News: Folger Launches Two New Programs in January 2023
Folger announces new plays, new programs, and new voices in the New Year debuting The Reading Room and Works in Progress (WASHINGTON, DC) " The Folger Shakespeare Library today announced a s…
Folger announces new plays, new programs, and new voices in the New Year debuting The Reading Room and Works in Progress (WASHINGTON, DC) " The Folger Shakespeare Library today announced a s…
Largest Unrestricted Contribution in Organization's History (BALTIMORE, MD) Everyman Theatre is pleased to announce it has received a $2 million gift from philanthropists Susan W. FlaniganÂ…
(WASHINGTON, D.C.)"Deborah Rutter and the Kennedy Center announced that violinist Jennifer Koh has been appointed Artistic Director of the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts, replacing Joseph Kal…
A new addition to BCS' 60th Anniversary Season: Performances Run February 11 " March 5, 2023 Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Center Stage (BCS) is pleased to present ArtsCentric's new prod…
 (Baltimore, MD) Baltimore Center Stage (Stephanie Ybarra, Artistic Director) welcomed experienced non-profit arts leader Adam Frank to the company as Managing Director. Frank assume…
For any who are not familiar with the play, "An Irish Carol" is a wise-cracking rendition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Playwright Matthew J. Keenan provides a fresh adaptation of…
 Howard University's Cramton Auditorium was awash in color, rhythm, and light during the Dance Institute of Washington's annual concert dedicated to the observance of Kwanzaa. This is a …
The "Hip Hop Nutcracker" is the new Nutcracker standard as far as I'm concerned. The original 19th-century classic, adapted from an E.T.A. Hoffman story and set to Tchaikovsky's score, has s…
Witches and wizards have taken up temporary residence in the Kennedy Center Opera House in a spectacular production of "Wicked," almost 20 years after the beloved musical made its Broadway d…
"A Magical Cirque Christmas" was created by MagicSpace productions, a Utah-based company that spins out lyrical masterpieces of touring theater shows from literally nothing to gold on stages…
 There are at least three things your brain will retain after watching "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" at the Olney Theatre Center, and we hope you will catch this show before it c…
Seeing Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" presented by the Ballet Theatre of Maryland at Maryland Hall is like being enveloped in a home town crowd at a sporting event. The audience is eager and…
Shakespeare wrote a number of incredibly thought-provoking and complex roles for women characters"Cordelia, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Portia, Kate"and the list is long. In fact, some might say …
Roundabout's 2020 Tony Award-winning Best Revival of a Play is launching its national tour at the Kennedy Center this month. At the top of "A Soldier's Play," unseen men sing a melody that b…
Especially for fans of Broadway musicals, Ana Nogueira's new play, "Which Way to the Stage," is a must-see. Advertised as a comedy that follows NYC musical theatre superfans "Jeff and Judy a…
Once again Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is presenting the holiday classic, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. This version takes place in Victorian Baltimore which ties the story to l…
The holidays were in full swing last weekend in the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall as Broadway darling Laura Benanti joined the National Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the sounds of the seas…
"Call to mind the table covered with your last Christmas gifts […] You will then be able to imagine the astonishment of the children, as they stood with sparkling eyes, unable to utter a w…
It's the season to be jolly and what could be jollier than watching a performance of "A Christmas Story" at Laurel Mill Playhouse. The play was written by Philip Grecian, is produced by Maur…
Alanis Morrissette's "Jagged Little Pill" stomped onto the stage at Baltimore's Hippodrome this week with all the swagger and strength of the musical juggernaut of the album that formed the …
The holidays mean a lot of different things to different people, but to the British and Anglophiles, it means something very special"it's time for panto! The British Players deliver their an…
David Foster Wallace once said, "hell hath no fury like a coolly received postmodernist." When Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox came to town, they certainly made sure that their reception …
A Go-Go's jukebox musical has to start with "We've Got the Beat" as an introduction to the sequined and bejeweled kingdom of Arcadia. "The Beat" is tradition. It keeps Arcadia happy, groovin…
My understanding of Richard Burton's life and legacy, prior to seeing this play, was admittedly limited to knowing that he was married (twice) to Elizabeth Taylor, not without controversy; t…
Mona Golabek stars with aplomb in the one-woman play, "The Pianist of Willesden Lane," now running at Theater J adapted and directed by Hershey Felder. Lisa Jura was a prodigy pianist who dr…