7,144 stories from Maryland Theatre Guide
Paula Vogel wrote The Baltimore Waltz several years prior to her Pulitzer Prize winning play How I Learned to Drive. Although both plays share a sense of fun, both plays are als…
When you think of some of the songs that have become a part of our musical culture, chances are one man was responsible for the lyrics. His name was Johnny Mercer, and even if you don't know…
It's one thing to go to a symphony concert and hear a singer be at one with the audience and the orchestra. It's completely different when the orchestra is DC's own musical treasure, the Nat…
Stephen Spinella is currently playing the role of Christopher Benton in the pre-Broadway tryout of The Velocity of Autumn at Arena Stage. Stephen won two Tony and Drama Desk Awards …
Art is The Dignity Players latest production now on display at The Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis. Originally a French play by Yasmina Reza, it premiered October 28, 1994 and…
Ed Asner, also known as Lou Grant in TV’s iconic series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, is in town at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley, MD to meet and greet his fans. At…
Whenever a museum presents something theatrical, it's usually 25 minutes or so, has some nice effects and just scratches the surface of its subject. The National Geographic Museum has chosen…
Red Eye Gravy Theatre Company’s I Am You is a devised, original work that focuses on how we encourage and discourage people based on preconceived notions of who they are and what they …
Many of us have aging parents; some of us have even spent long periods of time with a parent during those final declining days. Those of us who have known that the comedy of such situati…
In life and in love, one of the chief questions is whether it is more important to be tactful or truthful. Molière's The Misanthrope, now playing at Vagabond Theatre, follows the story of A…
When the curtain comes down on act one of 1st Stage's The Pitmen Painters the audience bursts into applause"and why not? Breaking the fourth wall, our five coalminers turn to us…
The problem with building an opera around a star is that sometimes, the star will falter. So even as the cover of the Washington National Opera Playbill of Tristan and Isolde shows Debora…
1. Animal Crackers at Center Stage “a rip-roaring escape from normalcy.” -Steve Charing, MD Theatre Guide READ Steve Charing’s review. Synopsis: The toe-tapping, knee…
It was an interesting decision for the Fells Point Corner Theatre (FPCT) to take a chance with a relatively inexperienced director and cast for their first show of its 2013-14 season. It is …
You know you're in for a rare treat when you go to the box office to pick up your ticket, and the staff tells you that the theatre's original seating plan has been completely changed; in the…
Everyman Theatre opens its 2013-14 season with another production that is both beautiful in design and performance. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is considered one of the greates…
Don Juan"we all know him"the womanizer, the deflowerer of virgins, the cad … the hypersexual hedonist and habitual liar … the atheist. In other words, an all-round wonderful 21st …
"The question is what side are you on?" Family matriarch Vera Joseph wants to know, but the truth is, the answer isn't always clear or easy. At least that's how the characters in playwright …
Rep Stage's A Young Lady of Property is an unobtrusive, atmospheric period piece that takes you back to a simpler time. Set in the 1920's but written for television in the 1950's, the play f…
Back in the 17th Century, theater in Spain was so rich, even the intervals between acts were entertaining. Sketches performed in the streets to engage with passerby led to their becoming par…
Lisa D'Amour's Detroit, now playing at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, uses the currently bankrupt Motor City as a symbol not a place, as that point of nostalgia when America"fresh fro…
If a particular production can gage how a whole theatre season is going to be, then Torch Song Trilogy at Studio Theatre tells us that it is going to be a fantastic year of theatre here in D…
Throw in a handful of "Monty Python," a sliver of "Black Books" and a pinch of "The Office" (the British version, of course) and mix well. That's how to make a delicious brew of two part…
"It's hard to overstate the genius of the Marx Brothers," says Center Stage Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah during rehearsals for Animal Crackers. "This is high-flying, laugh-a-minute lun…
‘Rising Star’ is a new column on MD Theatre Guide that will shine the spotlight on a young performance artist in the MD/DC/Northern VA theatre and entertainment world. Whether he…
