Maryland's annual ten-minute play festival The Variations Project returns for its 16th straight year with two collections of world premiere short plays by the region's playwrights. Rapid Lem…
   BROADWAY STARS, EQUITY ACTORS, AND COLLEGE PROFESSORS JOIN RENOWNED FACULTY    Iron Crow Theatre announces the launch of its 2020 Summer Theatre Immersion, a one-week …
Day 10, the final day of Synetic artists' epic 30-story interpretations of tales from The Decameron, has come to an end. However, the stories will be available until July 31, 2020. They all …
"How sad that Mozart, passionate as he was, keenly alive to all the beauties of the world, and full of the highest aspirations, never knew peace and contentment, in spite of all that he enjo…
Day 9 finds us with three stories that explore loss and coming to grips with it in unexpected ways. All three stories of Day 9 were complex emotionally and featured the movement-based theatr…
This was one day in which masks and social distancing figured prominently, and the music was striking. Day 8 was very physical and beautifully graceful. Even falling down had a poetic grace …
I think that Day 7 could safely be called "Court Jester Day' in the pantheon of Synetic's Decameron. From dolls to clowns to stick figures, it was a day to just be jovial. This was a lighthe…
Day 6 was an extravaganza of dancing in all three stories, which added an extra fillip to these tales of love. The first offering by Valentina Palladino (based on "Day 5, Story 9") was a sto…
Day 5 was thought-provoking and ran the gamut from sheer silliness (and very funny silliness, too) to being driven to the point of madness when everything has been upended. It certainly made…
With great warmth and enthusiasm, Artistic Director Scott Tucker and Executive Director Tad Czyzewski host "Journey to Awe," a passionate tribute to the power of choral arts to build communi…
12 Classical Crossover singers from around the world, with different backgrounds, all united in a song of strength and hope. "I Believe," written by Eric Levi and famously performed by A…
Joshua Cole Lucas started off Day 4's offerings, basing his story on Day 6 Story. This was very much a nod to the Italian Commedia dell'arte, and proved to be a witty romp. Chichibio is prep…
Day 3 started out very spiritually, and then segued into the profane (in the sense of "sacred and profane.")Â Elena Velasco based her very cryptic story on "Day 6, Story 10" of The Decame…
In Voltaire's picaresque and satirical 1759 novel "Candide," Candide and company make their way to El Dorado, the legendary city of gold. In 1849, at the peak of the California Gold Rush, Ba…
Synetic, that wonderfully physical innovative movement theater in Crystal City, has come up with a bold streaming idea. They have taken chapters from "The Decameron," a collection of novella…
Salvation can come from unexpected sources. In this play, set in a  flat in Ladbroke Grove in West London in 1952, salvation comes from an ex-doctor in the form of a nascent friendship. I…
In the first of three offerings on July 11, Mandi Lee, who based her tale on Day 6, Story 8, takes us on an epic journey of change. And it all happens in one session in another wise deserted…
I have never interviewed a person for Maryland Theatre Guide that I have known longer than Patti Restivo or as well. Ms. Restivo and I met over three decades ago when we worked together on p…
Dear friends and followers of Bel Cantanti Opera, I'm writing to share the exciting news about our efforts to bringhigh quality opera to our community during the pandemic. Â I'm alsoasking…
This summer's bargain may well be a subscription for one month for the new Disney+ streaming service. The 2016 Broadway production of "Hamilton" with the original cast is available on demand…
This filmed play is an enhanced archive recording from 2016 and features the original English cast. This is an incredibly thoughtful and anguished work and brilliantly produced. . . . It is …
On July 3, the eve of U.S. Independence Day, the Eric Felten Jazz Quartet appeared at the Blues Alley Jazz Supper Club in Georgetown. The event showcased the swing music culture of the Secon…
"Willy Wonka" is a heartwarming and timeless musical of the world famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to chocolate-covered life! The delicious adventure experienced by Charl…
The last 20 years at Arena Stage could be called the years of Molly Smith. Since she began, although the quality of the productions remained high, the focus changed to American musicals …
Charles Dickens is known as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, yet his interest in the theatrical is less widely known. During his later years, Dickens would take to the …