There's this hot little night club right across from some swanky automobile dealerships in a neighborhood calling itself Pike & Rose. The venue hosts a wide variety of arts and entertain…
The DCMetroTheaterArts Staff’s Best of 2016 Direction in Productions in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and DE are: BEST DIRECTION Carl Andress for Charles Busch's The Divine Sister at Bucks…
Congratulations are in order! Doug Varone and Dancers (a contemporary/modern dance company) is celebrating its 30th anniversary! Doug Varone's creativity has stood the test of time. In top f…
The title of Lisa Loomer's riveting play Roe refers to both the pivotal Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade and the person known as Jane Roe who was the plaintiff in it. Loomer dramatizes both st…
Lord knows there are a lot of young string quartets out there trying to make an impact on both classical music and the cultural scene generally. They even have their own competitions to try …
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker is unsurpassed in her modern-day observations on the human condition and how we respond to it: the afflictions that impact us; the troubled rela…
TODAY at 5:30 p.m. in each time zone across the country, members of the theater community " from Broadway to regional theaters to high schools and colleges and community theaters " will come…
Ever-willing to mount bold musicals with large casts you'd never expect to see in such an intimate, cozy space (remember last year's gorgeous Evita?), Fuzz Roark at Audrey Herman Spotlighter…
The Colonial Players of Annapolis' production of The City of Conversation is a powerful, timely play. Written by Anthony Giardina and directed by Ruben Vellekoop, it is about families and po…
In part three of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours, meet John Dignam. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform on the s…
I love when a play starts out as a fascinating head trip"a smart, high-concept exhilaration of ideas"then propels me headlong into an overwhelming flood of emotion. It's like being transport…
In Part Two of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Terri Laurino. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have …
"A man with a club is a lawmaker." Charlie Bethel walks casually onto the stage, a metal coffee cup in hand, and gazes into the distance. He strolls past the shiny dog food bowl at center st…
Whacked-out psycho-killer or falsely-accused innocent? We'll never know the truth about Lizzie Borden, but 11th Hour Theatre Company's production of the rock musical Lizzie, by Steven Chesli…
Picking through bombastic music to extract the musical message and leave a lingering impression of something other than bombast is a skill to be cherished among pianists on the international…
Lucy Breedlove makes her professional debut playing the middle of three siblings in Lillian Hellman's 1941 play Watch on the Rhine. In the childhood they are having, the bogeyman is all too …
By combining Isaac Asimov-style science fiction with Monty Python-style silliness, Douglas Adams created a whole new genre. It paid off very handsomely for Adams: His most famous work, The H…
Cole Porter's Anything Goes is a show that is equal parts silliness, slapstick, and shenanigans. The Little Theatre of Alexandria opened the old classic this past weekend to a sold-out house…
Studio Theatre's production of The Hard Problem by Tom Stoppard charmed me with its intellectual and ideological turmoil fueled by verbal fierceness. With a shiny, contemporary veneer and…
I recently had the great privilege to have an engaging interview with the dynamic artist Carla Cooke, a wondrous singer in her own right and daughter of the singing legend Sam Cooke. Ms. Coo…
In part one of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Alan Barnett. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen yo…
We all know a person (or two, or twelve) who still have their Christmas lights up as we head into February. If you’re not quite ready to let go of the Christmas glow, then Aldersgat…
Continuing "The 100 Percent Season" " an entire season consisting exclusively of works written by women " Strand Theater Company. ("the Strand") presented the World Premiere of Amy Bernstein…
The Tin Woman, written by Sean Grennan, is based on a true story, and is Prince George's Little Theatre's winter production. The show is directed by Estelle Miller, who also designed the set…
No shrinking violet when it comes to exploring humanity's most complex questions, playwright Tom Stoppard takes a deep dive into the frontiers of neuroscience, human nature, and the existenc…