2014

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...

‘The Most Happy Fella’ at The Arlington Players Preview Video #2 Meet Director Gloria DuGan

Here’s the second of a series of Claire O’Brien’s ‘Behind the Scenes’ videos for The Arlington Players’ production of The Most Happy Fella, which opens this weekend. In this video meet Director Gloria...

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...

World Stages: International Theater Festival – The Five Star Weekend Wrap in Review: ‘Fallujah’ and ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ at The Kennedy Center

The World Stages: International Theater Festival took center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ at 1st Stage

Mounting Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan as their springtime offering is a perfect way for 1st Stage to shake off the chill of winter and welcome in the warmer weather. Directed by Steven...

From Arena Stage to The Booth: ‘The Velocity of Autumn’ Interviews: Part 1: Producers Larry Kaye and Van Dean & Playwright Eric Coble

Tonight The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble begins previews at The Booth Theatre. It’s been an exciting journey so far for the play that entertained enthusiastic audiences at Arena Stage. Audiences...

‘The Most Happy Fella’ at The Arlington Players Preview Video #1 Meet Musical Director David Rohde

Here’s the first of a series of Claire O’Brien’s ‘Behind the Scenes’ videos for The Arlington Players’ production of The Most Happy Fella, which opens this weekend. In this video meet Musical Director...

An Interview with Open Air Stereo’s Scott Pounds, Appearing Tonight at 8 PM at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA

Open Air Stereo is a band full of storylines from taking eleven years to release a debut album, to finding their guitarist through Craigslist, and from their lead singer Chase Johnson starring on...

‘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...

‘Brief Encounter’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Venerable plays get made into acclaimed movies (August: Osage County of recent note), and some movies translate successfully to the stage. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is that famous amalgam of film,...

World Stages: International Theater Festival-‘Les Souffleurs Commandos Poetiques’ at the Kennedy Center

The World Stages: International Theater Festival took the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

‘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...

‘If/Then’ at The Richard Rodgers Theatre

If/Then, the musical with the biggest heart you can imagine, is now back home in the Big Apple, and just like its main character, Elizabeth (the incomparable Idina Menzel), it is starting over in...

World Stages: International Theater Festival ‘Solomon and Marion’ at The Kennedy Center

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

World Stages: International Theater Festival- The National Theatre of China’s ‘Green Snake’ at The Kennedy Center

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

‘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...

Filichia on Friday: ‘What Needs to Be Said about ROCKY’ 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. I just recently...

‘If/Then’ Opens Tonight in NYC at The Richard Rodgers Theatre

If/Then opens tonight at The Richard Rodgers Theatre, and we send all the cast, creators, production team, and designers a big ‘Merde!’ DCMetroTheaterArts’ John Stoltenberg reviewed the show here at...

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...

‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ at Ford’s Theatre

Exhilarating— adj. “making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.” E-X-H-I-L-A-R-A-T-I-N-G. Exhilarating; the perfect word used to describe your mood once you’ve attended the Ford’s...

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...

‘The Carolina Layaway Grail’ at The Welders

Joseph Campbell taught that myth is a mirror for the ego. So it is through myth that protagonist Diana examines her life experience in Allyson Currin’s The Carolina Layaway Grail, the auspicious debut...

LiveArtDC Holds its First Annual ‘LiveArt in a Day’ on Saturday, April 5th by James Radack

5 Plays + 3 Bands + 1 Great Cause = 1 Amazing Night of DC Talent and Stories What do you get when you bring together five local playwrights, five local directors and 25 local actors?…LiveArt in a Day!...

‘Inherit the Wind’ at American University

A great play is sweet solace, and there’s a relief in knowing that all the love and hard work you’ve just witnessed culminated into a success. American University’s production of Inherit the Wind, the...

World Stages: International Theater Festival: ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ at The Kennedy Center’s Family Theater

The Adventures of Robin Hood Offers Cheeky, Intelligent Fun How much fun can you have with a stage full of cardboard boxes, a shopping cart, bags of crisps, a reinvented legend, and two incredibly...

‘The Cradle Will Rock’ at The George Washington University

“The Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre entrance temporarily closed for emergency work until Monday, March 31.” For anyone familiar with the legendary lockout that threatened to strand several hundred eager...

‘Hansel and Gretel’ at The Puppet Co.

The Puppet Co. presents a kinder version of the childhood classic Hansel and Gretel. Inspired by Engelbert Humperdinck’s operatic version Hänsel und Gretel, instead of the wider-known version by the...

An Interview With Luísa Maita on Her Performance at Artisphere Tomorrow 3/28 at 8 PM

The humble and talented musician/singer Luísa Maita has been dubbed the “New Voice of Brazil” by NPR. Her music pulls from the country’s rich heritage of jazz and rhythms. Luisa blends modern...

Steven Carpenter on Directing ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ at 1st Stage

While Martin McDonagh grew up in England, his parents were native Irish and as a boy he travelled nearly every summer to the west of Ireland to spend time with relatives. He was regaled by his uncles...

Meet the Cast of West Potomac High School’s ‘Spamalot’ by Gracie Denton

Meet the cast of West Potomac High School’s Spamalot. Peter Serle (King Arthur) I’ve been a fan of Monty Python since I was in elementary school. When I found out we were doing the musical, I...

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...

‘Richard III’ at The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory

‘Tis indeed the winter of our discontent with the never ending snow. And what better way to dispel the forces of winter than for the The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory to kick off their 2014 season,...

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...

‘The Most Happy Fella’: Let’s Take It Outside: The Expansive Musical World of ‘The Most Happy Fella’ Which Opens at The Arlington Players on Friday, 4/4 David Rohde

Let’s Take It Outside: The Expansive Musical World of ‘The Most Happy Fella’ by David Rohde You can set a musical just about anywhere, and Frank Loesser certainly did that. In Guys and Dolls, Nathan...

Tasty Tidings Part 2: An Interview with Lauren Schein on Spotlighters’ ‘Five Course Love’

She may be looking for love in all the wrong places…or maybe she’s licking the wounds of her bruised heart. Either way, Lauren Schein has the scoop for us on what it’s like to be a part of this area...

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...

Arena Stage Hosts Third DC Job Fair Tomorrow From 10 am-2 pm

Arena Stage is hosting their Third DC Job Fair Tomorrow from 10 am to 2 PM. Get there really early because the event has drawn almost 3,500 job seekers its first two years. Representatives from these...

Here’s the Winners of 2 Pairs of Tickets to ‘Loveland’ at Arena Stage & $20 Discount Ticket Offer

Here are the winners of the two pairs of tickets to LOVELAND WINNERS: JIM CRUTCHFIELD AND DORIA KAPLAN ___ NOW PLAYING AT ARENA STAGE THROUGH APRIL 13TH. __ AND WE ARE OFFERING $20 TICKETS!! Running...

World Stages: International Theater Festival: Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble: ‘Not by Bread Alone’

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

SeeNoSun OnStage Presents ‘Killer Joe’ June 5-29th at DCAC

Killer Joe is the first play written by the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County, Tracy Letts. The play is a southern gothic black comedy that derives humor from the...

‘Seussical’ at Reisterstown Theatre Project

If you open your mind, oh the things you will find waiting to get loose! When you attend the Reisterstown Theatre Project’s musical about Seuss! Springing lively to the stage, in a full vibrant...

‘Once Upon a Mattress’ at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Everyone thinks that they know the story of the princess and the pea; a prince is looking for a princess and the queen forces her to take a test to see if she is a true princess by having her sleep on...

‘The Admission’ at Theater J by John Stoltenberg

As many who follow local theater news know, Theater J’s production of The Admission has been preceded by an offstage drama—a who’s-right/who’s-wrong argument, a...

We Are Giving Away 5 Pairs of Tickets to Opening Night of ‘Sister Ignatius Explains it All For You’ & ‘The Actor’s Nightmare’ at Chevy Chase Players on Friday, April 4th at 7:30 PM

WE ARE GIVING AWAY 5 PAIRS OF FREE TICKETS TO OPENING NIGHT-FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH AT 7:30 PM THE CHEVY CHASE PLAYERS‘ by Christopher Durang Directed by Peter Chewning Performance Dates: Fridays and...