News: FINAL BOW: A Tribute to Tana Hicken by Guest Author

by Bill Largess In the spring of 1978, I went to see a play at Baltimore’s Center Stage, David Rudkin’s Ashes. The play, about a couple’s struggle to conceive a child (that…

True TheaterGoer-August 21, 2014: 'Fall Seasons of Plays': And Rate Your Shows and Win $100 Worth of Tickets by Guest Author

Every week we will be sharing John and Stephen Hauge’s TheaterThoughts from their popular site TrueTheatergoer. “From John Hauge: "My brother Stephen and I created the TrueThe…

News: '1814! The War of 1812 Rock Opera' Performances August 22-24 at Silver Spring Black Box Theater by Guest Author

1814! The War of 1812 Rock Opera is a one-hour musical theater piece dramatizing the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The events of that perilous time"the routed resistance at Blad…

Free Screening of Folger Theatre's 2008 Teller/Posner Directed 'Macbeth' This Saturday, 8/23/14 at 8:15 PM at Carter Barron by Guest Author

A free screening of Folger Theatre‘s 2008 magical production of Macbeth will take place on Saturday, August 23 at 8:15 pm at the Carter Barron Ampitheatre in Rock Creek Park. No …

John Philip Sousa's 'The Charlatan' Comes to Victorian Lyric Opera Company at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre From September 5th-7th by Guest Author

TOE-TAPPING SOUSA MARCHES AND ENTERTAINING ANTICS IN VLOC's THE CHARLATAN A rarely-heard gem of American operetta, John Philip Sousa's The Charlatan, will be presented in a semi-staged conce…

TrueTheatergoer: 'No Plays on Broadway' & You Can Win $100 Worth of Tickets! by John and Stephen Hauge by Guest Author

Every week we will be sharing John and Stephen Hauge’s TheaterThoughts from their popular site TrueTheatergoer. “From John Hauge: "My brother Stephen and I created the TrueThe…

Meet the Director and Cast of PGLT's 'Brighton Beach Memoirs': Part 1: Director Ken Kienas by Guest Author

I have been involved with community theater for a long time. My bio says that I've been doing theater productions over 30 years, but it's not so easy count the years. I was in the cast of tw…

Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC Announces its 2014-2015 Season By Craig Cipollini by Guest Author

We are thrilled to announce the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC’s 2014-2015 concert season, and share with you some new traditions! You won’t have to wait until the holi…

Silver Spring Stage Continues its One Act Festival Tonight Through Sunday by Guest Author

Silver Spring Stage continues its One Act Festival It’s Weekend 2 of Silver Spring Stage’s 2014 One-Act Festival! Performances are TONIGHT Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:…

Quotidian Theatre Company Unveils Its 2014-2015 Season by Guest Author

Quotidian Theatre Company Announces its 17th season! QTC’s 2014-2015 season includes a fresh take on an international classic, a modern comedy from a Tony Award-winning playwright, and…

On Monday, 8/18@8 at Synetic Theater: 'Dark Night Showcase,' Presented by KG Dance, in Memory of Freeman Carden Fletcher by Philip Fletcher by Guest Author

Dark Night Showcase, Presented by KG Dance, in Memory of Freeman Carden Fletcher!! What's with the name? The term "Dark Night" is a theatrical colloquialism used to describe times when a the…

This Sat 8/16@8 and Sun 8/17@3: Two Free Readings of Christine Evans' 'Can't Complain' at Spooky Action Theater by Roberta Alves by Guest Author

New Works Completes Its First Year in Action 18 Readings and 5 Workshops under our belt and counting Created by Kristy Simmons to give Washington area authors the opportunity to show and tes…

'Summer Hummer 2014: Ménage à Trois' on Monday, August 18th at 7 and 9:30 PM at Signature Theatre by Guest Author

Summer just got sexy again! Over 60 actors from the Washington area will sing, dance, and strip to support Taking Care of Our Own. For the past two years, the Summer Hummer has sold…

Auditions on August 18th from 2-4 PM & 6:30-8 PM in the Horowitz Center Dance Studio for Arts Collective @ HCC's 9/26 'Coffee House " Under by Guest Author

HCC's Arts Collective kicks off 20th Season with 2 Open Auditions ON Monday, August 18th from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm AND 6:30 pm-8:30 pm in the Horowitz Center Dance Studio, HVPA 115  10901 L…

Gay Men's Chorus Names Dr.Thea Kano Artistic Director by Guest Author

From Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington: “It is with great excitement that we write to tell you that the Board of Directors of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC has unanim…

TrueTheatergoer: July 10-August 7, 2014: Broadway Performances 1-5 by John and Stephen Hauge by Guest Author

Every week we will be sharing John and Stephen Hauge’s TheaterThoughts from their popular site TrueTheatergoer. “From John Hauge: "My brother Stephen and I created the TrueThe…

Teamwork is Theatre by Guest Author

Arts Collective at HCC Announces its 2014-2015 Season by Susan G. Kramer by Guest Author

ARTS COLLECTIVE at HCC's 20th Season Announcement,  Including Up-Coming Auditions AC's 20TH SEASON: 2014 " 2015 Tickets are on sale beginning September 1, 2014 (Columbia, Marylan…

'The Secret Garden' and 'West Side Story + Roméo et Juliette' Highlight Young Artists of America's 2014-2015 'British Invasion' Season by Guest Author

Last season was a dream for us at YAA! We opened the season with a gala performance of SHOW BOAT in Concert at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club in November 2013. Over 9…

'Shrek The Musical' Opens at The Alliance Theatre Opens This Friday by Maggie Swan by Guest Author

The Kingdom of Far Far Away is coming to Chantilly High School. The Alliance Theatre is excited to announce their Summer 2014 production will be Shrek The Musical. Based on the Oscar-winn…

The APL Drama Club Presents '12 Angry Men' August 8-17, 2014 at Parson's Hall in Laurel, MD by Lynn Reggia by Guest Author

The APL Drama Club is rather unique. The non-profit theater group based in Laurel, Maryland is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab and is composed primarily of r…

'Mary Poppins' at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre by Rick Schneider by Guest Author

The stage version of the musical Mary Poppins has finally reached the Washington area regional theater scene, and it has been well worth the wait. This recent Broadway hit is based on the 19…

Tonight at 6 PM: The Daily Dish: Now Serving David Hagedorn (Plus A Second Helping of Mykl Wu) by Jenny Splitter by Guest Author

Tonight at 6:00 PM at the Goethe Institut, the cast of The Dish welcomes the fabulous, ready-to-dish David Hagedorn. Hagedorn is a food and travel writer, dining columnist, cookb…

'The Daily Dish': Now Serving Mykl Wu by Jenny Splitter by Guest Author

The Daily Dish: Now Serving Mykl Wu  Today the cast of The Dish welcomes Mykl Wu Wu is an American cook, photographer and writer with a specialty in food, restaurants, trav…

Wildwood Summer Theatre Presents 'Into the Woods' Tonight Through July 26th by Kristina Moyer by Guest Author

From Brigadoon to Chicago to Pippin, Wildwood Summer Theatre has spent many summers producing a variety of musicals in the D.C. metro area. But what makes this summer special is that Wildwoo…