New Year's Eve at the Kennedy Center always has something for everyone in terms of music but this year's National Symphony Orchestra concert was something completely different from what most…
Edward Herrmann was born on July 21, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia. Â He passed away December 31, 2014. Â He was 71. Mark Beachy interviewed Edward Herrmann at the Monster Man…
Artistic Directors come and go. Â Most of the time the transition is a quiet and peaceful one. Â In the case of the dismissal of Ari Roth, the former Artistic Director of Theater J in Wa…
2014 was another exciting and important year in theatre  for the DC/Baltimore area. To list everything that happened would take forever, but there are certain stories that stood out. Keep…
Baltimore born filmmaker, Barry Levinson made his screen directing debut in 1982 with a movie called Diner.  Diner was the first of four “Baltimore Films” set in his hometo…
I recently interviewed Tom Delise, Artistic Director of Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, about their upcoming production of The Merchant of Venice in Original Pronunciation (OP). First off Tom…
Statement from Association for Jewish Theatre: The Association for Jewish Theatre (AJT) is saddened by the departure of Ari Roth as the Artistic Director of Theater J in Washington, D.C. …
According to a post on the Association for Jewish Theatre group on Facebook, Carole Zawatsky, CEO of the DCJCCÂ emailed members of the Israel Arts community in response to the protest of t…
The pleasure of watching the talented singers and musicians of the Folger Consort perform A Renaissance Christmas is a Christmas present of the highest order. The Folger Consort's dedication…
Ian Tresselt, Managing Director of Everyman Theatre, has announced that he will leave the Baltimore theatre company to pursue a double Masters Degree in Design Leadership at Johns Hopkins Ca…
In an unprecedented display of solidarity among a giant consortium of the American theater's artistic directors, an open letter has been issued in support of Ari Roth, following his recent d…
It is good to think like a child again. To let life be what it is, explore it and react to it as if for the first time. Children believe in magic, until told otherwise. As we learn in…
Lawrence Redmond is currently portraying the roles of Uncle Eric Drosselmeyer and Rat in Round House Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker. Previous Round House Theatre credits includ…
by Mitchell Plitnick By now, many of you are surely aware of the fact that the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center's Executive Director fired the artistic director of Theater J, Ari Ro…
Magic fills Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia for their production of Marry Poppins, The Broadway Musical, a show about an extraordinary nanny who literally swoops in to care for two trouble…
When Director Diana Paulus and set designer Scott Pask first collaborated together on the musical Pippin, both created worlds that scoped beyond their wildest dreams and imagination. Tho…
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the musical Bible story Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber put together before they did Jesus Christ Superstar (and Evita and all the thea…
On Thursday Decmber 18th 2014 Artistic Director Ari Roth was abruptly fired after being in the position for eighteen years. On Friday evening December 19th, the following was read at …
Megan Hilty is a multi faceted performer that has wowed audiences on Broadway in Wicked and 9 to 5. On TV you might know her as Ivy Lynn from the all too short lived series Smash or you migh…
VIDEO:Â Interviews with Cast of Mary Poppins at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. Â www.mdtheatreguide.com. Â Video produced and edited by Mark Beachy. Â Performance footage…
As many of you know I work in the theatre as a professional Stage Manager/Board Op and Sound Designer so I guess it’s only natural for me to put together the following feature. Washing…
Looking for a glass of spiked eggnog and a place to bring your inebriated friends to get them in the holiday spirit? Your quest is over! Holiday Follies, Signature’s annual holiday sho…
1. Black Nativity at Theater Alliance. “We watched the group work beautifully together in their rhyme and rhythm as they told the story of the birth of Jesus.” – Beatric…
Shrek the Musical is a play based on the 2001 Disney movie about a lovable green ogre, a talking donkey and a princess searching for true love. The Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, in…
Word is, storytelling prowess is an evolutionarily superior characteristic of the Irish, and in his 3-character play, Terminus, Irish playwright Mark O'Rowe ratchets up the RPMs of storytell…