7,144 stories from Maryland Theatre Guide
1. Into the Woods at Toby's Dinner Theatre. “Toby's 'Into the Woods' is a delightful, non-stop, twisted fairy tale adventure, where the audience willingly gets lost in the woo…
Washington, DC " The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today that Greg Reiner will join the NEA as the director of theater and musical theater starting on September 8, 2015. Re…
Lionel Bart's classic musical Oliver started its life in London's West End in 1960. In 1963 Broadway impresario David Merrick bought the show to the states where it became a megahit. It is o…
Laura Jordan is currently making her DC area stage debut in Silence! The Musical at Studio Theatre in the role of Clarice Starling. On Broadway, musical theatre geeks might remember La…
"Don't we go to plays for passions we don't get in life?" "I thought we were supposed to go to life for passions we don't get in life." So continues the dialogue in Silver Spring Stage's Ven…
The roaring 1920s lives up to its name in Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre's production of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, directed by Jimi Kinstle. From the glittering costumes (Laura …
Who knew that a musical about a quintessential Valley Girl who loves to wear pink, has a bubbly personality, and is yes, legally blonde, could be so sophisticated? Â I am talking, of cours…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Synetic Theater is Shakespeare like you’ve never heard before! Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili and choreographed by Irina Tsikurishvili, this spe…
It should probably be stated right from the beginning that I have never been a Whitman fan and I don’t like grass, so going to see Robert Michael Oliver’s production, Song of Mys…
Last month, 21-year-old Dylann Roof walked into a South Carolina church and killed nine people with the apparent intention of starting a “Race War.” While the dialogue in news me…
The search for creative ideas to implement has led to numerous movies being turned into Broadway musicals, the hook usually being archetypal characters that resonate and plotlines tha…
"Careful the tale you tell. That is the spell…" Â Stephen Sondheim's deep, meaningful lyrics help to tell his tale in the musical, Into the Woods, which proves that "If the end is right,…
Those of us that work in the arts know that the search for work is everlasting. For today’s Quick 5 column subject, that is not exactly true because for the past 53 seasons William …
1. As You Like It at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory. “I am just a theater lover who adores seeing well-acted, well delivered performances and encouraging you to take in a great show.…
Shakespeare, to me is as daunting as trying a new food, scary at first, but then thrilling when you realize that what you have been missing all these years is indeed delicious. Thus was my e…
There's a lot of fine acting in Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age, the current production at Wheaton's Unexpected Stage Company. The staging, by director/co-producing artistic director Chr…
Here is a solo show that has already completed its all too brief run at Capital Fringe. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't know about it. In fact, starting July 29th, it will be pla…
If you think of Seth MacFarlane, the first thing that probably comes to mind are the highly successful adult cartoon comedies he created " "Family Guy" (now in its 13th season) and "Ameri…
If you like Monty Python, or just plain mindless, goofy comedy, you’re in for a treat. Spamalot, a Broadway musical adaption of the infamous Monty Python and the Holy Grail is irrev…
Without question, one of the most compelling and controversial issues of our time is the Settler Movement in the West Bank, a region known throughout most of the world as the Occupied Territ…
"Yo, Miss," the students in the South Bronx high school greet the newbie drama teacher, and in her one-woman show,  Ripple of Hope: One Teacher’s Journey to Make an Impact, Karen…
If you are looking for some scintillating tales from behind the closed doors of The White House, At Your Service, Mr. President! is not the show for you. If you wish to know about the beh…
New musicals presented in festival settings are generally a bit dicey because there is never enough time to perfect everything you want to perfect. The Class Act Players Theatre Company, whi…
As we all know, it takes a village to create anything in the theatre. Many people work very hard in all of the departments to deliver the finished product you see onstage. This feature will …
Once upon a time, when I was a wee theatre grad student, there was a truly obnoxious bunch of undergrads who called themselves the Naked Theater. They were poseurs all, with little in th…
