352 stories by "April Forrer"
The Vagabond Players' 2nd entry in their 99th season is Ain't Misbehavin', a musical revue with a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., and music by various composers and lyricists…
Next to Normal, Center Stage's second entry into their "Step Into New Worlds" season, directed by David Schweizer with music by Tom Kitt and Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, is a modern rock…
As a college student at Johns Hopkins University, Isaac is the oldest MD Theatre Guide’s Rising Star so far, but I’ve watched him on stage for years and from the first time I saw…
1. Bug at Dominion Stage. “Ultimately, the best part about this challenging and slick production is that the cast and crew are making a concerted effort to engage their audience and…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Young Audiences program presents Doktor Kaboom! LIVE WIRE! The Electricity Tour, written and performed by David Eplay as Doktor Kaboom, di…
1. The Game's Afoot by McLean Community Players. “In this regional premiere, MCP offers up a fine evening of outrageousness through challenging motifs. Nothing here is 'elementary.'…
Imagination Stage opens their new season with The Night Fairy, based on a book by Newbery award winner Laura Amy Schilitz, adapted by John Glore and directed by Jeremy Skidmore. Schilitz's s…
1. Florencia in the Amazon at the Washington National Opera. “…the WNO's season opener is a mystical, stunning, magical performance which marks a season of firsts and exceptions……
Adventure Theatre, MTC launches it's 63rd season with the heart-warming production of Stuart Little, based on the classic story by E.B. White and directed by Colin Hovde. Adventure Theatre's…
1. Annie Get Your Gun at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. “The cast gives a truly high-spirited performance and Annie and Frank are a fun and feisty couple to watch.” – …
Vagabond Players analyze the friendship among three men in Art, the opening show of their 99th Season. Directed by Howard Berkowitz and written in French by Yasmina Reza with the translation…
I can't think of another local young actor who was starring in musicals along side adult actors at the age of 10, and holding their own so well everyone in the audience knew you were a natur…
1. The Understudy at Everyman Theatre. “The three-person cast has wonderful chemistry that brings an immediate comfort to the audience…” – April Forrer READ review. Synop…
The Understudy at Everyman Theatre begins as a seemingly simplistic comedy about the trials of being an underpaid and underused actor, but as the play continues, comedy becomes a lesson in p…
Although Dani Girl is about a nine-year-old, this is not a play for children. Dani Girl touches on almost every subject that is scary and serious to adults " divorce, religion, cancer and th…
Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre presents Legally Blonde: The Musical, with music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach and directed by Robert W. Oppel. Cockp…
Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, Royal Court Jesters Young People's Theatre presents Annie Jr. Box office reports state that every show in the short run was sold out, and after seeing the sh…
Studio 2nd Stage presents the reboot of Carrie: The Musical and open to a packed house. Carrie: The Musical is based on the chilling novel by the famous horror writer Stephen King, with …
1. Stone Tape Party at Atlas Performing Arts Center. “Everything comes together inParty: fantastic writing, talented acting, great directing (Angela Pirko) and wonderful song choices.Ã…
Live Action Theatre in partnership with Preferred Arms presents The Tournament as part of the Capital Fringe Festival.  Written by Kyle Encinas and directed by Lex Davis, The TournamentÂ…
With a name like Stone Tape Party and a synopsis of, "Sex, drugs, jazz: y'know, the classic ghost story," I think it is easy to question how good this Capital Fringe show is going to be. …
Séance, Save MacGuffin's! Featuring the World Famous Crimson Herring, presented by Borealis Theatre and directed by Steve N. Bradford, invites the audience into Madame Minerva MacGuffin's M…
Dracula, A Love Story by Tim Treanor and Directed by Christopher Henley and Jay Hardee is a modern retelling of the classic Bram Stoker novel of 1897, Dracula,. Treanor's Dracula is "married…
A roll of thunder, a flash of lighting and a scream. Thus begins the passionate and imaginative Intrigue, a mystery on marley…, an original play performed entirely through dance, and a who…
The Capital Fringe production of Macbeth: the instruments of darkness, based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare and directed by Joshua Engel, is an example of how not to produce a Shakespeare…