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This March, Elizabeth Floyd is directing the play “A Burial Place” by Owen Panettieri at The Wheel Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Elizabeth Floyd is the Co-Founder and …
What makes up an individual's identity? Where someone's family is from? Where one is born? One's name? These topics and more are explored in Danai Gurira's newest play 'Familiar.' This is th…
“Aubergine” opens with a monologue delivered by a woman named Diane (Megan Anderson), who talks about her foodie husband and the delectable pastrami sandwiches her father used…
Leonard Bernstein once said, “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” The music of this inspiring…
There’s a well known saying that says “friends are the family you choose for yourself.” Never is this truer than in the iconic play “Steel Magnolias,” now playi…
Did you ever just have one of those days? Alexander certainly has- a terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad day, to be precise. The audience gets to experience that day with him in Adventure …
Just minutes into “The Death of Walt Disney" Â by Lucas Hnath, I questioned if this was the brilliant big-hearted man who brought us Mickey Mouse, Disney World, and a plethora of lov…
“A lovely night, a finer night you know you’ll never see.” These lyrics sung by Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella can certainly be applied to a recent evening with…
Vocal Arts DC’s Feb. 8 concert was a Liederabend, a series of German art songs, largely from the Romantic era. Thematically, the series told the stories of four women"Mignon, the waif …
VIDEO: Highlights from 2018 Helen Hayes Awards Nominations. Video Produced, Shot, and Edited by Mark Beachy. Full list of nominations can be read here. Note to nominees: If you don…
Get thee to the National Theatre as soon as possible! The Tony Award-winning musical, “Something's Rotten” has come to D.C.'s National Theatre until February 18 and it is one of …
“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.” Margaret Thatcher spoke those words, and they certainly rep…
Ann Hampton Callaway is a jewel in the world of live entertainment. This multi-talented songstress returned to the BSO this year backed by the rich and swinging sounds of the Baltimore Sy…
Eugene O’Neill’s classic, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning “Long’s Day’s Journey into Night,” is currently being presented by Everyman Theatre…
Baltimore Center Stage's "Skeleton Crew" is a wonderful submission into the Women's Voices Theater Festival. Women take the helm of this strong and emotional play, written by acclaimed playw…
Today it is easier than ever to share information. A picture can be seen by an entire community in a limited amount of time. In “La Foto: A Selfie Affair” Venezuelan playwright G…
Natalie Dixon is currently playing the role of Mary Lennox in “The Secret Garden” at Maryland Hall, presented by Live Arts Maryland on February 9 and 10, 2018. Natalie Dixon, 14,…
The nominees for the 2018 Helen Hayes Awards were announced on February 5, 2018. One of the country's most prestigious cultural honors, The Helen Hayes Awards recognizes and celebrates…
Classical story ballets tend to be about sinister things. A cursed spindle ("The Sleeping Beauty"), a spellbound swan ("Swan Lake"), a haunted prince ("Giselle"). Even "The Nutcracker" has d…
You don't get to choose which family you're born into — that part of your story is written way before you learn how to take a crayon, hold it between your fingers, and let your imagina…
"Theatre is life, and life is theatre." My theatre professor in college announced this revelation to his class of 30 during my first year of college. "Through theatre, we can see life in a d…
Most striking about Irish dance is the near total absence of port de bras"the movement of arms. The torso remains rigid, with the arms stick straight at the sides or at right angles against …
Fans of Mel Brooks, the comic genius behind such movies as “Spaceballs,” “Blazing Saddles,” and “The Producers,” will enjoy his live stage musical, …
1. “The Underpants” at Rockville Little Theatre. “Fleming helms a cohesive and enjoyable production that makes you both think and laugh heartily.” – Krist…
“Everybody’s got the right to be happy.” But do they? At what cost? This line helps to open the polarizing musical “Assassins” by Steven Sondheim and John Weidm…
