Theatre Review: 'Harvey' at McLean Community Players
Playing like a screwball comedy with supernatural elements thrown in for good measure, Mary Chase's award-winning comedy “Harvey” has returned, filling the Great Falls Grange wit…
Playing like a screwball comedy with supernatural elements thrown in for good measure, Mary Chase's award-winning comedy “Harvey” has returned, filling the Great Falls Grange wit…
When “Chicago” comes to town, you just want to sit down, strap in, and prepare yourself for an experience. One of the most successful musicals in theatre history, it chalked up s…
Laura Connors Hull is the producing director of the Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, Virginia. She is currently co-directing with Ellen Selby the Creative Cauldron’s Learning The…
It begins innocently enough. An up-and-coming artist Emily is sketching her husband Amir for a portrait in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Although the work in progress …
Greg Watkins is currently playing the role of Polyneices in Avant Bard’s production of “The Gospel of Colonus,” now playing through March 25th at the Guston Arts Center. Gr…
Bambi Johnson is currently the director and choreographer of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” now playing at Street Lamp Productions through March 17th. Bambi Johnson’s untimel…
Review submitted by Anna Krelovich of Westfield High School. What happens when a flashy diva is forced to abandon her glitzy life and join a convent? Why, catchy 70’s tunes and unbreak…
This May, Michael Leroy Harding’s OnTheRoad Theater is producing the world-premiere of “Four Days Old.” Michael Leroy Harding was bitten by the theater-bug in 1967 playing …
1. “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” at Reston Community Players. “The Reston Community Players bring new perspectives to this often-revived play.” – Mary Ann Johnson.…
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” may not be Sondheim's most well-known musical, but it's certainly a classic. The story"which is a quirky, lighthearted comedy, as…
“Youth is a gift of nature, but age is a work of art”- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec. Age and art are on display in the comically charming play “Quartet,” now playing at Kensin…
Most theater-goers are familiar with Tennessee Williams' “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” with its oh-so-memorable characters"Maggie the Cat, Brick, Big Daddy, Big Mama, Gooper and his w…
What an utter delight to have the opportunity to see Paddy Maloney and the Chieftains at Strathmore. This group, known for bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention, is celeb…
George Orwell's Animal Farm was first published in 1945 as a satire on the Russian Revolution. Orwell explained, "I meant the moral to be that revolutions only effect a radical improvement w…
The winners of the 18th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) were announced Sunday,  March 11, 2017 at 7 PM in Alexandria, VA. In each of the thirty-eight categories…
They stood across the stage from each other staring, silent, and gradually making their way to their knees simultaneously. Once they were both down, the spotlight fell on Naoka Maeshiba. As …
Do or Die Productions is proud to announce its 25th anniversary of committing murder for the dining entertainment of audiences. The company has…blah, blah, blah, blah blah…enough already…
The Philadelphia Orchestra rarely misses a year in which they trek down to either the Kennedy Center or Strathmore upon invitation of Washington Performing Arts to present a concert that lik…
1. Ice cream 2. Water Fights This is the start of the list that the character of Duncan Macmillan and Johnny Donahoe's play “Every Brilliant Thing” makes for his suicidal mother.…
Springtime in Washington, DC means a lot of things. Of course, there is the annual Cherry Blossoms, Embassy Tours and Fun Runs. Challenging them all is Hexagon. The six-sided show, in its 63…
"Godspell" has been an American theatrical mainstay for so long that it's easy to forget just what a strange show it is. It has no linear plot, no particular setting in either time or space,…
The Washington National Opera, in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia and the Minnesota Opera, has mounted a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's dramatic masterwork “Don Carlo,”…
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal;Â that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty,…
It's not every day that a green ogre with a diet of rats and toads,  not to mention very bad table manners is really the "Prince Charming" of a fairy tale.  And once you reall…
One Sunday night in 1983, New York City's WYNY-FM made radio and television history by introducing the world to a little German-Israeli American woman. What she talked about that night was a…