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Theatre as an artistic medium engages us with a combination of our senses, including our senses of imagination and creativity. Some plays are tuned to the ear–the ebbs and flow of lang…
Most families are a little bit complicated, dysfunctional even. If we're lucky, things eventually mellow out and folks manage a certain level of civility with one another. But sometimes …
One of the greatest romances in history is playing out on the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's stage in William Shakespeare's retelling of Antony and Cleopatra. Director Ralph Alan Cohen…
The Little Theatre of Alexandria produced its first play in 1935, only three years after Twentieth Century opened on Broadway, and a year after the hit show made it to Hollywood. E…
In the age of economical theatre"think: two men and a couch"Restoration Comedy is hardly the genre of the hour. Its large casts, elaborate costumes, multiple locations, and purposefully …
"I Wanna Rock" " and Rock of Ages is just the musical to help a girl out. This jukebox musical, featuring covers of great 80s bands from Styx to Asia, REO Speedwagon to Whitesnake, (and of c…
Most of us probably do not know what actually goes on behind the stark, sturdy walls of a traditional convent. We believe that such an edifice would reflect austerity, include much praye…
Most people have seen the film Legally Blonde and know the story of Elle Woods, the fun and frivolous fashionista who would be a lawyer, proving to the world she is more than just a ditzy…
BEST PLAY Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Author: Christopher Durang BEST MUSICAL Kinky Boots BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL Matilda The Musical Dennis Kelly BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LY…
The audience obviously wanted more after the world premiere of Washington National Opera's Approaching Ali. The 50 minute work, part of the American Opera Initiative received a standing ovat…
Some people enter our lives and make ripples. Others make waves. But every so often someone comes crashing into our worlds like a monsoon " someone like Becky Shaw. In the Pulitzer Prize nom…
The Theatre Lab School of The Dramatic Arts has presented a bunch of musicals in the past that go outside of the box. Musicals that make us theatre geeks stand up and take notice. Titles lik…
In June of 2011, Maryland Theatre Guide officially launched as a company featuring original online reviews, articles, and videos. Â The MD Theatre Guide also serves as a resource where the…
Singer /Composer Ann Hampton Callaway is probably best known to the masses as the composer and vocalist for the theme song to TV's The Nanny. But there is so much more to her career than jus…
The Hampton Years, the new play currently playing at Theater J in Washington, shows the value of highlighting a little known chapter in black history – in this case, the rise of Afr…
1. Company at Signature Theatre “…straight forward and honest… needs to go on your run don't walk list.” -Elliot Lanes, MD Theatre Guide READ Elliot Lanes’ review. Syno…
Private Lives by Noel Coward, now playing at Vagabond Players, is over eighty years old but no less funny or relevant than when it first premiered in 1930. It tells the story of Elyot (Micha…
If I say the term physical theatre to you, what do you think of? Most likely your answer will be Synetic right? Well yes, Synetic with its dazzling choreography and intense approach is one f…
Although it has often been seen as a vehicle for pop stars, The Wiz has always had the potential to touch audiences and offer some solid life-lessons.   It may be fun to watch M…
Reinventing theater is easier said than done " and easier still said with an expletive. Thus we have Aaron Posner's Stupid F***ing Bird, an adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull that just open…
Stephen Sondheim's musicals have been a long standing tradition at Signature Theatre since its inception, so it is fitting that the 2012/2013 season at Signature ends with one of Sondheim's …
The main advantage of Spotlighters Theatre’s rather unconventional and intimate space is that a family drama like Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance feels as if it is taking place…
Shuler Hensley is currently playing The Critic in the new adaptation of The Guardsman at the Kennedy Center. You might have seen him on tour a few years ago playing the Monster in Young Fran…
The conception of the musical Camelot is like a set of Russian nesting dolls" it is an adaptation of an adaptation that was inspired by an adaptation of a legend. Lerner and Loewe based Came…
The Twin Beach Players are proud to announce the winning playwrights for the 8th Annual Kids' Playwriting Festival (KPF8): CHECKMATE by Anna Gorenflo PROMLEMS? AÂ HOMECOMING PROMEDY by Chr…
