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How does an actor prepare to embody of of the United States' most famous first ladies? We spoke to Mara Bayewitz about her upcoming solo turn as Dolley Madison playing at Best Medicine Rep o…
Midway through this fast, furious, in-your-face poetic explosive about anti-black racism, one of the three cast members stops the action and says: "I'm sorry, I'm trying to keep up the pace …
The outrageously funny and wildly audacious jukebox musical Rock of Ages is back in New York to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its Broadway debut in 2009, in a limited Off-Broadway engag…
Flashing a wide smile and a V sign, outfitted in power suit, sensible pumps, and her trademark glasses and bouffant, Shirley Chisholm enters the Anacostia Playhouse blackbox waving to the ap…
A young hero in her own story who redeems the lives of others around her, the title character in the musical adaptation by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin of Roald Dahl's novel Matilda uses her…
Not to be confused with the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival (1993-2011), the current "BSF" " Baltimore Shakespeare Factory " has another hit on its hands with their new production of…
This power plant of a play knocked me out two years ago during the Capital Fringe Festival and knocked me out all over again in the DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival. The Heroes' Tale deb…
Family history, like any history, has a tendency to repeat itself. Filled with pathos, generational curses, and touches of humor, Land of Promiscuity, directed by LaRay McDaniels and written…
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage is a bittersweet and brilliantly acted dramedy at Silver Spring Stage, featuring insightful direction from Seth Ghitelman for this period piece with a modern…
What better way to kick off Stonewall50/WorldPride weekend than with the return of the sensational Peppermint to the live concert stage for the first time in a decade? None, bitch! I, Candy:…
One looks for hope where one can find it. And sometimes hope pops up on its own, unexpected. That kind of hope, not sought out, can catch in one's throat, can even move one to tears. Such wa…
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's production of Songs for A New World is something different. Jason Robert Brown's first musical, which appeared in 1995, has been described as a "song cycle,…
Big Teeth Performance Collective's exploration of monsters without and within, Ordinary Creatures, is coming to Baltimore for one night only Saturday, July 13. Earlier in the day, the member…
By Katie Crabb Something wicked this way comes in Britches and Hose Theatre Company's gender-blind version of Macbeth, which breathes new life into one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Th…
Glory days of diminutive touring tent circuses visiting small towns return with David Dimitri and his L'homme Cirque: The One-Man Circus, currently at Strathmore. In a cozy tent set up on th…
On June 24, 2019, the Shakespeare Theatre Company presented its summer Mock Trial at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW). Guests were invited to hear the appellate case Murder in Mycenae…
I have no idea who the "real" Blackbeard might have been. But I raise a cup (maybe a cutlass as well) to Signature Theatre's epic, cheeky vision of the dude and his daring-do. Envisioned by …
For its opening 2019 season, The Shed " a central feature at the new Hudson Yards " presents the world-premiere of Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise, in keeping with its mission of "commissioning o…
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) left Berlin in February 1933, the day after the Reichstag fire, an attack on the home of the German Parliament. President Paul von Hindenberg had named Hitler Chan…
The notion that "history has its eyes on you" animates and obsesses the title character in Hamilton. A similar shadow of destiny heralded the Maryland debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda's unstoppab…
4615 Theatre is proud to announce a sprawling, form-breaking new season of theatre, designed to thrill and challenge artists and audiences alike. The rapidly emerging company has garnered a …
You know that Hannah Gadsby's new show, Douglas is different from anything you've seen before, even before you enter the theatre, when the ushers inform you that your cell phone must be plac…
To transmogrify Seuss, What a difficult task! Just how do they do it? And well might you ask! This master of mayhem Who leaps from the page, How could he possibly be Put on the stage? In dra…
Now celebrating its tenth anniversary in a limited engagement at New World Stages, Rock of Ages has far surpassed its Pop fifteen minutes of fame. With a high-energy high-decibel score cover…
Twisted Melodies is a spectacular finish to Mosaic's fourth season. Written by and starring Kelvin Roston, Jr., the show sweeps us into Donny Hathaway's world of magnificent music-making and…
