The academic year is winding down at area universities, but before the summer break begins, Catholic University of America presented their production of the famed Cole Porter musical comedy,…
In October, 1972, a new play made its world premiere in Cape Town, South Africa. Published under the title "Sizwe Bansi [sic] is Dead," the piece was devised by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and …
ROCKVILLE, MD " Rockville Little Theatre (RLT) is proud to announce that their production of "Pride@Prejudice" by Daniel Elihu Kramer was selected Outstanding Production at ESTA (Eastern Sta…
As Dorothy famously repeats, "There's no place like home." Annapolis' Compass Rose Theatre certainly understands that sentiment, having long journeyed from space to space across the city in …
The Barbara Ingram School for the Arts (BISFA) is an arts high school in Hagerstown (Western Maryland) supported by a foundation that works to enhance arts education at BISFA and in the comm…
As literary characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have had quite a life. They first appeared in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" as the Danish prince's ill-fated friends-turn-spies. English…
"Henry VIII" is one of Shakespeare's less frequently produced plays. It actually isn't Shakespeare's alone, rather, it was a collaboration with John Fletcher. Here is a fun fact (thanks, Wik…
In the 1980s and '90s, Christopher Durang was at the peak of his popularity. He'd arrived at precisely the right time, when the world of American stage comedy desperately needed an heir to t…
Taking a serious and frightening issue such as climate change and turning it into a thought-provoking, heartwarming, and overall entertaining show is no small feat. Graziella Jackson's new p…
Crickets, the sound of nighttime with frogs, running water, and night air set the stage for a romantic interlude (sound design by Adam Ressa, Jaclyn Robertson, Ward Kay, and Sarah Baczewski)…
"Inbox Zero," a monodrama presented by UrbanArias, will be performed as a live stage reading at the Keegan Theatre in Washington, D.C. on May 4, 2023. UrbanArias was founded in 2010 by Gener…
"Les Mis" is back! A spectacular production of the Tony-Award winning musical is currently playing in the Kennedy Center Opera House, featuring some of musical theatre's finest actors, singe…
 "Putting it Together," a musical review of Stephen Sondheim's songs, is a fast-paced, intimate portrayal of the bright and dark aspects friendship, marriage, and relationships. Loosely c…
 The musical "Grease" (music, lyrics, and book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, with additional songs by John Farrar) has remarkably survived over 50 years of Broadway and West End produc…
 Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, VA is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. It is including some very special shows this year, including the current prod…
It is a chaotic time for several of Baltimore's small theater companies. Stillpointe Theatre, Rapid Lemon Productions, and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory all lost their performance spaces at …
Washington's theatre community gathered at the elegant Perry Belmont House on Tuesday evening to celebrate this year's Helen Hayes Award nominees and raise a toast to yet another bountiful y…
The Candlelight Concert Society will be presenting the Jerusalem Quartet at the Horowitz Center at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD on Sunday, April 23, 2023. The concert is called "…
There has been a real shift in the panoply of the American musical, where shows eschew the usual formulas and displays and cater to a darker, meaner, leaner version. It can be argued that ev…
"Following an acclaimed off-Broadway run, sold-out world tour, and recently being awarded 'The New York Times,' Critic's Pick, Scott Silven's 'Wonders' is a show for these extraordinary time…
"Jennifer Who is Leaving," a dramedy written and directed by Morgan Gould, hits all the right notes, deftly blending slice-of-life comedy with some deeply sobering realities about what goes …
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was the legal displacement of 60,000 natives from their homelands to the Oklahoma Territory. During the removal, thousands of lives were lost along the journey…
Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" meets a revamping of that fairytale, starring a Rain Cloud who becomes obsessed with a rain-loving human, meets the sexual confusion/closeting …
Columbians will acutely miss the presence of Maestro Jason Love after he steps down at the end of this season's performances in his role as Music Director of the Columbia Orchestra. Of cours…
 Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Our Town" was written in hard times. The country was in the grips of the Depression; farmland was disintegrating into the dust bowl; …