7,105 stories from Maryland Theatre Guide
Who knew how many people would remember Mickey Rooney? Child star turned adult character actor, Rooney first appeared on the vaudeville stage before he turned two. In his lifetime, he appear…
*The Best Of Theatre For Young Audiences*Â GLEN ECHO, MD "Â Adventure Theatre MTCÂ (ATMTC), educating and inspiring new generations of theater artists and audiences with exceptional t…
Celebrating its roots and nurturing opera's future. Baltimore, MD (July 17, 2023) " Maryland Opera's sixth season opens with "L'Amour, Toujours l'Amour" featuring fully staged scenes and act…
"RiverShe Collective Arts: Queer Family Summer Sanctuary" is part religious revival, part variety show and part platform for the kind of quiet activism that emphasizes kindness over in-your-…
It's a winter night in Paris in 1926. F. Scott Fitzgerald, one year removed from the publication of his breakout hit "The Great Gatsby," is churning out short stories for publication to make…
"Find the heart…not the art." Olympe de Gouges (Mary Wakefield) needs to write a play "that's good and important and annoyingly prescient." In "The Revolutionists," playwright Lauren Gunde…
Maryland's last historically recognized lynching happened on October 18, 1933. Playwright Jack L.B. Gohn used the date (but none of the other details) of George Armwood's brutal torture and …
Martha Mitchell is having a moment. In April 2022, a well-reviewed limited series about the outspoken wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, with Julia Roberts in the lead, began to air. Tw…
I was not at all sure what to expect from Erin Joy Schmidt's one-woman show about the somewhat elusive figure at the center of Roe v. Wade. I went in expecting something akin to a political …
The 16th Capital Fringe Festival kicked off Wednesday evening with a true showstopper: a corpse on the Theater J stage. For the next 50 minutes, a crack team of local improvisers tried to fi…
Beginning on July 14, 2023, Sisters Freehold will be presenting "The Code Switch," at Baltimore's Theatre Project. This world-premiere play is written and directed by Shakill Jamal. The play…
"Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab orisItaliam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venitlitora, multum ille et terris iactatus et altovi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;multa quoque et …
You never know what you're going to get when it comes to Capital Fringe. With Pinky Swear Productions' "Bell Wringer," the cleverly contrived, highly entertaining randomness of it all perfec…
Any Sondheim musical is an absolute treat to see onstage and "Into the Woods" is no exception. Presented by Rockville Musical Theatre, Sondheim's story of love and loss is an actor's dream w…
Maryland playwright Bob Bartlett is fast making a name for himself in site-specific theatre. In 2018, he wrote the romantic and funny "The Accident Bear" and produced it in a laundromat. Dur…
Enjoy free, entertaining, and accessible productions of the work of the greatest playwright of the English language at parks and arts centers throughout Prince George's County! Each summer P…
Baltimore (7.7.2023) " Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) will present A Midsummer Night's Dream in four Baltimore parks this summer. The production is part of the company's new state-wide…
"First Date" is a delightful night of summer entertainment in downtown Annapolis. It was written by Austin Winsberg with lyrics and music by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, and directed by …
Washington, DC " GALA Hispanic Theatre's Interim Producing Artistic Director Abel López proudly announces the 2023-2024 Season. "For 47 years, Hugo Medrano, GALA co-founder and artistic d…
Plays containing lesbian leads are sadly"at least in this lesbian's opinion"few and far between. Broadway musicals containing a lead character who is lesbian are even scarcer. In fact, prior…
"Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville" is a jukebox musical where the book by Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley is secondary to the music and lyrics of the popular singer, Jimmy Buffett. Mos…
This production was not what I expected"a play about the story of the two musicians, Chuck and Eva, and how their unusual friendship led to the development of an album of songs from the Grea…
When Angel meets Cupid in a bar and her band gets an opening slot on a tour, life takes some unexpected turns into a past she tried to leave behind. Part rock show, part booze-soaked road tr…
Howard County Summer Theatre is currently presenting the classic musical, "Hello, Dolly!" The show opened almost 50 years ago on Broadway with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book by Mi…
The pride of Disney's musicals has roared into the Kennedy Center with all of its magic. Based on the 1994 the smash animated film produced by Disney Studios, the stage version of "The L…
