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Act Two @ Levine Announces An Exciting 2013-2014 Season by Joel Markowitz

Act Two @ Levine has been anxiously awaiting the announcement of their upcoming season. “Sometimes you are literally waiting with your finger on the “send key” until each detail falls into place; a...

Spotlighters Theatre’s Young Actors Academy Production of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ by Amanda Gunther

Fleet the time carelessly as they did in the golden world. Or better yet, spend it checking out the Spotlighters Theatre‘s Young Actors Academy Production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Directed by...

‘Behind the Barricades at Toby’s’-Part Two: An Interview with Les Misèrables’ Music Director Christopher Youstra by Amanda Gunther

If you hear the people sing -singing the song of angry men, and hearts full of love, and one day more — then you’re hearing the musical genius of Music Director Christopher Youstra as Toby’s Dinner...

Derek Tatum on Playing Don Kerr in Olney Theatre Center’s ‘A Chorus Line’ by Eric Denver and Joel Markowitz

The very talented Derek Tatum is a member of ‘the line’ in Olney Theatre Center’s production of the Tony Award-winning A Chorus Line. Derek takes us behind-the-scenes of his audition, rehearsals, and...

The Glyndon Area Players’ Production of ‘The King and I’ Features Actress From the 1984 Broadway Production by Teresa McCormick Ertel

The Glyndon Area Players has been a summer tradition for my family for many years, whether we are in the audience, onstage, or helping behind the scenes. G.A.P. has been entertaining Baltimore County...

Auditions for ‘PARADE’ Held at Kensington Arts Theatre on Tues & Wed 8/13 &14 at 7:30 PM

AUDITIONS AT KENSINGTON ARTS THEATRE FOR PARADE Music/Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Book by Alfred Uhry Directed by Craig Pettinati Music Direction by David Rohde Produced by Malca Giblin Performances...

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s High School Core Company Presented Three Shakespearean Productions by Amanda Gunther

Three shows. One outstanding group of talented youths. Three nights. Shakespeare at its finest among the performing high school actors in the area. The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presented in all...

New Theatre Company ‘The Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade’ Performs FREE ‘As You Like It’ August 14-18th by Alexis Truitt

The Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade: A New Washington, DC Based Theatre Company The Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade is a new Washington, DC based theatre company. The Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade...

‘Puppetry in Contemporary American Theater’ Panel at Strathmore by Yvonne French

The Muppets are making fun of us according to a panel of experts at Strathmore. “People don’t really know what to expect with a puppet,” said Molly Ross, founder of Nana Projects, a multidisciplinary...

Here is the Schedule for Today’s Open House at Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre is holding its Annual Open House TODAY from Noon to 9:30 PM Starting at noon, come enjoy performances every 15 minutes, master classes, Signature Idol and special single ticket...

Filichia on Friday: ‘July’s Leftovers and August’s Brainteaser’ by Peter Filichia

Here is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.’ It’s an honor to bring Peter’s column every week to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This week: July’s...

Summer Hummer 2013 Takes Off at 7 and 9 PM on Monday, August 19th at Signature Theatre by Jennifer Clements

Summer Hummer 2013 Over 40 of Washington’s hottest theatre performers. Singing. Dancing. AND… Taking off their clothes. Monday, August 19, 2013 at 7 pm and 9 pm At Signature Theatre $35 General...

‘Roaring: The Musical’ has a Reading on Monday, August 5th at Takoma Station Tavern

Roaring: The Musical, a new musical by Dane Figueroa Edidi and Andrew Morrissey has its first reading this upcoming Monday, August 5th at 8 PM at Takoma Station Tavern – 6914 4th Street, NW, in...

Here’s The Schedule for Signature Theatre’s Open House This Saturday August 3rd from Noon to 9:30 PM

This Saturday August 3rd, Signature Theatre is holding its Annual Open House From Noon to 9:30 PM Kick off the 2013/14 season with Signature’s annual FREE Open House. Starting at noon, come enjoy...

Theatre Lab Presents ‘Life Stories From Across the City’ at Woolly Mammoth on Monday, August 5th at 7:30 PM by Dane Petersen

Life Stories From Across the City Highlights Artistic Work of At-Risk Populations The Theatre Lab presents an evening of inspirational stories of struggle, survival and redemption. Life Stories From...

TrueTheatergoer Awards $10,000 to Quotidian Theatre Company and $5,000 to The Keegan Theatre

TrueTheatergoer has awarded Quotidian Theatre Company $10,000 and The Keegan Theatre $5,000 because their audiences wrote and submitted the most reviews this past year to TrueTheatergoer. “Quotidian...

Behind the Scenes of ‘The Who’s Tommy’ at Port Tobacco Players by Ann Marie Watson

It would be tempting, but overly simple, to grab song titles and describe The Who’s Tommy as a “Sensation” and an “Amazing Journey” – even though it is, at times, both of those things. In reality,...

DCMetroTheaterArts Reviews Every Capital Fringe Show Plus An Extra Performance

DCMetroTheaterArts has now reviewed all 125 productions and 126 performances of this year’s Capital Fringe Festival. We also reviewed both of Country Joe Rosier’s performances of Ulysses S. Grant and...

Parlor Room Theater Opens ‘The Mousetrap’ TONIGHT

Parlor Room Theater is presenting The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. The murder mystery opens TONIGHT. From Wikl: “The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running...

A Preview of Flying Muskrat Theatre Company’s ‘Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged’ by Brennan Jones

What’s in a name? Despite the Bard’s enduring wisdom, for The Flying Muskrat Theatre Company, there’s a lot. Let’s be honest for a moment- the reason why you clicked on this article amongst your...

‘Why A Same-Sex I Do! I Do! Is Important, and Why It Works’ by Director Jack Marshall

How did a theater company that specializes in reviving older, often dated plays and musicals become the first to produce an inclusive I Do! I Do! for a post-DOMA America? I originally told the...

An Interview with Magician Max Major by Eric Denver

With a packed house of 250 audience members, Max Major made his appearance for Arlington, Virginia patrons at the Arlington Drafthouse at 7:30 on June 29, 2013 for a one-night only performance of...

Synesthesia: ‘Performances, Tours, and More’ by Yvonne French

This is the first in a series of links that will be updated regularly. If you know of any other links on accessible arts, please put them in the comment box below. Accessible: Performances at The...

Synesthesia: ‘Sign-Interpreted Performances for July and August’ by Yvonne French

Synesthesia: Sign-Interpreted Performances for July and August by Yvonne French Thursday, July 25th Mandy Harvey Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center Sign-Interpreted and Captioned: Thursday, July...

ARTISTIC SPOTLIGHT: An Interview with the Founder and Producing Director of the CATF by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

ARTISTIC SPOTLIGHT: Ed Herendeen “New plays are the future,” says Ed Herendeen, the Producing Director of the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF), located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia....

A Chat with Julia Murney on ‘Wicked Divas’ at Wolf Trap on July 28, 2013

Julia Murney will be at Wolf Trap on Sunday, July 28th at 8:15 PM to perform Wicked Divas with Stephanie J. Block. and The National Symphony Orchestra. I asked Julia about what audiences will be...

‘Shrek the Musical’ at Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Inc. by Amanda Gunther

It’s a big, bright, beautiful world over at the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Inc., as the teen professional theatre troupe presents Shrek the Musical. A rousing fairytale the likes of which...

Advance Purchase Opportunity To Purchase Tickets to ‘If/Then’ at The National Theatre With Idina Menzel

DCMetroTheaterArts Readers: This is a Unique Advance Purchase Opportunity To Purchase Tickets to If/Then At The National Theatre World Premiere of a pre-Broadway Musical November 5 – December 8, 2013...

The Charms Of Airlie House And The Castleton Festival – An Engaging Duet In The Countryside by Jordan Wright

It is with heavy heart that I divulge to my dear readers one of my secret pleasures – because not to share my latest adventures is anathema to my nature. But first I’ll tell of my history with a place...

Carnegie Hall presents the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by Jane Coyne

It was a very proud night for music and for our country when on Saturday night, July 12, 2013, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute presented its newly formed National Youth Orchestra of the United...

100 Plays Produced as CATF Kicks off Ambitious 23rd Season by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Over the last 22 years, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and has become a leading center for the production and development of new plays, having fully...

The No Rules Show Hosted by Joshua Morgan With Special Guests Opens Tonight at Signature

Half Revue. Half Talk Show. All No Rules. Different entertaining guests will join host Joshua Morgan every single night in this wild and crazy madcap variety show. Grab a drink and strap in (Joshua...

Wildwood Summer Theatre Presents ‘A Chorus Line’ July 19-27th by Rocky Nunzio

Dancers sway, a director gives instructions, the music director gives careful notes. It is a typical day of rehearsals for Wildwood Summer Theatre, but there is something special about this troupe of...

Synesthesia: Smithsonian Folklife Festival Is Accessible for People Who Have Disabilities by Yvonne French

Smithsonian Folklife Festival is Accessible for People Who Have Disabilities The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is accessible for people who: • are blind or have low-vision • are deaf or...

Rep Stage Names Suzanne E. Beal and Joseph W. Ritsch as New Co-Producing Artistic Directors by Mike Scrivener

Suzanne E. Beal and Joseph W. Ritsch Named New Co-Producing Artistic Directors of Rep Stage A past vice president of Frederick Community College and the associate artistic director of Baltimore’s Iron...

‘Ass Chronicles’ at DC Black Theatre Festival by Yvonne French

Ass Chronicles is a booty call and a call to booty power. Playwright Empress Joyner was inspired by The Vagina Monologues, for which she was cast in New York. Her own play starts with ‘Musical...

Synesthesia: Audio-Described Performance Set for ‘One Night with Janice Joplin’ at Arena Stage by Yvonne French

The Metropolitan Washington Ear, Inc., announced that it will provide audio description of One Night with Janis Joplin, back by popular demand after opening last fall. One Night with Janis Joplin is...

“From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook” To Air On Select Public Television Stations his July starring 300 Newtown Student Performers & Over 100 Broadway Performers

From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook To Air On Select Public Television Stations This July STARRING 300 NEWTOWN STUDENT PERFORMERS and OVER 100 BROADWAY PERFORMERS “From Broadway...

‘One Night with Janis Joplin’ Begins Performances on Broadway on 9/20 With Opening Night on 10/10 at The Lyceum

One Night with Janis Joplin is coming to Broadway and will begin previews at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre – 149 West 45th Street – on Friday, September 20, 2013. Opening night is on Thursday, October 10,...

Composer George Fenton on ‘Frozen Planet’ at The NSO at Wolf Trap This Friday at 8:30 PM

This Friday, June 28th at 8:30 PM. Frozen Planet in Concert will turn The Filene Center at Wolf Trap into a wonderland of gorgeous images and sounds of The Arctic Circle. Composer George Fenton will...

An Interview with The Beaux’ Stratagem’s Eric Poch by Amana Gunther

Swash-swash! Buckle-buckle! The clang of highwaymen’s swords are echoing asunder at Everyman Theatre in their production of The Beaux’ Stratagem. I got the chance to sit down with ensemble member Eric...

It’s a Done Deal! ‘The Andrew Keegan Theatre’ Arrives as The Keegan Theatre Purchases Church Street Theater! by Jeff Klein

THE KEEGAN THEATRE ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF CHURCH STREET THEATER The Keegan Theatre has closed on the purchase of the Church Street Theater in Washington, DC. The theater, located at 1742 Church Street...

Synesthesia: ‘Happy Imagining with Audio Description’ by Yvonne French

Sitting in the wings of many plays, operas, and musicals is a mysterious person known as the audio describer. Before the show begins, they start describing the scenery through a small transmitter....

Today’s Highlights at AFI DOCS-Errol Morris Celebrated at 6PM at National Archives & More

AFI DOCS PRESENTED BY AUDI OFFERS FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS Errol Morris Honored at Guggenheim Symposium World Premiere of DOCUMENTED by Pulitzer Prize Winner Jose Antonio Vargas AFI DOCS presented by...

Bill Payne on Performing at The Birchmere on Sunday, June 23rd

Bill Payne is a founder and piano/keyboard player for the legendary band Little Feat. In his breaks from the band – he has played sessions for musicians like Jimmy Buffett, James Taylor, and The...

An Interview with Bruce Randolph Nelson on ‘The Beaux Stratagem’ at Everyman Theatre by Amanda Gunther

“When a man is courting, his is not himself, he the oil-painting on which the sketch is based.” A witty line of comedy delivered from the lovely character Kate Sullen in Everyman Theatre’s production...

The Keegan Theatre Announces a 7-Show 2013-2014 Season As Renovations Begin by Jeff Klein

THE KEEGAN THEATRE ANNOUNCES AMBITIOUS SEVEN-SHOW SEASON Theater Will Go Dark in Spring 2014 as Renovations Begin The Keegan Theatre is pleased to announce its 2013-2014 season, which has been...

An Interview with Caroline Clay of ‘Clementine and the Lower 9′ at Forum Theatre Pt. 2 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Caroline Clay is a phenomenal woman. Her extraordinary acting skills and God’s gift of performance talent are only preceded by her grace, beauty, and kindness Forum Theatre’s Clementine and the Lower...

La-Ti-Do Tonight at 8 PM With Mikah Meyer, Shadoe Williamson, Sophia Walker, Carolyn Agan, & Chris Sizemore by Don Michael Mendoza

It’s that time of week again for La-Ti-Do: WINNER of DC Theater Arts’ Special Award for Best of 2012! TONIGHT AT 8 PM AT THE BLACK FOX LOUNGE- 1723 Connecticut Avenue NW, in DC This week we celebrate...

The Swing Set Donates “True Blood” Theme Song Download Profits to Molotov Theatre Group by Alex Zavistovich

The Swing Set Donates True Blood Theme Song Download Profits to Molotov Theatre Group Jazzy Reinterpretation of “Bad Things” Timed for Release before June 26th True Blood Season Opener Bad Things? How...