Regie Cabico is a master slam poet/stand up comic. He is currently performing in a return engagement of his solo show at fallFRINGE after a successful run this summer at Ca…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:29PMDawn Ursula is currently playing Desiree in Love in Afghanistan where she is making her Arena Stage debut with this role. Some recent Washington area appearances include Prudence in The …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:03AMSignature Theatre is the only theatre in the area that is constantly producing world premiere musicals; so for the first attempt of the 2013/2014 season, they have chosen to present a musica…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:15PMEvery once in a while there is a show I want to see, but for varying reasons I am not able to. In the case of the funkalicious musical Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk there was a very g…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:34PMSinger/songwriter Carole King’s songs have been a part of the American landscape for over 40 years now; so it seems right that someone would put together a tribute show to her for their la…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:00AMMaster storyteller, David Gonzalez is the proud recipient of the 2011 International Performing Arts for Youth “Lifetime Achievement Award for Sustained Excellence.” His work Doub…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:00PMSister Act started out as a blockbuster film starring Whoopi Goldberg, and then spawned a successful sequel as well. It is only natural that you would capitalize upon your success and turn a…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:00AMToday marks the second anniversary and number 272 of ‘A Quick 5′ column. Over the past two years the column has introduced you to many interesting and talented people working in …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:55AMThis Monday night at Flashpoint a whirlwind performance will take place as Qurrat Ann Kadwani brings her critically acclaimed one woman show They Call Me Q back to DC for one night only. I f…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:59PMSinger/composer Michael Cavanaugh is probably best known as the Piano Man from the Broadway production Movin’ Out, which was a show featuring the songs of Billy Joel. Cavanaugh brought hi…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:13AMJayme Lawson recently was part of the cast of The Rimers of Eldritch at The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts where she also appeared in Ragtime. She has also performed onstage at t…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:15PMHuge spectacle types of shows and me generally don’t go together, but the equestrian extravaganza presented by Cavalia known as Odysseo is a big exception to this rule. Boasting itself as…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:40PMSome musicals regardless of how they originally fared on Broadway just refuse to go away. Richard O’Brien’s love letter to B horror movies (or C and even D horror movies) is called The …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:56AMThornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker originally starred veteran actress Shirley Booth both on Broadway and in the subsequent film version. It is the story of a widow who is determined that her…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:36PMThis, which is now playing at Round House Theatre has a cast of five top notch actors and production helmed by Round House’s Producing Artistic Director Ryan Rilette. Sometimes with the…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:05PMPeople ask me after seeing a show if I liked or enjoyed it. Certain kinds of plays are not things that you like or enjoy. It would be like saying: “I enjoyed Schindler’s List.” The app…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:32PMTony Award winner and TV star Sutton Foster brought her familiar repertoire of Broadway tunes and standards to the Music Center at Strathmore and delighted the crowd with her signature belt …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:40AMIt always is a pleasure to see fresh talent tackling a show that they might not be familiar with. Montgomery College in Rockville is doing just that by presenting an early musical by the wri…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:22PMNothing makes a rainy night at Bethesda’s Music Center at Strathmore considerably brighter than listening to one of our best modern day song stylists singing songs made famous by arguably …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:02PMBack in 1980 Craig Lucas was in the chorus of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece Sweeney Todd on Broadway. When Lucas was asked to put together a revue for The Production Company he got the id…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:00PMChris Sizemore is currently playing the role of John in Miss Saigon which finishes it’s extended run at Signature Theatre this weekend. Previous Signature credits include …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:35AMChazz Palminteri is currently touring in his tour de force one man show, A Bronx Tale, which will play tomorrow night at the Lincoln Theatre in DC. The performance begins at 7:00. For…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:08AMWith all of the choices of things to do in our area, it’s always nice when something like what I’m about to tell you about comes along. I knew I had to see what was happening at…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:18PMAndré DeShields is currently performing in The Jungle Book at Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company in the roles of King Louie and Akela. He created the roles at Chicago’s Goodm…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:14PMSometimes seeing a show for a second time with several years in between viewings, makes me appreciate it more. When I saw the 2008 Tony Award winning musical In The Heights originally, I tho…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:00AMWhen you think of some of the songs that have become a part of our musical culture, chances are one man was responsible for the lyrics. His name was Johnny Mercer, and even if you don’t kn…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:48PMIt’s one thing to go to a symphony concert and hear a singer be at one with the audience and the orchestra. It’s completely different when the orchestra is DC’s own musical treasure, t…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:31AMStephen Spinella is currently playing the role of Christopher Benton in the pre-Broadway tryout of The Velocity of Autumn at Arena Stage. Stephen won two Tony and Drama Desk Awards for th…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:36AMWhenever a museum presents something theatrical, it’s usually 25 minutes or so, has some nice effects and just scratches the surface of its subject. The National Geographic Museum has chos…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:00PMRed Eye Gravy Theatre Company’s I Am You is a devised, original work that focuses on how we encourage and discourage people based on preconceived notions of who they are and what they …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:00AMIf a particular production can gage how a whole theatre season is going to be, then Torch Song Trilogy at Studio Theatre tells us that it is going to be a fantastic year of theatre here in D…
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