By Norman Yeung That Theory has gained urgency and relevance since I wrote the first draft in 2009 is uncanny and alarming. Over ten years of innumerable workshops, readings, and productions…
By Kyle Starling The School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies (TDPS) and The Clarice at the University of Maryland, College Park will be premiering their main stage production of …
We just found an amazing discovery during the demolition of our newhome: a 40-year-old wall-length mural of an all-black Last Supper by D.C. artist Akili Ron Anderson. Â D.C. residents mig…
By Brianna Lau See the greatest show with Britches and Hose Theatre Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream! Magic and mayhem run rampant in this William Shakespeare comedy, and th…
By Frankie Lewis The British Players' ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of The Ruby Griffith Awards for Excellence in Community Theatre was held at the Bretton Woods Recreation Center in Ger…
By Rebecca Kurtz Perhaps it is a matter of personal preference that at Fringe I am often more taken by the comedies than by the dramas. The intensely self-involved process of making and perf…
By Helen Ganley Conjuring up images of day and night, one imagines the sun cascading into a pink and purple horizon while the moon excitedly and stoically takes its place in the sky. The pic…
By Caroline Bock Passover, the holiday that marks the Exodus, that signals to Jews and the world that this night is different from all others because we are not slaves, but free, is the movi…
By Rebecca Kurtz What fun! The Adequate Players make a splash again at Fringe this summer with writer/director/actor John Geoffrion's one-act parody of Thorton Wilder's 1938 ode to the small…
By Rebecca Kurtz There is a lot to love about historical fiction, and writer/director Robert McNamara chose a good branch of history with the beautifully open-ended story of Amelia Earhart's…
By Helen Ganley Labeling the DNA sample bottle and depositing it gingerly into the mail slot feels almost like a rite of passage for many Americans. The masses of inhabitants that bask under…
VIDEO: Talkback with writer and co-creater of "Disaster!," Seth Rudetsky at Cockpit-in-Court in Baltimore. Video filmed and edited by Ron Israel.
By Katie Crabb Something wicked this way comes in Britches and Hose Theatre Company's gender-blind version of Macbeth, which breathes new life into one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Th…
Review submitted by Anna Gillespie of South Lakes High School. "It's all happening" at Northwest High School as they put up a show stopping production of "Bring It On!" Loosely based on t…
Review submitted by Matthew Bue of Albert Einstein High School. Hear ye hear ye, Thomas S. Wooton high school's production of "Spamalot" is a roaring good time and will have you laughing bef…
Review submitted by Lila York of Chantilly High School. Thievery. Hunger. Murder. These three simple words make up Oliver Twist's life as soon as he pleads "please sir, I want some more.…
By Marilyn Millstone When we think of a circus tightrope performer, most of us think of risk. Fear. Danger. But David Dimitri"whose one-man show L'homme Cirque helps celebrate the Music Cent…
Get ready kweens! For the fifth year in a row, Monumental Theatre Company will be presenting its annual Flip Flop cabaret. This is THE Pride month kickoff event you won't want to miss. Let's…
Over the next few months, DC Metro Theater Arts will invite guest writers from two Welders projects-in-process to share their creative process with our readers. The Welders, DC's only dedica…
By Andy Arnold Ahoy Washington landlubbers! Prepare to set sail on the Hispaniola with Jim Hawkins (Alex Turner), Long John Silver (Wyckham Avery) and crew to Treasure Island if you dare. Ro…
By Ross Heath Arlington's Gunston Arts Center was the place to be on Saturday night. Always a joy to hear the National Chamber Ensemble which delivered joy with its season finale concert of …
Review by Winnie Dreisonstok Would you enjoy seeing a play by one of the world's greatest playwrights and an opera by one of the world's greatest composers in one happy, entertaining evening…
By Christina Ling Or should that be hit-switchers? Either way, the talented cast of the Bethesda Little Theatre (BLT) is sure to delight as they cross the musical gender divide with their up…
In response to the growing momentum behind the #MeToo Movement, Bowie State University Theatre has dedicated their season to the creation of a new, devised performance entitled #MeToo. Throu…
Many artists cite their family as one of their main sources of inspiration, but violinist Yevgeny Kutik can make a stronger claim than most. Even some of the repertoire he performs stems dir…