354 stories by "Elliot Lanes"
Six time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald came to the Filene Center at Wolf Trap this past Monday and with her strong soprano intact, delivered a superb concert consisting of almost all show…
Wop bop a loo bop, grab your honey and get to Wolf Trap this weekend because, as part of its current national tour, the Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet is rolling into town…
Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster County, PA has once again brought the Bible to life with another enchanting theatrical experience. This time the production is Joseph and for those who w…
Danny Gavigan can currently be seen through this weekend as Rupert in NSFW at Round House Theatre. His previous Round House Theatre credits include How to Write a New Book for the Bible, Ben…
Andy Einhorn has one of the sweetest gigs in show business. Imagine going to work and getting to accompany and conduct for six-time Tony Award winning performer and theatre goddess Audra McD…
There is a song written by Alan Chapman that's entitled "Everybody Wants to be Sondheim" and I guess that's true in many ways. Composers have tried to copy Stephen Sondheim's unique one of a…
Debra Booth is Director of Design at Studio Theatre. You can see her latest Studio Theatre creation through June 28th with Jumpers for Goalposts. Since 2001 Debra has designed some of Studio…
Patricia Woolsey is the Artistic Director of ArtStream, which is an all inclusive arts in education organization based out of Silver Spring. It’s Inclusive Theatre Companies featur…
Round House Theatre concludes its 2014/15 season tenfold with an American premiere that tackles a topic that I don't think has been explored onstage before. I am referring to the adult enter…
Brynn Tucker is currently making her Folger Theatre debut as Ophelia in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. She has performed on many area stages including Ford’s Theatre: Our TownÃ…
Meeya Davis is currently making her Arena Stage debut playing the role of Amber in The Blood Quilt . A native of Detroit Michigan, Meeya’s stage credits include Twelfth Night at Sha…
Barrett Wilbert Reed is currently portraying the role of Fraulein Sally Bowles at Signature Theatre in the landmark Kander/Ebb/Masteroff musical Cabaret. The production runs through June 28t…
Mykal Kilgore is currently preparing to make his Centerstage debut as Stevie Wonder in the world premiere musical Marley, which begins performances May 7th in Baltimore. On Broadway, Myka…
Tally Sessions is currently playing the classic musical theatre role of Billy Bigelow in Carousel at Olney Theatre Center. Tally has been seen on Broadway in Big Fish and The House …
Sometimes you go to see a production and you can't help but think the whole time you are watching it, "Gee, this reminds me of…" This is the feeling I and you might get as you watch the mu…
Rachel Esther Tate might be the sanest thing on stage in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which is currently playing at Arena Stage. Rachel portrays the spunky willing to do anything …
International stage star Anthony Warlow is currently making his DC theatre debut as Cervantes/Don Quixote in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Man of La Mancha  He rece…
This year marks the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination by one John Wilkes Booth. Ford's Theatre devotes much of its programming and events toward Lincoln and his …
When education and theatre collide in an intense yet nuturing setting, the results can be something truly magical. If you are regular readers of my stuff, you know that I champion The Theatr…
Darren R. Cohen is currently the musical director for Murder Ballad at Studio Theatre which begins performances on April 15th. Darren is spending a a lot of time in the area lately having re…
I don't know of many theatres that have an association with one composer/lyricist the way Signature Theatre does with Stephen Sondheim. For all of its 25 year history Signature has produced …
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's 35th season continues with the world premiere of Lights Rise on Grace written by NY based playwright Chad Beckim. The play might not be as shocking as some p…
Jenny McConnell Frederick is one of DC theatre’s busiest and passionate artists. She currently is the director of Theater J’s world premiere comedy G-d’s Honest Truth. She …
John Boulanger is currently in rehearsals for The Secret Garden at The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts where he will be performing the role of Archibald Craven. The production opens …
Kerry Warren is currently  making her Arena Stage debut in The Originalist as Cat, the feisty, strong willed law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Kerry recently closed…