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Post-Play Palaver is an occasional series of conversations between DC Metro Theater Arts writers. In this one, Senior Writers and Columnists John Stoltenberg (Magic Time!) and David Siege…
When asked recently what he hoped audiences will get from watching Other Life Forms, playwright Brandon McCoy answered, "I hope they laugh, and I hope they have a really good time." Mission …
Russian-born, Israeli-raised, and now-Canadian resident Vitaly Beckman, known to US audiences from his successful appearance on the hit TV show "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" (he did!), …
On Sunday, June 24, Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada, best known for her portrayal of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon in London's West End, then in the 2016 Broadway Revival, will present her…
The latest incarnation of Alan Govenar and Akin Babatundé's evolving musical tribute to Blind Lemon Jefferson, following their award-winning productions of Blind Lemon: Prince of Country Bl…
Have you heard? Bethesda Little Theatre (BLT) is putting on A Swellegant, Elegant Party June 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and July 1 at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center " and it's one you w…
The Emperor of Atlantis"an operatic takedown of autocracy"is relevant to our times in freaky and haunting ways. And its backstory is chilling. Near the end of World War II, the Czech compose…
After their highly successful partnership in 2017 on Philip Glass's The Fall of the House of Usher, Wolf Trap Opera and Halcyon reunite to present Kurt Weill and Bertholt Brec…
"In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times." ― Bertolt Brecht With unsettling powers of persuasion, compelling is the watc…
The Rude Mechanicals production of The Merchant of Venice, now playing at the Greenbelt Arts Center, is an engrossing exploration of Shakespeare's most controversial characters and the (s…
La serva padrona (or “The Maid as Mistress”) by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi opened for a special engagement this weekend at the Loudoun Lyric Opera, performing at the Carver Cent…
By Andy Arnold Ovations Theatre's Senior Company ended the 2017-2018 season with Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party playing June 15 " 17. And what a party it was thanks to Darnell Patrick Morr…
5 Courses of Funny Fare, written by Jim Wise and produced by Maureen Rogers and John Cusumano, and playing through this Sunday at Laurel Mill Playhouse, is really five One Act Plays, loosely…
By Andy Arnold Amanda Spellman, a DC-area theater veteran, is sensational as pregnant wife Beth Wells in The Quickening, now playing its world premiere at Fells Point Corner Theatre. Beth ha…
The portraits hang solemnly, unmoving at the Smithsonian's Portrait Gallery. Choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess breathes life and movement into these two-dimensional works of art with a tri…
With its all-too familiar themes of ambition and power, sexual misconduct and attempted cover-up, disclosure, remorse, and ultimate retribution, the plot of Francis Beaumont and John Fletche…
Tap is its own beast. Any dancer can tell you that they can transfer training in ballet to jazz or contemporary, or swing into hip-hop, but they cannot transfer anything to tap. You either d…
Pure enchantment is the watchword as Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre presents Disney's Beauty and the Beast. With music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Lind…
Legacy. It is the central theme of Hamilton. One has to ask"could Lin-Manuel Miranda have known while penning this masterpiece that Hamilton would one day become his legacy? If so, that is q…
In a special Kennedy Center Millennium Stage performance commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20, 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and The Kennedy Center wi…
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's production of Bullets Over Broadway is a funny romp of a musical. Written by Woody Allen, and based on his 1994 movie co-written by Douglas McGrath, it feat…
Tinker Bell has been a part of children's lives since J. M. Barrie first introduced her to the literary canon in his 1904 play and 1911 novel. The Tinker Bell character has been ever present…
Round House is the current Promised Land for anyone wanting to get happy. With its divine, illusion rich production of The Legend of Georgia McBride helmed by Tom Story, Round House is a div…
For nineteen seasons, New York Classical Theatre has delivered free performances of more than 40 revered masterworks to sites throughout the city, enjoyed to date by nearly a quarter-million…
The gender-flip trope has been a staple on stage for much of theater history, and just when you thought it had been trotted out every which way imaginable, along comes a delightful surprise.…
