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Welcome to the fourth installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways …
10. "Don't Kiss Me Kate" 9. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Lab Coat" 8. "How to Succeed in Business without Leaving Your Couch" 7. "Freeze Rent" No pay, not today 6. "The Lonely King" 5…
 By Julianne Brienza Founding Director, Captial Fringe When planning began for the fifteenth annual Fringe Festival, no one could have imagined a pandemic with such fast, global rest…
What follows is an extraordinary conversation. It started as a Facebook post by award-winning playwright Audrey Cefaly. It was joined by her dear friend, acclaimed actor Elliott Bales, who d…
"In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times." "Bertolt Brecht (motto to Svendborg Poems) When I saw the blooming cherry blossoms this…
Review submitted by Leslie Robinson of Severna Park High School Music, mayhem, magic and the mob! Â "Matilda the Musical" delivers allthis, plus a little chocolate cake! Marvelously telepo…
By Kelly Hanson Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, a beloved fairy tale about a tiny girl searching for a place to belong, has been captivating children for hundreds of years. Though this…
By Kelly Hanson William Shakespeare's Richard III is a masterpiece rife with intrigue, violence, and dark humor. Undertaking such a complicated and beloved production is a bold choice, and B…
Review submitted by Caroline Wilking of Notre Dame Preparatory. Charles Schultz's beloved Peanuts characters were brought to life in a bright and amusing new way in Glen Burnie High School's…
Review submitted by Grace Brehm of Notre Dame Preparatory School. Rivaling families, action-packed fight scenes, and chemistries beyond compare are what await you at Perry Hall High School's…
Review submitted by Evan Howard of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The dim mountains were illuminated with green lights and strangedesigns. The bright and…
Review submitted by Margarita Gamarnik of South Lakes High School. Perhaps considered to be one of Thornton Wilder's most evocative works,Our Town at S…
Review submitted by Annabelle Derrick of Indian Creek High School. Attention all townsfolk! Mayhap the most enthusiastic and phenomenal production of "Spamalot" this squire's laid eye upon w…
By Norman Yeung That Theory has gained urgency and relevance since I wrote the first draft in 2009 is uncanny and alarming. Over ten years of innumerable workshops, readings, and productions…
By Kyle Starling The School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies (TDPS) and The Clarice at the University of Maryland, College Park will be premiering their main stage production of …
We just found an amazing discovery during the demolition of our newhome: a 40-year-old wall-length mural of an all-black Last Supper by D.C. artist Akili Ron Anderson. Â D.C. residents mig…
By Brianna Lau See the greatest show with Britches and Hose Theatre Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream! Magic and mayhem run rampant in this William Shakespeare comedy, and th…
By Frankie Lewis The British Players' ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of The Ruby Griffith Awards for Excellence in Community Theatre was held at the Bretton Woods Recreation Center in Ger…
By Rebecca Kurtz Perhaps it is a matter of personal preference that at Fringe I am often more taken by the comedies than by the dramas. The intensely self-involved process of making and perf…
By Helen Ganley Conjuring up images of day and night, one imagines the sun cascading into a pink and purple horizon while the moon excitedly and stoically takes its place in the sky. The pic…
By Caroline Bock Passover, the holiday that marks the Exodus, that signals to Jews and the world that this night is different from all others because we are not slaves, but free, is the movi…
By Rebecca Kurtz What fun! The Adequate Players make a splash again at Fringe this summer with writer/director/actor John Geoffrion's one-act parody of Thorton Wilder's 1938 ode to the small…
By Rebecca Kurtz There is a lot to love about historical fiction, and writer/director Robert McNamara chose a good branch of history with the beautifully open-ended story of Amelia Earhart's…
By Helen Ganley Labeling the DNA sample bottle and depositing it gingerly into the mail slot feels almost like a rite of passage for many Americans. The masses of inhabitants that bask under…
VIDEO: Talkback with writer and co-creater of "Disaster!," Seth Rudetsky at Cockpit-in-Court in Baltimore. Video filmed and edited by Ron Israel.
