2014

‘Hedda Gabler’ Meets Betty Friedan in Quotidian’s Season Opener by Stephanie Mumford

Quotidian Theatre Company’s new season takes off with an updated version of Ibsen’s classic Hedda Gabler. “Onstage for almost every moment of the play — fruitlessly directing the action around her in...

Spooky Action Theater Announces Their 2014-2015 Season with 2 World Premieres by Roberta Alves

A Season of World Premieres Spooky Action Travels to New York and Paris, Back and Forth in Time Last of the Whyos by Barbara Wiechmann Directed by Rebecca Holderness Feb 5 – Mar 1, 2015 Featuring...

‘Next to Normal’ at CENTERSTAGE

CENTERSTAGE soars to new heights with its electrifying production of the multiple Tony Award-winning, contemporary rock musical, Next to Normal, launching the second show of its 2014-15 Season....

Meet the Cast of ‘Danny Boy’ at Unexpected Stage Company: Part 4: Meet Lois Sanders-DeVincent

In Part 4 in a series of interviews with the cast of Danny Boy at Unexpected Stage Company, meet Lois Sanders-DeVincent. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them where you received your...

Meet the Cast of ‘Danny Boy’ at Unexpected Stage Company: Part 3: Meet Briana Manente

In Part 3 in a series of interviews with the cast of Danny Boy at Unexpected Stage Company, meet Briana Manente. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them where you received your theater...

‘Elmer Gantry’ at Signature Theatre

“I have principles. I just don’t let them get in the way of what I want.” That’s how Elmer Gantry—a charismatic preacher-salesman-womanizer summarizes himself. But, he falls for Sister Sharon...

Young Artists of America Presents a Master Class with Broadway Composer Jeanie Tesori This Saturday from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at Round House Theatre in Bethesda

Young Artists of America Presents a Public Masterclass with Broadway composer JEANINE TESORI (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Shrek the Musical, Caroline, or Change, and Violet) Saturday, October 18, 2014...

‘I Love Lucy Live on Stage’ at Hippodrome Theatre at The France-Merrick Performing Arts Center

If it has been gnawing at you since 1953 that you missed your big chance to go to the CBS Desilu Studios in Hollywood and watch a live taping of I Love Lucy, take heart: Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre...

Meet the Cast of ‘Carousel’ at Catholic University: Part 6: Meet Mary Efimetz

In Part 6 in a series of interviews with the cast of Carousel at Catholic University, meet Mary Efimetz. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what other shows you have appeared in and...

Meet the Cast of ‘Carousel’ at Catholic University: Part 5: Meet Hasani Allen

In Part 5 in a series of interviews with the cast of Carousel at Catholic University, meet Hasani Allen. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what other shows you have appeared in and...

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons at Strathmore

Just too good to be true, we can’t take our eyes off Frankie Vallie and his crew The Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons show at Strathmore last night was sold out and so is tonight’s performance. For...

‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’ at Round House Theatre

How do two unlikely celebrities become friends? Everyone has a public persona, but that persona is not necessarily their entire being. “I snuck in the back door,” Stepin Fetchit says sternly to...

Meet the Cast of ‘Danny Boy’ at Unexpected Stage Company: Part 2: Meet Justus Hammond

In Part 2 in a series of interviews with the cast of Danny Boy at Unexpected Stage Company, meet Justus Hammond. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them where you received your theater...

Spine: Ontologically Speaking (Perhaps) Absolutely!

In Luigi Pirandelo’s most famous play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, the frustrated theatrical director demands that the father of the wandering character-clan stop his endless theorizing and...

An Interview with Rusty Bolts and Bella LaBlanc of ‘Glit-O-Rama: Night of the Living Glitter’

One of the awesome things (perhaps the most awesome) about burlesque, sideshow, and variety is, in this age of speeding technological advances – they are retro art forms. And what evokes a bygone era...

Henry Rollins on the DC Punk Scene at the Smithsonian

Tuesday night, October 14, 2014, a packed crowd listened to DC’s native son, Henry Rollins (aka Garfield). He shared his insights about the DC punk rock scene in the early 80s, where he played an...

In the Moment: An Interview with Tom Teasley on His Live Score for ‘Nosferatu’ on October 25th at Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA

“I invite you to participate in a merging of sight, sound, drama and fantasy. For fifty minutes I will take your imagination on a fantasy journey and return you safely to your seats!” Now that is how...

Meet the Cast of ‘Danny Boy’ at Unexpected Stage Company: Part 1: Meet Scott J. Strasbaugh

In Part 1 in a series of interviews with the cast of Danny Boy at Unexpected Stage Company, meet Scott J. Strasbaugh. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them where you received your...

Meet the Director and Cast of American University’s ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’: Meet Director Carl Menninger

In our series of interviews with the director and cast of American University’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown meet Director Carl Menninger. Joel: Carl, tell us about your position and your...

Dramatic Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Opens the McLean Orchestra Concert Season

A number of orchestras and ensembles in the Washington suburbs are looking to graduate from pure local or community status to regional recognition. There’s nothing like using one of the biggest pieces...

‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at Rockville Little Theatre

Want to see typical southern gentility conquered by raw human desire? Well, look no further. Rockville Little Theater with Director Seth Ghitelmen deliver with their season opener, Cat on a Hot Tin...

‘Murder on the Nile’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater

Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile, a suspenseful who-dun-it directed by Roland Branford Gomez, with original music composed and performed by Joseph...

Meet the Cast of ‘Carousel’ at Catholic University: Part 4: Meet Catherine Purcell

In Part 4 in a series of interviews with the cast of Carousel at Catholic University, meet Catherine Purcell. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what other shows you have appeared...

Meet the Cast of ‘Carousel’ at Catholic University: Part 3: Meet Harrison Smith

In Part 3 in a series of interviews with the cast of Carousel at Catholic University, meet Harrison Smith. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what other shows you have appeared in...

Meet the Cast of ‘Carousel’ at Catholic University: Part 2: Meet Luke Garrison

In Part 2 in a series of interviews with the cast of Carousel at Catholic University, meet Luke Garrison. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what other shows you have appeared in...

‘ABSOLUTELY! {perhaps}’ at Constellation Theatre Company

One of my favorite movies of all time is Clue, a mystery comedy (based on the board game) starring Tim Curry that is chock full of over-the-top characters and zany, slapstick farce. As I laughed my...

Meet the Cast of ‘Carousel’ at Catholic University: Part 1: Meet Philip da Costa

In Part 1 in a series of interviews with the cast of Carousel at Catholic University, meet Philip da Costa. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what other shows you have appeared in...

‘Sweeney Todd’ at Virginia Opera Company

Fog was already filling the vast Concert Hall at the George Mason University Center for the Arts when I settled in to watch the first show of Virginia Opera Company’s 2015 season, Sweeney Todd: The...

DCMTA Scene Stealers-Week Ending 10/12/14

Here are our new DCMetroTheaterArts Scene Stealers. Congrats to all our honorees. ______ The Cast of University of Maryland’s The Me Nobody Knows ‘Singing “Numbers,” “Take Hold the Crutch,” and “If I...

‘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...

‘Jacques Brel is Alive and Well’ at Creative Cauldron: Meet Alan Naylor

In Part 5 of a series of interviews with the Co-Directors and the cast of Creative Cauldron’s Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, we meet cast member Alan Naylor. Joel: Where have...

Mike Epps’ ‘After Dark Tour’ at The Warner Theatre

What you see is what you get when it comes to Mike Epps doing standup comedy. On October 10 and 11, 2014, Epps performed for DC audiences his brand of “comedy for the grown and sexy” in his After Dark...

‘Vanishing Point, A New Musical’ at StillPointe Theatre Initiative

At the bottom of the Playbill, there is a profound note from Director Ryan Michael Haase, referencing the three women characters in StillPointe Theatre Initiative’s production of Vanishing Point, A...

Magic Time!: ‘Someone Is Going to Come’ (a workshop production) at Scena Theatre

This is what Jon Fosse’s words sound like. When he writes it sounds like this. His characters talk in short statements. They talk and they seem to say something ordinary. They seem to. One will say...

‘The Me Nobody Knows’ at University Of Maryland School Of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The plight of urban youth took a contemporary turn in the University Of Maryland School Of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ opening night revival of the 1970s Broadway hit, The Me Nobody...

‘Working for Peanuts’: Meet the Cast of Reston Community Players’ ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown-Part 3: A Video Interview with Richard Farella and Terry Barr

Fall is in the air, and it’s perfect weather for tangling kites in trees, trying to finally win a baseball game, and hoping against hope to finally kick the football without having it pulled away at...

Chatting ‘Horror’ with Craig Colletta and Mike and Lori Travis at Yellow Sign Theatre

I miss the weekly hosted horror movie shows like Elvira’s Movie Macabre. If you also have fond mammaries, er, memories of those shows you should get to the Yellow Sign Theatre in Baltimore over the...

‘The Goddess Diaries’ at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts

Like the circle of birth, death, and re-birth that is such an important symbol in the work, Carol Campbell’s The Goddess Diaries is back in a new incarnation at George Mason University. Directed by...

‘Oedipus the King’ at Catholic University

Oedipus the King has long been considered the archetypical tragedy. Jam packed with irony, Sophocles lays bare the heartbreak of the human condition. People and especially the ruling elites, no matter...

‘Hope Operas’ Week One at the Comedy Spot

Back in the ‘30s they called ‘em Cliffhangers. They were weekly serials that played before a main feature at the movies. They turned into serials, first on the radio and then on television evolving...

National Symphony Orchestra: David Zinman, conductor: Angela Hewitt, piano, plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 / Works by R. Strauss & Schoenberg at The Kennedy Center

Last night, the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman with a solo performance by the famed Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, delved into the works of three separate composers including...

‘SPUNK’ at Howard University

As Alicia Mitchell-Mangual sings and the lights come up, I anticipate another fantastic production by the Howard University Department of Theatre Arts. The six actors and keyboardist Kayla V. Waters...

Esperanza Spalding in Concert at The Birchmere with her ‘Thank You October’ Tour

It’s a new day. Esperanza Spalding left a lasting impression on October 8, 2014 to a sold-out house at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, as one of her few Birthday celebration stops in her two-week...

Filichia on Friday: A ‘Cabaret’ That Would Make Hal and Sam Blush

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: A CABARET That Would Make Hal and Sam Blush. Peter...

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well at Creative Cauldron: Meet Shaina Kuhn

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the Co-Directors and the cast of Creative Cauldron’s Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, we meet cast member Shaina Kuhn. Joel: Where have...

Pointless Theatre Premieres 2 Puppet Spectacles Tomorrow at 7 PM Through Residency with The Clarice and Joe’s Movement Emporium by Emily Schweich

One might think that puppets are just for kids. Not so. Pointless Theatre Company, a D.C. company founded by UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) alumni, blends puppetry,...

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well at Creative Cauldron: Meet John Loughney

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the Co-Directors and the cast of Creative Cauldron’s Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, we meet cast member John Loughney. Joel: Where have...

Interview with Jimmy George, Screenwriter of ‘Call Girl of Cthulhu’

When I first heard the title Call Girl of Cthulhu I envisioned H.P. Lovecraft meets Russ Meyer and thought, “Who are the geniuses behind that?” I got to chat with one of them, screenwriter Jimmy...

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...

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well at Creative Cauldron: Meet Katie McManus

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the Co-Directors and the cast of Creative Cauldron’s Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, we meet cast member Katie McManus. Joel: Where have...