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For the latest show in its 42nd and Main Concerts series, Theatre Horizon tackled Zanna, Don't!, an offbeat musical that ran Off-Broadway in 2003 and has had productions all over the world s…
"Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious…
First of all, I don't remember where I was on November 22, 1963 at 12:40 pm, CST when CBS News interrupted, As the World Turns to announce "In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at …
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's production of The Fully Monty is a fun musical with a lot of heart. With book by Terrence McNally, music and lyrics by David Yazbek, and directed by Mason C…
Choreographed by Olivia Sabee with original sound design by DeLesslin George-Warren. Performed by Hannah Joo, Melissa Lineburg, Catherine Roth, Robert Rubama, and Meredith Stapleton. In a po…
A young man and woman build a low-keyed paradise of happiness within an asylum, only to have it shattered by the intrusion of the outside world. The two characters search, at times agonizing…
A teacher and a student argue over a remark in class. Or was it a remark about class? Or was it really about race? Or gender? My new play Paper brings the explosive confrontation…
"I sell life, secondhand": Unstrung Harpist Productions' Lazarus at the 2017 Capital Fringe Festival What does immortality mean to you? Â Is it the hope that modern medicine will discover …
Continuing the conversation we started in Part I of this interview with costume and scenic designer Deb Sivigny, we delve a bit more into Deb's work as a designer. Maybe even with some revea…
Mr. Taken — it's a sex comedy with an emotional heart. The sex comedies of late 20th century " such as Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw or Foote and Marriott's No Sex Please, We're B…
Under the leadership of Alex Levy, 1st Stage aims to be a cultural hub for the Northern Virginia community and beyond. Over the past year, 1st Stage has reached outside of theatrical product…
Those who've forgotten Peter Pan are destined to repeat it in Finding Neverland. The U.S. national tour now at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre until July 2 makes for a dreamy midsummer night'…
Listen, I can’t even get my dog to stay down. Do I look to you like someone who could overthrow the government?"During an FBI interrogation at her apartment in 1952. Claudia Baumgarten…
Last Ditch Playlist is about two men, Aaron and Wes. They’re probably just broken up. So we flash backwards and forwards in a whirlwind of Aaron’s memories to figure out exactly …
 Ready to Serve is written and performed by Ellouise Schoettler. The Capital Fringe is a great venue for a performer to premiere or to season work. This July marks my eighth consecutiv…
A Source Festival Artistic Blind Date brings together three area artists of different disciplines for an adventure in performance art. In five months they need to create and perform a perfor…
Unless you're an heiress or robber baron, a room of one's own in DC is hard to come by. Enter the group house scene " where the young, cash-strapped, and slightly desperate commit to living …
Theater Alliance announces its 15th Season with an impressive lineup, including the return of its Helen Hayes Award"winning production Word Becomes Flesh, presented with two regional p…
Gun violence, socio-religious intolerance, same-sex marriage, and gay adoption are some of the current hot-button issues that tear apart a family, polarize a community, and create a media fr…
The fallout of the financial crisis is still being thrashed out in full public view, which makes for a terribly difficult documentary subject; we are a long way from knowing where most of it…
The night I went to see the opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias, I was not expecting to hear a duet about bacon. I'd gone to the dress rehearsal of the Wolf Trap Opera Company's production knowin…
The summer stock experience has nearly passed away. Half a century ago it was a vacation custom to visit a picturesque village and, after a day of sightseeing complemented by great food, sto…
Imagine you are lost and alone in the forest. You have never been here before and you cannot see to find your way out. You don't know if anyone knows you are missing or if they will be able …
Turning The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Sherlock Holmes' most famous cases, from a mystery into a small-cast comedy is an idea that sure gets around. Hedgerow Theatre staged a four-act…
Exit Carolyn “Best Friends Forever?” Written by Jennie Eng Directed by Bridget Grace Sheaff Featuring Alison Donnelly, Hilary Kelly, Jasmine Jones, and Torin Lusebrink. About Exi…
