Taffety Punk Theatre Company is a collection of artists based in Washington D.C. with a specific goal"to make theater affordable to any audience member who wishes to attend. Their new perfor…
Stunning, haunting, and entrancing are the words that came to mind as I watched Olney Theatre Center's production of Prince Gomolvilas' play "The Brothers Paranormal." The show's deeply enga…
 "SpongeBob SquarePants" first appeared on the Nickelodeon network in 1999. Featuring outlandish characters and slapstick humor, the show also included an underlying sly wit as well. The …
Alexandria, VA"Observing the anniversary of its 90th year, The Little Theatre of Alexandria (LTA) will take on a wide range of topics and issues in its productions and staged readings during…
For many years the short play form has been a well-respected point of entry into writing for the stage. In the late 20th century, The Humana Festival popularized a sub-genre: the ten-minute …
Eric Carle's children's stories"which he started publishing almost 60 years ago with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and have sold tens of millions of copies"are the topic for Ima…
Compass Rose Theater's production of "Sylvia"' is a howl-out-loud, funny production of A.R. Gurney's insightful 1995 play. As the play opens, you might question whether a script built around…
It has been fifty years since Maynard Jackson become the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Less than ten years since the Civil Rights Laws came into being and only a little o…
I'm trying not to make any gold references here but I'm failing. This play is so delightfully rough-hewn and glittery, a true visual and aural masterpiece, carefully carved into existence by…
If you like zany comedies with a touch of mystery, you will thoroughly enjoy "The Play That Goes Wrong" written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and directed by Alex Campbell…
Theatre at its most riveting is the occasion in which the audience is engaged, challenged, and then ultimately committed and, in some way, moved by the experience. This first rate, theatrica…
 Intergenerational stories that spotlight that moment, or moments, when a younger person suddenly "gets" what an older person is going through and vice versa can be difficult to pull off…
There are two sure things about the latest offering from Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC): "As You Like It" is a total delight and it is an excellent starting place for anyone shy about …
Now in its third season, the Black Choreographers Festival runs October 13-15 at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. It will feature works by 15 choreographers over two performances along wi…
 Hagerstown, MD " The Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater is proud to announce their 2024 40th MainStage Season! To kick the season off, Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein will be pla…
Review co-written by Herb Merrick and Lynne Menefee. Hold on to your hats! A tornado has hit Baltimore and this one is staying for week! Coming full circle, the revival of "The Wiz" is makin…
RLT's production of "Communicating Doors," written by English playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn in 1994, tells the story of Poopay"a British, "special sexual consultant""who is hired to service …
The Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting the world acclaimed piano quartet, Fauré Quartett, on Sunday October 1, 2023. The program will consist of Gabriel Fauré's music, "Songs A…
"Anastasia: The Musical" is the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. The youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the entire family was brutally murdered by Bolshevik soldiers in the R…
I had no idea what to expect going into Brian Feldman's "Dishwasher 2: I Pay You." Was this going to be some sort of performance art piece? A no-holds-barred theatrical experiment? An ingeni…
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" is delightful children's theater from the Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC). The cast, the first show of the 2023-2024 season, and the inaugural choice from ne…
The emotional stakes are high in Nilo Cruz's "Baño de Luna" ("Bathing in Moonlight"). Cruz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, also directs GALA Hispanic Theatre's production of his pla…
BALTIMORE, MD " After a two-year hiatus due to the global pandemic, Charm City Fringe is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of the Charm City Fringe Festival from September 2…
ANNAPOLIS, MD " Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival is a two-day beachfront music festival at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, MD that highlights the best in regional and national bluegras…
Silver Spring Stage has become a performing arts landmark in their community and it was great to come back to the newly-renovated theatre now that outside construction has ended. It was also…