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I have come across some uber theatre fans since I started writing this column but today’s subject is by far the most fanatical I’ve ever seen. He has been attending theatre for 6…
Trump, Trump, Trump. That man is everywhere lately. I am no fan of Donald Trump and was skeptical of a play that draws further attention to him. Created and performed by Mike Daisey and Dire…
by John V. Trautwein Several months ago when I found out that both Jackie Evancho and Agne G would be singing at the same festival in Milwaukee, I had to find a way to be there. I immedia…
Virginia Opera has announced the appointment of Anne-Carolyn Bird in the newly reorganized position of Executive/Artistic Coordinator. An opera singer in her own right, Ms. Bird has sung …
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre continues its 50th anniversary season on August 4 with The Producers"an over-the-top musical comedy from the mind of Mel Brooks, creator of such classic…
Oliver, the dearly loved story of a boy who wanted more. More food, more love and more to life than pickpocketing. In the end he got what he wanted most. Love. Every member of the cast made …
No togas. The director of Julius Caesar, now playing at The Meadow at Johns Hopkin's Evergreen Museum & Library, made a conscious choice not to clothe the actors in Roman garb because in…
The Kennedy Center is an institution, inspiring awe from the moment you walk in the door. You get to your seat and the stage is an Elizabethan hall, with light filtering through the latticew…
Zelda Fichandler, co-founder of Arena Stage, died July 29th at her home in Washington, DC, of congestive heart failure. She was 91. Arena Stage released the following statement: Arena Sta…
BALTIMORE, July 29, 2016 – This August, actor Siobhan O'Loughlin returns to Baltimore to join forces with collaborative arts company Submersive Productions to present "Broken Bone Bath…
In 1988, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera hit Broadway after a successful debut on the West End, scooping up the Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as the Tony Award for B…
Family can often provide us with some great stories; but with Love in Ruins, Paul Handy took his in-laws story and turned it into a wonderfully engaging play, performed under the direction o…
Written by Andrew Reid and directed by Madison Landis, Saudade; the one where I miss you, is a poignant exploration of the meaning behind the Portuguese word “saudade.” A play ab…
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There is much to love in Dial R for Robot, billed variously as "a sci-fi Hitchcock rock opera" and a "multimedia rock opera re-boot." At its (beating, digital) heart is the eclectic local ba…
The Forgotten Opera Company is the "alter-ego" of The Victorian Lyric Opera Company, and could perhaps be described as the 'new music wing' of the company. A community theatre company based …
Shakespeare's Henry V famously begins "O for a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention, a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling sce…
Unexpected Stage Company's production of 8 STOPS, written and performed by Deb Margolin, tackles universal themes, but through a very personal experience of birth, illness, and above all, gr…
35mm: A Musical Exhibition is a concept musical written around a series of photographs by Matthew Murphy, which are projected in this production onto the back wall as the songs are sung, wit…
Murder. Mystery. And even a few laughs. The Gazebo, now playing at Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, is a whodunit that will keep you guessing. The story goes something like th…
The DOMA Diaries is a touching piece of theatre that shines a light on marriage equality in the US. The play was educational, entertaining, and thought-provoking without making the audience …
Tucked into the Eastman Studio Theatre at Gallaudet is yet another Shakespearean adaptation. This one, Macbeth in the Basement, does have a pretty clever premise. Macbeth and Lady M are popu…
In a word, exhilarating. Without a word, it was challenging but fascinating. Using my words, the group at Synetic Theater, those purveyors of movement, sight and sound, have now put on  t…
I admit it. I lived in London for five years and never saw Monty Python. So, I was curious to see Spamalot, a musical based on the 1975 film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' now playing at…
It seems a little presumptuous to write a review of something so amorphous as improvisational comedy. It was always an enigma to me, being so married to the written word. It was my worst sub…
