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In a Sunday presentation broadcast from the stage of Staunton, Virginia's Blackfriars Playhouse " the world's only recreation of Shakespeare's indoor theatre " American Shakespeare Center (A…
Betrayal, one of Harold Pinter's finest works, will open on Broadway September 5 after an extended run in London's West End. Thanks to 4615 Theatre, a young professional company, you can see…
I know what it feels like to not want to take a shower for three days. I know how the aches and pains of depression make you crawl into the fetal position and want to close out the world. I …
John H. Purnell is the Lighting Designer for Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's sold-out production of Mamma Mia! He has done the lighting design for many shows in the Annapolis area, includi…
For his annual summer engagement at Feinstein's/54 Below, the eponymous multi-platinum Grammy-nominated artist celebrates the songs, entertainers, and musical history of our city in Michael …
Loud, flashy, dissipated, and crass " Bat Out of Hell is everything you'd expect in a rock-n-roll jukebox musical based on the 1970s mega-hits of Meat Loaf, who served as associate producer,…
The touring companies of Disney's Aladdin and Dear Evan Hansen invite guests to The Cast Party: A Fundraising Event on Monday, August 26, 2019, from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm at Mr. Smith's of …
Following its sold-out Off-Broadway run at The Public Theater this past winter, Sea Wall/A Life has made its transfer to Broadway for a limited engagement at the Hudson Theatre. Comprised of…
Back in 1998, the official Enron vision and values statement had a line in it that said: "Ruthlessness, callousness, and arrogance don't belong here." Two years later, as the company's stock…
In today's excessively divisionary, violent, corrupt political environment, perhaps seeing a weapons-filled show set during an internal war wouldn't be your immediate go-to of choice. Rapid …
The animus being whipped up against "invaders" at our southern border lends Naomi Wallace's 1993 The War Boys an unsettling resonance. Written when she was but 26, the play is about three me…
In 1675 William Wycherley wrote The Country Wife, a bawdy comedy of manners that pushed back against an 18-year long stage ban instituted by a Puritan government. With the Restoration of the…
Amélie is a whimsy of a musical with a big cast of characters and an equally big heart. An ensemble-driven rom-com that transports you into a world of imagination and prankish intrigue, AmÅ
Some musicals are all about the entertainment. You expect to see some awesome dancing, amazing singing, and leave the theater smiling (see my review of Disney's Aladdin, also currently playi…
If you're a fan of swashbuckling pirate tales, you'll love Synetic Theater's charming and atmospheric spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island. Directed by Tori Toletino and …
"Anything can happen if you let it" isn't just the watchcry of the rosy cheeked heroine of Mary Poppins, currently dazzling audiences at Sacred Heart's Glyndon Area Players. It would also se…
In the Devine black box theater at Georgetown University's Davis Performing Arts Center, nine casually dressed undergraduate students, seated in chairs or on the floor take turns telling the…
"There are holes in the script!" would be the deathblow for any more conventional work of theater, but in Nassim Solimanpour's Blank, the gaps are where the action's at. As with Solimanpour'…
Cirque du Soleil's Volta is a rush of energy and hand-over-mouth gulps of emotions. Currently decamped in Fairfax County, a quick saunter from the raised Metro Silver Line station at Tyso…
In this summer of our discontent " what with unchecked climate change, racist politics, and mass murders " a bit of cheer in the form of a frothy tale of a privileged white girl who, through…
The National Black Theatre Festival was over-the-top for the 65,000 ticketholders who descended upon Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the City of the Arts and Innovation, July 29 through Augus…
Just back from her native California after a run in the Broadway At Music Circus production of Guys and Dolls in Sacramento, Broadway veteran and Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita (Ma…
 The third annual Word Becomes Action Festival launches Theater Alliance's 2019-2020 season with six new works that ask us to confront the revolutions and moments of resilience within ou…
Tiny bubbles, huge bubbles, round bubbles, square bubbles, long bubbles, clear bubbles, white bubbles, floating bubbles, bouncing bubbles, stacked bubbles, bubbles within bubbles, rainbow…
Liz Duffy Adams's play Or,"which premiered in 2009 at the Women's Project in New York"is a deliciously literate feminist farce. A radical mashup of dichotomies (among them straight and gay, …
