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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
Friday, March 28, 2014

‘Richard III’ at The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory by Amanda Gunther

‘Tis indeed the winter of our discontent with the never ending snow. And what better way to dispel the forces of winter than for the The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory to kick off their 201…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:42PM
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Tasty Tidings Part 2: An Interview with Lauren Schein on Spotlighters’ ‘Five Course Love’ by Amanda Gunther

She may be looking for love in all the wrong places…or maybe she’s licking the wounds of her bruised heart. Either way, Lauren Schein has the scoop for us on what it’s like to be a par…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:32PM
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

‘Seussical’ at Reisterstown Theatre Project by Amanda Gunther

If you open your mind, oh the things you will find waiting to get loose! When you attend the Reisterstown Theatre Project’s musical about Seuss! Springing lively to the stage, in a full vi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:08PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

‘The Homo Poe Show’ at Iron Crow Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

Conceived as a new work by Artistic Director Steven J. Satta, where each of the seven installments has an individual director, Iron Crow Theatre Company’s The Homo Poe Show - a reinvention…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PM

‘The Creation of the World and Other Business’ at Off The Quill by Amanda Gunther

The future can be no more turned away than light flowing off the moon, and a brand new company is making its first stage-play debut at the Greenbelt Arts Center. Off The Quill, a new DC-base…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05PM
Saturday, March 22, 2014

‘You Can’t Take it With You’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Amanda Gunther

What’s new in the world of plays, snakes, ballet, and fireworks? You’ll have to head over to the Laurel Mill Playhouse and see their production of You Can’t Take it With You to find ou…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:48PM
Friday, March 21, 2014

Tasty Tidings Part 1: An Interview with Fuzz Roark and Michael Tan on Spotlighters’ ‘Five Course Love’ by Amanda Gunther

There’s trouble in the kitchen! Five courses of fabulousness are being served up at The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre in Baltimore as they bring the regional premier of the new comica…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26PM
Monday, March 17, 2014

‘Mr. Marmalade’ at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative by Amanda Gunther

Having an imaginary friend is all fun and games…until it becomes a twisted dark comedy that tickles your funny bone in a most inappropriate fashion. Continuing down the dark and winding pa…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:19PM

‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Compass Rose Theater by Amanda Gunther

What soft on yonder stage doth break— ‘tis Romeo and Juliet and Compass Rose Theater is its host. The timeless classic; the Bard’s original romantic tragedy carries on in a classic fas…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:24PM
Saturday, March 15, 2014

‘Man of La Mancha’ at The Lyric Opera House by Amanda Gunther

To see life as it is and not as it ought to be is the gift of poets, playwrights, and now theatergoers of The Lyric Opera House in Baltimore as Man of La Mancha lands for a limited weekend e…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:10AM
Friday, March 14, 2014

‘Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy with a (Somewhat) Happy Ending’ at Boom Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

On the battlefield of politics coming armed with a shield and sword will do you little good. One must learn to stroke their opponent with one hand and fight them with the other. Boom Theatre…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:01PM
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Part 5 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of Interviews That Goes On and On’: Actress Priscilla Cuellar (Lady of the Lake) by Amanda Gunther

Whatever happened to her part? This series has gone on long enough without mentioning the stunning singing sensation The Lady of the Lake! It’s a tough life being a watery tart who hands o…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:09AM

’4 By Chekhov’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

People all too often associate Chekhov with dreary, serious, and emotionally draining. But there is a much lighter and comic side— even if the comedy is in a dark vein— to the great Russ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19AM
Monday, March 10, 2014

‘Ding. Or Bye Bye Dad’ at Venus Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Society has a collective concept of normal that we think everyone experiences, but as it turns out everyone has a unique experience and no one’s experience is quite the same as anyone else…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:55PM

‘Oliver’ at Silhouette Stages by Amanda Gunther

Consider yourself a part of the theatrical family if you find yourself headed out to Silhouette Stages to see their latest musical production, Oliver! With Music, Lyrics, and Book written by…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:05PM
Saturday, March 8, 2014

‘Five Course Love’ at Spotlighters Theatre by Amanda Gunther

There’s trouble in the kitchen! Of course there’s bound to be trouble when you mix romance and restaurants, but audiences across Baltimore never knew trouble could taste this delectable …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:11PM

‘Emancipatory Politics: A Romantic Tragedy’ at The Mobtown Players by Amanda Gunther

It’s incredible how quickly the artificial can become the organic. Politics have no place in love but all too often find their way between the emotions; like a weed forcing its way up thro…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM
Thursday, March 6, 2014

‘Lysistrata’ at Towson University by Amanda Gunther

No sex! No fun! Not ‘til there’s peace for everyone! Not sleeping with our men until they all find peace again! The age old protest of Lysistrata cries out in a new hybrid fashion of mod…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:46PM

‘Dark Passages’ at Bowie Community Theatre by Amanda Gunther

We all have shadows, secrets that we don’t want to admit to others. And when those shadows creep through darkened windows into the unsuspecting lives of those around us things can get dark…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:30PM
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Part 4 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of Interviews That Goes On and On’: David James (Herbert) and David Jennings (Lancelo by Amanda Gunther

His name is Lancelot! He likes to dance a lot! Journey along into part four of the Interview Series that Goes On and On and On as I sit down with David C. Jennings, playing four major charac…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:48PM
Sunday, March 2, 2014

‘I and You’ at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Guther by Amanda Gunther

Pronouns are particularly important to every day grammatical use as well as to one of America’s greatest poets, Walt Whitman. And when the figurative ‘you’ becomes everyone and everyth…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:21PM
Saturday, March 1, 2014

‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ at Vagabond Players by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

I’ll tell you what I know. What I saw, what I heard; the events as I would recall them as I witnessed the Vagabond Players’ production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a new adaptation by Jef…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:27PM

‘The Dresser’ at Everyman Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

There is danger in covering up the cracks. You can only hide behind a painted face for so long before the stuffing all comes flooding out and the truth is revealed. A hilarious and heartbrea…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:46AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

‘Driving Miss Daisy’ at Dundalk Community Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Some things never change, even when we’re nearing the end. A person’s determination and stubborn nature does not go way of the wind simply because they can no longer do the things they u…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

‘Pluto’ at Forum Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

“If I speak in the tongue of men or angels but do not have love I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13 or so the Bible says. What greater thing could there b…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:10PM

‘Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean’ at Greenbelt Arts Center by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Tragedy struck America in 1955 when that beautiful Porsche went careening off the side of the highway, taking with it that teenage heartthrob, James Dean. And the nation was never the same. …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AM
Monday, February 24, 2014

‘Back to Methuselah’ at Washington Stage Guild by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

If imagination is the beginning of creation, imagine a world where human beings could choose the length of their lives, creating for themselves an eternity of knowledge and power. Would you …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:37AM
Saturday, February 22, 2014

‘Superior Donuts’ at Silver Spring Stage by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Pick a verb. Any verb. Engaging, compelling, exciting; all good choices when it comes to describing Silver Spring Stage’s production of Superior Donuts. Written by Tracy Letts and Directed…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26AM
Friday, February 21, 2014

‘Picasso at the Lapine Agile’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Manda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Picasso and Einstein walk into a bar. Add in a couple more cleverly conceived curious characters and you’ve got a recipe for ridiculous comedy that will tickle your funny bone until your s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:55PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Part 3 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of Interviews That Goes On and On’: Actor Nick Lehan (Sir Galahad) by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Tally-ho! Onward we go, questing through a very dark and expensive forest to meet the next knight in this interview series, Sir Galahad, played by the handsomely dashing and rather talented�…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
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Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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