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Other Voices Theatre kicked off their 28th season with "Big Fish," and the show was quite a catch! With a dazzling cast and ingenious minimalist staging, this play was an excellent productio…
When I tell people that Folger Theatre's "Romeo and Juliet" is about the upcoming presidential election, their jaws drop because it seems like an unlikely connection. Yet under Raymond O. Ca…
Ballet Hispánico is one of my favorite American dance companies. Their performance of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's "Doña Perón" at the Kennedy Center in 2022 is among the best shows I ha…
The set unfolds in a whimsical setting, picking up where "Into the Woods" leaves off. It features Margie Jervis' tree stencil design adorned with musical notes, and a climber plant of sheet …
The theatre season has just begun, but "Babbit," directed by Christopher Ashley and starring two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick, is set to be Washington D.C.'s must-see theatrical …
For an acting company, Shakespeare is both daunting and liberating. His work has long been declared public domain, so there is a tantalizing impetus for a complete and total overhaul of the …
With the upcoming election less than a month away, NextStop Theatre Company seized the opportunity to present Selina Fillinger's unyielding political-comedy "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Du…
"Faithless" by Jon Klein was introduced in the 2023 PlayFest Santa Barbara and was previously produced at the Victory Theatre Center in Los Angeles where it was included in Theatre in LA Top…
Nearly 20 years after its release, the blockbuster film, "Sister Act," arrived on Broadway as a stage adaptation in 2011, receiving multiple Tony nominations. This rousing musical version, w…
Since 2006, the annual "ARTSÂ by George!" gala has been a George Mason University tradition that brings together students, faculty, and community arts enthusiasts to support scholarships f…
The Greater Baltimore-Washington Area is fortunate to have several top-notch Shakespearean companies. Probably one of the most well-known of these, not just locally but internationally, is t…
You can't watch the dancing people in front of your own eyes if you are looking at TikTok. Although choreographer and Artistic Director of GRIDLOCK Dance, Madeleine "Max" Roman, made a p…
Toby's is currently celebrating its 45th year of presenting outstanding, live musical theatre in Columbia, MD. Toby's is proud to continue to support the amazing local talent that the DMV ar…
"Night Sky," a new play by Pipeline Playwright Patricia Connelly at Aldersgate Church Community Theater (ACCT), tells the story of Julia (Patricia Nicklin) who, now in her seventies, must gr…
The Workhouse Arts Center's "Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors," a spin-off of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, takes a cheeky twist on the classic horror tale. Directed by Danilo Stapula and written by…
A pale Ophelia (Maryam Najafzada), dressed in neutral taupe with roses in her now-loosed red hair, picks waterlilies from the fingertips of the ensemble as she wades into the river of their …
I am God " Without one friend, Alone in my purity. " Langston Hughes God is a concept by which we measure our pain. " John Lennon It still humbles me that this force that makes leaves …
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president when I first became old enough to realize there was a president, so I grew up in his era. "Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground," now running at the Olney Thea…
"The Waverly Gallery," written by Kenneth Lonergan, is a memory play first produced off-Broadway in 2000 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001. It was also a 2019 Tony …
The Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) launched it 27th season with Kate Hamill's humorous adaptation of the classical Jane Austen novel, "Sense and Sensibility." This production is directed by…
For more than four centuries, "Macbeth" has been one of Shakespeare's best-known works. This tragedy explores the themes of fate, loyalty, power, and ambition, as well as the concept of viol…
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?" These three stanzas that open Langston Hughes' poem, "A Dream Deferred," are imbued in Lorraine Hansberry's play,…
In 1979, Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece thriller, "Sweeney Todd," opened on Broadway to critical acclaim, winning eight Tony Awards. More than 40 years after its debut, the musical still ran…
The Hippodrome is no doubt thrilled to host the North American Tour launch of "& Juliet" as their season opener, but it is a woefully short run. This jukebox musical poses the question, …
"Clue" is a household name that can evoke everything from a nostalgic tangent about a cozy childhood home and a kitchen table surrounded by relatives, to a lively debate about Tim Curry's mo…
