Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Radio Golf was August Wilson’s last play and was completed in 2005. I came across it about 8 years ago which was right around the time the United States was about to elect its first Africa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:25PMSunday, August 7, 2016
You may ask yourself why anyone would want to see The Wizard of Oz one more time, especially a semi-professional theatrical production at a county rec center, when you can pick up the MGM mo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:17PMThursday, August 4, 2016
by John V. Trautwein Several months ago when I found out that both Jackie Evancho and Agne G would be singing at the same festival in Milwaukee, I had to find a way to be there. I immediate…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:19PMTuesday, August 2, 2016
In his program notes, Director Christopher Dwyer states there are good reasons why Shakespeare’s play have stood the test of time, and “one is that the stories are so rich and accessible…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:38PMThe Sterling Playmakers have put their unique twist on the musical Oliver!, based on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Oliver! has music, lyrics, and a book by Lionel Bart. Co-Directors…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:58AMSaturday, July 30, 2016
The inevitability of change defines the human experience. We are all subject to our desires, even when we don’t fully understand them. And curiosity and the intrinsic want and need to feel…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:24PMMost of us know how William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ends. Romeo, thinking his precious Juliet dead, drinks from a vial of poison. When Juliet awakens, she sees Romeo dead and stabs …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:16AMWe received this sad news from Arena Stage. A pillar of our theater community has passed away. We send our condolences to the Arena Stage family and to Zelda’s family. And thank you Ze…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:59AMTuesday, July 26, 2016
In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Carlos Castillo. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropol…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMIn Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Lexi Rhem. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropolitan Y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMMonday, July 25, 2016
In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Erin Claeys. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropolitan …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMSunday, July 24, 2016
In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Erin Claeys. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:51AMHow to Quit Your Day Job to Debut in New York City on July 3oth Jonathan Larson wrote a song a day. This may be a musical theatre urban myth, but it’s constantly on loop in my mind. In any…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:36AMThursday, July 21, 2016
Theatre Lab Students Take ‘Superstar’ Turn in Summer Teen Institute Production Ben Cherington and Jack Posey are both veterans of The Theatre Lab’s summer Musical Theatre Institute for…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:12PMMonday, July 18, 2016
With a title like Maids of Honor one would expect romantic comedy “scmoop” and wedding hi-jinks, but if you had ever seen a production at Unquiet Theatre before, you would know …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:54PMEver hear the term “Faustian Bargain”? Well – this is the origin of the story. Plunge the depths of the human soul. Explore morality through a Victorian lens – presen…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:25PMFriday, July 15, 2016
The many works of William Shakespeare were never meant to be read sitting down in a classroom. Shakespeare would have dreaded the idea of high school students sitting in desks, silently read…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00PMThere is much that the average theatre-goer does not know about the Grand Guignol, the French Theatre of Horror that originated in the 1800s and is being revived in Molotov Theatre Group’s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:28AMThursday, July 14, 2016
Disney Magic rarely disappoints and the same can be said for Charm City Players. Their latest full production of The Little Mermaid can be seen now through July 17, 2016 at the gorgeous Harr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:06AMThursday, July 7, 2016
Capital Fringe Preview: H5x7 by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Kevin O’Connell “Suppose within the girdles of these walls,” begins Shakespeare’s Henry V, “Are now…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:15PMHere is Part 5 of 5 in a series of interviews by Sharon J. Anderson, Contemporary American Theater Festival Trustee/Professional Story Listener and Creative Director. Meet Playwright Chisa H…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:57PMFrom the Author Wayne Nicolosi: Growing up in New Jersey, every day was filled with natural, working-class comedians and poets. Whether mowing lawns, fixing cars or sitting at the bar, they …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:18PMAward-winning new play examines the heartbreak and humor of death. The story of Coping began with a tragedy; a friend of Playwright Jacob Marx Rice, who had been struggling with depression f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:47PMSouthern Railroad Theatre Company presents DEATH BE NOT LOUD! (a contemporary Southern comedy) By Susan Jackson as part of the 11th Annual Capital Fringe Festival July 7-31, 2016 Southern R…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26PMWednesday, July 6, 2016
5 Questions with 22 Boom! playwright Miranda Rose Hall by Angela K. Pirko and Miranda Rose Hall Angela: What was the inspiration for 22 Boom! Miranda: It was a compilation of plays that I …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:58PMTrump’s Theatrics Play Out On The Fringe Festival Stage Believe it or not, John Krizel had the idea and title for his play Let Trump Be Trump months before the slogan, a wink to The West W…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:07PMThey may be dead, but the Romanov sisters aren’t letting that slow them down! They’re back and taking the world by storm with a electro-pop concert that sets the record straight …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:14PMWhat happens when you combine opera with an episode of Frasier? You get a comedy of operatic proportions. You get Do Not Disturb, which will be presented by The Forgotten Opera Company in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:18AMWhat is One Mutual Happiness? Take one totally unqualified wedding officiant, toss in an innovative composer, mix with four weddings and one prolonged illness. Add a generous scoop or two of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21AMPerfect Liars Club: The Smash Hit Storytelling Interrogation Returns to Capital Fringe “…storytelling at its finest — honest.” — The Washington Post Maybe you’ve been to …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01AMTuesday, July 5, 2016
We knew it had to be the blood eggs. When you’re only given four minutes to present your play at the Fringe Preview night, it focuses you. You’ve been immersed in a rich, funny, tragic, …
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