The Sondheim masterwork Sweeney Todd slashed its way into George Mason University this weekend, as Virginia Opera presented its version of the darkly enthralling musical experience. Sweeney …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:51PMStephen T. Wheeler as Felix Geisel, Melissa Dunlap as Madge Geisel, Frank Gorrell as William Gillette, Dina Soltan as Daria Chase, Kathryn Johnston as Martha Gillette, Michael Schwartz as Si…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:38PMWith a show entitled Three Sistahs, you betta bring the ‘tude, and the sistuhs do just that, in spades. Alexandria’s MetroStage theatre has sisterhood on display in all its strength, fru…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:49PMWho doesn’t like a musical revue? Its like going to a buffet, where you can choose the stuff that suits your tastes. You might get a surprise. And if one serving is not to your liking, ano…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:16PMFaced with summer blockbusters, both in film and theatre, and the delightfully diverse DC Fringe experience, this time of year around the nation’s capital is palpably full of the avant-gar…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:32PMYes indeedy, your intrepid male reviewer ventured to the Warner Theatre to take in one of their briefly running summer offerings, Menopause, The Musical. In a straightforward nostalgic style…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:01PMLittle known in our current awareness is a time in the late 1920s when Harlem, in the ‘high numbers’ of Manhattan Island, was a centerpiece of an artistic, social and intellectual reviva…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:53PMThe Hub Theatre’s spring fling is a theater piece with an old fashioned setting, modern theater elements and a timeless message. Don’t get wrapped around the title of Failure: A Love St…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:56PMThe Lieutenant of Inishmore is a biting, dark comedy that makes quite a splash – most of it crimson. It is a theater event that needs to be fully experienced with all senses ablaze rather …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:48AMXanadu rolls into the Reston Community Center this month as a cheeky time capsule of one of my favorite decades… the 80s. 1980 to be precise. Big hair, spandex, phones with wires on them, …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:23AMIf thoughts of high school calculus make you cringe, and words like quadratic, derivative, and exponential polynomial make your eyes glaze over, fear not. Advance prep and number 2 pencils…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:54PMYou know its coming. You wait for it with nervous expectation. Your ears tingle in readiness as you listen to her reluctant music collaborator and friend, Cosme McMoon, sitting in a 1940s ja…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:30PMThe Shakespeare Theatre has saved us from a dreadfully unbecoming winter of single digit desolation by bringing us Oscar Wilde’s self-described ‘trivial’ ode to language: The Importanc…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:00PMThe patterns that we fall into every holiday season are insidiously familiar. With Thanksgiving as the starting gate, we end our fall events and the “Holidays” come. Along with radio j…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:00PMThe quintessential theatre-lover’s play, Noises Off arrives at 1st Stage Theatre in Tysons as distinctly fun escapist fare for the holiday season. It is loaded with F’s…frantic, frolic…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:30PMBe prepared to be hit by and possibly Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave. Hub Theatre’s imaginative presentation of Canadian playwright David Yee’s new play is a theme-based evening c…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:00AMRecalling the wise words of a director I worked with in my formative years, he once intoned “I wish theatre groups not take on Man of La Mancha unless they are prepared to do it right.” …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:00AMA Tribute to R & H and ALW Concert is both a mouthful and a collection of some of the most beloved songs crafted by these composers. Performed by the Reston Community Players in a grand…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:09AMThe premiere production of NextStop Theatre unveiled this past weekend, with the uproariously enjoyable sendup, The 39 Steps. NextStop is the new incarnation of Elden Street Players, a basti…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:34AMSignature Theatre’s ambitious forays into extravaganza theatre continue as Miss Saigon whirls into town. But just like a first love that you meet years later, the second time around can so…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:00PMSignature Theatre’s Sizzling Summer Cabaret is an opportunity to spotlight some of Signature artists and area performers in the cool confines of its smaller, cozy venue. Dropping in on a W…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:00PMTake a heinous and tragic death and followup military intervention, infuse it with a steady supply of testosterone, and we get a show that invokes our own moral code of what and who the mili…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:16AMThe symphony on a temperate summer night. Musicians in short sleeves, sending off lilting vibrations into the cooling air, the possibility of musical magic. Even better, a theme to lend …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:00PMEveryone knows that international disputes and jingoistic land grabs are made easier to handle with a pulsating soundtrack. Giving deserved pub and decibels to a quite unappreciated world co…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:00AMJust as revenge is best served cold, issues of personal identity are best handled lightheartedly and with a touch of kindness. So it is with upcoming playwright Jordan Harrison’s work Ac…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:00AMPart of the wistfulness of nostalgia is the feeling that those special moments can never be brought back. We’re too polarized, too jaded, to wise for our own good. It was suddenly put to r…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:44AMTheatre as an artistic medium engages us with a combination of our senses, including our senses of imagination and creativity. Some plays are tuned to the ear–the ebbs and flow of lang…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:00AMWow, Noel Coward sure knows how to shake up a room, and make intergalactic hanky-panky palatable. 1st Stage Theatre’s Blithe Spirit is a soaring production that delivers delicious bon mots…
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