From established stage authors to wannabe first-timers, playwrights from all over the region are drawn each year to create a unique ten-minute play festival called The Variations Project. Fo…
If you're looking for hours of escapist fun and spellbinding special effects, "Beetlejuice" is the show to see. It is a whirlwind of constant action, laughs, and superb vocal performances. C…
Refreshed series delivers nine new episodes highlighting local and regional artists OWINGS MILLS, MD " Maryland Public Television's (MPT) original series Artworks returns for its ni…
The four-night event features new plays written and performed by nine D.C.-area ensembles comprised of young and emerging artists. (Washington D.C.) Arena Stage at the Mead Center for Americ…
 The Broadway Center Stage (BCS) series at Kennedy Center is currently presenting the Tony Award-winning, "Monty Python's Spamalot." Billed as a musical "lovingly ripped off from the mot…
More intimate theatre spaces often lend themselves to a completely different type of performance experience. Such was the case when I attended Nu Sass Productions' "Finding Neil Patrick Harr…
(NORTH BETHESDA, MD) " National Philharmonic (NatPhil) announced its 2023-2024 Season, which includes six classical programs conducted by Music Director Piotr Gajewski, one classical concert…
It has been a decade since the Elden Street Players, an all-volunteer community theatre located in a nondescript office park in Herndon, took a leap of faith and reinvented itself as NextSto…
It is safe to say that Audrey Hepburn is a beloved icon"a fashion icon and an icon of old Hollywood who was also an extremely private person. Quite reticent about her personal affairs at the…
Earth receive an honored guest;William Yeats is laid to rest:Let the Irish vessel lieEmptied of its poetry. Â " W.H. Auden, 1939 With Scena Theatre's production of "Three by Yeats," we may…
Always Unexpectedly Fringe; Ten Days of Performances; 43 Individual Productions; Festival Preview " June 23, 7 -11 pm  WASHINGTON " The time is near for this year's Capital Fringe Festiv…
Washington D.C. (Monday, May 15, 2023) " The National Theatre is delighted to announce the nominations for the second annual Brandon Victor Dixon Awards. The Brandon Victor Dixon Awards high…
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND " Rapid Lemon Productions will continue their 12th season with "Variations on The End," an evening of 11 world premiere short plays by local authors from June 9 through 2…
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's production of "Hamlet," directed by Eleanor Holdridge, is an energetic and familiar story filled with the perils of politics, loyalty, and love. The open…
 "Resurrection," from the Latin "resurgent" meaning "to rise again," is the thread weaving together IN Series' 2023-2024 season. It is a powerful word and concept, but another word much …
"Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived." Such was the fate of the six wives of Henry VIII, a very consequential English king with an appetite for women (among other things) …
There is no shortage of plays, movies and television shows centering on the Holocaust. It is an incredibly difficult subject to broach and yet an important one to depict. Shakespeare Theatre…
Washington Women in Theatre (WWIT) showcases new plays by diverse women+ in the Studio Theatre at the Katzen Arts Center at American University, June 9-12 and June 15-18, 2023. WWIT promotes…
Period Poverty Project Benefits from Pay-What-You-Can Performances! WASHINGTON, DC " The Essential Theatre's Women's Works Program's presentation of the Washington, DC premiere of "Dissonanc…
Awards to be Presented at The Ford's Theatre Annual Gala Performance On June 11, 2023. WASHINGTON, D.C. " Ford's Theatre Society celebrates the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at its ann…
The complexity of family dynamics, mixed in with an amazingly young and talented cast, and a historic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale makes for a fun and very entertaining "Once Upon a Ma…
Sadly, I am not conversant in Spanish, so I was a bit worried that some of GALA Theatre's production of "La ValentÃa" ("Valor") might not resonate or might prove beyond my immediate grasp…
Programming returns home to the historic, intimate Folger stage, a world-renowned center for stories and storytelling. (Washington, D.C.)Â " The Folger Shakespeare Library announced its ex…
Movie and literature buffs are often very much alike in their opinions on source material. A good adaptation is always appreciated when it marries elements pulled directly from the original …
On Saturday, May 6, 2023, Columbia Pro Cantare performed its last concert of the season, "American Tapestry," conducted by Laura Lee Fischer at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Columbia. Sadly, it w…