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"Zanna Don't!" is a musical in a parallel universe to the one we're living in today. Girls are with girls, boys are with boys, and heteros are bullied. In fact, the main character, Zanna (Ge…
As the souls of the dead live for'er in my mindAs I live all the years that they left me behindI'll stay on the shore but still gaze at the seaI remember the fallen and they think of meFor o…
The timeless beauty of Verdi's "La Traviata" lives on. Recently it echoed through the woods of beautiful Wolf Trap"an ocean and more than a century away from where it originated"with a trium…
There's something supernatural about The Watershed's production of "The Approach." Presented as part of the Capital Fringe Festival, the theatre (actually a former fitness studio that has be…
 Most British school children recite the rhyme a few times a year to remember the date of each of Henry VIII's wives: "Divorced, Beheaded, Died: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived." Since the …
If you laugh at the abyss, the abyss laughs back at you. Samuel Beckett was the funniest of the existentialists who took European thought by storm after the horrors of Nazism and the Second …
At long last, Young Victorian Theatre Company (YVTC) can celebrate it's 50th Anniversary (though two years late due to the pandemic) and is back in its original home on the Gilman School cam…
A crowd full of excited summer campers was the perfect audience for CCBC Cockpit in Court's production of "Disney's High School Musical." Before the show started, the MC got the crowd ready,…
 Week of June 26, 2022 1. "The Music Man" at Olney Theatre Center "…a thunderous success. Don't miss this most amazing production. It's a summertime must and perfect for all ages." " S…
Week of June 19, 2022 1. "Fires in the Mirror" at Theater J "LaVoy is so effective at embodying each character that there were times when I had to remind myself that every monologue was perf…
With a few notable exceptions, the 21st century has been a bit of a dry spell when it comes to new Broadway musicals. Still, the beast must be fed, and a popular method for creating new inco…
The Colonial Players is proud to present their play selection for Season 74. For this season, audiences will be taken on a whirlwind of comedy and conspiracy, history and histrionics, tender…
The first thing I noticed when I saw "tick, tick… BOOM!" at Monumental Theatre Company wasn't anything related to the show. It was that the front-of-house staff member who handed me my tic…
 "Chemical Exile: Synthesis" is the final chapter and culmination of Rorschach Theatre's second, season-long Psychogeography Project which began in October of 2021. "Chemical Exile" took…
"With one bound, the wolf was out of bed and swallowed up" Little Red Riding Hood; and so "the wolf had appeased his appetite." Thus wrote the Brothers Grimm in their famous "grim" fairy tal…
Shakespeare fans can be happy this summer. The Folger Theatre is back with live performances and built a theater from the ground up inside the majestic Great Hall of DC's National Building M…
"Synetic is thrilled to share the 2022"2023 season, which explores 'otherness' and our relationships to those who are different. When I first came to this country as a refugee, I did not spe…
"Disney's Newsies The Musical" is a heartwarming show based on the News Boy Strike of 1899 and the 1992 film. The Broadway musical was nominated for eight Tony Awards and won two"Best Musica…
In addition to being a prolific playwright, Lauren Gunderson is also one of the nation's best ambassadors for science. Works like "Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight…
In partnership with A Taste for Murder Productions, "Kill Again's Island," written by Dean Fiala and directed by Laura W. Andruski, will be performed at Kentlands Mansion this upcoming weeke…
The North American Tour of the award-winning musical "The Band's Visit" has returned to the Kennedy Center. With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Itamar Moses, the musical is bas…
 Curtains up on a 1920s Athens in The Arlington Players (TAP) retelling of the classic tale "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The stage was adorned by beautifully painted, removable set piece…
Beginning in 2018, the Baltimore group, Fools and Madmen, has created a marvelous series of hip-hop adaptations of Shakespeare's works. Their unique distillations are designed for a travelin…
Ira Aldridge, a Black American-born actor from the 19th century, was the highest paid artist in Russia of his time, knighted in Britain, and received the Pour le Mérite award from the King …
Musicals adapted from successful films, both animated and live-action, have been a staple in the theatre industry for many years due to their broad appeal and family-friendly marketability. …
