121 stories by "Ramona Harper"
The plight of urban youth took a contemporary turn in the University Of Maryland School Of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ opening night revival of the 1970s Broadway hit, The…
Am I on the Great White Way or am I really sitting in a theater in Bowie, MD? This is what I was thinking as I enjoyed 2nd Star Production's opening night of Children of Eden now playing …
The Music Center at Strathmore welcomed Wanda Sykes for the first-time to the Marriott Concert Stage to a sold-out crowd of adoring Wanda Sykes fans. Veteran comedian, writer, actress …
How am I ridin'? I am ridin' high after seeing the delightful, delectable The Cole Porter Project: It's Alright With Me!, a cabaret-style show now playing at The In Series performing at Sour…
Neil Simon really made his mark as a great American playwright with Brighton Beach Memoirs, now playing at Prince George’s Little Theatre performing now at the Bowie Playhouse. Magnifi…
In William Shakespeare's The Tempest, the richness, the grace and the grandeur of the English language itself entertain in a way that only the Bard can. Annapolis Shakespeare Company's super…
P.T. Barnum was right. There's a sucker born every minute, and Perfect Liars Club is out to prove it. In 90 minutes of fun-filled storytelling and audience participation, the Perfect Liar…
Art deco glitz was the perfect ambiance for the sophisticated glamour of The Flamingos‘Â class-act performance, Sunday night, at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club. The Flamin…
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Howard University Department of Theatre Arts' current musical production, is  a champagne toast to keeping it real. Authenticity and self-a…
Who said it's too early to start putting up Christmas decorations? After seeing The Joffrey Ballet's enchanting Kennedy Center Friday night performance of The Nutcracker, I'm headed straight…
Get ready for a wacky wild ride through our nation's timeline with the St. George's Players 'wonderfully zany presentation of The Complete History of America (abridged) currently playing at …
The year is 1943 and Rosie the Riveter is home alone trying to figure out what to do with her life while her man is off to war. The Cover of Life, written by R.T. Robinson, and directed b…
The legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and its protest for peace and freedom are being kept alive by the legendary Mavis Staples. In concert at the Kay Theatre of the University of Mary…
“Jazzman, take my blues away.” Julia Nixon's tribute to Carole King did that and so much more as Julia cast a spell on a mesmerized audience putting smiles on our faces in an …
Can life be sunshine, lollipops, rainbows and everything that's wonderful when a deadly plague begins killing the citizenry and they start dropping like flies? Will you be next? In an absurd…
That Kind of Girl That Kind of Girl delves deeply below the emotional surface in an innovative stream of creative consciousness that examines gender equality as it flows vignette to vignette…
"This ensemble was exquisite" — praise testimony of a theatergoer after seeing Gee's Bend at MetroStage. Amazing how a cast of just four performers are able to transform the simple lif…
Martin, Medgar, Malcolm, Thurgood, Colin, Jesse, Sammy, Trayvon, Barack. Julian. Searing black and white snapshots of America's past and present were opening images for the University of…
Aplauso! Little hands needed little prompting to clap gleefully in applause for children's theater production, Gotas de Agua (Drops of Water). Kids can be a tough crowd, but this enthusia…
The Mousetrap is a must-see rite of passage production for any bona fide theater-lover. Parlor Room Theater's production superbly captures the mood and mayhem of Agatha Christie's classic mu…
"This is an amazing production" — words of one of the visibly dazzled theatergoers following opening night's The Wiz at Montgomery College's Summer Dinner Theatre 2013. "Toto, we…