9 to 5 is based on the 1980 movie of the same name, with Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton, and Book by Patricia Resnick. Parton not only was one of the stars of the movie (her costars were…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:14PMOn Saturday, October 3, 2015 the Columbia Festival of the Arts, as part of their Fall Festival: The British Invasion, presented the Hub Opera Ensemble’s production of The Turn of the Screw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:50PMOpening their 2015-2016 season, Howard Community College’s Arts Collective presented an evening of improvisations by their own improv group called What Improv Group?!?! or W.I.G?!?! This …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:35AMEveryone at Wolf Trap tonight must have oiled their hips tonight as just about the whole audience was dancing in the aisles by the end of the evening to the Latin beats coming from the stage…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:51PMA night of One-Act Plays is always interesting. It gives new or little-known playwrights a chance to shine. It gives new directors a shot at showing their talent. Actors who may never have h…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:18PMDisney’s High School the Musical, at Laurel Mill Playhouse, is directed by AJ Lukacsina, and is produced by Maureen Rogers and Laila Riaz. This is the 12th year that LMP has given …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:45PMIf you think you know everything about Lincoln, you may be surprised to find out that there is a great deal of information out there that is not in text books. The Springfield Boys, now play…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:58PMVenus in Fur directed by John Dellaporta opened last night at Silver Spring Stage, literally with a bang. The play opens during a thunderstorm that is a metaphor of the action to come, and t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:55PMThe Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley opened this weekend at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, and is directed by Patrick Pase and produced by Julie Rogers. Maureen Rogers is the Executive Pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:56PMWhat do Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, Joan Rivers, Jim Bulushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Steven Colbert and Steve Carrell have in common? Well, they are all very funny,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:03AMFriday, June 26, 2015 was a night of laughter at the Smith Theatre. First, the Columbia Festival of the Arts, presented The Stoop Stoop Storytelling Series: Kitchen Confidential which was …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:20PMImagine you are in a West Virginia coal mine, and there is a cave it. It is cold, and the only light is from the tiny one on top of your helmet or the helmet of a coworker. That is what Azt…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:38AMThe indoor performances of the Columbia Festival of the Arts began on Friday, June, 20, 2015 at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Columbia, MD. It could not have picked a more inspirational group t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12AMMother Nature was kind to the Festival this weekend. Thunderstorms were predicted but there was only one close call. So, though many were sweltering, it was a wonderful day to listen to good…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42PMIt was a hot day and a hotter night at the Lakefront but that did not keep the crowds away. Good music, especially free for the listening, is always a way to attract an audience. Folks liste…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:43AMLast night the Columbia Festival of the Arts began on the Lakefront in Columbia. (This review is of the last two performances of the evening as those were the ones that were viewed and not t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:41PMIn Tom Stoppard‘s wonderful farce, On the Razzle, the humor relies on mistaken identities, lots of puns and malapropos, pratfalls, sex, and pomposity. Silver Spring Stage’s hila…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:21PMTonight, Laurel Mill Playhouse will be presenting one of Shakespeare’s later comedies, The Tempest. Unlike the Bard’s earlier comedies, The Tempest does not rely on some of his more tra…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:41PMThe Columbia Festival of the Arts is in the 28th year. It began is an offshoot of the Columbia Fair that celebrated the anniversary of the city. On the 20th anniversary celebration they ad…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:03AMArthur Miller’s The Price, now playing at Olney Theatre Center, is brilliantly directed by Michael Bloom. The play, which opened in 1968 on Broadway, takes place in the late 1940s. Lik…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55AMSilhouette Stage’s Godspell, directed by Stephen M. Deininger, opened last night at Slayton House in Columbia. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Te…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PMOn Saturday May 2, 2015 the Columbia Pro Cantare choral group, lead by Conductor Frances Motyca Dawson, ended their 38th Season with The Great American Songbook performed at the Jim Rouse T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:04PMWhat a glorious day to go to tea at a beautiful mansion. The Israeli Tea at the Strathmore Mansion was a special as the beautiful Spring Afternoon. If you get there early, you can browse the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35PMLittle Shop of Horrors opened last night at the Laurel Mill Play House, directed by Michael Hartsfield and produced by Maureen Rogers. This quirky satirical farce has become an American clas…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24PMCollege theaters have always been forerunners in experimental theater, and Arts Collective at Howard Community College’s zany production of Avery Crozier’s Eat the Runt is no …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:57PMFools by Neil Simon opened this weekend presented by the APL Drama Club located on the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab campus in Laurel, MD. The members and performers are mostly the sci…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PMThe Language Archive at the Silver Spring Stage, is not a play about the language of love but of language and love, or more specifically, communication and emotion. The play centers on the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:20PMI was born and raised in New York City just miles away from the theatre district. However, I find myself jealous of the opportunities many community theater groups around the country, but es…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49AMThe Heritage Players’ uproarious production of the farce Rumors is written by Neil Simon. Yes, the word farce and Neil Simon usually don’t go together, but if you are old enough y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AMSilhouette Stages’ hilarious production of Monty Python’s Spamalot opened last night at Slayton House in Columbia, MD. It is based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:01PM333 Variations is a drama by Moisés Kaufman that deals with the nearly always fatal disease of ALS and the study, not just of music, but also the variations of life. The main character is D…
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