2014

Tonight at 8:45 & 11 PM: House of Sweetbottom: Blues and Burlesque at The Black Cat

“The blues and the jazz are … original, American music. And that’s what the burlesque entertainers used.” – Dixie Evans (1926 – 2013), “The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque”, founder of the Miss Exotic...

‘Lysistrata’ at Towson University

No sex! No fun! Not ‘til there’s peace for everyone! Not sleeping with our men until they all find peace again! The age old protest of Lysistrata cries out in a new hybrid fashion of modern freestyle...

‘Dark Passages’ at Bowie Community Theatre

We all have shadows, secrets that we don’t want to admit to others. And when those shadows creep through darkened windows into the unsuspecting lives of those around us things can get dark and...

Tonight Through Sunday-‘Playwrights’ Arena’ Showcase’ at Arena Stage

MARCH 6 – 9, 2014 Norman Allen, Randy Baker, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Heather McDonald, Danielle Mohlman and Shawn Northrip—the six members of the inaugural Playwrights’ Arena playwriting group will...

‘Dollars for Dainty’ at The Black Cat

On the last day of January, a group of big-hearted burlesquers got together for two shows at the Black Cat to raise money for GWU’s LGBT Health Program. The GW LGBT Health Certificate is the only...

National Chamber Ensemble Presents ‘Happy Birthday Vivaldi: The Extraordinary Four Seasons’ This Saturday, 3/8@7:30 pm

Oh the weather outside has been frightful, but … on Saturday, March 8, 2004 at 7:30 PM NBC4 Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer is predicting 54° | 34° and all because … National Chamber Ensemble, in...

Cristina Colmena’s Look at Love Arithmetic in ‘Happily Ever After’ at Ambassador Theater

For Better or Worse? – Cristina Colmena’s Look at Love Arithmetic in Happily Ever After ‘Till death do us part’ – is the dream worth dreaming? Valentine’s Day is as good a time as any to reflect on...

GMCW Presents ‘Von Trapped’ on 3/14-16 at Lisner Auditorium

Gay Men’s Chorus presents Von Trapped Our zany spoof of The Sound of Music Join the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC for this smart, gay parody of The Sound of Music. Joining the Chorus will be the...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 4: Danielle Mohlman

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

Part 4 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of Interviews That Goes On and On’: David James (Herbert) and David Jennings (Lancelot)

His name is Lancelot! He likes to dance a lot! Journey along into part four of the Interview Series that Goes On and On and On as I sit down with David C. Jennings, playing four major characters in...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 3: Norman Allen

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

Tickets On Sale for Jason Robert Brown’s Cabaret: “I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You” at Red Branch Theatre Co. on Monday, March 17, 2014@7:30pm

JASON ROBERT BROWN TO OPEN RED BRANCH THEATRE COMPANY’S 2014 SEASON Tickets for Jason Robert Brown’s cabaret are now on sale. Purchase tickets here, or call (410) 997-9352. Acclaimed and renowned...

Melissa Jo York-Tilley Interviews Cast Members of Prince William Little Theatre’s ‘Blithe Spirit’

Looking for something to lift your spirits after this interminable winter? Take a comedic trip with Prince William Little Theatre back to the early 1940’s to a charming English country home for a cup...

‘Mamma Mia!’ at The National Theatre

The music of ABBA never fails to get toes tapping and listeners dancing. Last night at The National Theater was no different. Mamma Mia! is the ultimate love story written by Catherine Johnson, around...

The Washington Chorus: ‘The Essential Verdi’ at The Kennedy Center

The Washington Chorus, marking the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth with a series of concerts, offered the sixth on Sunday evening, with a program of arias, scenes and choruses from his...

Middle School, HS & College Students Invited to Q&A With Jason Robert Brown on Sun 3/16@1 pm;Tickets on Sale for YAA’s ‘Songs for a New World’ on 3/15&16

Young Artists of America You are invited to a FREE Q&A for students with Broadway Composer Jason Robert Brown! Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 1:00pm (before the 3:00pm performance of Songs for a New World)...

‘Beaches’ at Signature Theatre

It’s not often that you see a musical selling souvenir tissues in the lobby, but Beaches does—so be sure and pick up some! This emotionally-charged musical now having its world premiere at Signature...

The Kennedy Center Announces Over 2,000 Performances in 2014-2015

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces its 2014–2015 Season 2014 with More Than 2,000 Performances of Theater, Dance, and Music of All Kinds Highlights include: Iberian Suite:...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 2: Shawn Northrip

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

Washington Performing Arts Society/Young Concert Artists: Julia Bullock, Soprano, With Renate Rohlfing, Piano by Leslie Weisman

Sunday afternoon’s recital at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, the Alexander Kasza-Kasser Concert in the Young Concert Series, was a musically and intellectually adventurous expedition that...

Local Dancers Shake Off the Winter Blahs as Arts Collective Dance Company (ACDC) Presents Concert on March 6-8th by Carolyn Kelemen

Local dancers shake off the winter blahs Even people who don’t normally like modern dance love watching the works of Joan Nicholas-Walker. There’s something very smart and seductive about the way she...

Attending ‘The Velocity of Autumn’ Meet the Press at Sardi’s Today by Joel Markowitz

It was an exciting morning at Sardi’s as the cast, producers, and the director of The Velocity of Autumn were introduced to the NYC press. I was so thrilled to be there and to see my friends...

‘Rock of Ages’ at The Warner Theatre by Diane Jackson Schnoor

On Sunday afternoon, Washington theatre goers packed the Warner Theatre for the headbanging, sex, drugs, and rock and roll debauchery that is the non-Equity tour of Rock of Ages. The plot doesn’t...

‘Xanadu’ Brings Sunny Charm to Reston, Opening March 7th By Diane Jackson Schnoor

Sick of the never-ending winter? Find your leg warmers, grab your roller skates, and travel back in time with the Reston Players to sunny California in the 1980s for their upcoming production of the...

‘The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes’ at Encore Stage & Studio by Julia L. Exline

Encore Stage and Studio presents The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes. Written by Craig Sodaro and with artistic direction by Susan Alison Keady and executive direction by Sara Strehle Duke, Holmes is a...

‘I and You’ at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Guther

Pronouns are particularly important to every day grammatical use as well as to one of America’s greatest poets, Walt Whitman. And when the figurative ‘you’ becomes everyone and everything the...

Sweet Honey in the Rock: ’40th Anniversary Celebration: Forty & Fierce’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Jessica Vaughan

Sweet Honey in the Rock returned home for a stop on their 40th anniversary celebration tour they call Forty & Fierce. The four-woman a cappella group started at the D.C. Black Reparatory Theater...

Act Two @ Levine Presents ‘Urinetown’ March 7-9th at Woolly Mammoth Rehearsal Hall

The Pre-Professional Program of Act Two @ Levine is proud to present Urinetown One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years,Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and...

Filichia on Friday: ‘February’s Leftovers and March’s Brainteaser’ 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. This week:...

Matt’s Movie Rank Tank – ‘Special Oscar Edition-Part 5: Best Picture’ by Matt Baughman

It’s OSCAR Weekend!!! And in honor of this joyous time of year, leading up to the telecast on March 2nd, I will be positing a series of rankings of the nominees for Supporting Actor, Supporting...

‘The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin’ at Howard University by Ramona Harper

The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Howard University Department of Theatre Arts’ current musical production, is a champagne toast to keeping it real. Authenticity and self-acceptance are...

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ‘Off The Cuff CSI: Mozart’ at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at the young age of 35 in 1791, and there was a lot of mystery surrounding his death. Did he succumb to rheumatic fever? A kidney disease? Or was he poisoned? Mozart was a...

‘Next Fall’ at Port City Playhouse by Carl Nubile

You can’t get more intimate theater than at Port City Playhouse with their production of Next Fall. The very personal story of a tragic relationship is brought to life up close and personal and uses...

‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ at Vagabond Players by Amanda Gunther

I’ll tell you what I know. What I saw, what I heard; the events as I would recall them as I witnessed the Vagabond Players’ production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a new adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher....

‘The Dresser’ at Everyman Theatre by Amanda Gunther

There is danger in covering up the cracks. You can only hide behind a painted face for so long before the stuffing all comes flooding out and the truth is revealed. A hilarious and heartbreaking tale...

‘Spring Awakening’ at University of Maryland at Clarice Smith Performing Arts by Jessica Vaughan

Myth and metaphor collide in the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ production of Spring Awakening. Three directors create layer upon layer of design, dance, and...

Matt’s Movie Rank Tank – ‘Special Oscar Edition-Part 4: Best Actress’ by Matt Baughman

And in honor of this joyous time of year, leading up to the telecast on March 2nd, I will be positing a series of rankings of the nominees for Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Lead Actor, Lead...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 1: Jacqueline E. Lawton

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Announces its 2014-2015 Season

From Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Their 2014-2015 Season: Let Them Eat Cake!, a season of revolutionary ideas and radical theatre The apocryphal quip by Marie Antoinette—“Let them eat cake!”—sparks...

Interview with the Cast and Directors of ‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’ at The Highwood Theatre by Kevin Kearney

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is The Highwood’s Theatre‘s first mixed-cast production, featuring professional and student actors. The production will play at the Katzen Arts Center at American...

Black Theatre Symposium at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center TOMORROW, Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 9:30AM

How does Black theatre fit into the framework of our nation’s history and culture? Who are the dominant voices in Black theatre today? What can we expect from Black theatre in the 21st century? This...

Vocal Arts DC Presents: Hei-Kyung Hong, Soprano, in Recital at The Kennedy Center by Leslie Weisman

The Kennedy Center’s 500-plus-seat Terrace Theater was filled nearly to capacity Wednesday night for soprano Hei-Kyung Hong’s recital of German and Korean art songs, the latter as cherished by and...

‘Pilobolus’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Bev Fleisher

Founded in 1971 as a dance collective by Dartmouth College students, this company still wears its revolutionary stripes on its sleeves. Pilobolus was named after a barnyard fungus that propels its...

‘Orlando’ at WSC Avant Bard by Sophia Howes

Orlando: Right You Are, if You Think You Are In Some Like It Hot (directed by Billy Wilder) Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, on the lam after witnessing a mob killing, pose as girls in an all-girls band...

Here Are the Winners of Our ‘Mamma Mia!’ Ticket Giveaway-And We Are Giving 2 Pairs Away!

HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF TWO PAIRS OF TICKETS TO THE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 AT 7:30 PM PERFORMANCE OF AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE 1321 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, IN WASHINGTON, DC ____ GARY FONTAINE AND...

‘Spring Awakening’ at Montgomery College by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

Teenage sexuality and rebellion; adult cruelty and hypocrisy; deeply intense drama and moments of humor; alternative rock music and folk ballads — these are just some of the elements in the Tony...

A Molotov Show without Blood? Behind the Grand Guignol Scenes of ‘Normal’ by Alex Zavistovich

Some audience members who come to see Molotov Theatre Group’s new production Normal from March 6-30, 2013 may be surprised to hear that not an ounce of blood is actually spilled on stage. It’s true –...

Matt’s Movie Rank Tank – ‘Special Oscar Edition-Part 3: Best Actor’ by Matt Baughman

It’s OSCAR Week!!! And in honor of this joyous time of year, leading up to the telecast on March 2nd, I will be positing a series of rankings of the nominees for Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress,...

‘The Lost Songs of Broadway: 1980s’ at Signature Theatre by Derek Mong

Clearly, I was born in the wrong decade. The Lost Songs of Broadway: 1980s at Signature Theatre had me tapping my toes and slapping my thighs all night as three of Signature’s powerhouse...

Pointless Theatre Company To Be Awarded The John Aniello Award at Helen Hayes Awards on April 21st

There was some wonderful news yesterday from theatreWashington that the 2014 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company will be presented to Pointless Theatre – “an ensemble of young...