245 stories by "Nicole Hertvik"
Cornelia Cody's Volcanes: Cuentos de El Salvador is the latest offering of GALA Hispanic Theatre's GALita children's theater. Volcanes centers on a Salvadoran family split between the US and…
Fringe POP [Performance over Projection] is an interesting and laudable new theatrical experiment from the Capital Fringe creative team. Fringe POP, which launched last night at the Logan Fr…
Happy Birthday, Pulitzer Prize! This weekend only, Olney Theatre Center and Maryland Humanities celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes with Celebrate the Pulitzer Prize: S…
To the delight of children and children at heart, Adventure Theatre's 2016/17 season kicked off yesterday with Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical. Based on Mo Willem's first Knuffle Bunny b…
John Gallagher, Jr. is a Tony-Award winning actor and musician. He won a Tony-Award in 2007 for his portrayal of Mortiz Stiefel in the rock musical Spring Awakening and was recently back on …
Olney Theatre Center is on a roll this autumn. Their production of The Diary of Anne Frank, opening on the heels of their recent success with Angels in America (in a joint production with Ro…
Imagine a world in which death no longer exists. Rorschach Theatre's current production of A Bid to Save the World " a new play by California based playwright Erin Bregman " asks audiences t…
Entertaining for children and parents alike, One Gold Coin " Una moneda de oro, is the current family-friendly presentation produced by InterAct Story Theatre. According to their press relea…
In the not too distant future there will be a drought so long and severe that water use will become strictly regulated. So regulated that even your right to pee will be in doubt. How will yo…
Following the success of last year's Sweeney Todd Prog Metal Version, Landless Theatre Company is back with their latest metal adaptation of a Tony® Award-winning musical. This time, the …
Everything old really is new again in the The Hypocrites‘ innovative production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado at Olney Theatre Center. When I entered the theater 30 minute…
Love in Ruins is the third Capital Fringe show written by playwright Paul Handy. Handy's Cry for the Gods and and Carry a Big Stick appeared at the festival in 2011 and 2013 respectively. Ha…
In Confederates, a new play by James F. Burns, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson is a prescient military tactician who sees a clear path to Southern victory the day after the first Battle of Bull R…
Jonathan Larson's sudden death the night before Rent's off-Broadway premiere is one of theater's most heart-breaking events. Larson never got to see his only show move to Broadway, win the 1…
The Silver Finch Arts Collective is back at the Fringe Festival with their first children's show: Once Upon a Bedtime. But what a sophisticated children's show! Five skilled musicians lead a…
In a Day of Dreary, written and directed by Henry Ragan, explores one day in the life of a charming and perpetually frustrated girl named, yes, Dreary. Ragan, who also plays Dreary's boyfrie…
Ready for a night of unicorns and clowns? Sci-Fi and meth? Hipsters and hit men? Only have 80 minutes to spare? Then strap yourself in and get ready for Dreams and Discord: The Source Festiv…
Ballast, by Georgette Kelly, is the third and final full-length play presented at the 9th annual DC Source Festival. Now in full swing, the Source Festival is once again bringing vibrant …
You're lucky if you've got one: That old friend from childhood who knows every mistake you've ever made but loves you anyway. The friend to whom you can confess your darkest secrets, display…
"No more plowing a hard-scrabble field, I just know it's my lucky day!" Evan Casey's voice rings through the 1st Stage Theater as he navigates the narrow confines of a deep underground cave.…