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Ryan Haase, the wunderkind behind StillPointe Theatre Initiative, ends the pre-show announcement for his current production of the musical Spring Awakening by urging us to “forget the …
Kurt Weill's varied score, Langston Hughes' eloquent lyrics, a powerful book by playwright Elmer Rice, and a quality ensemble cast combine in Virginia Opera's production of Street Scene, to …
By Andy Arnold You know you'll have a bad day at work when the guests at the Hangtown Asylum for Extremely Tense People lock up the staff and take over the business. As it happens, the asylu…
Some people believe that the Christmas season should begin the Friday after Thanksgiving. Other people start celebrating Christmas earlier, in some cases, much earlier. If the turning of the…
Creative Cauldron's production of the musical Nevermore places the work of 19th-century writer, poet and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe at your feet. With music by Matt Connor, and Book by …
It's the heartwarming story of a hapless boy and his exotic plant. No, wait, it's a cautionary sci-fi allegory about human desire. Correction: it's a fun doo-wop musical packed with archetyp…
From the time you enter the historic Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, also known as the Engineers Club, you feel as though you have taken a step back in time. Chandeliers, English Oak, Tiffany glass …
Philadelphia 1939. The Great Depression is nearly over and the United States is on the brink of war. Sent out by a gossip weekly to cover the wedding of socialite Tracy Lord (Lauren Devoll),…
Ryan Speedo Green is a man with a story. Many opera fans first learned his name through Daniel Bergner's 2016 book Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family. The New York Times …
With notes at the top of his work Heisenberg, playwright Simon Stephens gives undecorated, clear direction to theater companies for his expectations when producing the play: The present day.…
Panic, desperation, and a ticking clock are not the best motivations for dating or matrimony, as evinced by Henry Mann, the titular character in The Evolution of Mann. The new musical rom-co…
A Broadway legend and award-winning actor who received both a Tony (1967) and an Oscar (1972) for his role as the Emcee in Cabaret, Joel Grey is again garnering critical and popular acclaim …
The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most popular works, so there is little point recounting the plot. One must only remember that it is the one with two sets of t…
Annapolis Shakespeare Company's production of The Comedy of Errors, directed by Sally Boyett, is a hilariously funny and inventive reimagining of Shakespeare's early play, combining physical…
In his classic acting guidebook Audition, Michael Shurtleff observed, "A murderer kills just one. A suicide kills the whole world." Marsha Norman acknowledges as much in her Pulitzer Prize-w…
Hurry to see a vibrant and uproariously funny production of a classic comedy. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, "at home" in a converted downtown bank building, which, for historic reasons, re…
"Born Yesterday is a winner." Those are the words of my colleague, David Siegel,  whose review of the gloriously effervescent comedy that just opened at Ford's Theatre is full of super…
Barbra comes to BlackRock with Signature Theatre Cabaret's Streisand Songbook BlackRock Center for the Arts officially kicks off its versatile 2018-19 season with Streisand Songbook, …
Just when Americans think we have a monopoly on political rancor, along comes a show from across the pond to remind us that we aren’t the only ones dealing with extreme political parti…
What began as a mundane two-hander focused on stiff argumentative males in an investigative procedural play, develops into something pleasingly complicated, intense and raises contemporary i…
Adventure Theatre MTCÂ (ATMTC)Â announces its grand reopening on October 15th in Glen Echo Park after seven months of renovations due to an electrical fire. Executives from Adventure The…
Brave Soul Collective is a hidden gem of theatrical truthtelling about black men who are LGBTQ. Periodically the collective surfaces with a one-night-only showcase of work by local writing a…
Anne Frank's immortal words about love, fear, and hope come alive once again at Rockville Little Theatre's new production of The Diary of Anne Frank. Based on the words of World War II's mos…
When a story is so well-known and well-loved by many people, audience members tend to have high expectations and Aldersgate Church Community Theater's production of The Count of Monte Cristo…
In the cue game of snooker, the British version of pool, the nap refers to the rough-surface direction of the fabric covering the table, which affects the path of the ball. In Richard Bean's…
