Edgar Allan Poe has long been one of the world's most celebrated authors, his fame and following remain untouched almost 200 years after his death. In Baltimore, the Edgar Allen Poe House an…
Imagine young Frida Kahlo shedding her neck brace, completing her metamorphosis, and transforming into a butterfly with wings that stretch from stage right to stage left. In this moment, she…
Before seeing this latest offering at Baltimore Center Stage, it is hard to imagine how another version of "Pride and Prejudice" could add anything to what the 17 film adaptations and spinof…
Her-story is being made in Echo, MD! Based on Chelsea Clinton's book of the same name, Adventure Theatre MTC's production of "She Persisted" takes the audience on a time-traveling adventure …
Evita Peron was one of the most charismatic women of the 20th century. An illegitimate child of a rancher who left her and her mother in poverty in a small village in Argentina, she was on h…
 Bernard Slade's romantic comedy, "Same Time, Next Year," opened on Broadway in 1975 and ran for more than three years with over 1,000 performances. A film version was released in 1978 f…
The North American Tour of "Mean Girls" has returned to the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. where it had its 2017 pre-Broadway run. (Read our review here.) The show, based on the 2004 h…
Marlene Dietrich is perhaps best known as a symbol of the ever-so distinctive brand of talent and glamour that epitomized the heyday of "Old Hollywood." German-born, Dietrich came to the US …
Returning to The National Theatre after its 2017 pre-Broadway tryout, the National Tour of "Mean Girls" is still working on making "fetch" happen. Based on Tiny Fey's 2004 film and inspiring…
Take it from "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"'s use of the word "Election" in a sentence: "One way to deal with the stress of the upcoming election is to watch a musical comedy."…
Layne Holley to partner with Joanne Lamparter in co-leading organization BETHESDA, MD (October 15, 2024) "  Imagination Stage Board President Kim W. Barnette, PhD annou…
Getting a new play off the ground takes a great deal of work. Playwright Marshall Logan Gibbs and director Maxwell Wolf seemingly hit the ground running with "MonstÓ r (Or, #MeToo Brute),"…
There are no announcements to silence cell phones and the lights do not dim. Instead, Robert Leembruggen's quiet stride onto the stage abruptly halts the side conversations of an audience st…
A raucous fireworks-filled marriage proposal releases an ancient creature from the depths of a nearby lake. This results in a monumental succession of unintended consequences, but not withou…
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…