Wednesday, April 26, 2023
An earthquake can—either literally or figuratively—rock the foundations of a person’s life. In this two act, “song-play,” with music by John Adams and libretto by June Jordan, i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:00PMMonday, April 17, 2023
“Les Mis” is back! A spectacular production of the Tony-Award winning musical is currently playing in the Kennedy Center Opera House, featuring some of musical theatre’s finest actors,…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:42PMFriday, April 14, 2023
Washington’s theatre community gathered at the elegant Perry Belmont House on Tuesday evening to celebrate this year’s Helen Hayes Award nominees and raise a toast to yet another bountif…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:26PMFriday, March 17, 2023
‘”Gloria: A Life” at Theater J takes the audience on a journey through second-wave feminism with feminist icon Gloria Steinem (Susan Lynskey) as guide while she reflects on her youth a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:33PMTuesday, March 14, 2023
“Blue,” in its D.C. premiere by The Washington National Opera, elegantly makes use of a centuries’ old art form to tell a 21st century story. It is one with national repercussions, but…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:45PMThursday, March 2, 2023
In Sylvia Khoury’s “Selling Kabul,” lives swiftly unravel as the Taliban closes in on Afghan interpreter, Taroon (Mazin Akar) in retaliation for his collaboration with American militar…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:45PMMonday, February 13, 2023
The Royal Court Theatre Production presented in association with The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival Set both in real life and the virtual world of social media, the provocativel…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:48PMSunday, January 22, 2023
More than a century after its premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy, Verdi’s “Falstaff” continues to charm audiences with its humor, lovable characters, and magnificent score. The Maryl…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:07PMSaturday, January 21, 2023
Any musical theatre enthusiast alive in the 1980s (or maybe just anyone alive) will remember the immense popularity of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “CATS,” winner of seven Tony Awards® inclu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:11PMThursday, December 22, 2022
Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium was awash in color, rhythm, and light during the Dance Institute of Washington’s annual concert dedicated to the observance of Kwanzaa. This is …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:43PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
Witches and wizards have taken up temporary residence in the Kennedy Center Opera House in a spectacular production of “Wicked,” almost 20 years after the beloved musical made its Broadw…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:24PMMonday, November 21, 2022
“Just For Us” is an award-winning, one-man show starring the incomparable Alex Edelman at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. He keeps the audience laughing from the moment he appears onst…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:13PMSunday, November 13, 2022
Verdi’s ‘Un Ballo in Maschera” (“A Masked Ball”) is the Maryland Lyric Opera’s second production in an all-Verdi season featuring some of the composer’s best-loved works. In…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:11AMWednesday, November 2, 2022
Some of the opera world’s most glorious voices are currently filling the Kennedy Center Opera House in the Washington National Opera’s dazzling production of Verdi’s “Il trovato…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:50AMTuesday, October 25, 2022
Rorschach’s “Dracula” delivers the feminist revenge fantasy it promises with a witty, relentless, and bloody satisfying attack on the patriarchy. Loosely based on Bram Stoker’s Dracu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:36PMThursday, October 13, 2022
There’s only one Tina Turner in this world, but you’d be forgiven for doubting that reality after seeing “TINA – The Tina Turner Musical’ now playing at the National Theatre. The a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:09AMSaturday, October 1, 2022
Set in the 1950s, American playwright Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is a meditation on memory, the search for meaning, and the need to belong. Seen through a 21st century lens…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:45PMThursday, September 15, 2022
Set in 11th-century Scotland, “Macbeth” is a play in five acts that examines blind ambition, its effects on those who embrace it, and the consequences for anyone standing in its path.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:31PMWednesday, September 7, 2022
The winner of six Tony awards including Best Musical, ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has returned to the Kennedy Center this month, with a dazzling set and gifted cast. Written by Steven Levens…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:30PMWednesday, August 24, 2022
‘Firebringer: A New Stone-Age Musical’ is a laugh-out-loud reminder that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Directed by Michael Page with musical direction by Chad Raba…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:01PMTuesday, August 16, 2022
Coil Project’s world premiere of “Forgotten Monsters of Filmland” picks up the stories of classic literary characters whose lives, as reimagined in this production, continued on eve…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:32AMWednesday, August 10, 2022
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) opened the evening with Czech composer Bedrich Smetana’s “Vitava” (“The Moldau”) from Ma Vlast (My Country). The piece, which celebrates on…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:28AMMonday, August 1, 2022
Frederick Douglass’ spirit is once again gracing the nation’s capital in a world premiere of “American Prophet.” The musical, based on his writings and speeches, resoundingly demands…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:58PMMonday, July 18, 2022
The timeless beauty of Verdi’s “La Traviata” lives on. Recently it echoed through the woods of beautiful Wolf Trap—an ocean and more than a century away from where it originated—wi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:52PMTuesday, July 12, 2022
“Chemical Exile: Synthesis” is the final chapter and culmination of Rorschach Theatre’s second, season-long Psychogeography Project which began in October of 2021. “Chemical Exile…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:11PMSunday, June 26, 2022
Aaron Sorkin’s new play based on Harper Lee’s classic novel now onstage at the Kennedy Center is set in 1930s Alabama. It could just as easily have found a home in contemporary America, …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:39PMSunday, June 19, 2022
“Jersey Boys” celebrates the still-vibrant tunes of music superstars, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, with big dance numbers and quick and witty humor, wrapped in that most Americ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:57PMSunday, June 12, 2022
Maz (Emily Kester) is in Dublin for a protest urging the legalization of abortion in Ireland and Bricks (Jonathan Feuer) is on his way to collect his daughter for a day at the zoo. A chance …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:25PMTuesday, June 7, 2022
The Little Theatre of Alexandria has mounted a gem of a production in “Prelude to a Kiss.” Witty dialogue and a talented cast make for an enjoyable evening. For those who want somethi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:30PMMonday, May 30, 2022
Billed as a comedy, “Do You Feel Anger?” delivers an evening of humor, but amidst the laughter is a profound lesson about women’s experiences in the workplace and the desperate need fo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:21PMSunday, May 22, 2022
It wasn’t my first journey “Into the Woods,” but the production currently playing at Creative Cauldron is by far my favorite, due largely to the talent and enthusiasm of the cast, b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:46PM 
