Even from their first sour meeting, it’s clear Alice and Diana have chemistry. A deep and fast intimacy strengthens between them, a platonic summer romance, in parallel with their daughter…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:40AMMorals tomorrow, comedy tonight! For those seeking escapist delight, a laugh-out-loud musical croons just outside DC at Arlington’s Signature Theatre. Transport yourself to ancient Rome in…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:36PMThe fame and endurance of Billie Holiday’s discography overshadow the facts of her cruelly brief life, gone at just 44 years old. What would you give to have seen Holiday perform live, her…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:18PMHave you ever worn a hat so enchanting, you felt completely happy and a little bit magic? If you’re willing to imagine such a thing were commonplace, then you may enjoy the fable-like �…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:12PMIn a different decade for a different war, young people—just as hopeful, naive, and outraged—gathered in parks, city halls, and capitals to protest and plead. The hair may be longer, the…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:42PMHe’s green, he’s mean, he’s an unidentified plant with a thirst for blood! “Little Shop of Horrors,” composer Alan Menken’s 1980s ear-worm, horror-comedy classic, has landed at F…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:43AMWith a warm smile and welcoming arms, the sparkling hostess Roya invites you into her home for the Persian New Year. As patrons take their seats at Olney Theatre, she makes light small talk.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:59PMA ratchet cranks, or a gun cocks. Then, a snare drum cracks, or a bullet fires. A wounded man whimpers, or is it just a dog? The creative soundscape and direction of “Private Jones” echo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:29PMLike a sharp current through the brain, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical illuminates the rippling impacts of mental illness. Yorkey’s dar…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:55PMA story for “those who are part way in love with tragedy,” as the anti-hero protagonist self-describes his tale, accurately pegs the new musical, “Swept Away.” The gorgeous folk-rock…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:47PMA new production of “Evita,” with rumored Broadway ambitions, has landed at Shakespeare Theatre Company. First conceived for the 2019 New York City Center (NYCC) Gala Presentation, then …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:40PMThis one is for the Rentheads! If you can belt “La Vie Boheme” from memory and recognize “Seasons of Love” from its first piano bars, “RENT in Concert” delivers as you’ve never…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:00PMAttend the tale! Sweeney is back in DC in all of his pie-eating, throat-slitting glory. Rounding out Signature Theatre’s Season of Sondheim in honor of the late and great composer, this in…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:44PMWhile the real-life WGA strike grinds Hollywood to a stop, a new play in DC is ripping into the racist and sexist inner politics of TV writers’ rooms. Highlighting Asian-American experienc…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:08PM“Great is the hope that makes men cross borders.” In 2015 and 2016, thousands arrived in the Calais “Jungle,” a refugee encampment on the coast of France, 22 miles from England. Flee…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:59PMReluctantly, Naveen Gavaskar’s parents have reconciled themselves to their son’s sexuality, watching “Milk” for research purposes as they wait to meet his Hindu, Marathi-speaking …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:45PMWhat is your ideal sandwich? A nostalgic classic like PB&J or pastrami on rye? An elevated farm-to-table grilled cheese on fresh crusty bread? Artisanal chicken breast with arugula and A…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:32PMSt. Cassian High School Chamber Choir were dealt an unlucky hand—they came in second place when they were the only team in competition; they hail from the boring small town of Uranium, Sas…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:21PMWilliam Shakespeare’s script for “The Tempest” innately contains much magic and music. In Aaron Posner and Teller’s (of Penn & Teller fame) production at Round House Theatre, the…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:01PM“Do you know what you wish? And are you certain what you wish is what you want?” Classic fairy tales collide in “Into The Woods,” where wishes come true, but happily ever after misle…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:10PMIn mid-2000s Newark, there were few good options for the young people we today know as “DREAMers.” DACA would not begin accepting applications for years, NYC was over a decade out from p…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:44PMWhen family matriarch Gloria dies, a raucous multi-day wake begins, testing her family’s stamina and composure. Depicting the Caribbean tradition called Nine Nights, Natasha Gordon’s pla…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:33PMA dark, wonderful, and unusual musical graces Theater J at the Edlavitch DCJCC this month. “Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story” threads the relationship of two refugee Romanian Jews in Cana…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:09PMAlice Walker’s pulitzer-prize-winning epistolary novel, The Color Purple, has touched millions since its 1983 publication. Furthered by Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film adaptation, which sta…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:40PMIra Aldridge, a Black American-born actor from the 19th century, was the highest paid artist in Russia of his time, knighted in Britain, and received the Pour le Mérite award from the King …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:10AMIt’s time for the annual Memphis Hot Wings Festival, and this year a team of queer Black men—“New Wing Order”—is going to win it all. But as friends and family reunite to prep hund…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:23PMClichés of butterflies or fireworks might be cute, but a kiss that spills golden light out from the heavens, accompanied by the “Hallelujah” chorus is on an entirely different level. Be…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:58PMWith four centuries passed, it seems likely there will be new versions of “Romeo And Juliet” for at least several centuries more. One example, “Shakespeare in Love,” imagines a Willi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:51PM“Drumfolk” is a triumph, plain and simple. A showcase of dance and history, this production is the first of a multi-year partnership between Step Afrika!, the first professional stepping…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:20PMTall branches stretch skyward, a thick twisted trunk sways, and the coiled roots of an old Yew tree come walking—a monster called forth by a 13-year-old boy’s inner turmoil. Centering on…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:08PMEven if you are too young or out of the loop to know the name Gloria Estefan, you almost certainly know some of her earworm hits like “Conga” and “1-2-3.” The musical depicting her r…
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