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This is a new play that sheds some light on the time when Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to the White House to have dinner " an unprecedented act in the early 20th century. …
Brent Morris is a mathematician, scholar of Freemasonry, and Sherlock Holmes aficionado who lectures on "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" and cryptology at the heart of the famous Sherlock …
Join Faction of Fools Theatre Company, DC's Commedia dell'Arte theatre company, on Thursday, February 25th for an all day virtual soirée celebrating International Commedia dell'Arte Day! On…
For Valentine's week, The Rude Mechanicals present "The Tamer Tamed," directed by Liana Olear and produced by Joshua Engel. The first performance was available February 13 on YouTube. There …
To kick off 2021, Rockville Little Theatre, in cooperation with Arts on the Green, will present a live-streamed, virtual performance of "The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall from the City of Gait…
The musical comedy, "The Prom," directed by Ryan Murphy and adapted to the screen by Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin, is now streaming on Netflix. The film is based on the 2018 Broadway musical…
Patrick Page could read the telephone book and we would swoon. And when he speaks Shakespeare, his whispers and bellows send shivers up your spine. His lush bass voice resonates long after h…
 The story of Hansel and Gretel is one of the most famous of Grimm's fairy tales. The story has had many iterations through the years, notably Engelbert Humperdinck's famous 1893 o…
Back in 2015, Arlington's Signature Theatre premiered their homegrown musical revue, "Simply Sondheim." Signature's former artistic director, Eric Schaeffer, and veteran musical supervisor, …
Life is a game, and all the world's a stage. For "Clue on Stage," running through March 6 at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, both adages are true. The play takes inspiration, of course,…
On February 1, Mark Beachy, publisher and founder of MD Theatre Guide, hands over the reins to Lynne Menefee, a longtime writer, review assignment scheduler, and assistant editor for the gui…
This one-man show, written and acted by Ryan J. Haddad, has some interesting twists. It's a gutsy play that calls attention to something that many people find discomfiting " that people who …
I have never seen anyone as infectiously delighted with science, specifically epidemiology, as the protagonist of "The Catastrophist" " not even Bill Nye. One of the joys of this multi-layer…
Frances Burney's satirical comedy, "The Woman Hater," pokes fun at the misogyny of her era. Presented by Red Bull Theater, it is a little-known gem, brimming with eccentric characters and wi…
The COVID nightmare drags on and it feels like forever since anyone has been able to watch a live theatre performance. In desperation, I suppose a Zoom play seems better than no play. At lea…
In what it bills as its first film, Victorian Lyric Opera Company of Rockville, Maryland, has produced "A Gilbert and Sullivan Drawing Room." Directed by Erica Ferguson with cinematography b…
Imagine having the opportunity to interview various people who live in and around Ferguson, Missouri, and get them to really open up, even when they don't realize how much they reveal. This …
Are you interested in working on stage or behind the scenes of a theatrical production? Have you always wanted to direct or design sets or lights? Perhaps, you just want to hone up on your a…
If you enjoy theater mostly from the audience perspective, you many not realize how many people work behind the scenes. Most pay attention to the actors' performances. Many may note the cont…
"We had no idea it would take so long, and be so hard." There's a hard truth in that statement, softly but emphatically delivered by Gwendolyn Briley-Strand as Mrs. Rosa Parks that seems to …
The Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater presents the first MainStage show of their 2021 Season: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. This thrilling and suspenseful version of the classic story …
"Ada and the Engine" " written by Lauren Gunderson, produced by Alika Codispoti and Maura Suilebhan, and directed by Jon Jon Johnson for Silver Spring Stage " opened virtually on Friday, Jan…
The sad news came early on Wednesday, January 13. Delores King Williamshad died during the night from an aggressive cancer (she kept secretfrom her friends). No longer will see her brilliant…
In 1999, the annual Humana Festival of New American Plays was in its 24th season. Beginning to feel creative pressure from the relative upstart Contemporary American Theater Festival, Humana…
"Mothers and Sons" is being produced in memory of Terrence McNally by MetroStage, the Board of Trustees, and Carolyn Griffin, who is the producing artistic director. A study in how quickly p…
