From the moment the lights go up on that ramshackle Pittsburgh boarding house, and Louise (Brenda D. Parker) sings with her sweet voice, you know you are in a special place"August Wilson ter…
Michael M. Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, today announced programming for the 2014"2015 season for the Kennedy Center, National Symphony Orchestra, …
“It is the new plays that really pave the way forward for this art form and for the artists who are a part of it,” says Artistic Director of the Olney Theatre Center, Jason Lo…
The famous quote: “Some look at things that are, and ask ‘why.’ I dream of things that never were and ask ‘why not?’” is often associated with…
Star of If/Then, Broadway legend Idina Menzel sang “Let It Go” from Disney’s blockbuster animated feature ‘Frozen’ at the Oscars.  How did she do?  Wha…
And once again, we witness the ever-tragic consequences that happen in a society of repressed sexuality. Only this time, the controversial themes being brought to light on the contempora…
The theatre goes dark, a scream rips through the night, and the sound of pounding footsteps fade as the murderer hastens from the scene. Â And this is just the first few minutes of the pro…
VIDEO:Â Audience reaction at world premiere of ‘Beaches’ at Signature Theatre.
A Soldier's Play, by Charles Fuller, is being presented by 2nd Star Productions, in their new location at the Charis Center for the Arts, near the antique district in Old Bowie. Jane B. Wing…
James Sugg is currently the composer and musical supervisor for Mother Courage and her Children at Arena Stage. His previous Arena Stage design credits include Good People, The Chosen and Lo…
There are at least three reasons you should venture out to see WSC Avant Bard’s new show, Orlando , now playing at Theatre On The Run. First of all, great literature never…
Pointless Theatre Company to Receive John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company TheatreWashington is proud to announce that the 2014 John Aniello Award for Outstanding…
It's "All in the Timing" for CCBC Catonsville Academic Theatre March 14-18 in the Center for the Arts Playwright David Ives' collection of short, comic plays allows ensemble cast to take on …
UMD SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICAN CONTINUUM THEATRE COMPANY BLACK THEATRE SYMPOSIUM MARCH 1, 2014 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center ALL-DAY…
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Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Kicks of 2014 Season with Richard IIIÂ Season of Malice & Misadventure begins with Shakespeare's unforgettable recounting of politics, blood and villainy…
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL KAHN ANNOUNCES THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY'S 2014-2015 SEASON Â Midway through Shakespeare Theatre Company's current season, Artistic Director Michael Kahn a…
1.  'Pluto' at Forum Theatre, Roundhouse Silver Spring In the 1920s, the founder of French Surrealism, André Breton, famously said: "The purest surrealist act is walking into a crowd …
ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER ANNOUNCES 65TH SEASON FEATURING FIVE WORLD PREMIERES, TWO MUSICALS, THREE COMEDIES AND A 25-WRITER COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR P…
In the 1920s, the founder of French Surrealism, André Breton, famously said: “The purest surrealist act is walking into a crowd with a loaded gun and firing into it randomly." Unfo…
Whether by divine order or by sheer coincidence certain people come along and change our lives, for better or for worse. Encounters with strangers, however long or brief, often have a wa…
Center Stage, a leading regional theater and the State Theater of Maryland, announced today that an agreement has been reached to extend the contracts of Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah t…
What do Platform Shoes, Barry White, and Shakespeare have in common? You can see all three and more at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's latest production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Set i…
The epic quest for a white whale in Herman Melville’s classic Moby Dick seems an apt subject for an epic staging, operatic in its intentions and soaring in its scale. … thi…
CATF HOSTS PULITZER PRIZE WINNER CHARLES FULLER Set To Announce 24th Season at Special Event, March 1, 2014 The Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University will announce it…