The newly formed Quackensteele Theatre Company introduced itself last night to the DC area with a very impressive debut production of Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical tick, tick&…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:38AMEd Dixon is currently very busy over at Signature Theatre. He is part of the cast for a new musical called Cloak and Dagger. As we all know performing is not an easy job but Ed also wrote th…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:53PMFrank Britton, one of the area’s busiest actors was brutally attacked in Silver Spring MD by four lowlifes on May 26th 2014 as he was hailing a cab to go home. Britton is currently per…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:45PMMike Bartlett’s play C**k now playing at Studio Theatre examines the questions of do we really know what lifestyle we want to choose for ourselves and will we be happy with that choice. …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:45AMRandy Johnson’s work is being represented for the second time this season at Arena Stage where he is currently the director of Smokey Joe’s Café — The Songs of Lieber and Sto…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:35PMEvery once in a while I get to work an event that gives me total satisfaction. This past Friday night at Theater J was one of those times. As you might know from past features, I will always…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:15AMThere are some musicals that never get their just due in NY. Stephen Schwartz’s biblical masterpiece Children of Eden is one of those shows. It had a rough go of it with its London premier…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:52AMJohn Leslie Wolfe is currently portraying the corrupt police chief Tiger Brown in Signature Theatre’s production of The Threepenny Opera. John has been seen onstage in NY in an eclec…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:41PMEmily Young is currently onstage at Folger Theatre as part of Fiasco Theatre’s production of The Two Gentleman of Verona in the roles of Lucetta and Sylvia . She was seen on Broadw…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:52PMWashington National Opera’s current production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, now playing at Kennedy Center’s Opera House, is well sung and has, as far as operas go, a lighthearted story…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:25PMToday’s column is one of a very personal nature and the subject is a person I care very deeply about. Virginia Gregory for many years played Luisa in The Fantasticks at Sullivan Stree…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:54AMKurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera has to be one of the more difficult musicals from the last century for a theatre company to produce, but Arlington VA’s Signature The…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:10PMMany plays, musicals and movies use Hollywood as a backdrop. Sunset Boulevard, City of Angels and Mack and Mabel are a few examples of how Hollywood has crossed into other mediums of enterta…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:16PMThis past Monday evening, the 30th annual Helen Hayes Awards were handed out at the National Building Museum in DC and for the first time I was privileged to be in attendance. As you might k…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:48PMGlen Berger’s play, Underneath the Lintel, shows us the effects of taking your job way too seriously. The solo piece, now playing at Metro Stage, features veteran actor Paul Morella as a D…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:04PMInes Nassara is currently playing Ronny in the smash hit production of Hair at Keegan Theatre. Ines recently made a big impression on me and everyone else as the Civil Rights Marcher in Cros…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:53PMKate Skinner is currently playing the role of Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s epic rep of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. Kate’s many appearances at STC include The A…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:49PMMany plays and movies deal with one of the most horrific events in modern history – the Holocaust and anyone that’s seen the movie Schindler’s List or C.P. Taylor’s play Good knows…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:58PMItzhak Perlman is one of the world’s greatest violinists. His performances have garnered fifteen Grammy Awards and four Emmys. If you don’t know Perlman’s work from the classical world…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:40PMPeter Flynn is currently the director of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Ford’s Theatre. Peter’s main production debut at Ford’s Theatre was a big one as he…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:21PMGabriela Fernandez-Coffey is currently portraying Haikumom (Odessa) in Water by the Spoonful at Studio Theatre after appearing there last season in The Motherf***er with the Hat. Ms. Fernan…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:29PMScratch one off the bucket list for this reviewer. I have been fortunate to see and work on a number of solo shows in my career and have now seen live onstage the one piece that is the pre-c…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:45PMJulie Dixon is currently playing the title role in Violet at the Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts. Julie’s story is an another example of why Theatre Lab is my favorite arts in…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:56PMThe current tour of the high energy production Bring It On The Musical roared into the Music Center at Strathmore this past weekend and turned, what is usually a hall known for concerts, in…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:19AMHallie Foote is currently making her Arena Stage debut as Rosalynn Carter in the world premiere of Camp David . On Broadway she earned a Tony nomination for her performance as MaryJo in …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:38PMEleven deaf and blind actors are in a kitchen making, kneading, and baking dough. ”Welcome to our darkness and silence,” one says. “We invite you to share our everyday l…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:37AMI see all kinds of theatre and for college level productions, American University ranks as one of the highest. Sam Edgerly went through the theatre program at American University and is now …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:20PMLots of theatre programs give young people a chance to be in a production in an educational setting. A recent example of this would be Les Misérables at The Theatre Lab School of the Dramat…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:45AMSonia Manzano should be a familiar face to all of you, particularly if you or your child have been watching Sesame Street anytime since 1971. Sonia has been portraying the character of Ma…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:09PMPerformers create solo shows for any number of reasons. The ones that resonate the most with me are when they are based on the performer’s life and are presented honestly. In the case of A…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:48AMClick on the links in the introduction to hear samples of Don Harper’s music. Don Harper is a Los Angeles based film and TV composer, orchestrator, and conductor whose work is current…
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