A changing climate"that's not a bad way to characterize life in America right now. Sure, we (almost) all agree that our planet's actual physical climate is changing, at best causing intensif…
1. The Merry Death of Robin Hood at LiveArtDC. “…intricate, empathetic and relatable.” – Jennifer Minich. READ review. Synopsis: Robin is dead and his Merry M…
The final production in Forum Theatre's twelfth season, Blackberry Winter by Steve Yockey, forms part of the National New Play Network's flagship initiative of Rolling World Premieres. As su…
Ceramic plates and pint glasses banged and clanged in the bar above my head. It could have been wildly distracting but nay! I couldn't look away from the madcap performance mere inches from …
Once again, Children's Playhouse of Maryland delivered with an outstanding performance of The Addams Family, directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt. The cast of characters was definitely mysterious…
Full List of Recipients for the 2016 Helen Hayes Awards Winners in bold. Outstanding Choreography in a Musical-HAYES Production – 2016 Parker Esse West Side Story Signature Theatre…
Miss Witherspoon refers to a theoretical character who might appear in an Agatha Christie mystery–an older woman who has accumulated crotchiness along with age. Veronica, the protagoni…
Geoff Sobelle’s The Object Lesson is at once of the strangest and yet most heartwarming pieces of theatre I have ever seen. Directed by David Neumann, the show is vivid, imaginative, f…
The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre in Frederick, MD is currently presenting a hilarious and heartfelt production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, now playing through Jun…
How do you spell "Quirky"? Q-U-I-R-K-Y. Quirky. It would be one of the easier words to spell in the awesome production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Howard Community Colle…
Just when you thought the Irish were going to get all 'Danny Boy' on us with the Centenary of the Easter Rising, that ill-fated but auspicious attempt to occupy the General Post Offic…
On Saturday, April 2nd, classical crossover singer Agne G performed in her debut solo concert called ‘A Night to Remember’ at the Scottish Rite Temple in Baltimore, Maryland. Fan…
City of Angels won six Tonys including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical by M*A*S*H creator/writer Larry Gelbart and Best Original Score by the legendary Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity, On The…
1. The Man In The Iron Mask at Synetic Theater. “All for one, and one for all! Get to the theater before there are no tickets at all.” – Brian Bochicchio. READ review…
Hedda Gabler has a scandalous reputation. Premiered in Munich in 1891, Hedda Gabler shocked and scandalized. One reviewer in 1904 went so far as to label Hedda a "vicious, heartless, cowa…
Chock full of the mind expanding calling cards that are Synetic Theater, The Man In The Iron Mask bursts onstage to give us an altogether immersive experience. From its beginning as the …
In an age when we are all held hostage by click-bait and personal algorithms"which, as the news keeps reminding us, distort reality for commercial and political gain"it is a comfort t…
Set in a present day trailer park, Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs reveals the tensions between the sophisticated upper class and seemingly uneducated hillbillies. Maude Gutman (Donna M…
Happy Hour, Spooky Action Theater’s innovative new production in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Washington, is currently playing at their usual home inside the Universalist …
"Next to Normal" (directed by Steven Fleming) is not your usual, feel-good musical. After all, who writes a musical about manic depression?  Thankfully, Brian Yorkey did because this …
There are plays that move us, and shake us, and inspire us to act, but then there are those that inspire us to be true to ourselves and use our own voice. Voices the play written and produce…
"Ok! Here we go! Welcome to Gutenberg! The Musical!" Meet Doug Simon and Bud Davenport, the authors and stars of this audition for big Broadway Producers in NYC! In this two-man musi…
"I'm a senator's daughter…I can put it on, and I can take it off. I just thought I had earned the right not to." Susan Marie Rhea's voice rings through the theatre, her words carrying the …
No matter our age, we can all enjoy a good fairy tale with a happy ending to brighten our lives. Pleasantly, the touring production of Beauty and the Beast produced by NETworks Presen…
1. The Who's Tommy at Kensington Theatre Arts. “It's fun and frenzied and imperfect and wildly entertaining to watch.” –Â Stephanie House. READ review. Synopsis:Â After…