When we first see the Tate family in Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, now playing at Frederick's Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET), they are already doomed, they just don't fully kno…
"'Tis the times' plague when madmen lead the blind" (King Lear, Act IV, Scene 1) Based on the legendary Leir " ancient Celtic King of the Britons, whose story was recounted in Geoffrey of Mo…
Ah, Shakespeare's As You Like It"the ultimate romantic comedy about people trying to find their way to love in a bewildering world; a world that seems to have no rules, or rules that are mad…
The Folger Shakespeare Library will host its annual open house and Shakespeare birthday celebration on Sunday, April 14 beginning at 12 pm. This free, family-friendly event throws open the d…
It's been a challenging few years for New York City Ballet, the nation's preeminent ballet company. What with the misconduct and resignation of its ballet master in chief, subsequent miscond…
Fulfillment Theatre Company (FTC) presents An Evening with The Bard celebrating the poetic works of Dr. Maya Angelou. This show will be performed at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre on We…
Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960) " half of the legendary team of Rodgers and Hammerstein (with composer Richard Rodgers), recipient of eight Tony Awards and two Oscars, and writer of the words …
The Kennedy Center's annual party with a purpose on Wednesday night, the Celebrating the Human Spirit Awards Gala, honored Distinguished Philanthropists Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan a…
After 33 years as Artistic Director, Michael Kahn has directed nearly all the world's greatest classical plays, worked with some of the biggest actors in the world and built the Shakespeare …
The Center for the Arts at George Mason University has announced the 2019/2020 season of Great Performances at Mason, its annual series featuring leading national and international art…
American theater blows off a lot of folx. Leaves out their voices. Doesn't cast them. Isn't interested in their stories. Two-Spirit indigenous transpeople, for conspicuous instance, are amon…
Ticket holders for The Book of Mormon national tour had better be prepared to exercise a muscle that doesn't get much of a workout these days " the one that controls the "personally offended…
It's too simplistic to call Bill T. Jones a choreographer, although that's been his stock and trade for more than 40 years. This past week his Analogy unfolded as a trilogy, over three night…
Spring is in the air with not only the blooming cherry blossoms but also the bursting energy of the New York City Ballet's exciting spring concert at the Kennedy Center. Something old and so…
When one has an overwhelming experience in the theater"as I did watching Native Son at Mosaic"it can take some time to process. This is especially so if the work is unlike anything one thoug…
In 2017, the Broadway musical Amazing Grace opened its national tour with a stint at the World Stage Theater at Washington, D.C.'s Museum of the Bible. (DC Metro Theatre Arts' review of that…
For thirty years, the Washington Bach Consort has offered its Noontime Cantata Series to Washingtonians seeking a free musical escape in the middle of the workday, something District officia…
Quotidian Theatre Company will have VIP guests, "Ghost-Writer" playwright Michael Hollinger and his wife, Megan Bellwoar (who originated the role of Myra), in house for a performance and aft…
DC Metro Theater Arts caught up with Director and Playwright Psalmayene 24 to discuss Native Son and Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of a Native Son, which play in rep at the Mosaic Theater t…
Absurdist dark comedy meets the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements in the Vineyard Theatre's New York premiere of Mara Nelson-Greenberg's Do You Feel Anger? Directed by Margot Bordelon, the bitin…
From Dear Evan Hansen to Be More Chill, Will Roland has played a major role in two of the biggest hits on Broadway, both focused on teenage characters and relevant themes that appeal to a ne…
On a recent warm Monday evening, Helen Hayes Award recipient Iyona Blake announced her next musical venture, an EP (extended play) of some of her favorite songs. The album will be called "Ti…
In the Hub Theatre's first full production under Artistic Director Matt Bassett, the company will be producing The Burn by playwright Philip Dawkins. The Burn will be the first Hub productio…
Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Bus Stop, by William Inge. Written in 1955, this production follows a group of strangers who find themselves stranded together overnight after be…
We usually think of a rat as a detestable lowlife animal that we dread. It slinks in dark corners of the floor, hiding itself from being seen. It nervously darts and runs when spotted and ca…