Getting a new musical on its feet is notoriously difficult. Generally speaking, this is why smaller regional theatres don't often try it. In the case of Bethesda Little Theatre's mounting of…
Whether you're still kicking or already six feet under, you won't be able to resist the spell of St. Andrew's Episcopal School's production of "The Addams Family: School Edition." They've go…
With a mix of deep gratitude and heavy hearts, we write to share the news that The Maryland Theatre Collective will be closing its doors after our cabaret on March 5 at The Collective Encore…
Written and directed by Navajo playwright Rhiana Yazzie (and dramaturg Steven Paul Judd, a Kiowa/Choctaw filmmaker), the world premiere of "The Other Children of the Sun" graces the Famil…
"'Shucked' is the Tony Award®"winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls 'flat out hilarious!' And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award-winne…
Week of February 9, 2025 1. "Be More Chill" at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, in partnership with Rockville Musical Theatre "…phenomenal production…a well-rounded theatrical experience."…
Currently Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) is presenting it's 100th production, "It's The Comedy of Errors, Hon!"""mostly" by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's play has been adapted and…
Maestro Enrico Lopez-Yanez, an active composer/arranger as well as principal and guest pops conductor of several symphony orchestras, is known for his collaboration with many popular artists…
"Everything That Never Happened," written by Sarah B. Mantell, was developed at the Carlotta Festival of New Plays, Yale School of Drama (2017) and through The Playwrights Realm Writing Fell…
Often, we have difficulty seeing beyond the challenges and barriers specific to our own situation or to our own country. Plays like Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of "Kunene and Th…
As she closes the book on her vivid reimagining of her Cuban childhood, Abuela Claudia (Rayanne Gonzalez) pleads with a phantom of her mother: "Now I'm wide awake, a million years too late."…
Valentine's Day already comes with plenty of sweets, and "The Love Birds: Chaucer's A Parlement of Foules" by the Folger Consort makes it even sweeter. It is a delectable delight amidst the …
Coming February 28, Round House Theatre will begin Teen Takeover Weekend, showcasing students from their teen ensembles in various performances. This will include the 23rd Annual Sarah Metze…
The ground-breaking juggernaut of theater, the musical stage adaptation of Disney's Academy Award-winning 1994 animated feature, "The Lion King," is here to brighten up the dreary winter. Th…
"Sugar, butter, flour" and many other delectable ingredients comprise the sensational regional premiere of "Waitress" at Olney Theatre Center. This Tony-nominated musical, featuring an upbea…
Perhaps best known for his Pulitzer-finalist "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," playwright Rajiv Joseph walks a different artistic path with "The Lake Effect" now playing at 1st Stage. A rel…
The Tony and Emmy award-winning actor will be honored at the Sondheim Award Gala on April 14, 2025. Arlington, VA " On April 14, 2025, Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature TheatreÅ
A winning production of Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias" blossoms in Creative Cauldron's new theatrical home in Falls Church, VA. Guests are welcomed to the comfortable black box space via…
Immersive theatre can take a number of shapes and occur in any number of venues. Bob Bartlett's "Love and Vinyl" is immersive, record-store theatre with a quirky, highly entertaining edge. S…
Following a successful 2022 run at the Atlantic Theatre Company in NYC, Sarah Silverman's "The Bedwetter- A New Musical" arrives at Arena Stage in DC, giving the audience a laugh we wouldn't…
"Don't you deserve a life?" Pato Dooley (Bill Dennison) asks Maureen Folan (Gené Fouché) in a letter he writes to her from England. In Martin McDonagh's bleak worldview, the answer appears…
Given this incredibly challenging artistic and national moment, it is so good to see that DC theatres aren't afraid to embrace material that may be considered on the more controversial side …
Thursday night was the Washington premier of "Crime and Punishment," presented by the American Ballet Theater(ABT). It is based on the novel by Dostoyevsky, with choreography by Helen Picket…