The legendary Mel Brooks film, "Young Frankenstein," has been a cultural stalwart for decades. This classic horror film parody was the inspiration for Aerosmith's hit song, "Walk This Way," …
Well-established as one of the world's top theater festivals, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) held a sneak preview on April 1 in Washington, D.C. of "Stories with Purpose,"…
It's always a pleasure to welcome back Jack Everly, the BSO's former principal pops conductor, for one of his well-received programs of the Great American Songbook. For this performance he b…
"The Music Man," with music, lyrics, and book by Meredith Willson, is based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. Set in the fictional town of River City, Iowa, the story follows the tra…
With times being what they are, we are all in need of some escapism. Live theater and the pun-filled, Tony Award-winning musical, "Shucked," currently at the Hippodrome Theater, fits the bil…
Arthur Miller's plays may be popular and oft-produced, but they aren't easy. "All My Sons" is no exception. With its wordy script, real-time action, and complicated characters, this play gra…
Of Anton Chekhov's work, Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen insightfully observed that he made "subjectivity edit and rule experience." Moving away from more totalizing abstract themes and events …
NEA-supported The Last Martyr will tour middle and high schools, community venues BETHESDA, MD " Imagination Stageâ„¢, the metro DC region's largest professional theatre for yo…
Week of March 16, 2025 1. "Blood at the Root" at Fells Point Corner Theater (FPCT) "It is the actors' performances here that vibrantly lift the personae from the page and give them a dimensi…
In 2019, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended with eight winners because the National Spelling Bee competition ran out of words to challenge the contestants. The significance of this fact…
Greenbelt Arts Center's modest production of "tick, tick…BOOM!" honors the life and talent of composer Jonathan Larson with subtlety and charm. In the year of what would have been Larson's…
The Lamentable Comedie ofJANE ANGER,that Cunning Woman,and also of Willy Shakespeareand his Peasant Companion,Francis,Yes and Also ofAnne Hathaway (also a Woman)Who Tried Very Hard This is a…
Playwright Matilda Feyiá¹£ayá» Ibini explains that with this play about four young Black British women, she at last felt the "freedom" to write in a style and language that represents…
When you think of Shakespeare, you probably don't think of a high-spirited bar in New Orleans, Louisiana. Director Joey Pierce did and decided to stage his production of Shakespeare's classi…
As we are in the season of Lent with Holy Week upcoming, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts is staging a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's famous, rock opera, "Jesus Christ…
"In my happy poverty, I squander like I have a millionaire's soul." These sanguine sentiments are evoked in the libretto to "La Bohème," but can an impoverished, bohemian life truly result …
A meta-theatrical farce that searingly pokes fun at the things people do in the name of trying to quell their mistakes and their anxiety, "It's a Motherf**king Pleasure" hits some truly laug…
Neil Simon's comedy classic, "The Odd Couple" has been adapted countlessly, but nothing compares to the original stage play which premiered on Broadway in 1965. Directed by Randy Barth, Bowi…
Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia in NYCB's production of George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova's "Coppélia." Photo by Erin Baiano. It was encouraging to see so many children at Thursday night'…
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a three-act play by Edward Albee, first staged on Broadway in 1962. It won Tony Awards for Best Play, Best Actress (Uta Hagen), and Best Actor (Arthur Hi…
There's nothing quite like hearing Alan Menken's music performed by a full choir and orchestra, especially when it comes to "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." The huge musical is well-supported …
At the Kennedy Center this past Wednesday night, Twyla Tharp's pick-up company displayed contemporary dance at its best. Her dance creations are often mind-blowing, humorous, and always …
Playwright José Rivera's resume is certainly an impressive one. The Obie Award-winning "Marisol" sticks out in my mind as representative of a body of work that brilliantly brings together t…
Once upon a time, a man walked into a barbershop, slapping backs and tossing out greetings, his words laced with the F-bomb"five times in a single breath"before finally pausing and demanding…
Directed by Jeff Calhoun and based on the 1992 movie of the same name, "Sister Act" is your ticket to an entertaining evening full of fun and laughter. Having witnessed a murder, aspiring si…