Tuesday, May 30, 2023
There are no casual or accidental moments in Marsha Norman’s “‘night, Mother.” For both characters, every word spoken and every action are chillingly intentional—there are no “th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:32AMMonday, May 15, 2023
Earth receive an honored guest;William Yeats is laid to rest:Let the Irish vessel lieEmptied of its poetry. – W.H. Auden, 1939 With Scena Theatre’s production of “Three by Yeats,” …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:28PMTuesday, April 4, 2023
There was a sense of excitement among the crowd at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company for the opening night of “The Nosebleed,” written and directed by Aya Ogawa. I seldom think of D.C. has …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:06PMMonday, March 6, 2023
At first glance, the silhouette of a Gothic castle on the set of “Beauty and the Beast” seems to signal a journey to Disney’s Magic Kingdom. The thought is quickly dispelled as the cas…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:44PMMonday, February 13, 2023
This world premiere of “Ghost/Writer,” written by Dane Figueroa Edidi and directed by Danielle A. Drakes, is the penultimate production by Rep Stage at Howard Community College. The firs…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:21PMMonday, January 30, 2023
“The wrong facts get in the way of the story,” claims writer John D’Agata (Colin Smith) in the midst of a heated discussion with fact checker Jim Fingal (Iván Carlo) in “The Lifespa…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:41PMSunday, January 29, 2023
Everyman Theatre’s production of “Jump” by Charly Evon Simpson opens with a young woman vaping while gazing off into the distance from upon a high bridge. She drops the vape into the w…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:49PMSunday, December 11, 2022
Lumina Studio Theatre, a youth theater company based in Silver Spring, is celebrating its twenty-fifth year with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labor’s Lost,” set in the Ol…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:07AMSunday, December 4, 2022
Based on the 19th-century folktale “Snegurochka” by Alexander Ostrovsky, “Snow Maiden” is a new production created and directed by Helen Hayes Award-winning choreographer and Synetic…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:07PMMonday, November 7, 2022
What does assimilation into U.S. culture mean for immigrants from different Latin American countries and economic classes? The points made in “Fade” by Tanya Saracho may break no new gro…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:08AMSunday, October 30, 2022
“Legally Blonde,” with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach, is an energetic, feel-good story where the worst character is justly punished an…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:47PMTuesday, October 25, 2022
James Goldman’s problematic “The Lion in Winter” is a well-known vehicle for actors to show off their command of language, rhythm, and sharp emotional turns. It is, in large part, a du…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:58PMMonday, October 17, 2022
Synetic Theater has raised Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” to terrifying life in a reanimation of their 2009 Kennedy Center production, a thrilling triumph of Gothic horror. In his pre-show…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:39PMWednesday, October 5, 2022
Adapted in 1973 by Neil Simon from Anton Chekhov’s short stories, most of the vignettes in “The Good Doctor” hold up surprisingly well and still evoke laughter and tears from a modern …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:45PMMonday, October 3, 2022
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) kicks off its year-long celebration of their 20th anniversary with a re-staging of their very first production as a professional company—William Shakes…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:21PMMonday, September 26, 2022
Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre launches its new season with a savory world premiere, “Dinner and Cake” by Tuyết Thị Phạm. Director Paige Hernandez skillfully guides an excellent ca…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:59PMMonday, September 12, 2022
Best Medicine Rep Theatre Company kicks off its sixth season with “The Trip” by Crystal V. Rhodes. Four life-long friends take two road trips, 20 years apart. The play looks at how fragi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:57PM 
