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Purchase Your Tickets for Young Artists of America’s ‘Show Boat in Concert’ Next Sunday, November 17th at 5 PM

Young Artists of America (YAA) presents Show Boat in Concert NEXT Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 5 PM. The performance will be performed by a 40-member orchestra and a cast of 41 singers from 30...

Act Two @ Levine Presents ‘In the Heights’ Friday-Sunday November 15-17th

Act Two @ Levine is proud to present In the Heights In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the...

‘The House of Yes’ at The Mobtown Players by Amanda Gunther

Define normal. It’s all relative until someone goes and sleeps with their twin sibling and then tries to marry outside of the loony family, right? Putting the fun, or maybe the frightening, in...

TrueTheatregoer’s TheaterThoughts, Play TheaterTrivia, and Rate The Shows You Have Seen by John and Stephen Hauge

Every Friday we will be sharing John and Stephen Hauge’s TheaterThoughts from their popular site TrueTheatergoer. “From John Hauge: “My brother Stephen and I created the TrueTheatergoer.com website in...

Who is Drama Queen? A Conversation With the Area’s Newest Queen

Need Theatre Posters, Programs, & Logos Designed for Your Show? Meet Jim Gallagher of Drama Queen Graphics I have had many of our readers ask me who designed our classy and colorful new logo, and the...

‘The Pillowman’ at Silver Spring Stage by Amanda Gunther

There are no happy endings in real life. Only the cold harsh slap of reality and how its disappointed you in the end. The dark and sinister black humor of Martin McDonagh comes to life in a twisted...

United States Naval Academy’s Masqueraders Presents Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ by Professor Christy Stanlake

United States Naval Academy Masqueraders Presents Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest When one thinks about military officer training, theatre rarely comes to mind. Yet one of our region’s...

Nibbles And Sips Around Town: ‘Frenchifying Fairfax, The Gin Game Redux, J&G Steakhouse Adds a Secret Room, the Day of the Dead Comes Back to Life, and Olive You Too, Espana!’ by Jordan Wright

Frenchifying Fairfax If you blink you’ll pass the modest storefront of Le Mediterranean Bistro, a mere slip of a place in historic Fairfax City, Virginia that quiets down towards nightfall. Once...

Purchase Your Tickets for Young Artists of America’s ‘Show Boat in Concert’ on Sunday, November 17th at 5 PM

Young Artists of America (YAA) presents Show Boat in Concert on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 5 PM. The performance will be performed by a 40-member orchestra and a cast of 41 singers from 30 different...

Montgomery Playhouse Opens Neil Simon’s ‘God’s Favorite’ This Friday, November 8th by Loretto McNally and Bruce Hirsch

Montgomery Playhouse, in partnership with the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, will open its 2013-14 season on November 8th with the bible as you’ve never imagined it. God’s Favorite is Neil Simon’s take on...

The Washington Chorus presents Benjamin Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ by Emily Cao

The Washington Chorus opened its 53rd season with heavy fare in Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, celebrating the British composer’s 100th Anniversary and showcasing the talents of the chorus and its...

Tonight at 7 PM at Wheaton High School ArtSpeak! Presents Sierra Boggess and Erin Driscoll

TONIGHT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH AT 7 PM AT WHEATON HIGH SCHOOL – 12601 Dalewood Drive, in Silver Spring, MD ARTSPEAK! PRESENTS: https://youtu.be/ZlOyEj5rTW4

Tomorrow night at 7 PM at Wheaton High School ArtSpeak! Presents Sierra Boggess and Erin Driscoll

TOMORROW, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH AT 7 PM AT WHEATON HIGH SCHOOL – 12601 Dalewood Drive, in Silver Spring, MD ARTSPEAK! PRESENTS: https://youtu.be/ZlOyEj5rTW4

‘Music in the Mansion: Signature Theatre at Strathmore – Julia Nixon, Vocalist’ at the Strathmore Mansion by Ramona Harper

“Jazzman, take my blues away.” Julia Nixon’s tribute to Carole King did that and so much more as Julia cast a spell on a mesmerized audience putting smiles on our faces in an unforgettable evening of...

‘Guys and Dolls’ at Rockville Musical Theatre by Mara Bayewitz

I discovered something while at opening night of Guys and Dolls – what I thought was my Grandma Grace’s favorite nursery rhyme, “A Bushel and a Peck,” originated as a song from this show. Having never...

‘Tosca’ at Lyric Opera Baltimore by Amanda Gunther

Art with mysterious power can pull opposite beauties together, and there is nothing more opposing in its beauty than the elegant tragedy of a doomed love story. Played out in one of Puccini’s finest...

‘David Dorfman Dance: Come, and Back Again’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Carolyn Kelemen

Dorfman mines comic gold in his junkyard dance Anyone who ever yawned through a pretentious ballet or heaved a sign of relief when a particularly ominous modern dance finally ended can breathe a bit...

The Winner of the ‘Goodnight Moon’ Ticket Giveaway is…. And a 1/2 Priced Discount Code for 7 PM Shows

The Winner of a pair of free tickets to Adventure Theatre MTC critically acclaimed Goodnight Moon… IS TED YING! “Goodnight Moon is energetic, upbeat, and perfect for a Fall afternoon of fun for the...

‘Behind the Barricade at Toby’s’ Part 9—An Interview with Daniel Felton (Jean Valjean) by Amanda Gunther

“Now bring me prisoner 24601!” The time is up—well, nearly anyhow (they close on November 10th), as the end of the epic run of Les Misèrables at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia approaches. How...

Purchase Your Tickets for Young Artists of America’s ‘Show Boat in Concert’ on Sunday, November 17th at 5 PM

Young Artists of America (YAA) presents Show Boat in Concert on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 5 PM. The performance will be performed by a 40-member orchestra and a cast of 41 singers from 30 different...

Enter by 9 PM TONIGHT to Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘Goodnight Moon’ at Adventure Theatre MTC for Tomorrow-Through Sunday/Half-Priced Code for 7 PM Shows Available

Win a pair of free tickets to Adventure Theatre MTC critically acclaimed Goodnight Moon. ENTER BY 9 PM TONIGHT! “Goodnight Moon is energetic, upbeat, and perfect for a Fall afternoon of fun for the...

‘The Iceman Cometh’ at Quotidian Theatre Company by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Everything will be better tomorrow. It isn’t often that man attains the true goal of their heart’s desire. What lies do you tell yourself to make it through a day? There...

‘The Pillowman’ Opens This Friday, November 1st at Silver Spring Stage by Lennie Magida

Provocative Dark Comedy The Pillowman Opens November 1st at Silver Spring Stage Lars Klores, who plays Detective Tupolski in Silver Spring Stage’s new production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman,...

‘Parade’ at Kensington Arts Theatre by Amanda Gunther

A breathtakingly stunning and hauntingly dramatic musical takes to the stage as Kensington Arts Theatre launches their fall season. Directed by Craig Pettinati with Musical Direction by David Rohde,...

‘Peter and the Wolf’ at The Puppet Co. by Julia L. Exline

The Puppet Company Playhouse presents Sergei Prokofiev’s musical adventure, Peter and the Wolf, a classic Russian composition. This story has been told many different ways throughout the years, with...

‘The Kronos Quartet 40th Anniversary’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Bev Fleisher

I never expect less than the finest performances from the the Kronos Quartet. The Quartet presented yet another outstanding demonstration of their virtuosity at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at...

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Stillpointe Initiative Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Look out. Look Out! LOOK OUT! A strange alien plant-like species has found its way to the back alleys of Baltimore as The Stillpointe Theatre Initiative presents the classic monster-musical Little...

Behind the Barricade at Toby’s Part 8: An Interview With Larry Munsey (Javert) by Amanda Gunther

He is the law and the law is not mocked. He has done his duty and nothing more; the man with black and white convictions, Inspector Javert. In the penultimate piece of the “Behind the Barricade at...

Interviews With Indie Filmmakers: Zach Clark by Teresa McCormick Ertel

With his third feature film, writer and director Zach Clark delivers an unconventional dark comedy of a wife’s search for Christmas spirit in the wake of an unbearable tragedy in White Reindeer. Tell...

‘Two Suns Over Thebes’ at Baltimore Annex Theater by Amanda Gunther

Come and celebrate the theatre as it is meant to be celebrated! With wine! And grapes! (Ok…grapenuts…) and a riveting good show about the great and almighty Greek God of theatre…DIONYSUS! Ritual...

‘Death and the Maiden’ at Spotlighters Theatre by Amanda Gunther

People can die from an excessive dose of the truth. But if only the truth can set you free does one find a sort of freedom, a sort of release in death? A twisted drama that pushes the boundaries and...

Quotidian Theatre Company Presents Eugene O’Neill’s Visionary Classic ‘The Iceman Cometh’ by Michael Avolio

The Iceman Cometh is a play universal in its scope and personal in its detail. Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill wrote the nearly-three-hour masterpiece at the peak...

‘Shorts in a Bundle’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

No rules, no voting, just six new short plays featured as a continuation from the 10×10 this past summer. Plays that caught the eye of the judges but just didn’t quite make it for one reason or...

‘Company’ at Vagabond Players by Amanda Gunther

Bobby. Bobby, baby. Bobby! Hear the phone ring, the door chime, and in comes the sensational Sondheim Tony Award-winning classic Company on stage at the Vagabond Players. Considered to be one of...

‘Dianne Reeves Presented by Strathmore’ by Audrey Thornton

Happy Birthday, Dianne! Wow! What a performance on Friday, October 18, 2013 at Strathmore! Whether fans came to bask in your signature Latin style of nearly forty years, your effortless scatting that...

‘Dear Edwina’ at Red Branch Theatre Company by Andrew L. Baughman

It’s no surprise that Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich’s family musical Dear Edwina achieved a sort of cult status among Off-Broadway audiences in its 3 year run. Fortunately, DC Metro audiences can...

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre by Amanda Gunther

When one is in town one amuses oneself, when one is in the country one amuses other people, and whether you be from the town or the country you’ll be amusing and amused as The Maryland Ensemble...

‘dance of the holy ghosts: a play on memory’ at CENTERSTAGE by Amanda Gunther

Their memories will be in your eyes. It’s a fickle thing, memory; the way it flits in and out of our minds, sometimes so clear it cuts like a knife and other times just a wisp of blurred images or...

‘Goodnight Moon’ to Reopen This Saturday, October 19TH at Adventure Theatre MTC at Glen Echo Park by Amanda Russell

After 19 total cancelled performances and a loss of over $60,000, Adventure Theatre MTC has reopened and extended Goodnight Moon, recommended for all ages. “Goodnight Moon is…energetic, upbeat, and...

‘Deathtrap’ at The Heritage Players by Amanda Gunther

A play to die for. Or maybe to kill for, so you be the judge as The Heritage Players continue the autumn leg of their season with their production of Ira Levin’s Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts....

‘We Will Rock You’ at Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center by Amanda Gunther

The title says it all—We Will Rock You, and rock us they do! Broadway Across America in conjunction with the CareFirst Hippodrome Broadway Series is proud to present We Will Rock You: The Musical by...

‘This’ at Round House Theatre Bethesda by David Friscic

This is hardly an all-encompassing title to accurately convey the many, myriad machinations at work in Melissa Jane Gibson’s thought-provoking and complex play-now an outstanding and stimulating...

Auditions Being Held for ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Community Crisis Services Inc. to Benefit ‘Warm Nights Hypothermia Shelter Program’ by Bill Leary

We hope you will audition for Community Crisis Services Inc.‘s production of A Christmas Carol. Production dates will be December 19-22, 2013. The show is a volunteer production and all proceeds will...

‘The Scarecrow’ at Ruxton Players by Amanda Gunther

Permit me…if I may, to tell you a tale of witchcraft and mayhem. Where the devil lies in wait and ordinary farm objects spring to life to capture the affections of young lady’s hearts. A good old...

Behind the Scenes at Wootton High School’s production of “Little Women” by Corrieanne Stein

Behind the scenes with Corrieanne Stein and Thomas S. Wootton High School’s production of Little Women With only seven weeks from casting to performance, the rehearsal schedule for Thomas S. Wootton...

Broadway Veteran Sutton Foster Helps Educate Aspiring Young Artists by Lauren Selman

Students of the Act Two @ Levine Pre-Professional Program gathered for a master class with two time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Ms. Foster’s class was presented by Strathmore in conjunction with...

‘Lucky Stiff’ at Montgomery College by Joel Markowitz

If you are a fan of Ragtime, Anastasia (the film), Seussical, and Once on This Island, you may not know that writing team Lynn Ahrens (Book and Lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (Music) wrote a 1988...

The Montgomery Playhouse Holds Auditions for ‘Blame it on Beckett’ on October 21 and 22

Be Part of the Area Premiere! The Montgomery Playhouse in partnership with The Gaithersburg Arts Barn is holding auditions for: Blame it on Beckett by John Morogiello Directed by David Dossey Oct....

Sutton Foster at The Music Center at Strathmore by Tiffany Draut

It was to a most enthusiastic audience of diehard fans that Sutton Foster performed tonight at The Music Center at Strathmore. A short concert, clocking in at just slightly over 60 minutes, it was...

Sutton Foster Performs at Strathmore Tonight at 8 PM-Discount Code Here

TONY AWARD WINNER SUTTON FOSTER TONIGHT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AT 8 PM AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda, MD How to Order 10% Off Discounted Tickets 3 Easy Steps...