Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Running Time: One hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. Advisory: 13+ for strong language, blood and mature themes. Loud explosion noises and flashing lights. "fire work" runs through Se…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:13PM[SHARE]Friday, February 21, 2025
As she closes the book on her vivid reimagining of her Cuban childhood, Abuela Claudia (Rayanne Gonzalez) pleads with a phantom of her mother: "Now I'm wide awake, a million years too late."…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2024
There's nothing that cures the mid-December blues quite like something cozy. We yearn for comforting things in our lives"a crackling fire in a fireplace, warm meals, and simple, recognizable…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Within the first few minutes of sitting down to see "The Art of Care" conceived and directed by Derek Goldman, a cast member asked me the name of someone I'd cared for or who'd cared for me.…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:35PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2024
A naïve young girl (Christina Daniels) asks her youth leader (Charles Franklin IV), "Is there a difference between happiness from god and from drugs?" If your average addict were asked, t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:13PM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2024
"I have to rely on good vibes," Gallery owner Anita (Maya Jackson) says to a pair of pregnant sisters, to whom she's optimistically pitched a collaborative art piece. Alas, good vibes do not…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 2, 2024
Long journeys taken in parallel always come to a crossroads, which, in the case of Jonah (Isaac "Deacon Izzy" Ball) and his father Jean (Robert Cornelius), falls in a dive bar in Tennessee. …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 15, 2024
It feels appropriate for the mythic and historic to combine on the Folger Shakespeare Theatre stage. While that lens is usually academic and textual, it's now far more literal, with Folger f…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:44PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Within many works of fine art lie a mystery. The elegance of the image hides a trail of mysterious owners, whose actions hunting for such beauty may have been horrific. Estimates note that o…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:26PM[SHARE]When theatre is at its best, it is transportive. It summons, through the power of imagination, impossible things, giving them meaning through performance and emotion. It's a tricky sort of m…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2024
"...not sure I've ever seen anything quite like it. ....a delight, both visual and emotional"
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:14PM[SHARE]Friday, February 23, 2024
"...creates an emotional acuity quite rare on the contemporary stage... "Where We Belong" stands out as a piece that's as intellectually daring as it is emotionally resonant"
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:33PM[SHARE]Monday, February 12, 2024
Working is a bright celebration of the community that made that space so special.
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:30PM[SHARE]....tapped into something that both distinguishes this production and breathes new interest into it.
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:18AM[SHARE]Disconnection and longing are inherent in exile. When your home is taken from you, each street corner is a stabbing reminder of what is not yours. Each missed opportunity is a daydream of wh…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:08AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 21, 2024
Sunday, January 7, 2024
In the painterly world of Synetic Theater's new holiday play, "The Golden Fish," wishes often come at a cost. Based on The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish, the DC area-staple's kin…
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