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Adam Pascal is no stranger to iconic roles, having originated roles in Rent and Aida on Broadway, and stepped the role of the Emcee in Cabaret. He is now portraying an icon of a different so…
In Search of My Father…Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins is an autobiographical exploration of identity and manhood packaged in a 90-minute one-man show written and performed by W. Allen Taylor…
Two powerful, verbally skilled women come together weekly for tea and talk for over a decade. They are locked in a power struggle about politics and cultural norms that affect a nation and t…
Now in its impressive Off-Broadway premiere at WP Theater in association with New Georges, following a critically-acclaimed run in the 2017 Exponential Festival at The Bushwick Starr (co-pre…
At Pearl Street Warehouse, rock, country, folk, soul, bluegrass, rhythm and blues acts from around the country take the stage nightly, offering every seat in the house a front-row music expe…
The 2018 Helen Hayes Awards nominations were announced last night at a festive and familial reception from Washington, D.C.'s National Theatre. As the night began, aspiring nominees, Helen H…
The words "Chicago" and "Philadelphia" conjure up immediate images across all the human senses. In theater and movies, the musical Chicago and the movie The Philadelphia Story (or maybe Rock…
Despite its off-putting (and overly-clever) title, Digging Up Dessa is a lively and often moving tale of two 12-year-olds who are lost in the middle of a strange new world and trying to find…
"La Foto: A Selfie Affair is a simple story, both feminist and humorous, about how the intimacies of our daily lives can be exposed and exploited on social media." ~ Gustavo Ott, playwright …
Have you ever met someone who left you feeling as though there is nothing you can't do? I got that feeling each time I sat down with four playwrights and a director who identify as women of …
As part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival, to highlight the diversity and depth of new plays being written by women, Baltimore Center Stage showcases the fourth play of its 2017-18 seas…
I present to you this review of Flying V Theatre's It's the Rest of the World that Looks So Small: A Theatrical Revue of Jonathan Coulton, directed and conceived by Jason Schlafstein and Vau…
Brave Spirits Theatre adds its distinctive style to the Women's Voices Theatre Festival with The Trojan Women Project. It is a singular event. The Trojan Women Project is packed with mome…
Playwright Anu Yadav’s first commissioned piece The Princess and the Pauper–A Bollywood Tale, debuts this February at Imagination Stage. This play is the perfect platform to intr…
Long Day's Journey Into Night chills to the bone. The wind was howling as the cold air clipper passed through downtown Baltimore last Friday evening. Inside Everyman Theatre, an even more…
The Silhouette Players are best known for their spectacular musical productions. However, every once in a while, they like to give some of their talented members a chance to shine on their o…
There is something heart-stirring and inspiring about this new one-man musical. In between excerpts from glorious hymns and spirituals, the great African American educator and orator Booker …
Review by Bob Ashby The Underpants, an intermittently amusing adaptation by Steve Martin of a 1911 script by German playwright Carl Sternheim, concluded its run at Rockville Little Theater o…
One of the most amazing things in this eye-popping production happened after the show ended. The audience at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts stood and applauded for more t…
Have you ever met someone who left you feeling as though there is nothing you can't do? I got that feeling each time I sat down with four playwrights and a director who identify as women of …
Take a step away from the mundane. Shrug off your office separates, buff hose, and business professional thoughts, and riggle into a world more like a pop-up children’s book than the s…
If you're in the mood for a straightforward narrative with a clear-cut beginning, middle, and ending, then Theatre Exile's Philadelphia premiere of Really, by Brooklyn-based playwright Jacki…
Adventure Theatre and ATMTC Academy presented their student production of Hairspray over the weekend. Young artists, ranging from grades four through twelve, hit the stage with all the energ…
If you're in New York City for Valentine's Day and planning to celebrate your love of the stage, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Nicole Hertvik and Senior Reviewer Deb Miller have some suggest…
Yoga Play, a new work by Dipika Guha, was presented as part of Mosaic Theater Company's 2018 Workshop Series at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on Monday, January 29th. The play was commiss…