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‘Cavalia Odysseo’ at National Harbor by Justin Schneider

Do you remember the first time that you saw Walt Disney’s Fantasia? That feeling of amazement that crept over you at something just happening and being in front of you? Cavalia Odysseo elicits that...

Bay Theatre Company is Back with a ‘Triple Play’ by Janet Luby

What’s going on? I’m sure some of you read the article in the Capital Gazette about Bay Theatre Company returning and have some questions about it. We most definitely are returning for what I call our...

Victorian Lyric Opera Holding Auditions for ‘Yeomen of the Guards’ and ‘Pirates of Penzance’ on 10/19;20;& 25

Auditions for both Yeomen and Pirates: Sat. 10/19 7-10pm Sun. 10/20 7-10pm Fri. 10/25 7-10pm Callbacks for Pirates: Saturday, 10/26 7-10pm _____ Callbacks for Yeomen: Sunday, 10/27 6-9pm (this is a...

‘Cavalia’s Odysseo’ Gallops Into National Harbor TONIGHT through October 27th

The internationally acclaimed Cavalia pushes the limits of live entertainment once again with its second production: a 30-million dollar extravaganza that is wowing critics and audiences alike across...

‘Avenue Q’ at Greenbelt Arts Center by Amanda Gunther

The internet is really, really great for—well for buying tickets to Greenbelt Arts Center‘s production of Avenue Q. The multiple Tony Award-winning musical, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and...

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...

Adventure Theatre MTC Cancels Performance Today of ‘Goodnight Moon’ and Relocates to Rockville Location

Due to the government shutdown, Adventure Theatre MTC has temporarily moved its operations to its Wintergreen Plaza location-837-D Rockville Pike, in Rockville. MD. Relocation information about...

‘The Sound of Music’ at Compass Rose Theater by Amanda Gunther

Annapolis is alive with the sound of singing nuns and cheerful children as Compass Rose Theater starts their 2013/2014 season with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Directed by Lucinda...

‘A Beginner’s Guide to Deicide’ at Single Carrot Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Think Kill Bill meets Dogma and you might just be in the ballpark for Single Carrot Theatre’s first production of their seventh season. Presenting, in all its blasphemous hilarity, the regional...

An Interview with Jason Downs on ‘Why I Am Not Famous?’ at Howard Community College This Friday and Saturday 10/11&12@8 pm by Carolyn Kelemen

Multi-talented Jason Downs deliberates ‘Why Am I Not Famous?’ Howard County Community College alum/actor/singer recently discussed his touring production of Why Am I Not Famous,” slated at HCC’s...

‘A Killing Game’ at dog & pony dc by Ramona Harper

Can life be sunshine, lollipops, rainbows and everything that’s wonderful when a deadly plague begins killing the citizenry and they start dropping like flies? Will you be next? In an absurdist,...

‘Beertown’ at dog & pony dc by Jessica Vaughan

We have all been to Beertown. That’s the feeling you walk away with from dog & pony dc’s devised theater piece Beertown, which is ostensibly about a few residents gathering to vote on things to...

The Miami String Quartet at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Lisa Driscoll

The award-winning Miami String Quartet performed a variety of contemporary and Romantic pieces on Friday night at the Clarice Center for Performing Arts. The group ended the show in collaboration with...

Bowie Community Theatre is Looking for Their ‘Tommy’ in ‘The Cover of Life’ by John Nunemaker

Bowie Community Theatre (BCT) seeks a Caucasian young man to play Tommy in its upcoming production of R. T. Robinson’s The Cover of Life. The actor should be able to play early 20s. The show opens on...

Strathmore Offers $20 tickets to Federal & Military Employees for comedian Bill Engvall on Fri 10/6;October 6;Sutton Foster on Sat 10/12;Les Violons du Roy w/Stephanie Blythe on Tues 10/15; & Dianne Reeves on Fri 10/18

The Music Center at Strathmore is offering special discounts to federal and military employees impacted by the government shutdown, by offering federal and military employees special $20 tickets to...

An Interview with ‘Apartment 213’ Playwright Joseph Ritsch by Amanda Gunther

After seeing Iron Crow Theatre’s grotesquely fascinating piece Apartment 213 about Jeffrey Dahmer and going back to familiarize myself with the Dahmer case, I was not satiated in my thirst for...

Behind the Barricade at Toby’s: Part 6— David James and Theresa Cunningham (Master and Madame Thènardier) by Amanda Gunther

Everybody raise a glass! Now, raise it up the master’s ass! The cheers go around for the comic relief— the master of the house! Or in this case…masters. Continuing on in my “Behind the Barricade at...

10% OFF Discount Code For Tickets to See Sutton Foster at Strathmore on Sat 10/12@8

AND HERE’S A SPECIAL 10% OFF DISCOUNT FOR DCMTA READERS: TONY AWARD WINNER SUTTON FOSTER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AT 8 PM AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda, MD...

‘Rancho Mirage’ at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Gunther

Oh what tangled webs we weave when we practice to deceive. Is it truth or is it illusion and can you really tell the difference when it comes to your closest friends? As Olney Theatre Center continues...

‘Lulu and the Brontosaurus’ at Imagination Stage By Julia L. Exline

Imagination Stage presents the world premiere of Lulu and the Brontosaurus, a musical based on the book by Judith Viorst, who also wrote the Book and Lyrics for the stage. With music by Shelly Markham...

‘Unplugged’ at Flying V Theatre Company by Bev Fleisher

Got 10 bucks? Meet the Flying V Theatre Company and their enchanting world premier of Unplugged. You’ve got to see it to believe it, and if you go you will have an eternal good time! Go ASAP so you’ll...

‘The Nerd’ at Rockville Little Theatre by Mara Bayewitz

Nerds: Everyone should have one. Last night, I went to the theater and laughed until my stomach hurt as I watched grown adults put paper bags over their heads. No, I am not seven years old; […]

Beethoven’s Eternal Masterworks-Piotr Gajewski, Conductor and Soovin Kim, Violin at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary

Just before Christmas in 1808, four notes opened Beethoven’s latest composition and those notes according to fellow composer Robert Schumann, “will go on centuries hence, as long as the world and the...

‘Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show’ at Strathmore by Francine Schwartz

Last night at the Strathmore the Rat Pack rose again. Sandy Hackett, the son of legendary comedian Buddy Hacket, played Joey Bishop, Tom Wallek was Dean Martin, Louie Velez, played Sammy Davis, Jr....

‘Tick, Tick … BOOM!’ at Red Branch Theatre Company by John Harding

With Rent, Jonathan Larson wrote one of the seminal musicals of the modern age — though he didn’t live long enough to savor his triumph nor to give the world a chance to know him better. Now the Red...

‘Sunset Boulevard’ at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre by Andrew L. Baughman

The last time I attended a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s borderline camp film Sunset Boulevard was over 15 years ago. It was mostly unmemorable, other than...

Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore: ‘Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Bernstein’ by Jane Coyne

Jean-Yves Thibaudet joined Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the Music Center at Strathmore on Thursday night for in a truly wonderful night of music. The concert will be repeated...

‘The Nerd’ Kicks Off TONIGHT at Rockville Little Theatre by Ken Kemp

Rockville Little Theatre opens its 65th season TONIGHT through October 27th with Larry Shue’s outrageous comedy The Nerd, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre. Produced by David Levin, directed by Laura...

Final Weekend for 2013 DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenplay Competition by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The art of short films and screening short cinema has been perfected by the DC Shorts Film Festival and Festival Founder and Director Jon Gann. For the past ten years hundreds of filmmakers and...

Remembering Jonathan Larson; or “How to Wake Up a Generation” & Special Ticket Offer for ‘Tick, tick… BOOM!’ by Stephanie Williams

Remembering Jonathan; or “How to Wake Up a Generation” By Stephanie Williams, Executive Producer Red Branch Theatre Company As I sat watching the first costumed run-through of Red Branch’s upcoming...

Bruce Randolph Nelson, Jonathan Brody, and Brad Aldous on Playing Groucho, Chico, and Harpo at CENTERSTAGE by Amanda Gunther

Groucho. Harpo. Chico. They are best known together as The Marx Brothers and for their madcap comedy, setting the standard by which modern comedy is now compared. This 2013/2014 season at CENTERSTAGE...

Arts Collective at HCC Kicks Off 19th Season with ‘What Improv Group?!?!’ This Friday, September 27th by Susan Kramer

ARTS COLLECTIVE at HCC announces its 19th SEASON! Kick-Off: “What Improv Group?!?!” Friday, September 27 with OUTSTANDING Special Guests! Howard Community College’s Arts Collective (AC) – Over the...

‘Communicating Doors’ at Colonial Players by Amanda Gunther

I wouldn’t go through that door if I were you! It’s not simply a case of ending up in an adjoining room or storage closet, not at Colonial Players as they open their 65th season with Alan Ayckbourn’s...

‘Durang Durang’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

It’s certainly one for the books. Six books in fact, well six plays, anyhow. Fells Point Corner Theatre kicks off the 2013/2014 season with Christopher Durang’s Durang Durang, six of his short plays...

‘The Baltimore Waltz’ at Silver Spring Stage by Amanda Gunther

It is a common misconception that there are five stages of grief that a person can cycle through when coming to terms with something as severe as a terminal illness. Denial, anger, bargaining,...

Behind the Barricade at Toby’s: Part 5—An Interview with Jeffrey Shankle (Marius) by Amanda Gunther

Continuing on in the ‘Behind the Barricade at Toby’s’ interview series, I sat down with veteran actor Jeffrey Shankle to discuss the role of Marius. Find out what it’s like for the lovesick ingenue of...

‘Goodnight Moon’ at Adventure Theatre MTC by Julia L. Exline

Adventure Theatre MTC brings Margaret Wise Brown’s beloved story to the stage in the musical version of Goodnight Moon, directed by Roberta Gasbarre, with Book, Music & Lyrics by Chad Henry, and...

Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore: ‘Scheherazade & 1812 Overture’ by Jane Coyne

Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra were given a rock star welcome by a packed house of devoted fans as they returned home to the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday to perform their...

‘Maria Schneider Orchestra’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Lisa Driscoll

In a night filled with everything from big band charts to accordion-led ballads,

‘The Nerd’ Kicks Off Rockville Little Theatre’s 2013-2014 Season on September 27th by Ken Kemp

Rockville Little Theatre opens its 65th season with Larry Shue’s outrageous comedy The Nerd, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre from September 27th through October 26th. Produced by David Levin,...

‘That Kind of Girl’ and ‘Gretel’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Ramona Harper

That Kind of Girl That Kind of Girl delves deeply below the emotional surface in an innovative stream of creative consciousness that examines gender equality as it flows vignette to vignette in an...

‘Anda Union: The Wind Horse’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Tiffany Draut

A little bit of Mongolia came to College Park on Friday, September 20, 2013, as the group Anda Union performed their concert The Wind Horse at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the...

‘Pet Shop Boys’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Marlene Hall

Before there was Daft Punk, Deadmau5, and Paul van Dyk, there was The Pet Shop Boys. Last night the Pet Shop Boys, lead singer Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe turned Strathmore into a fashion...

An Interview with the Director and Cast Members of Silver Spring Stage’s ‘The Baltimore Waltz’ by Lennie Magida

Bob Scott says that when he first read The Baltimore Waltz, “it shouted, ‘Direct this one, Bob!’” Scott heeded that inner voice, and now he’s directing Waltz as it opens the Silver Spring Stage...

First Act at Act Two @ Levine Tomorrow – Thursday, September 19th From 7-9 PM

We still have a few spots available to audition Thursday evening for Act Two @ Levine‘s new First Act program for middle school students. Sign up for your audition today! First Act (Middle School...

Auditions for YAA’s ‘Showboat’ on Tuesday 9/24 and Saturday 9/28

Young Artists of America is holding auditions for their upcoming production of SHOW BOAT in Concert on: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 from 7:00 pm-9:30 pm and Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 11 am to...

‘War of the Worlds’ Begins Performances at Sandy Spring Theatre Group at Arts Barn October 11th by Mara Bayewitz

Sandy Spring Theatre Group (SSTG) and The Gaithersburg Arts Barn present War of the Worlds and When Welles Collide, a two-part radio play Directed by: David Dossey *PERFORMANCES: October 11th – 27th,...

‘Art’ at Dignity Players by Amanda Gunther

A difference in opinion is nothing to stake a friendship on, and certainly nothing to lose one over, though it would seem that three long-time friends find themselves in exactly such a predicament as...

‘A Young Lady of Property’ at Rep Stage by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

In Rep Stage’s first show of its 21st season, the setting is Late Spring, 1925. The journey to a small, nondescript Texas town unexpectedly seduces audiences with the compelling people of Harrison,...

Here are the Winners of Two Pairs of Tickets to See Sutton Foster at Strathmore on Saturday, October 12th @ 8pm

HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE TWO PAIRS OF TICKETS TO SEE TONY AWARD WINNER SUTTON FOSTER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AT 8 PM AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda, MD...