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When a cop encounters someone in a mental health crisis, do they see a person or a threat? Matthew Capodicasa's tense dash of a play, "The Scenarios," probes this charged question. In the st…
Maestro Heyward introduced the program as a musical reflection on life. The first selection, AntonÃn Dvořák's "Carnival Overture" (1891), is the second in a trilogy of overtures ti…
World premiere of Bad Books by Sharyn Rothstein and also featuringDevelopmental Readings of new works by Beth Hyland, Sam Mueller, Harrison David Rivers, and Eliana Theologides Rodriguez Bet…
The Paul Taylor Dance Company came to the Kennedy Center to celebrate 70 years of presenting innovative, modern dance. The program featured two of Taylor's own 147 dance compositions, "Arden…
Who can resist a tale of love, greed, and carnivorous plants? For more than 40 years, the musical "The Little Shop of Horrors" has delighted audiences around the globe. The dark comedy, with…
Featuring Wendell Pierce, Bill Irwin, Francesca Zambello, Taylor Reynolds, Jocelyn Bioh, Lolita Chakrabarti, and a renowned production from the Royal Shakespeare Company Washington, D.C. (Ma…
Week of February 16, 2025 1. "Kunene and The King" at Shakespeare Theatre Company "…sublimely executed…Santiago-Hudson demonstrates such magnificent control of the tone and tempo…K…
48th Season Includes the DC-Area Premiere of a Modern Epic, A Magical World Premiere, a U.S. Premiere Holiday Comedy, the Latest Work from f Pulitzer-Winning Playwright, The Fifth Annual …
Who knew a musical about corn could be just as profound as it is irreverent? The 1st National Tour of "Shucked" has found a way to make us not only care about corn but also roar with laughte…
What is "art?" This is the question that Tony award-winning, French playwright Yasmine Reza puts front and center in her quirky drama, "Art" (translated by Christopher Hampton). The Vagabond…
I parked in Bristol 10. Two floors down, and on the opposite side of the Kennedy Center from the Eisenhower Theater where, in twenty minutes, the curtain would go up on the closing performan…
In 2025, the youngest age of the Baby Boomer generation will be approximately 61 years old, while the oldest age will be approximately 79. For this and preceding generations, the preponderan…
Featuring World Premieres, Rich Thematic Programs and Collections Designed to Help Guide Extraordinary Experiences  BALTIMORE, MD (February 25, 2024) " The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (…
Getting a new musical on its feet is notoriously difficult. Generally speaking, this is why smaller regional theatres don't often try it. In the case of Bethesda Little Theatre's mounting of…
Whether you're still kicking or already six feet under, you won't be able to resist the spell of St. Andrew's Episcopal School's production of "The Addams Family: School Edition." They've go…
With a mix of deep gratitude and heavy hearts, we write to share the news that The Maryland Theatre Collective will be closing its doors after our cabaret on March 5 at The Collective Encore…
Written and directed by Navajo playwright Rhiana Yazzie (and dramaturg Steven Paul Judd, a Kiowa/Choctaw filmmaker), the world premiere of "The Other Children of the Sun" graces the Famil…
"'Shucked' is the Tony Award®"winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls 'flat out hilarious!' And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award-winne…
Week of February 9, 2025 1. "Be More Chill" at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, in partnership with Rockville Musical Theatre "…phenomenal production…a well-rounded theatrical experience."Â�…
Currently Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) is presenting it's 100th production, "It's The Comedy of Errors, Hon!"""mostly" by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's play has been adapted and…
Maestro Enrico Lopez-Yanez, an active composer/arranger as well as principal and guest pops conductor of several symphony orchestras, is known for his collaboration with many popular artists…
"Everything That Never Happened," written by Sarah B. Mantell, was developed at the Carlotta Festival of New Plays, Yale School of Drama (2017) and through The Playwrights Realm Writing Fell…
Often, we have difficulty seeing beyond the challenges and barriers specific to our own situation or to our own country. Plays like Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of "Kunene and Th…
As she closes the book on her vivid reimagining of her Cuban childhood, Abuela Claudia (Rayanne Gonzalez) pleads with a phantom of her mother: "Now I'm wide awake, a million years too late."…
Valentine's Day already comes with plenty of sweets, and "The Love Birds: Chaucer's A Parlement of Foules" by the Folger Consort makes it even sweeter. It is a delectable delight amidst the …
