmore’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Four dead fellas, two dead cats, a hairstyle ruined, a broken-hearted sister. And all out of shoe polish. The culmination of which resulted in Martin McDonagh’s funniest, darkest comedy to…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:46AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

An Interview with Colonial Players’ Bat Boy: Ron Giddings by Amanda Gunther

Hold me, Bat Boy! Touch me, Bat Boy! Bring me to the light of Colonial Players’ edgy production of the cult classic Bat Boy: The Musical. In a behind the scenes look, I’ve captured a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:58PM
Sunday, April 13, 2014

‘Once On This Island’ at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Gunther

Test the strength of love against the power of death and you will discover why they tell the story. The ‘they’ of Olney Theatre Center as they present Once On This Island; a brilliant mu…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:45PM
Saturday, April 12, 2014

‘Shrek’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Once upon a time there was a little place called Toby’s Dinner Theatre that was nestled in the wooded highlands of Columbia, Maryland. And during their 35th year they decided to mount a li…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:02PM
Friday, April 11, 2014

‘The All-American Genderfuck Cabaret’ at Glass Mind Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Whether you’re a man or a woman, or something fabulous outside of the restrictive gender binary, chances are that in your day to day life you’ve done something that equates to the opposi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16AM
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

‘Singin’ in the Rain’ at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Good morning, good morning! I’ve seen the whole show through. Good morning, good morning! And it’s a pleasant show to view! Well good morning, good morning! That’s the thing to do— s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:01PM

‘Ghost’ The Musical at Hippodrome Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Suspend my disbelief; love really can conquer all, even death itself. In a stunning emotionally charged musical that strikes a chord in the cockles of your heart, love will find a way to sur…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:13PM
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

‘Other Desert Cities’ at Silver Spring Stage by Amanda Gunther

Acting or reality; the two are hardly mutually exclusive. We live with each other’s divergent truths because we know no other way to live. Our lives could be complete lies that we have no …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:01PM
Monday, April 7, 2014

‘The Memo’ at Single Carrot Theatre by Amanda Gunther

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SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32PM
Sunday, April 6, 2014

‘Reefer Madness’ at Being Revived by Amanda Gunther

STOP! Do you know where you children are? What they’re doing? What they could be— SMOKING? That vile vapor, that odious offender, that sinful slayer waiting to possess your sons and daug…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:31PM
Friday, April 4, 2014

An Interview with John Collins-The Director of ‘Arguendo’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

“How does one draw a line between Salome and the Kitty Kat Lounge?” A quote from Justice Antonin Scalia made famous during the Supreme Court case of Barnes vs. Glen Theatre. Exploring th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:29AM
Thursday, April 3, 2014

‘Argumendo’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

Can conduct communicate? In what instances do practices of non-speech— such as music, money, or dancing— become speech in the sense that they are then protected by the Constitution under…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:33PM

Tasty Tidings Part 3: An Interview with Shani Hadjian on Spotlighters’ ‘Five Course Love’ by Amanda Gunther

There’s even more trouble in the kitchen! What with Barbie needing a man named Ken, Sofia having an affair with Gino, and Rosalinda being caught in a three-way love triangle! Continuing th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ at 1st Stage by Amanda Gunther

Mounting Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan as their springtime offering is a perfect way for 1st Stage to shake off the chill of winter and welcome in the warmer weather. Directed…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:56PM

‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ at Colonial Players by Amanda Gunther

Sweet wounded Jesus! A fanged creature has been spotted roaming East street in Annapolis and shocking the patrons of the Colonial Players! Terrorized by the prospect that a freak runs among …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26AM
Monday, March 31, 2014

‘Bedside Manners’ at The British Players by Amanda Gunther

Will you be having your Mr. Smith in the blue room or the green room? Mind you, the blue room is awfully blue. Regardless of which room you’re sneaking off to, be sure you sneak off to The…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:27PM
Sunday, March 30, 2014

‘Hamlet’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Amanda Gunther

Since brevity is the soul of wit, I will be brief. Annapolis Shakespeare Company has mounted to the stage, for their first offering of 2014, Shakespeare’s noble tragedy: Hamlet. Directed b…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12PM

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at The Heritage Players by Amanda Gunther

It’s a pretty little picture: three houses each alike in dignity— wait, wrong play. Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight! And comedy is what you’re getting as the Heritage Players mount to…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52AM
Saturday, March 29, 2014

‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ at Ford’s Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Exhilarating— adj. “making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.” E-X-H-I-L-A-R-A-T-I-N-G. Exhilarating; the perfect word used to describe your mood once you’ve attend…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
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
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards