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In early September of this year, several weeks before our rehearsals for James Joyce's The Dead were scheduled to begin, Jack Sbarbori and Stephanie Mumford, the founders of Quotidian Theatr…
Dizzy Miss Lizzie's Roadside Revue, is back with there 2012 Capital Fringe hit THE BRONTES. Dizzy Miss Lizzie has brought audiences to their feet with productions of Finn McCool, The Orestei…
Emily Padgett, Matthew Hydzik, and Rachel Rak will star in the world premiere of Flashdance-The Musical, which will launch its National Tour at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall on January 1-6, …
The British Players present Don't Dress for Dinner by Marc Camoletti. Directed by Chrish Kresge and produced by Caroline Gelb. Audition Dates Sunday, December 9th : 1 – 3pm…
The idea that a person might have sex with a robot came my way via the movie Westworld. Michael Crichton wrote that story about a theme park full of robots where you go to live your Wild Wes…
When I attend press nights at the theatre, I am guaranteed that Rich Massabny and his wife Judy will come up to me and ask me how I am and we’ll spend time schmoozing and catching up. …
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will officially open its renovated Theater Lab on November 12, 2012 at 6 p.m. with a performance of music and poetry. The evening will feat…
The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, proudly announces the commiss…
Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts will honor Michael Kaiser, president of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary at its annual …
In Part One of a Six Part Series of behind-the-scene interviews of First Stage’s upcoming production of the hit musical Altar Boyz, Director/Scenic and Costume Designer Steven Royal…
In Rajiv Joseph's comedy All This Intimacy, opening this weekend at Cultural Arts Center, we meet a nice enough guy and three nice women who get caught up in an almost unbelievable tale of l…
C. Evans Kirk tells us about directing The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s new production Cantorial - which opens this weekend. “Written by famed American dramatist Ira Levin (…
When confronted with the title of Jonathan Larson's epic rock opera/ musical RENT, what emotions are you suddenly filled with? Passion? Nostalgia? Loss? Or perhaps celebration and friendship…
When I first heard that Ambassador Theater was mounting Egyptian plays my mind immediately began swimming with imagery: the stereotypical pyramids, but also palms, gold, perfume, mud-brick, …
"As we rounded round the hill, past the boating shop, we'd stop and turn the corner by the mill -Â and I'd see this house…this place…" Long gone are Barbie dolls and handmade sets in m…
Just in time for the election, six local playwrights have written new plays about people whose voices usually get left out of the political debates. Ranging from comedy to drama to game show…
Take a group of kids who love to perform, take away the competition of the theater world and the usual drama that surrounds it, and instead add the desire to give back to their community and…
Here is Columnist Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.’‘ This week: Get with the Program Peter Filichia is the author of Let…
2012 Walk to End Alzheimer’s in the Nation’s Capital – Washington, DC Come join us on this wonderful team of Actors, Industry Colleagues, Friends and Family on Saturday, Oc…
Guest Narrators Take Over Transylvania in Washington Savoyard's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW October 19 " November 4 Surprise "creatures of the night" emerge when Washington Savoyards 41st seaso…
From Michael Kharfen from Silver Spring Stage: This just in on the wire: “the polls have been extended for Farragut North with two more shows this Friday October 12 and Saturday Octobe…
In a previous article regarding the concept and vision of directing this production of the The Rocky Horror Show I discussed the inherent problem of where to strike a balance between main…
What is better than full puppet nudity? Nothing, except of course for a barrel of monkeys. Red Branch Theatre Company is excited to present its original production of Avenue Q, winner of the…
McLean Community Players (MCP) just concluded their 2011-2012 season with a highly successful production of Legally Blonde. To find out what they have in store for next season, I interviewed…
“In the living room of the farmhouse, the television flickers on as an emergency broadcast message begins transmission. Everyone stops what they are doing and lean forward, hungry for …