A DMV holiday tradition is sticking around a bit longer than usual this year, which is a treat for the end of the decade. The British Players' annual panto is here, and this year it will tak…
I have heard about the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Holiday Spectacular Concerts for years, so when I was asked to review this year's, I was beyond excited. So often we build up expect…
Friendship, music, success, drama, and survival " these are among the key ingredients in "Jersey Boys," the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons packaged into a musical filled with wa…
Review submitted by Grace Brehm of Notre Dame Preparatory School. Rivaling families, action-packed fight scenes, and chemistries beyond compare are what await you at Perry Hall High School's…
Gaines' boiled-down adaptation of Kurosawa delivers the feast with most of its trimmings in under an hour; and with a cast consisting only of Gaines himself.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugarplums breakdanced in their heads… wait, breakdanced? You read that right. "The Hip-Hop Nutcracker" brings breakdanci…
Review submitted by Evan Howard of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The dim mountains were illuminated with green lights and strangedesigns. The bright and…
 "Holidays on Tap" by Unexpected Stage Company put on one of the best holiday shows in the area this past Saturday night. Featuring pianist Hope Udobi Nwachukwu, vocalist Porsche Vanderho…
'Madeline's Christmas,' Creative Cauldron. "Madeline's Christmas' at Creative Cauldron is the perfect length for young theatre-goers and full of wonderment and charm and love. You will leave…
Ballet Chesapeake's 2019 performance of "The Nutcracker" is an annual holiday favorite that is a must-see for audiences of all ages. Of course, it is a challenge for any ballet production to…
The weather outside isn't yet frightful, but Synetic Theater's debut production of "The Snow Queen" creates a delightful winter wonderland inside. This innovative outfit's new show is a char…
Red Branch Theatre Company's "Jingle Arrgh the Way," a Christmas pirate adventure, is presently playing at the Drama Learning Center in Columbia, Maryland until December 21, 2019. Janet …
Review submitted by Margarita Gamarnik of South Lakes High School. Perhaps considered to be one of Thornton Wilder's most evocative works,Our Town at S…
a giggle-fest from the get-go
Ah, Christmas: the busiest and perhaps most stressful time of the year. As we dash to and fro, buying the perfect present, running to choir rehearsal or from it, baking cookies for the cooki…
Holiday shows understandably tend towards the heartwarming, and the touring production of "Come From Away," now at the Kennedy Center, fits the bill. It's a rich, exhilarating story about th…
Children of all ages are in luck! Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge can be found on several stages in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area and one of the most engaging versions of "A Christmas Carol" is now…
If you are looking for a special Holiday Gift this Season, don't settle for a pair of fuzzy slippers, think about buying your friends and loved ones a couple of "Kinky Boots" (tickets, that …
Erick Acuña is a Peruvian comedian living and working in Washington, DC. He presents a series of gently amusing monologues taken from his life as a Latino immigrant. Skits include filling…
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Smith Theatre at the Horowitz Center of Visual and Performing Arts at Howard Community College the world renown German singers, Calmus Vocal Ensemble pe…
Not every December stage production in Maryland is holiday-themed. In fact, some of our best companies are doing some of their best work with shows that would promise absolute delight no mat…
Rebecca "Becca" Friedman has walked the steps of so many visionary dancers before her. From her childhood gracing the Howard County stages as the Sugarplum Fairy to her contemporary dancing …
There are so many reasons why Everyman's production of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" has had the biggest ticket presale in the theater's 29-year history " with nearly 90 p…
Review submitted by Hannah Nguyen of Northwest High School. Clarksburg's show "Bring It On" was certainly a show to remember! Fromsolid …
Prepare to fall in love"with words, with writing, with creating, with art, with theatre, and with Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper. This beautiful work is based on the 412 letters that the two…