Jerry Blavat, "a Philadelphia borne dancer, radio and television disc jockey, performer, entertainer, producer and nightclub owner" (according to the program insert), produced his 38th show …
Don't groan but this is a bloody good show. It rocks, it roils, it's saucy and sassy, it's effin in-your-face. The story is gory as you might expect. It's about the legendary 1892 axe murder…
Being a teenager is never easy, especially if your mother has just married your uncle, who also happens to have murdered your father, and nobody can accept the fact that you're a girl. Add i…
Ovations Theatre has enchanted its way into the hearts of its audiences once again with a children's production of Beauty and the Beast. This young and energetic cast, directed by Darnell Mo…
The Fredericktowne Players have just opened their revival of the classic musical Bells Are Ringing. This is an infrequently performed work from the 1950s, that has many charms. Musical theat…
Nicholas Photinos' and Florent Ghys' evening of "string innovations" was another successful pairing for LiveConnections Presents' ambitious curator Mary Wheelock Javian. Her 2016-17 season "…
Mary Tuomanen's fiercely political solo performance Hello! Sadness! dreamily jolts through time and space. It blends together disparate historic figures and fictional characters, from Joan o…
Atlanta 1948: "Negro Policemen to Patrol City Streets"They are ordered not to arrest white people" This is an actual headline featured in the multimedia of Bristol Riverside's Driving Miss D…
A special recipe for a belly full of laughter awaits at the Walnut Street Theatre. Take a bunch of madcap comedy show writers, mix with mayhem and a kooky secretary, add a tinge of McCarthyi…
In part nine of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Juliet Beach. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have …
Lately the news has been resignifying theater more than usual. To resignify is not a commonly used verb but it's a commonly understood thing. It means "to give new signification to," to alte…
The plucky Falls Church based Zemfira Stage has taken on the Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening, a far cry from the company’s joyous summer performance of The Wizard of Oz. Zemfira…
In part eight of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Penni Barnett. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have s…
A sampling of the audio from the packed house should serve as ample description for Ford's Theatre's stunning new production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: raucous laught…
There's nothing extravagant about the two shows playing at the McCarter Theatre. Both are presented on a stage stripped to its bare essentials: we can see all the way back to the building…
Mack, Beth by Chris Stezin, now playing at The Keegan Theatre, is a Macbeth for the Cyber Age. Set in a world where death by dagger is replaced by death by fake news, Mack, Beth makes a pers…
Directed by: S.G. Kramer and Daniel Johnston Creative Writing Coordination by: Tara Hart Music Performed by: Chris Sisson, Steven Caballero Stage Management by: Linwood Milan Production Assi…
In part seven of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Gage Warren. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have se…
In part six of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Jen Sizer. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you p…
A joy for a theater writer is to bring notice to young up-and-coming actors.  In the past year I have the good fortune to see Ethan van Slyke perform with several professional thea…
American Ballet Theatre Offers Magical Moments of Escapism The grey cloud of uncertainty that hovers over all, especially dance, lifted last evening at The Kennedy Center Opera House, if onl…
Chris Stezin's adaptation of Macbeth, presented by Director Matt Ripa at The Keegan Theatre, is a daring attempt to bring one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies into the modern day. In t…
Well-known to audiences for his offbeat 1972 novelty song "Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)" and his appearances as the singing guitar-playing Captain Calvin Spalding on the popular TV…
Little Carol Klein of Brooklyn, New York, did herself proud when she blossomed into songwriter Carole King. In 2013 her hit-parade of a life came to Broadway as Beautiful: The Carole King Mu…
There was a fabulous, swinging party on this past Sunday night and it all happened at the wonderful Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club as the dynamic and talented singer Ms. Carla Cook…