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The Riverside Center for the Performing Arts Presents ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ 9/28-11/6 With Karen Grassle, Bill Grimmette, and Alan Hoffman-Directed by Rick Hammerly

Guest Author 2016-09-15

The Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, Virginia is proud to present Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy, starring Karen Grassle. Located at 95...

Arts Collective @ HCC’s “Underground Rooftop Coffee House” – An Artistic Collage, On Thursday, September 22, 2016

Guest Author 2016-09-14

Arts Collective’s “What Improv Group?!?!” partners with HCC’s Creative Writers, Performing and Visual Artists, and HoCoPoLitSo Howard Community College’s (HCC) Arts Collective (AC) kicks off its 22nd...

Meet the Cast and Director of Providence Players’ ‘Amadeus’ Part 2: Mike Rudden (Mozart) by Chip Gertzog

Guest Author 2016-09-09

Amadeus, the late Peter Shaffer’s Tony and Academy award winning masterpiece opens September 30, 2016 and kicks off the Providence Players 2016-2017 season. In Part 2 of interviews with the cast and...

Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ at Ghostlight Players and Clifton’s Got Drama by Leslie Anne Ross

Guest Author 2016-09-03

Soaring performances in Glengarry Glen Ross As with most not-for-profit theatre, the richness is in the performances. With Glengarry Glen Ross, we are rich indeed. Produced by Ghostlight Players and...

Meet the Cast and Director of Providence Players’ ‘Amadeus’ Part 1: Meet David Whitehead (Salieri) by Chip Gertzog

Guest Author 2016-08-31

Amadeus, the late Peter Shaffer’s Tony and Academy Award-winning masterpiece opens September 30, 2016, and kicks off the Providence Players’ 2016-2017 season. Chip: Please tell our readers where they...

Continuing Today @8PM & Tomorrow at 2PM: Silver Spring Stage’s & Montgomery Playhouse’s One Act Festival

Guest Author 2016-08-19

Silver Spring Stage is delighted to host Montgomery Playhouse for a collaborative One Act Festival this weekend and next. This weekend belongs to Montgomery Playhouse and its three shows, while next...

GMCW’s New Executive Director Justin Fyala Begins His New Position on Monday, August 15th

Guest Author 2016-08-10

“It is with great excitement that we write to tell you that the Board of Directors of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC has unanimously approved the appointment of Justin Fyala as GMCW’s new...

A Preview of ‘Radio Golf’ Which Opens This Friday, August 12th @8PM at Hard Bargain Players

Guest Author 2016-08-09

Radio Golf was August Wilson’s last play and was completed in 2005. I came across it about 8 years ago which was right around the time the United States was about to elect its first African American...

Review: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Zemfira Stage

Guest Author 2016-08-07

You may ask yourself why anyone would want to see The Wizard of Oz one more time, especially a semi-professional theatrical production at a county rec center, when you can pick up the MGM movie...

Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ at Prince George’s Shakespeare in the Parks

Guest Author 2016-08-02

In his program notes, Director Christopher Dwyer states there are good reasons why Shakespeare’s play have stood the test of time, and “one is that the stories are so rich and accessible,” and such is...

Review: ‘Oliver!’ at the Sterling Playmakers

Guest Author 2016-08-02

The Sterling Playmakers have put their unique twist on the musical Oliver!, based on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Oliver! has music, lyrics, and a book by Lionel Bart. Co-Directors Ashley Kinney and...

Review: ‘Spring Awakening’ at Metropolitan Youth Theatre

Guest Author 2016-07-30

The inevitability of change defines the human experience. We are all subject to our desires, even when we don’t fully understand them. And curiosity and the intrinsic want and need to feel emotions...

Review: ‘Women Beware Women’ at 4615 Theatre Company

Guest Author 2016-07-30

Most of us know how William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ends. Romeo, thinking his precious Juliet dead, drinks from a vial of poison. When Juliet awakens, she sees Romeo dead and stabs herself....

Co-Founder and the First Artistic Director of Arena Stage Zelda Fichandler Passes Away at Age 91

Guest Author 2016-07-30

We received this sad news from Arena Stage. A pillar of our theater community has passed away. We send our condolences to the Arena Stage family and to Zelda’s family. And thank you Zelda for being...

Meet the Cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s ‘Spring Awakening’: Part 3: Lexi Rhem

Guest Author 2016-07-26

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Lexi Rhem. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropolitan Youth Theatre?...

Meet the Cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s ‘Spring Awakening’: Part 2: Quentin Araujo

Guest Author 2016-07-25

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Quenton Araujo. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropolitan Youth...

Meet the Cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s ‘Spring Awakening’: Part 4: Carlos Castillo

Guest Author 2016-07-25

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Carlos Castillo. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropolitan Youth...

Meet the Cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s ‘Spring Awakening’: Part 1: Erin Claeys

Guest Author 2016-07-24

In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Metropolitan Youth Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Erin Claeys. Sam: Why did you want to appear in Spring Awakening at Metropolitan Youth Theatre?...

‘How to Quit Your Day Job’ to Debut at NYC’s Feinstein’s 54 Below on Saturday, July 30th at 11:30 PM by Star Johnson

Guest Author 2016-07-24

How to Quit Your Day Job to Debut in New York City on July 3oth Jonathan Larson wrote a song a day. This may be a musical theatre urban myth, but it’s constantly on loop in my mind. In any other...

Theatre Lab Students Ben Cherington and Jack Posey Take ‘Superstar’ Turn in Summer Teen Institute Production This Weekend

Guest Author 2016-07-21

Theatre Lab Students Take ‘Superstar’ Turn in Summer Teen Institute Production Ben Cherington and Jack Posey are both veterans of The Theatre Lab’s summer Musical Theatre Institute for Teens...

Review: ‘Maids of Honor’ at Unquiet Theatre Company

Guest Author 2016-07-18

With a title like Maids of Honor one would expect romantic comedy “scmoop” and wedding hi-jinks, but if you had ever seen a production at Unquiet Theatre before, you would know that things are never...

Review: ‘Tragical History of Doctor Faustus’ at Clifton’s Got Drama

Guest Author 2016-07-18

Ever hear the term “Faustian Bargain”? Well – this is the origin of the story. Plunge the depths of the human soul. Explore morality through a Victorian lens – presented in a contemporary style. Come...

“A Textbook Case of Horror: Molotov’s ‘Blood, Sweat & Fears’ Goes Authentically Old School” by Alex Zavistovich

Guest Author 2016-07-15

There is much that the average theatre-goer does not know about the Grand Guignol, the French Theatre of Horror that originated in the 1800s and is being revived in Molotov Theatre Group’s Blood,...

Review: ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Charm City Players by E. Lee Nicol

Guest Author 2016-07-14

Disney Magic rarely disappoints and the same can be said for Charm City Players. Their latest full production of The Little Mermaid can be seen now through July 17, 2016 at the gorgeous Harry and...

Capital Fringe Preview #50: ‘H5x7’ by William Shakespeare, Adapted and Directed by Kevin O’Connell

Guest Author 2016-07-07

Capital Fringe Preview: H5x7 by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Kevin O’Connell “Suppose within the girdles of these walls,” begins Shakespeare’s Henry V, “Are now confined two mighty...

Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) Playwrights Interviews: Part 5: Chisa Hutchinson and “The Wedding Gift” by Sharon J. Anderson

Guest Author 2016-07-07

Here is Part 5 of 5 in a series of interviews by Sharon J. Anderson, Contemporary American Theater Festival Trustee/Professional Story Listener and Creative Director. Meet Playwright Chisa Hutchinson...

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #49: ‘The Tragedy of Mario and Juliet’ by Wayne Nicolosi

Guest Author 2016-07-07

From the Author Wayne Nicolosi: Growing up in New Jersey, every day was filled with natural, working-class comedians and poets. Whether mowing lawns, fixing cars or sitting at the bar, they told...

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #48: ‘Coping’ by Jacob Marx Rice

Guest Author 2016-07-07

Award-winning new play examines the heartbreak and humor of death. The story of Coping began with a tragedy; a friend of Playwright Jacob Marx Rice, who had been struggling with depression for years,...

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #47: ‘Death Be Not Loud!’ by Susan Jackson

Guest Author 2016-07-07

Southern Railroad Theatre Company presents: DEATH BE NOT LOUD! (a contemporary Southern comedy) By Susan Jackson as part of the 11th Annual Capital Fringe Festival Southern Railroad Theatre Company...

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #46: ’22 Boom!’: 5 Questions with ’22 Boom!’ Playwright Miranda Rose Hall by Angela Kay Pirko and Miranda Rose Hall

Guest Author 2016-07-06

5 Questions with 22 Boom! playwright Miranda Rose Hall by Angela Kay Pirko and Miranda Rose Hall Angela: What was the inspiration for 22 Boom! Miranda: It was a compilation of plays that I wrote on...