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Monday, May 14, 2018

Review: ‘Farce of Nature’ by The Potomac Playmakers by Guest Author

By Karen Lane Spring is in the air and the current production in the Potomac Playmaker’s season, Farce of Nature by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, is here to tickle your fu…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:18AM
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

News: Avant Bard to Conjure a ‘Tempest’ for Our Changed Climate by Guest Author

Culminating its 28th season making theatre on the edge, Avant Bard proudly presents Shakespeare’s classic comedy The Tempest at Gunston Arts Center May 31 to July 1, 2018, directed by …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:59PM
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Review: ‘South Pacific’ at St. Mark’s Players by Guest Author

By Andy Arnold You know the story. South Pacific brings a classic tale, outstanding voices, lively music, and a living set to Capitol Hill this month. Opening night offered plenty of energy …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05PM
Saturday, May 5, 2018

Review: ‘The Adams Family’ by Rooftop Productions by Guest Author

Full Disclosure? The Addams Family was a wild romp for the whole family! I made my way down to Oldtown Manassas to see Rooftop Productions’ take on The Addams Family. The story feels l…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:45PM
Friday, May 4, 2018

News: Gaithersburg Book Festival Returns May 19 with Books, Poetry and Music by Guest Author

Singer-Songwriters and Poets Take the Stage at 9th Annual Gaithersburg Book Festival Gaithersburg, Md. – May 4, 2018 – Singer-songwriters and poets will share their talents at the 9th An…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52PM
Thursday, May 3, 2018

News: Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, VA, Presents ‘Always…Patsy Cline’ by Guest Author

Emmy Award-winning actress Sally Struthers returns for her fifth engagement at the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as Louise Seger in Always…Patsy…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:20PM
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Interview: Composer Gregory Spears Unpacks Thoreau in Upcoming DC World Premiere by Guest Author

On Saturday, April 28th at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, Vocal Arts DC will present their newly commissioned, world premiere of composer Gregory Spears’ song cycle, WALDE…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Best Medicine Rep Presents ‘New Plays/New Voices’: A Festival of Plays by Students, (Gaithersburg, MD, April 21) by Guest Author

Join Best Medicine Rep this Saturday at 1 pm for a free and funny celebration of arts education! New Plays/ New Voices, a second annual festival of work written by Montgomery County Pub…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:38PM
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Washington Performing Arts Presents the Return of Kronos Quartet Featuring Pipa Virtuoso Wu Man in ‘A Chinese Home’ by Guest Author

Collaborative multimedia work is a powerful reflection on tradition and transition. The Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet returns to D.C. on April 19, 2018, with longtime collaborator Wu Man to …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AM
Monday, April 16, 2018

Review: ‘Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery’ at Greenbelt Arts Center by Guest Author

By Andy Arnold If you enter Greenbelt Arts Center expecting Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery to focus on Holmes and Watson, you will be disappointed. What you will find …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:11PM
Friday, April 13, 2018

Reston Community Players to Present ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ April 20-May 12 by Guest Author

Raise your skirts and bob your hair, because the toe-tapping flapper frolic Thoroughly Modern Millie is ready to take the stage at Reston Community Players. Based on the 1967 Academy Award-w…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:03AM
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

News: Lauren Gunderson’s ‘Natural Shocks’ Reading to Address Gun Violence by Guest Author

WSC Avant Bard will present a reading of Natural Shocks, a new play by Lauren Gunderson, on Monday, April 23, 2018, at 7:30 pm at 1st Stage, 1524 Spring Hill Rd, McLean, VA 22102, as part …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:22PM

Review: ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ at Spotlighters Theatre by Guest Author

By Kylie Miller Spotlighters Theatre is halfway through their run of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Robert…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PM

News: Young Artists of America to Dedicate Upcoming ‘Ragtime’ in Concert to Joel Makowitz, Offer Chance to Win Hamilton Tickets by Guest Author

Young Artists of America & Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras Present RAGTIME in Concert Over 275 local student performing artists to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the production’s …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:02PM

Report: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids Perform at the Library of Congress by Guest Author

On Saturday, April 7, 2018 student musicians in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program performed at Library of Congress’ Coolidge Auditorium as a part of a collaboratio…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:11AM
Friday, March 30, 2018

Review: ‘The Orphan Sea’ at Cohesion Theatre Company by Guest Author

By Kylie Miller Cohesion Theatre Company opened their third production of the season with La Llorona by Cecelia Raker and The Orphan Sea by Caridad Svich, which are playing in repertory. The…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:37PM
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Review: ‘410 [Gone]’ at Rorschach Theatre by Guest Author

A young Chinese-American woman identified in the playbill as “Twenty-one” but named Jamie (Linda Bard) is attempting to use her MacBook to contact her dead younger brother through a vide…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:43AM
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Review: ‘Love in the Time of Coloring’ at Trinadad Theater by Guest Author

Review by Betsy Lizotte Heather Frank’s solo cabaret of witty observations about the state of social interactions in a perplexing, high-tech world, combined with songs that she personally …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:02PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Cappies Review: ‘Sister Act’ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Anna Krelovich of Westfield High School. What happens when a flashy diva is forced to abandon her glitzy life and join a convent? Why, catchy 70’s tunes and unbreak…

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

News: Monumental Theatre Company to Stage ‘Brooklyn the Musical’ March 15-31 by Guest Author

Monumental Theatre Company’s latest offering, Brooklyn The Musical will be presented March 15-31, 2018. Directed by Michael Windsor, Brooklyn follows our lead character on her journey …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:43AM
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

News: Traveling Players Ensemble to Perform ‘The Trojan Women’ March 17 and 18 by Guest Author

Traveling Players Ensemble will present two public performances of The Trojan Women on March 17, and 18. The Trojan Women explores the consequences of war and women’s relationship …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:43PM
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Here Are the Winners of the 2017 WATCH AWARDS by Guest Author

THE 18th Annual WATCH AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED Sunday, March 11, 2018 – 7:00 pm at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA HERE ARE THE WINNERS (IN BOLD) Outstanding Set Design in a Musical (5) Skip…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:15PM
Thursday, March 8, 2018

News: Woolly Mammoth Appoints Maria Manuela Goyanes to Succeed Howard Shalwitz as Artistic Director by Guest Author

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the selection of Maria Manuela Goyanes to succeed co-founder Howard Shalwitz as the organization’s Artistic Director. Goyanes is curr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:42PM

News: The Welders Receive Grants for the Development of New Work by Guest Author

(Washington, D.C.) The Welders—Washington’s only playwrights’ collective devoted exclusively to developing and producing new plays—has received funding for artistic development of pr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:39AM
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

News: ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Coming to Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg by Guest Author

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, Virginia is excited to be the first regional theater in the metropolitan area to present The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Jus…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PM
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Reston Community Players Presents Tennessee Williams’ Classic ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ by Guest Author

It’s been called author Tennessee Williams’ best work and is widely known as his favorite. Now the classic Southern drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof takes the stage in Reston Community Player…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:53AM
Sunday, February 25, 2018

Review: Take the Stage Delivers with ‘Dynamic’ Revue by Guest Author

By Marco Mazzarino It isn’t often that you walk away from a performance of (mostly) adolescents giddy and excited. Especially if none of the performers are friends or family members. The p…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:31PM
Friday, February 23, 2018

Preview: ‘That Part is True’ at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival by Guest Author

That Part Is True, written and directed by DC local Madeline Farrington, is a psychological thriller for the resistance featuring activists, intrigue, betrayal, and garden stakes. As a blizz…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50PM

The Day My Great-Great-Grandfather Saved Frederick Douglass from a Probable “Lynching” by the U.S. Government Right After the Harper’s Ferry Rai by Guest Author

(DC Metro Theater Arts is pleased to publish this remarkable first-person history on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s birth and Theater Alliance’s pr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:14AM
Monday, February 19, 2018

Review: ‘The Boys Next Door’ at the Port City Playhouse by Guest Author

Review by Betsy Lizotte The Port City Playhouse production of The Boys Next Door is playful, yet provocative. This community theater, operating out of the Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Chur…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:12AM
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Review: ‘Count Down’ at Strand Theater Company (Women’s Voices Theater Festival) by Guest Author

By Cassandra Miller The seven teenage girls in The Strand Theater Company’s production — and regional premiere — of Count Down are the standout stars of the show. From the performances…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:02PM

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