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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Aretha Franklin at The Music Center at Strathmore by Wendi Winters

Diamond-studded diva dazzles at The Strathmore The house was packed Wednesday night at Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda, MD. It was crammed with a diverse, ready to rock audience of senior…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:34PM
Saturday, April 18, 2015

‘Ernest in Love’ at The Colonial Players by Wendi Winters

The sharp jab at the crusty, Victorian era British upper crust in Ernest in Love, with Book and Lyrics by Anne Croswell, Music by Lee Pockriss, and directed by Rick Wade, is not too farf…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:25PM
Monday, March 9, 2015

’65 Years of Broadway! The Best Musicals, Abridged’ at 2nd Star Productions by Wendi Winters

 Come to the Cabaret – 2nd Star style! 2nd Star Productions is hosting its 4th annual cabaret. This year’s theme was inspired by the Broadway shows that, since 1949 when it was first …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:21PM

‘Anything Goes’ at Howard University by Wendi Winters

Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts’ Anything Goes, currently on the boards at the Ira Aldridge Theater, is a show to which everyone should go see. It is not to be m…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:05PM
Friday, February 13, 2015

‘The Benefactor’ at StillPointe Theatre Initiative by Wendi Winters

StillPointe Theatre Initiative’s The Benefactor is a production that a million people will want to see, but there’s only room for about three dozen audience members at each show. Be …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:05PM
Sunday, February 8, 2015

‘I Hate Hamlet’ at 2nd Star Productions by Wendi Winters

It’s one thing to hate a beloved Shakespearean work; it’s a major faux pas to say so out loud. Paul Rudnick wrote the book for I Hate Hamlet while he was living in an apartment once occ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:18AM
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

‘Other Desert Cities’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Wendi Winters

Other Desert Cities, a two act play by Jon Robin Baitz, is a drama with a premise that sounds like a dysfunctional family sitcom.Now at Fells Point through Feb. 8th, it is a play about a fam…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:51AM
Sunday, January 11, 2015

‘Jekyll & Hyde’ at Spotlighters Theatre by Wendi Winters

Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bercusse’s Jekyll & Hyde on stage at Spotlighters Theatre in Baltimore is a close-up look at one man’s self-destruction. Despite a book that lacks depth and…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54AM
Monday, December 22, 2014

‘Caroline, or Change’ at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative by Wendi Winters

For a change, catch this show before it gets away DO run to catch Caroline, or Change at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative. It’s a must-see show, it is worth several times the ticket pri…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30PM
Thursday, December 18, 2014

The Moscow Ballet’s ‘Great Russian Nutcracker’ at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts by Wendi Winters

Be prepared to be dazzled. When this reviewer spotted hundreds of young children, mostly girls 3 to 16 in pretty party dresses, swarming through the lobby of George Mason University’s Cent…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:13PM
Monday, November 10, 2014

‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ at Anne Arundel Community College by Wendi Winters

The plot of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Christopher Hampton,  makes those old TV soap operas, Peyton Place and Dynasty look like child’s play. The main characters are corrupt, malici…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:20AM
Saturday, November 8, 2014

‘Madama Butterfly’ at the Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric by Wendi Winters

The opera great Beverly Sills, who shared a birthday with me – and, sometimes, the same hair color, was saddened when she learned I had never attended an indoor opera. That I’d been to s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:06PM
Sunday, November 2, 2014

‘The Murder Room’ at Bowie Community Theatre by Wendi Winters

Verbal wordplay flies faster than bullets Jack Sharkey’s The Murder Room” is a delightfully wacky, witty spoof of the dead serious British murder mysteries of the post-war era of the 195…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:32AM
Saturday, October 25, 2014

‘Macbeth’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Wendi Winters

Annapolis Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a bloody good way to baptize the company’s new theater space Macbeth is the inaugural production of the Annapolis Shakespeare Company in its new home…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:40AM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons at Strathmore by Wendi Winters

Just too good to be true, we can’t take our eyes off Frankie Vallie and his crew The Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons show at Strathmore last night was sold out and so is tonight’…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:30AM
Friday, October 3, 2014

Bill Cosby at Strathmore by Wendi Winters

The Cos leaves his audience wanting more Thursday night, the Cos had his audience roaring with knowing laughter with his description of every day life. When he left the stage, two hours and…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:25PM
Monday, September 22, 2014

‘The Seven Year Itch’ at American Century Theater by Wendi Winters

An unadulterated look at a one man’s plans for an affair   The American Century Theater enters its 20th – and final – season itching to make a lasting impression. This the company do…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:30PM
Monday, September 15, 2014

“Four Weddings and a Surprise Fifth Wedding” by Wendi Winters

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis’ sanctuary was packed Monday, September 8, for the highly anticipated “Wine & Words” evening hosted by Bay Theatre. The evening was f…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:24AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards