The Arts Barn

The relevance of ‘The Mountaintop,’ beautifully played at the Arts Barn

Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (2020) and a Princeton professor, writes in The New Yorker about an encounter at a fundraiser...

Four views from ‘The Mountaintop,’ streaming live from the Arts Barn

By Laura W. Andruski, theater program coordinator, The Arts Barn Rockville Little Theatre – in cooperation with Arts on the Green – will livestream The Mountaintop, Katori Hall’s gripping reimagining...

Arts Barn previews compelling 2020–2021 season

Arts On The Green, the organization that provides indispensable arts programming at a collection of venues on the beautiful Gaithersburg campus, has recently offered audiences a sneak peek at the...

Review: At the Kentlands Arts Barn, Nat King Cole is as ‘Unforgettable’ as you remember him to be

A near-capacity crowd hushed as the evening opened with the title song from Nat King Cole’s 1959 album Welcome to the Club. I was immediately impressed that Don Dillingham, the evening’s soloist,...

Gaithersburg’s Arts on the Green concert season returns in December with Rochelle Rice’s ‘Cool Yule’ and much more

Gaithersburg’s Arts on the Green presents a new season of engaging concerts featuring an eclectic mix of Americana, jazz, classical, contemporary, traditional, and world music in an intimate and...

Call for proposals for the 2020-2021 theater season at the Arts Barn

Arts on the Green, the City of Gaithersburg’s home for the performing and visual arts which includes the Kentland’s Mansion and Arts Barn, is now soliciting production proposals for the theater season...

‘Little Red’s Most Unusual Day’ entertains at Kentlands Arts Barn

Offenbach and Rossini are not names that roll easily off most children’s tongues. Luckily for parents who are looking for a fun way to introduce their children to classical music, the work of these...

Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: First-Ever #ShowLove Fest Comes to Gaithersburg Arts Barn

“Don’t forget to show love!” Austin Perine reminds us, as he distributes food across the nation to homeless individuals. “President” Austin’s caped crusade to help the homeless is going global, but...

Call for Proposals for the 2019-2020 Theater Season at the Arts Barn

Arts on the Green, the City of Gaithersburg’s home for the performing and visual arts which includes the Kentlands Mansion and Arts Barn, is now soliciting production proposals for the theater season...

Review: ‘Little Women (The Musical)’ by Wildwood Summer Theatre at the Arts Barn

Wow! Wildwood Summer Theatre’s production of Little Women (The Musical) was both dazzling and polished; its shine reflected the animated energy of its all-youth (ages 14-25) cast and crew, while...

Review: ‘Heard It Through the Grapevine – A Tribute to Motown’ at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn

“Motown is the soundtrack of people’s lives,” intoned Mack Leamon in his portrayal of legendary Motown record label founder Berry Gordy in Director/Writer/Choreographer Kashi-Tara’s musical Heard It...

‘Peter Pan, Jr.’ Flies at the Kentlands Arts Barn (A KAT-2nd Stage Production)

KAT-2nd Stage is back at the Kentlands Arts Barn with their latest family offering: Peter Pan, Jr. Peter Pan tells the story of the flying boy who never wants to grow up, the magical world he...

Review: ‘Stick Fly’ by ANKH Repertory at the Gaithersburg Art Barn

Stick Fly is a boiling stew of classism, colorism, parent-child dynamics, unspeakable secrets, and marital choices. With a cast every bit the equal of Lydia R. Diamond’s Broadway-produced script, you...

Review: ‘Spring Awakening’ at Wildwood Summer Theatre at the Arts Barn

Spring Awakening (co-created by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik and now playing at the Arts Barn in The Kentlands) has a circular tragedy to it. Teens, struggling through youth and confusion and bodies...

Review: ‘Dreamgirls’ at ANKH Repertory Theatre and The Finest! Performance Foundation

Dreamgirls, with book and lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger, was one of the very first shows I saw on Broadway, back in the 1980s. It was memorable then and it remains memorable now in the...

Review: ‘Black Nativity’ at ANKH Repertory Theatre and The Finest! Performance Foundation

Productions of Langston Hughes’ holiday classic Black Nativity are numerous in the DC area this holiday season, but the joint production by ANKH Repertory Theatre and The Finest! Performance...

Interview: Maestro Simeone Tartaglione on Conducting ‘Peter and the Wolf’ TOMORROW 11/5 at 2:30 PM and 4:30 PM at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn

Residents of the DC Metro Region are in for a treat this weekend. For two performances only at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, Maestro Simeone Tartaglione will be conducting Peter and the Wolf. The 1936...

City of Gaithersburg’s ‘Singer Songwriter Series’ Presents ‘Cruz Contreras’ Tomorrow, Saturday, October 22nd at 7:30pm

Gaithersburg, Maryland’s Arts on the Green invites you to experience the music of Cruz Contreras on Saturday, October 22, 2016, as part of the City of Gaithersburg Singer Songwriter Concert Series...

‘An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe’ This Thursday, October 20th at 1 PM and 8 PM at Gaithersburg Arts Barn

AN EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE Adapted by Robert Mason and Lindsay Price AN EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE ONE DAY ONLY! TWO PERFORMANCES! THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 2016, at 1 and 8 PM Just in time for...

Tony Award Winner Rupert Holmes Joins Post-Matinee Discussion This Sunday, 9/18 at ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood-The Symphonic/Metal Version’ at The Arts Barn

This Sunday, after the September 18th matinee performance of The Mystery of Edwin Drood there will be a post-show discussion with the MetalDrood team and acclaimed mystery novelist Rupert Holmes,...

Andrew L. Baughman on Landless Theatre Company’s New ‘Symphonic Metal’ Version of ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ Playing Through 9/25 at The Arts Barn

Landless Theatre Company has taken another classic Tony Award-winning Best Musical – Rupert Holmes’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood – and has adapted it into a Symphonic Metal production. Producing...

Review: ‘Grease’ at Wildwood Summer Theatre at The Arts Barn

Wildwood Summer Theatre’s first 2016 summer production of Grease (with book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey), directed by Jake Young, combines youthful enthusiasm with great...

Review: ‘A Wedding To Die For’ at Kentland’s Mansion and Arts Barn

Murder at the Mansion Dessert Theater’s A Wedding to Die For featuring the talents of A Taste For Murder Productions was an entertaining and intimate production about a wedding gone terribly wrong. It...

‘A Grand Night for Singing’ Opens This Friday at The Arts Barn

Montgomery Playhouse in Partnership with the City of Gaithersburg – Arts on the Green Presents: A Grand Night for Singing Music and Lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein Book by Walter Bobbie Directed by...

Review: ‘A Change Gon’ Come’ by ANKH Repertory Theatre Company, The Finest! Performance Foundation, Inc., and Arts on the Green at The Arts Barn

One concern of many parents and grandparents is that their children will lose sight of family history. A Change Gon’ Come, by Kashi-Tara, dramatically ties together the civil rights issues of today...

‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ at Sandy Spring Theatre Group and The City of Gaithersburg at The Arts Barn

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of the American classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. That is right – Charlie, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the gang have...

Call for Proposals for the 2016-2017 Theater Season at the Arts Barn

Call for Proposals for the 2016-2017 Theater Season at the Arts Barn Arts on the Green, the City of Gaithersburg’s premiere center for the performing and visual arts which includes the Kentlands...

KAT’s 2nd Stage Brings ‘Disney’s Aladdin Jr.’ to Arts Barn 10/16-25 by Amy McGuire

In partnership with Kensington Arts Theatre (KAT) 2nd Stage, Arts on the Green presents Disney’s Aladdin Jr. The show runs October 16 through 25, 2015, with performances on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and...

Last Weekend for ‘The Wiz’ at The Gaithersburg Arts Barn-Watch the Preview Video!

It’s the final weekend for The Wiz at The Gaithersburg Arts Barn. DCMTA’s Anne Vandercook said in her review: “Rarely have I ever witnessed a harder working ensemble. This group really put their all...

‘The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’ Takes Center Stage at The Arts Barn

In partnership with Damascus Theatre Company, Arts on the Green presents The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell. The show runs September 11 through 27, 2015, with...

‘The Wiz’ at The Gaithersburg Arts Barn

Opening almost a half a century ago, in 1974, The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a fun evening based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum. Featuring a rock, gospel,...

‘The Wiz’ Eases on Down to The Gaithersburg Arts Barn From August 7th-23rd by Laura Andruski

In partnership with ANKH Repertory Theatre and The Finest! Performance Foundation, Inc., Arts on the Green presents The Wiz, a modern musical version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum....

‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ at Sandy Spring Theatre Group and The Arts Barn

Consider, if you will, a 15-year-old boy growing up in Brooklyn, New York who longs to be a baseball star with the Yankees, but would give up that dream if he could see a naked woman for two and a...

‘Willy Wonka Jr.’ at KAT 2nd Stage and The City of Gaithersburg at The Gaithersburg Arts Barn by Jenna Jones

Chocolate lover? Fond of seeing talented kids on stage? Well, rush over to The Arts Barn in Gaithersburg for KAT Junior and The City of Gaithersburg’s co-production of Willy Wonka Jr., and catch one...

‘An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe’ by Robert Mason This Sunday at 7:30 PM at Gaithersburg Arts Barn By Bruce Hirsch

ONE NIGHT ONLY – THIS SUNDAY – MARCH 29, 2015 AT 7:30 PM Join us THIS SUNDAY, March 29th for An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Mason-the first of The Montgomery Playhouse Spotlight Series of...

Call for Proposals for the 2015-2016 Theater Season at the Arts Barn Ends Tonight at Midnight by Laura W. Andruski

Call for Proposals for the 2015-2016 Theater Season at the Arts Barn Arts on the Green, the City of Gaithersburg’s premiere center for the performing and visual arts which includes the Kentland’s...

‘Not My Monkey’ at InterAct Story Theatre at The Gaithersburg Arts Barn

What do you get when you combine bright and bouncy circus fun with some valuable life lessons? The answer is Not My Monkey, a delightful and highly interactive comedy, produced through a partnership...

An Interview with InterAct Story Theatre’s Ali Oliver-Krueger on ‘Not My Monkey’ at The Arts Barn in Gaithersburg

There’s some monkey business about to happen at The Arts Barn in Gaithersburg, MD and InterAct Story Theatre‘s Executive/Artistic Director Ali Oliver-Krueger fills us in. Joel: How did you and Arts...

‘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,...

‘Medieval Storyland’ at Red Knight Productions at The Arts Barn by Mike Spain

Journey back in time at the Arts Barn with Red Knight Productions Medieval Storyland as they take you to a fantasy world filled with elves, dwarfs, wizards, knights, dragons, and most importantly a...

‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ at Gaithersburg Arts Barn by Amanda Gunther

Everyone knows they’re going to die, but no one believes it. But when faced with the end of the journey so close at hand you start to reevaluate just how you’ve lived your life and whether or not you...

‘A Commedia Romeo and Juliet’ at Faction of Fools at The Arts Barn by Flora Scott

I always suffer a little committing to a classical show – especially Shakespeare. When they’re bad, it’s torture. When they’re good, it’s always still a bit painful for me. Although I have seen a few...

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at KAT 2nd Stage by Mike Spain

This past Saturday afternoon’s performance of KAT 2nd Stage’s production of The Wizard of Oz at The Arts Barn in Gaithersburg was sold out. It was a family production and the Arts Barn was a welcoming...

‘Personals’ at Tasty Monster Productions by Jane Coyne

I always enjoy spending time in the quaint and creative environment of the Gaithersburg Arts Barn. It was especially fun last night, because of the wonderful jazz set that preceded the Tasty Monster...