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‘Circus’ at The Puppet Co. by Julia L. Exline

Juggling bears, flying trapezes, and tightropes! The Puppet Co. presents Circus, a spectacle of tricks and feats led by a band of marionettes, beautifully crafted by the talented Len and Pat Piper,...

‘Under the Sun 2013 Tour’ at Wolf Trap by Christina Frank

Wolf Trap understands it’s audiences. The Under the Sun 2013 Tour was a fun, well structured, family-friendly concert that suited the venue perfectly. As Gin Blossoms front man Robin Wilson put it...

‘One Republic’ with Serena Ryder and Mayer Hawthorne at Wolf Trap by Erica Laxson

Wolf Trap’s stunning architecture and wooded location set the perfect stage the popular group One Republic from Colorado Springs who felt right at home on the main stage and in front of their adoring...

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...

‘Cast Chats-Part 2:’ With Members of the Cast of ‘Tartuffe’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Amanda Gunther

Continuing on with the other half of the Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s cast of Tartuffe we hear from the title character and the other two actors that made the show such a smashing success. There...

‘Cast Chats-Part 1:’ With Members of the Cast of ‘Tartuffe’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Amanda Gunther

Six actors. In search of 11 characters? No, that’s a different story. This is the story of the six actors who are playing 11 roles in the adaptation of Tartuffe currently being presented by the...

‘Rodrigo y Gabriela’ at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary

In the early 1990s, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero met playing in a metal band in their native Mexico City. After a record deal fell through, the platonic couple found themselves busking on the...

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...

‘A Chorus Line’ at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Gunther

One! Singular sensation is dancing its way into your heart as Olney Theatre Center presents the sensational Tony Award-Winning Best Musical A Chorus Line, with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by...

‘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...

‘Much To Learn About’ Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Part 1: Choreographer Ken Skrzesz

In Part One of a series of interviews with the cast, director, and designers of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s Much Ado About Nothing, Choreographer Ken Skrzesz talks about working with Director...

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Amanda Gunther

Grab your beach towels and get ready for a sassy summer sizzler the likes you thought you could never experience with Shakespeare! Much Ado About Nothing slides into town for a limited three week...

‘Into the Woods’ at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre by Amanda Gunther

“I wish— I wish to go to the festival! I wish to lift the magic spell that’s cursed upon my house!” I wish — I wish— so many wishes, but they’ll only come true if you venture Into The Woods at the...

Magic Time: ‘The Third Breast’ by John Stoltenberg

The Third Breast is a gritty play, produced by a gutsy company. The three actors are arresting; the music and visuals, appealing. But for some interesting reasons, the challenging script by Polish...

‘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...

‘Avenue Q’ at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Julia Exline

The Little Theatre of Alexandria presents the three-time Tony Award winning Best Musical Avenue Q, with Book by Jeff Whitty and Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Directed and...

Natalie Cole at The Music Center at Strathmore by Derek Mong

Natalie Cole wowed the audience Thursday night with her sultry, smoky-throated R&B and jazz at the Music Center at Strathmore, delivering a powerhouse performance that showed the dynamic voracity of...

SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) and John Butler Trio at Wolf Trap by Max Johnson

July 31st at Wolf Trap touted an exciting double header- Australian rock outfit John Butler Trio and Reggae group SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) from Arlington, Virginia. For me, John Butler Trio was the...

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...

Magic Time!: ‘Holy Joseph Smith! Lessons Learned From The Book of Mormon’ by John Stoltenberg

The Book of Mormon… CONTAINS HERESY. That’s not a preshow advisory you’ll find posted at The Kennedy Center where The Book of Mormon is playing to standing-room houses. No, it’s my alert to you, dear...

‘Seussical the Musical’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Amanda Gunther

Oh the things you will hear! Oh the things you will see! Bring your kids! Bring your spouse! As Seussical the Musical Takes to the stage at Laurel Mill Playhouse! What wonders you’ll see, what...

‘Behind the Barricades at Toby’s’-Part One: An Interview with Les Misèrables Co-Director Toby Orenstein by Amanda Gunther

The Great Revolution has arrived! The barricade has arisen at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia with the regional premier of Broadway’s 4th longest running musical, Les Misèrables. Winner of 8 Tony...

Magic Time! ‘One Night in New York!’ by John Stoltenberg

The term “gay musical theater” is almost redundant, especially for countless closeted teens who found they could forget their troubles and get happy when they happened upon the uniquely American art...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Bowen McCauley Dance presents: From the Ground Up’

What a great way to end DCMetroTheaterArts’ 2013 Capital Fringe coverage by watching graceful and talented dancers from Bowen McCauley Dance perform two dance compositions called Fire and Air and A...

‘NSO@Wolf Trap 1812 Orchestra and More!’ by Jessica Vaughan

On a perfect summer evening, the National Symphony Orchestra took on two Russians – Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff – during their popular NSO@Wolf Trap Summer Series for an explosive evening billed as...

Magic Time: Oscar Wilde’s Salomé at Scena Theatre by John Stoltenberg

There’s some wondrous strange stuff in the Bible, but for out and out bizarro it’s hard to top the tale of the king Herod’s pervy thing for his stepdaughter (Salomé) and his macabre beheading (upon...

Ranting With Cyle: ‘Collaboration’ by Cyle Durkee

F%#k you! (Not you, sorry! {I should probably have explained that statement a bit first]) The reason I said that is that it’s not something that you typically hear in a collaborative process (but you...

Brandi Carlile With Special Guests Justin Townes Earle and The Lone Bellow at Wolf Trap by Max Johnson

Starting off with folk/rock outfit The Lone Bellow, the night’s atmosphere was set perfectly. With high-spirited belting in three-part harmony accompanied by sailing mandolin and banjo, The Lone...

‘Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters and Special Guest Bombino’ at Wolf Trap by Mike Spain

Robert Plant stopped by Wolf Trap’s Filene Center on Monday night July 22, 2013. There was no album to promote, no Alison Krauss or Patty Griffin to share the vocals, and no superstars of Americana...

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...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Underneath the Lintel’ by Max Johnson

In Underneath the Lintel, Pat O’Brien weaves a complex mythology in an epic, globetrotting quest that spans continents and centuries, delving into the conflict of futility and purpose in life,...

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....

Magic Time: ‘ We Happy Few Productions’ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Capital Fringe by John Stoltenberg

Cross-gender casting of the classics can be sometimes a silly stunt, sometimes an earnest bemusement, and sometimes—as in Romeo and Juliet as staged for Capital Fringe by We Happy Few Productions—an...

‘Bye Bye Birdie’ at Prince William Little Theatre by Audrey Thornton

Some people, events, and songs are timeless as in the case of Bye Bye Birdie, a musical based on real life rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley’s 1958 induction into the U.S. Army. A fun production...

‘Legally Blonde The Musical’ at Encore Stage & Studio by Erica Laxson

Encore Stage & Studio’s production of Legally Blonde The Musical is a wonderful example of a community of theater lovers of all ages coming together to put on an amazing show. Director Susan A. Keady...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Sesquicentennial – The Civil War Remembered’ with “Country Joe” Rosier-Part 2-Ulysses S. Grant’ by Yvonne French

General Ulysses S. Grant returned to Washington on Sunday not seven blocks from where he was once turned away from the Willard Hotel when he was in town to visit President Abraham Lincoln. This time...

‘A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World’ at The Contemporary American Theater Festival by Mark Dewey

Wonders Rattles Skeletons in America’s Closet A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World, the new play by Liz Duffy Adams, gets its water from the well Nathaniel Hawthorne used to great effect,...

‘A Chorus Line’ at Wildwood Summer Theatre by Maddie Gaw

God, I hope Wildwood Summer Theatre gets the recognition they deserve for this production of A Chorus Line! ‘God I hope they get it!’ “WST is the only fully independent youth-run summer theatre in the...

‘The T Party’ at Forum Theatre by Christina Marie Frank

Audiences don’t like to feel like they are being taught. So how do you inform an audience without seeming preachy? How do you make educational theatre entertaining and fun? Ask Natsu Onoda Power, who...

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Synetic Theater by David Friscic

Synetic Theater weaves a fusion of theatrical elements to bravura and mesmerizing effect in their current production of their acclaimed past Helen Hayes Award-winning hit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream....

Capital Fringe Review: ‘A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup’ by Max Johnson

A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup knows exactly what it is: a hilarious, slapstick, pantomimic frolic through the imaginative lens of solo performer Yanomi Shoshinz. While constructing an engaging...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Patterns: A Number & Symbols Show’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Magic opens our eyes to wonder, fantasy, and possibilities . . . and then reveals the truth. Without introduction or fanfare, a solo performer strolls onto the Main Stage of Goethe Institut. In a...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Sesquicentennial – The Civil War Remembered’ with “Country Joe” Rosier – Part 1: General Robert E. Lee’ by Yvonne French

In this 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Washington, D.C., is lucky to have storyteller “Country Joe” Rosier create living histories of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant especially for...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Chronic Singles Handbook’ by Jessica Vaughan

Writer and performer Randy Ross got laid off and went around the world, came back and wrote a book about it, and now takes to Fringe to perform it. It’s true to the life of a traveller, which means...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘RFK’ by John Stoltenberg

RFK is a triumph. A Capital Fringe production from Philadelphia’s New City Stage, it’s a powerfully moving flashback for anyone who remembers Robert F. Kennedy’s life and times, and an illuminating...

‘The Second City: America All Better!!’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther

America: land of substances. Land of stereotypes and instant gratification. Land of problems. Land of racism, with inequality and injustice for all. But it’s ok because things have gotten much better....

‘The No Rules Show’ at No Rules Theatre Company at Signature Theatre by Kim Moeller

The No Rules Show feels more intimate like a Saturday night in Joshua Morgan’s living room than late night talk show…and that’s a good thing. He gathers together a group of interesting people, mostly...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Apotheosis’ by Christina Frank

Avalanche Theatre Company is on a mission to uncover the lurid and murky parts of the human experience, through a series of vignettes on the themes of depression, ecstasy, addiction, and brutality....