Maryland

‘Singin’ in the Rain’ at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre

Good morning, good morning! I’ve seen the whole show through. Good morning, good morning! And it’s a pleasant show to view! Well good morning, good morning! That’s the thing to do— see Singin’ in the...

Nibbles And Sips Around Town: Brunch Before the Matinee: City Tap House, The Partisan, Malmaison, Jaleo Brunch, Peach Brandy at Mount Vernon

City Tap House, The Partisan, Malmaison, Jaleo Brunch, Peach Brandy at Mount Vernon Brunch Before the Matinee On an unseasonably warm Sunday we tried out the new brunch menu at Jaleo. We chose the...

‘The Jungle Book’ at Adventure Theatre MTC

Adventure Theatre MTC presents The Jungle Book, based on the fables collected by Rudyard Kipling and adapted for the stage by Tracey Power. Shirley Serotsky directs this production. Set Designer...

‘Two Trains Running’ at Round House Theatre

“There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death.” – August Wilson Change is in the air. It’s 1969, a pivotal year of change and a turning point in American history when...

‘Other Desert Cities’ at Silver Spring Stage

Acting or reality; the two are hardly mutually exclusive. We live with each other’s divergent truths because we know no other way to live. Our lives could be complete lies that we have no idea we are...

‘An Actor’s Nightmare’ and ‘Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You’ at Chevy Chase Players

A Double Feature of two plays: An Actor’s Nightmare and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You by Christopher Durang, the Tony Award-winning playwright (for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)...

‘The Memo’ at Single Carrot Theatre

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Win A Pair of Tickets to ‘4 Girls 4’ at Strathmore on Friday, 5/2/14 With Donna McKechnie, Faith Prince, Maureen McGovern, Andrea McArdle; Enter By Wednesday at 5 PM

WE ARE GIVING AWAY A PAIR OF TICKETS TO: 4 Girls 4 With MAUREEN MCGOVERN ANDREA McARDLE DONNA McKECHNIE AND FAITH PRINCE ON FRIDAY, MAY 2ND AT 8 PM AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE __ TO ENTER: SEND...

Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘Once on This Island’ This Saturday Night 4/12@7 PM at Olney Theatre Center. Enter by Tomorrow at 5 PM

WE ARE GIVING AWAY ONE PAIR OF TICKETS TO ONCE ON THIS ISLAND FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT – APRIL 12TH AT 7 PM AT OLNEY THEATRE CENTER 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832 From the Tony...

‘Reefer Madness’ at Being Revived

STOP! Do you know where you children are? What they’re doing? What they could be— SMOKING? That vile vapor, that odious offender, that sinful slayer waiting to possess your sons and daughters, turning...

‘One Mic: Marc Bamuthi Joseph: red, black, and GREEN: a blues (rbGb)’ at The Kennedy Center

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, best known as a spoken word artist, and his collaborators, raised questions and gave many ideas for discussion through a multi-layered, multi-sensory performance at The Kennedy...

‘Zero Cost House’ at Pig Iron Theatre Company at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Pig Iron Theater Company’s production of Zero Cost House by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a performance you have to...

‘The Last Five Years’ at Red Branch Theatre Company

Miss The Last Five Years at your peril. If you fail to catch this season-opener by the Red Branch Theatre Company, you’ll never know exactly when this hard-working Columbia playhouse made its big step...

Adventure Theatre MTC Academy Offers Up to $25,000 in Scholarships

ATMTC ACADEMY OFFERS UP TO $25,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO AREA MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ITS SECOND ANNUAL SUMMER MUSICAL THEATER TRAINING PROGRAM Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) Academy announces...

Linda Eder at The Barns at Wolf Trap

It was a sold-out, enthusiastic crowd at Linda Eder‘s concert on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at The Barns at Wolf Trap. Between the energy of the crowd and Eder’s own humor and magnificent voice, it was...

We Are Giving Away 4 Pairs of Tickets for Each Performance of “Take The Stage’s ‘Acting Out! Revue at The JCC in Rockville For This Friday-Sunday And 1/2 Price Discount Code-Enter by 5 PM Tonight

We Are Giving Away 4 Pairs of Tickets for Each Performance “Take The Stage’s ‘Acting Out!’ Musical Revue at The JCC in Rockville This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 4-6th – in the Kreeger Theater...

Tasty Tidings Part 3: An Interview with Shani Hadjian on Spotlighters’ ‘Five Course Love’

There’s even more trouble in the kitchen! What with Barbie needing a man named Ken, Sofia having an affair with Gino, and Rosalinda being caught in a three-way love triangle! Continuing the Tasty...

Charis Center for the Arts in Bowie, MD Presents ‘Stop Kiss’ Through April 13th by Dr. Emma Hadley

The Charis Center for the Arts is a non profit social enterprise located in the creative corridor of Historic Old Town Bowie, MD providing visual and performing arts programming for students of...

We Are Giving Away 4 Pairs of Tickets for Each Performance of “Take The Stage’s ‘Acting Out! Revue at The JCC in Rockville For This Friday-Sunday And 1/2 Price Discount Code

We Are Giving Away 4 Pairs of Tickets for Each Performance “Take The Stage’s ‘Acting Out!’ Musical Revue at The JCC in Rockville This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 4-6th – in the Kreeger Theater...

Meet the Director and Cast of ‘Hamlet’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company: Part 4: George Page

In Part Four of our series of interviews with the cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet, meet George Page. Joel: How did you become involved with this production of Hamlet? George: Sally...

F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre Events in April by Jana Faigen

F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre has a full calendar of events this April. Get tickets and spend the month watching a wide range of entertainment. The fun begins April 6th at 2 p.m. with Hometowne USA’s...

‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ at Colonial Players

Sweet wounded Jesus! A fanged creature has been spotted roaming East street in Annapolis and shocking the patrons of the Colonial Players! Terrorized by the prospect that a freak runs among them, the...

‘Bedside Manners’ at The British Players

Will you be having your Mr. Smith in the blue room or the green room? Mind you, the blue room is awfully blue. Regardless of which room you’re sneaking off to, be sure you sneak off to The British...

‘Hairspray’ at Thomas S. Wootton High School by Brent Stone

Welcome to the Sixties, Baltimore style! Grab your neon-colored shirts and Madison down to T. S. Wootton High School Center for the Arts’ production of Hairspray, energetically directed by Jessica...

‘Hamlet’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company

Since brevity is the soul of wit, I will be brief. Annapolis Shakespeare Company has mounted to the stage, for their first offering of 2014, Shakespeare’s noble tragedy: Hamlet. Directed by Sally...

‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ at The Heritage Players

It’s a pretty little picture: three houses each alike in dignity— wait, wrong play. Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight! And comedy is what you’re getting as the Heritage Players mount to the stage A...

‘Bring It On: The Musical’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

Elphaba, step aside! The high-flying cast of the Tony-award nominated best musical Bring It On: The Musical is defying gravity and launching itself to new heights—literally—and there’s not a single...

Lily Tomlin at The Music Center at Strathmore

Thirty-plus years after 6-year old Edith Ann debuted on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, the eternally young Edith Ann was complaining about her big sister Irene’s iPhone and how she “texthhhsss” too...

Family Flashpoint: ‘Other Desert Cities’ Opens at Silver Spring Stage on April 4th by Lennie Magida

FAMILY FLASHPOINT: OTHER DESERT CITIES OPENS APRIL 4 AT SILVER SPRING STAGE If families existed without conflict, stress, heartbreak, and deception—and if those difficulties weren’t often laced with...

Rockville Musical Theatre Opens ‘The Great American Trailer Park Musical’ April 4th at The Arts Barn by Ellen Ryan

How does a group of strangers coalesce into an ensemble that moves together, laughs together, and entertains together? In the case of Rockville Musical Theatre’s The Great American Trailer Park...

150 Students Involved in Wootton High School’s Production of ‘Hairspray’ Which Opens Tonight and Runs 3/28-30 & 4/4-6

More than 150 Students at Rockville’s Wootton High School Gearing up for Performances of the Broadway Hit “Hairspray” Hairspray plays at Thomas S. Wootton High School – 2100 Wootton Parkway, in...

Here Are the Winners of 2 Pairs of Tickets to ‘Bring It On’ at Strathmore This Saturday 3/29 at 8 PM & 50% Discount Offer for 3 & 8 PM

Here are the winners of the Ticket Giveaway! FRANCINE AMARAL AND SAM McCRAE BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH AT 8 PM AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, IN North...

Take the Stage Performance Company Presents ‘Acting Out!’-A Musical Revue April 4-6th at JCC in Rockville, MD

Take 28 talented kids directed by a former Miss America competitor and by a Carnegie Hall performer and you get Take the Stage Performance Company! This singing and dancing ensemble is comprised of...

‘The Homo Poe Show’ at Iron Crow Theatre Company

Conceived as a new work by Artistic Director Steven J. Satta, where each of the seven installments has an individual director, Iron Crow Theatre Company’s The Homo Poe Show – a reinvention of Edgar...

‘You Can’t Take it With You’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse

What’s new in the world of plays, snakes, ballet, and fireworks? You’ll have to head over to the Laurel Mill Playhouse and see their production of You Can’t Take it With You to find out! Directed by...

‘Gründlehämmer’ at Baltimore Rock Opera Society

In a world where the sacred legend of rock and roll is no longer sacred nor safe…there lays a kingdom…the kingdom of…BROTOPIA!! Reinvented for its 5 year anniversary, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society,...

Part 6 of ‘Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ at Toby’s: The Series of Interviews That Goes On and On’: Actors Larry Munsey and Jeffrey Shankle

Galloping into the home stretch with the grail in sight is Arthur, King of the Britains, astride his trusty steed Patsy! In the final segment of the six-piece interview series that “…goes on and on...

Meet the Director and Cast of ‘Hamlet’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company: Part 2: Audrey Bertaux

In Part Two of our series of interviews with the cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet, meet Audrey Bertaux. Joel: How did you become involved with this production of Hamlet? What did you...

‘Mr. Marmalade’ at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative

Having an imaginary friend is all fun and games…until it becomes a twisted dark comedy that tickles your funny bone in a most inappropriate fashion. Continuing down the dark and winding path of their...

‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Compass Rose Theater

What soft on yonder stage doth break— ‘tis Romeo and Juliet and Compass Rose Theater is its host. The timeless classic; the Bard’s original romantic tragedy carries on in a classic fashion upon the...

Meet the Director and Cast of ‘Hamlet’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company: Part 1: Manu Kumasi

In Part One of our series of interviews with the cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet, meet Manu Kumasi. Joel: How did you become involved with this production of Hamlet? What did you...

‘Songs For A New World’ at Young Artists of America With Jason Robert Brown

Fifty-two instrumentalists (prepared and rehearsed by Musical Director Kristofer Sanz, and joined by professional guest mentors) and thirty-five vocalists (prepared and rehearsed by Vocal Director...

Arts Collective’s “What Improv Group?!?!” Spring Fling Friday, April 4! by Susan G. Kramer

Arts Collective’s “What Improv Group?!?!” Spring Fling Friday, April 4! Improv troupe rounds out its out-of-control successful 3-show season with a Spring Themed Improv Show featuring its popular,...

TONIGHT @7:30 PM & TOMORROW at 3 PM: Jason Robert Brown Conducts & Performs ‘Songs for a New World’ With Young Artists of America, Nova Y. Payton, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Michael J. Mainwaring, Rachelle Fleming, & Adam Michael Kaufman

TOMORROW – SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH AT 7:30 PM AND SUNDAY, MARCH 16TH AT 3:00 PM JASON ROBERT BROWN’S SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Featuring the Young Artists of America Youth Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble and...

‘Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy with a (Somewhat) Happy Ending’ at Boom Theatre Company

On the battlefield of politics coming armed with a shield and sword will do you little good. One must learn to stroke their opponent with one hand and fight them with the other. Boom Theatre Company...

‘Pleated’- MFA Thesis Concert by Stephanie Miracle at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Walking into the Dance Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, I was excited to attend Pleated, Stephanie Miracle’s MFA Thesis Concert. My excitement stemmed from my interest in Miracle’s...

‘Twelfth Night’ at CENTERSTAGE

While not reinventing the wheel with one of the Bard’s more tried and true comedies, CENTERSTAGE’ Twelfth Night uses some intriguing approaches that rise to the surface in this production, directed by...

Brigadoon Opens Tomorrow at Einstein HS & They’re Scotland-Bound by Andrea Kibbe

Albert Einstein’s S.T.A.G.E.’s opens BRIGADOON Tomorrow – Friday, March 14th! This classic show tells the story of two American hunters who, while hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a mysterious town...

Act Two @ Levine Music Students Perform ‘Parade’ for Show’s Composer and Lyricist Jason Robert Brown by Lauren Selman

Students of Act Two @ Levine Music Pre-Professional Program performed the Tony Award-winning musical Parade for the show’s composer and lyricist, Jason Robert Brown. Act Two’s Parade was initially...

‘The Weirdo Show’- A Modern Midway and a Really Weird Video!

The Weirdo Show has the feeling of an old carnival midway, which is no surprise as it’s produced by local sideshow performer and afficionado, Kellan Hancock (aka Charlie Artful). The show’s host,...