Saturday, June 13, 2015
Hearken back to New Jersey in the 1980s when self-absorbed Yuppies worshipped Wall Street, hair gel, and blow dryers, and you have the setting for the 2006 Tony-nominated Broadway musical, T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:10PMSaturday, May 9, 2015
Consider, if you will, a 15-year-old boy growing up in Brooklyn, New York who longs to be a baseball star with the Yankees, but would give up that dream if he could see a naked woman for two…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:05PMFriday, April 3, 2015
Have you ever wondered what happened before Dorothy’s arrival in the Land of Oz in the classic 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz? How did the Wicked Witch become so wicked? How did the Good Wi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:51PMSaturday, March 28, 2015
The words “tuneful” and “energetic” only begin to describe Our Lady of Good Counsel High School’s production of the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray. Based on the 1988 John Wat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:36PMTuesday, March 24, 2015
“Too much sanity is madness!” This counterintuitive declaration is made by Don Quixote, the iconic lead character in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s current production of Man of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:09PMThursday, March 19, 2015
With a glorious mélange of words and music, Freedom’s Song: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War tells the story of America’s struggle to keep our nation together and abolish the wretched …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:06PMSunday, March 15, 2015
This weekend, the classic Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof was brought to life in spectacular fashion at the Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. With music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:38PMFriday, February 20, 2015
Do you love classic Broadway theatre? Do you love the work of legendary Broadway composers? Do you love clever satire, glittering costumes, and talented performers? If so, you will absolute…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:58AMThursday, January 29, 2015
In the world premiere production of The Widow Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre, playwright James Still and Director Stephen Rayne create a mélange of fact and fiction, mystery and history, in a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30PMThursday, December 18, 2014
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is both transcendent and transplendent! This fun and funny, family-friendly musical lights up the stage at The Kennedy Center this holiday seaso…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:58PMWednesday, December 3, 2014
Donny & Marie: Christmas at the National provides our nation’s capital with a sparkling and joyous holiday celebration. Superstar siblings Donny and Marie Osmond are every bit as charm…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:40PMMonday, November 17, 2014
“Why Can’t the English Teach Their Children How to Speak?” laments phonetics professor Henry Higgins upon hearing a cacophonous Cockney accent from a poor flower girl on a rainy night …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:02PMWill we ever get tired of the classic narrative, “boy meets girl—boy loses girl—boy gets girl”? Never! Especially when it’s presented as a singing, dancing, comedic extravaganza su…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:07AMThursday, October 16, 2014
“I have principles. I just don’t let them get in the way of what I want.” That’s how Elmer Gantry—a charismatic preacher-salesman-womanizer summarizes himself. But, he falls for S…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55PMSunday, October 12, 2014
What do you get when you combine bright and bouncy circus fun with some valuable life lessons? The answer is Not My Monkey, a delightful and highly interactive comedy, produced through a pa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PMSunday, September 28, 2014
Clifford Odets’ 1935 turbulent drama Awake and Sing! is a stark portrayal of a dysfunctional Jewish family in the Bronx, New York City in the mid-1930s. Set against the backdrop of the Gre…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:45PMMonday, September 15, 2014
Is it possible that the bullet that killed JFK was also the one fired from the Lexington and Concord book depository, and took off in a white Ford Bronco? Or that the Bill of Rights was supp…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
Dirty Dancing is a theatrical thrill ride that is waiting for you at The National Theatre! Based on the 1987 film of the same name, Dirty Dancing explores adolescent love, loss of innocence,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:15PMMonday, August 18, 2014
Theatre lovers can hearken back to the days when “psychedelic” and “flower power” were prevalent in the American vocabulary at the Pasadena Theatre Company’s tuneful and energetic …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:04AMMonday, August 4, 2014
Where can you find a combination of a fire-breathing dragon, a dozen fairy tale characters, first-rate singing, dancing, and comedy, an ogre, a princess, a king, and a donkey, plus important…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:31AMSaturday, April 26, 2014
Few, if any, “Founding Mothers” had a more profound influence on the early history of the United States than Dolley Madison. It would be an honor for any American to meet this legendary…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:25AMMonday, March 24, 2014
Sparkling dance numbers, controversial social issues, music, tragedy, romance, and humor combine to make Our Lady of Good Counsel High School’s production of West Side Story a fun and thou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19AMSunday, March 9, 2014
The words “tuneful” and “energetic” only begin to describe Magruder High School’s production of the Tony-award-winning musical Hairspray. Based on the 1988 John Waters film of the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:18AM 
