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Washington Stage Guild has mounted a production of Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" that is more than satisfactory in its parts. The acting, direction, and set and sound design are all top-notch. …
Five years ago, NextStop Theatre Company presented "45 Plays for 45 Presidents," (read our review here), a collection of super-short plays about each of the men who had served in the nation'…
If there is one thing you can say about Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin's play currently running at Strand Theater Company, it's that it certainly isn't afraid to take some chances. As a result, thea…
"We create only from familiar elements, the possibilities of which are enhanced by imagination."" May Miller, "The Creative Urge," Journal of National Association of College Women 1936 A pro…
Everyman Theatre's production of "Jump" by Charly Evon Simpson opens with a young woman vaping while gazing off into the distance from upon a high bridge. She drops the vape into the water a…
 From Arena Players' Facebook page:  "Hello Family!  Every now and then … we ALL get it just right! If you haven't done so already, Please take a moment to say CONGRATULATIONS …
KEN LUDWIG's MURDER and BASKERVILLE now all-time top-sellers at Baltimore's EVERYMAN THEATRE Two recent plays by the award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig " MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS and BA…
Ballet Theatre of Maryland to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts ANNAPOLIS, MD " Ballet Theatre of Maryland is pleased to announce it has been approved by the Nat…
World premiere staged reading New, local author, Kenny Hahn Offered both in-person and streaming BALTIMORE, MARYLAND " Rapid Lemon Productions will open their 12th season with a staged readi…
It's 2023, and that brings forth the end of the Little Theatre of Alexandria's current theatrical season (2022-2023) and ushers in the beginning of yet another year of top-notch entertainmen…
Dear friends and collaborators, It is with a wave of complex emotions that after 15 years of joyfully serving Baltimore City and beyond with bold, transformative theatre and impactful, inspi…
An International Festival Celebrating the World's Rivers and Their Cultures March 22 (World Water Day)"April 22, 2023 (Earth Day) (WASHINGTON)"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing A…
Prize Will Be Awarded at the Kennedy Center at a Gala Performance on March 19, 2023. (WASHINGTON)"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 24th Mark Twain Prize fo…
WASHINGTON, DC " Theater J, the nation's largest and most prominent Jewish theater company, is delighted to announce that Hayley Finn (she/her) will become its new Artistic Director on Febru…
The story of "Peter and the Wolf ""Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev's program music fairy tale introducing instruments of the orchestra for children"is told effectively by the Puppet Co. wi…
Week of January 15, 2023 1. "Ride the Cyclone" at Arena Stage "Wacky and wonderful…a side-splitting, hilarious original musical…unmissable…packed with earworm songs and vivid cast of c…
Gabriel Mata's performance at Dance Loft on 14 was one of those performances that doesn't end when you walk out of the theater; you have to sit with his work and let the ideas marinate. Mata…
Will a butch lesbian gardener and four New Jersey housewives save us from the oncoming climate apocalypse? The Greek god Dionysus"god of wine, parties, the arts, ecstasy and vegetation"has b…
At one point in his six-minute curtain speech, Spotlighters' Executive Director and Managing/Artistic Director, Fuzz Roark, gives a telling description of "[title of show]." "It's about us,"…
 Arlington, VA " On April 3, 2023, Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre will honor the theatrical icon Chita Rivera with the company's twelfth Stephen Sondheim Award. T…
Washington, D.C. [January 24, 2023]"Shakespeare Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the extension of their upcoming production of King Lear. Due to the excellent response the producti…
Oscar Wilde once said, "The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic." My experience of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and his music began by m…
After a three-year Covid hiatus, the Compass Rose Theater is back with a vengeance, alive and well in its new home at Maryland Hall. The company's first offering fits their new space well. "…
The love story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda is one that would make for a pretty engaging movie, a lively limited series, or perhaps even a musical. A musical had actually been p…
More than a century after its premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy, Verdi's "Falstaff" continues to charm audiences with its humor, lovable characters, and magnificent score. The Maryland Ly…
