Bedlam's take on George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan will resonate with many Blue State denizens with its updated, coolness factors and fine acting. Under Eric Tucker's direction, Bedlam has ta…
When we think of non-profit arts and cultural institutions, do we only think of the creative side of the organization, the parts we see and interact with or immerse ourselves in? What about …
When Emily Pogorelc bursts onto the stage in the Washington National Opera's current production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, there is a shock of laughter. Pogorelc plays Cunegonde, the sp…
Waitress at the National Theatre is sweet as "Sugar." The word resonates during scene shifts, as an immensely talented piemaker, Jenna (Desi Oakley), lists the ingredients for the new pie sh…
We at DC Metro Theater Arts are taking time today to remember Founder and Editor Joel Markowitz on what would have been his 61st birthday. Joel remains in our hearts every day as we strive t…
The 2018 Helen Hayes Awards gave the DC theater community a chance to relax, recharge and reflect on a great year of theater. Two productions of In the Heights dominated the evening, with GA…
Rock of Ages is more of a rock concert than a musical. The musical comedy, created by Chris D'Arienzo, is currently running at the Workhouse in Lorton to sold-out audiences, and with good re…
Obsessional unrequited love is what prompts Petra von Kant’s bitter tears in the 1972 German film by Rainier Werner Fassbinder. The movie is a languid immersion in the self-absorption …
Long before he wrote about her, George Bernard Shaw referred to Saint Joan as one of those "half-witted geniuses, enjoying the worship accorded by all races to certain forms of insanity." He…
As the capstone of its first-ever 'Year-Long Production,' The Highwood Theatre is honored to bring the landmark musical, West Side Story, to the stage in downtown Silver Spring. The producti…
Many theater people grow up daydreaming of the classic shows they want to take on one day. They envision themselves directing Angels in America, or performing the lead role in Phantom of the…
With the advent and popularity of exploratory DNA tools like 23andMe and Ancestry.com to unearth family lineage, people are increasingly fascinated with discovering who they are and where th…
Chris Stezin is a prolific playwright whose last play"produced at The Keegan Theatre in January of 2017"was Mack,Beth, a contemporary take on Shakespeare's Macbeth. Now he's back at the Keeg…
In a tent pitched on a pier overlooking the Anacostia River, there is a powerfully important work of theater being performed. The work is The Frederick Douglass Project, commissioned to comm…
2018 Helen Hayes Award Nominees Outstanding Choreography in a Musical – Hayes Karma Camp, Jesus Christ Superstar, Signature Theatre Parker Esse, The Pajama Game, Arena Stage Den…
2018 Helen Hayes Award Recipients (in Red) Outstanding Choreography in a Musical – Hayes (Tie) Karma Camp, Jesus Christ Superstar, Signature Theatre Parker Esse, The Pajama …
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society's latest creation, Incredibly Dead!, is a damn good time. From the flying severed heads to the ridiculous collection of characters, the B-horror original mus…
By Karen Lane Spring is in the air and the current production in the Potomac Playmaker's season, Farce of Nature by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, is here to tickle your funn…
The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar is a riveting political drama now playing at Olney Theatre Center under the direction of Michael Bloom. It will move you and keep you on the edge of your se…
Imagine yourself sitting on a creaky ship as a passenger en route to the Emerald Isle of Ireland. Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist, is on board with you. The year is 1845. The ship…
The first thing you notice about Deathtrap is its busy and detailed set. The set contains posters of plays by the fictional playwright Sidney Bruhl on the wall; a skull with a pipe between i…
World's Fairs " those gaudy showcases of civic and national pride, corporate promotion, new technology, consumerism, over-the-top temporary architecture, sideshow entertainment, and an occas…
The sudden incapacity of their mother is the occasion for three siblings and their cousin to gather at a Boston hospital in Amy Leigh Horan’s touching and perceptive new family dramedy…
Priscilla Queen of the Desert started life as a film by Stephan Elliott who adapted it into a ’70s jukebox musical with Allan Scott. The ambitious and enthusiastic community production…
Big Fish, directed by TJ Lukacsina, opened this weekend at Slayton House in Columbia, Maryland. With the musical, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by John August, Big Fish opened…