For nearly two centuries, "Giselle" has been called "the ultimate romantic ballet," and remains today the supreme achievement of The Romantic Era with its fusion of dance and drama. Ballet T…
 Looking for a respite from the political chaos that surrounds us? Care to leave your troubles behind? How about an escape to the world of energizing, uplifting dance? Catch Ronald K. Bro…
"Girls' Night (With Spirits)" is an audio play about all kinds of spirits"from the dead to the undead, to the weight we carry in our hearts and souls. Guess which type causes the most grief?…
I can still recall reading Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" in school. Shelley's writing style precisely reflected the period of gothic horror and romanticism when she wrote it in 1818. It has …
"A Black and White Cookie," written by Gary Morgenstein and produced by Maura Suilebhan, recently had its world premiere at Silver Spring Stage. The play follows two men, Harold Wilson (Melv…
"Hadestown," with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell and co-developed and directed by Rachel Chavkin ("Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"), officially begins its nation…
Cuba is on the cusp of crisis. Fidel Castro is struggling to make the right decisions when revolutionary Celia Sánchez returns, four months after her death. Directed by Molly Smith, the p…
Frederick Knott wrote the psychological thriller "Wait Until Dark" in the early 1960s and the film version (1967) starring Audrey Hepburn is ranked by both AFI and Bravo as one of the scarie…
The Providence Players of Fairfax are presenting "The Beatle Club," a world premiere by Teresa Sullivan, for their first, back-in-person show of the season. It's a very family-appropriate an…
Danielle Guy is directing Dominion Stage's production of "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress," a comedy by Alan Ball (HBO's "Six Feet Under" and "True Blood"), which opens November 5, 2021. T…
In his pre-show introduction to Synetic Theater's new production, "The Madness of Poe," Director Paata Tsikurishvili jokes that he wanted to start the season with "something light." Drawing …
Shakespeare's "King Lear" is currently playing at the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory and is directed by Marshall B. Garrett. This is an unusual production as it is presented in the original E…
"Clay's Place: Inside my Blue Mind" was recently named a quarterfinalist in an international Stage Play Writing Competition. The play takes place in downtown Beale Street in Memphis, Tenness…
 This production is a like a dip in the warmth of late spring. Written by Emily Mann (and adapted from the book by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany with Amy Hill Hearth),…
"Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski," now running at Shakespeare Theatre Company's Michael R. Klein Theatre, is a searing and intimate study of a hero who thought he was a failure, port…
In 1937, world-renowned opera singer Marian Anderson was denied a hotel room in Princeton, NJ on the basis of race. Albert Einstein, a social justice activist and admirer of Miss Anderson, o…
 You might think you know Dr. Ruth, but do you? Having escaped the Nazis by Kindertransport, serving as a sniper in Palestine, and finally, finding fame as America's best-known sex thera…
On October 15 and 16, 2021, The Columbia Festival of the Arts will be featuring live performances at the Long Reach Village Center in Columbia honoring the 50th Anniversary of Long Reach Vil…
"Theater of War: Texas" is presented by the Theater of War with Brian Doerries as both director and producer and Marjolaine Goldsmith as production coordinator. As with their other produ…
Taylor-made moves still thrill! You couldn't miss the thrill of live dance Thursday night in the Eisenhower Theater where the Paul Taylor Dance Company kicked off the Kennedy Center Performi…
"The Thanksgiving Play," written by Larissa FastHorse and directed by Raymond O. Caldwell, opens the 2021-22 season at the Olney Theatre Center in the newly-renovated Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre…
The Candlelight Concert Society announced that they are opening their 2021-2022 Season on October 9, 2021 with the world renowned violinist Kristóf Baráti and painist Roman Rabinovich …
Aldersgate Church Community Theatre is opening its in-person 2021-2022 season with Jane Anderson's "Defying Gravity,"Â a look at the Challenger tragedy of 1986 with Monet as our guide. Al…
We currently live in a world where entertainment is at our fingertips at any given moment. Whether it's delivered through a streaming app on a phone or played on television, a movie or show …
Shortly before eight o'clock on the last evening in September, an announcement rang out through the lobby of Fells Point Corner Theatre: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in 570 days…