You know its coming. You wait for it with nervous expectation. Your ears tingle in readiness as you listen to her reluctant music collaborator and friend, Cosme McMoon, sitting in a 1940s ja…
As part of Pumpkin Theatre's series of "theatre for kids by kids," Seussical Jr., The Musical, gloriously sings and dances its way onto the Pumpkin stage. Seussical Jr. is directed by Ji…
1. ‘Mother Courage and her Children' at Arena Stage, the Mead Center for American Theatre “First of all, Bertolt Brecht is a master playwright, the likes of which come along only…
I remember a time when children's shows featured large, beefy and, most of the time, dim men as the heroes of the story. The prince swept in at the last minute to save the helpless princ…
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's 2013-2014 Intern Class will host an Intern Benefit Performance of We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as…
Ray Cooney's Funny Money at The Bowie Playhouse is an entertaining night out. At 2nd Star Productions this British Comedy comes to life as the hilarious twists and turns of the plot ke…
The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music presents Ivo Kaltchev with Sharon Christman, soprano. Â February 13, 2014 The prizewinner of international piano competitions and a Bösendorfer Concer…
Rafael Untalan is currently making his Theater J debut playing Marcus G. Dahlman AKA Marcus Gee in Yellow Face. He last performed in the area at Imagination Stage in Anime Momotoro. F…
Rumpelstiltskin is a scary fairytale about a selfish King, a desperate father, a lonely young girl who must fight for her life and a mean and menacing goblin. Or at least, that's the ver…
Thank you for voting! Â Over 3,000 votes were cast! Â The MD Theatre Guide is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Reader's Choice Awards for Community Theatre! Â On the left-ha…
Publisher Mark Beachy announced today that he will be launching a nationwide internet TV station called TheatreGuide.TV. Mark Beachy, who is also the publisher of MD Theatre Guide and NY …
The circus today has morphed in a couple of directions: to the streamlined arena fare of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey and the gymnastic spectacles of Cirque du Soleil and their …
First of all, Bertolt Brecht is a master playwright, the likes of which come along only rarely in the theatre. His Mother Courage and her Children is one of the great scripts of th…
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley, known for his dreadlocks and his distinctive songwriting and vocal style, lives on through his recordings of “One Love, People Get Ready,̶…
Today I am giving the last of my four special awards as we start to wind down this year’s Reader’s Choice Awards on MD Theatre Guide. The word “unique” is sometimes u…
Interview by Victoria Colbert Nigerian-born musician Tosin Aribisala soaks up the indigenous sounds of his homeland with a phenomenal fusion of traditional Yoruba rhythms, Afrobeat, highlife…
Naomi Jacobson is currently playing the role of Queen Margaret  in Richard III at Folger Theatre where she has also performed in The Winter's Tale and Henry VIII. Area credits include Â�…
Generally speaking, American theatregoers hate mixing politics and art: they almost always prefer the juicy personal drama, the edgy dysfunctional family comedy, or the sexy musical melodram…
For over twenty years the international rhythm extravaganza known as Stomp has been proving that sound and rhythm can be made with pretty much any kind of object. From obvious things like tr…
The McLean Community Players presentation of La Cage Aux Folles is nothing short of fantastic. The talent is extraordinary, costumes dazzling, and the set beautifully designed.  The s…
1. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Olney Theatre Center. “Under the guiding hand of Mr. Loewith, the production is Broadway caliber in every respect…This is an…
Chinese-American, African-American, Jewish-American, Irish-American, Latin-American, Christian-American, Native-American, White-American, Texan–each of us makes certain choices, willin…
There is nothing better on a cold winter's night than being out with your sweetheart and seeing a heartwarming musical with a strong score and book and a high-end group of performers. Violet…
With the recent announcement that “Peter Pan” would be the next live musical for NBC this year, Bill Murray flying into David Letterman’s show in costume this week, and Lea…
The idea behind Shakespeare’s Richard III is as simple as it is primal: a man, angry about his circumstances in life and seized by ambition, chooses evil and thereafter declines throug…