The singing, dancing, and songs are all highpoints. The filming, editing, and lighting are all superb.
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SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:31PMEarth, wind, fire and water…all the elements were there in the Ballet Theatre of Maryland’s online debut of “Momentum” from Prince George’s Community College’s tech-savvy perform…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:31PMOne of the benefits of online reviews is that you can go back to YouTube streaming and catch what you missed. This was the case last Saturday night when a late Seder dinner kept me from tuni…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:22AMPatrick Page could read the telephone book and we would swoon. And when he speaks Shakespeare, his whispers and bellows send shivers up your spine. His lush bass voice resonates long after h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:50PMThe sad news came early on Wednesday, January 13. Delores King Williamshad died during the night from an aggressive cancer (she kept secretfrom her friends). No longer will see her brilliant…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:07PMFor nearly five decades, December has been devoted to “ The Nutcracker” newspaper reviews and finalizing the end-of-the-year “Best 10” lists for theater and dance performances. I …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:31AMLooking for something really cool to do this Halloween weekend? Check out The Next Ice Age (NIA), an amazing ice dancing troupe that will provide both tricks and treats. The company performs…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:22PMSomebody should bottle the boundless energy of Simon Godwin, the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, who hosted a fabulous fundraiser on YouTube on October 3. His enthusiasm i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:49PMJason Odell Williams is an award-winning playwright, a novelist, and Emmy-nominated television producer with wit and humor and intelligence that has come to the attention of international cr…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:51PMFour vocalists, three instrumentalists, and two dancers. That’s the field competing this year for the title of Howard County’s Rising Star, an honor bestowed annually at the Celebration …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:01AMIt’s no secret that Toby Orenstein has a direct pipeline to Broadway and Hollywood. This is especially true for the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA) where it all started for s…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:53AMIn this difficult time of social unrest Razzle Dazzle Radio explored the history of Gay Pride in Howard County and the world of cross-dressing in theater in Howard County and beyond. Larry M…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:40PMTony Shalhoub is a man of many talents. He sings, dances, and portrays unparalleled characters. Think Monk on TV who brought awareness to OCD; the sensitive Egyptian Captain in the award-win…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:48PMDuring the summer of 1984, young Edward Norton interviewed Columbia’s founder James W. Rouse for a teenage television program called “The Graffiti Show.” Jim Rouse looked directly into…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:06PMWhat better way to celebrate President John F. Kennedy’s 103rd birthday than by watching an original taping of “Revelations,” performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at the…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:01PMHere are a few tantalizing tidbits about our country’s premiere dance company, American Ballet Theatre, celebrating its 80th anniversary online, and its long history of fabulous galas, bot…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:58PMYears ago we critics often crashed parties after a show at the Kennedy Center or the long-gone Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore. Those were the days of unabashed fun, following the to…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:59PMLooking for a respite from the political chaos that surrounds us? Care to leave your troubles behind? How about an escape to the world of energizing, uplifting dance? Catch America’s favor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:38PMFor the record, classical ballet dancers do let loose once in a while. They enjoy tossing off those stiff upper body movements and tapping their toe shoes to a syncopated beat rather than fo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:30PMBalletomanes gather each fall, winter, and spring season to catch the Washington Ballet at the Kennedy Center or Sidney Harman Hall, depending on the production. However, the man usually sit…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:17PMRebecca “Becca” Friedman has walked the steps of so many visionary dancers before her. From her childhood gracing the Howard County stages as the Sugarplum Fairy to her contemporary danc…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:47AMOnce again, Olney Theatre Center (OTC) has put on a tap-happy show. This time it’s Singin’ in the Rain, where the audience hums the familiar tunes as they ratta-ta-tap back to their cars…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:31PMThese are heady times for Toby Orenstein. This weekend she commemorates 47 years as founding artistic director of the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA) and four decades at the helm …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:18AMSometime in the early 21st century, the dance planners at the Kennedy Center came up with a terrific idea: Invite nine regional ballet companies to perform one special work in three separat…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:25PMIt was a tony crowd that gathered at the Cured, a cool restaurant that celebrates the history of Merriweather Post Pavilion with posters throughout the bar and dining area. These folks – a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:40PMWhoever said “Timing Is Everything” must appreciate Shakespeare and should value the skills of contemporary playwright Ken Ludwig whose “A Comedy of Tenors” opened without a hitch la…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:06AMMore than any other major dance company, the world-famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater attracts an audience looking for a fun night on the town. These fans – who will no doubt be out…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:33PMThat grey cloud that has been hovering over the New York City Ballet for quite a while has lifted – at least it did last night at the Kennedy Center where everything was beautiful at the b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:21AMMarius Petipa must have been smiling from his grave last night when the American Ballet Theatre presented another brilliant Russian choreographer’s staging of Petipa’s Harlequinade. This…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:44PMHelgi Tomasson, Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer for the San Francisco Ballet, deserves a Kennedy Center Honor. Yep, the Icelandic native (with a lifelong devotion to ballet) no…
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