15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
There’s an extraordinarily tender and touching moment in Signature Theatre’s ebullient Jesus Christ Superstar when Mary Magdalene (Natascia Diaz), after singing her gorgeous ball…
Golden Cockerel (Coq d'Or) is a musical fantasy that was popular in the first half of the twentieth century but rarely seen since. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed it in 1907 with splashy or…
Everybody loves an underdog story, especially in the world of sports. Some of these stories are well-known likes The Miracle on Ice. But, sometimes, the best stories can be the ones you've n…
Since its debut in 1959, Gypsy, which closes out Arden Theatre Company's 2016-17 season, has retained its popularity as one of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time, filled with such cl…
It was an evening like few others in the company of of hundreds at The Kennedy Center on a recent evening. What took place was a performance meant to strike a hot chord for cultural and poli…
Creative Cauldron continues to dazzle critics and audiences with its "Bold New Works for Intimate Stages" – Â a series of premier musicals. It is certainly rare when a smaller profes…
"We are human beings, right? We were at one point in our lives." There was an excited energy in the air on opening night of The King of Howard Street. Not only was it the World Premiere of t…
"I've made bad choices. And I've made them . . . knowingly," says 27-year-old Tanya – a single mom and bar waitress in a South Jersey beach town – in the opening scene of Gina Gi…
Near the beginning of this transporting play, the actor Sarah Marshall, wearing a man-tailored white suit, unrolls a map of Gaza and lays it on the floor. She then dumps onto it 150 tiny …
Last night, Gilad Evron’s Ulysses on Bottles opened the Mosaic Theater Company’s 2017 Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival. Described as an allegory, Evron’s Ulysses…
Annapolis Shakespeare Company's production of Richard III is a darkly compelling piece of theater. Directed by Donald Hicken, it strips the stage of all but a few props, allowing great actin…
Leo Fall's music is not likely to return to Broadway. It did, however, provide pleasant vocal opportunities for gifted young singers of the Concert Operetta Theater in Philadelphia this week…
Everyman Theatre of Baltimore is nearing the end of its season with the opening of Noises Off on May 19th, and soon the performance of their last Salon Series staged reading, Trouble in Mind…
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) honored the 35th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's classic family adventure E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with a uniquely i…
In most wartime films, the plot lines tend to not feature one thing: a romantic story. This is done to keep more emphasis on the action scenes. Director Manousos Manousakis attempts to combi…
The Gateway Playhouse opened its 68th Season with the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent. With book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, this artistic show is loosely based on Gi…
Out of his imaginative mind comes another powerful theatre piece by Robert Shenkkan, author of 15 plays including two dealing with LBJ (All the Way and The Great Society.) This time, he prop…
Friday marked the reprisal at Silver Spring Stage of a very timely Silent Sky, by Laura Gunderson. Produced by Seth Ghitelman and directed by Bill Hurlbut, it is the fascinating story of Hen…
Megan Dominy’s The Wedding Party was a huge hit in Capital Fringe 2015 (the DCMetroTheater Arts review called it a “delightful comedic romp”). Now in her new play,Â�…
Who wants to go see a play about math? That could be a typical dialogue when people are perusing the paper wondering how to spend their Saturday night. In the case of David Auburn's Tony Awa…
Peter and the Starcatcher creates a backstory for one of literature's greatest heroes, Peter Pan. But much of the appeal of Rick Elice's play " and director Ted Wioncek III's production " li…
Just when Canada starts to sound like a good idea, comes Timon of Athens at the Folger Theatre, confirming once again that first-rate Shakespeare is a cure for almost anything. The show's br…
The horrors of the Holocaust have been portrayed many times in film, most notably Schindler's List and The Pianist. One such horror, however, has never been a focus of film study: the euthan…
In a simple bold setting, a man in a hurry is running late. He is answering his phone, head skewed at an angle to balance between shoulder and cheek. At the same time, he handles a slim file…
Although not frequently performed, the Symphony No. 3 is Gustav Mahler’s most encompassing work, the piece which best exemplifies his life and career. Yannick Nézet-Séguin led …
