Saturday, March 7, 2026
1st Stage has built up a reputation for presenting insightful, timely, and highly evocative shows that profoundly cut to the core. With their current production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:08AMWednesday, March 4, 2026
“Bardolatry:” the emphatic admiration of William Shakespeare, the one and only “Bard.” Arguably the quintessential symbol of British arts and culture, Shakespeare wasn’t always the…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:02PMMonday, March 2, 2026
Spooky Action Theater is a company that regularly tests boundaries. They are unafraid to present the entertaining, side-by-side with the disquieting. They’ve made a name for themselves by …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:26PMTuesday, February 24, 2026
One major element that differentiates theatre from other forms of art is that it happens in time and space—real time and real space, seductively unfolding before an audience. The stage is …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:21PMThursday, February 19, 2026
Clare Barron’s acclaimed “Dance Nation,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist, isn’t afraid to tackle some heavy subjects, exposing the rawness and, at times savagery, and the brutal honesty of…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:30AMMonday, February 9, 2026
This seems to be the season of thriller-style theatre in the DMV region. NextStop Theatre Company joins the horror genre fray with their world premiere production of Nia Akilah Robinson’s …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:51PMSaturday, January 31, 2026
An admitted horror buff, I was quite excited for the opening of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “Paranormal Activity.” I was still skeptical that theatre could truly deliver the jump…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:34PMTuesday, January 27, 2026
Through wintery weather and freezing cold temps, the show must go on. Facing down a massive January storm, the Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s Fourth Annual Reading Room Festival went on as s…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:53PMWednesday, January 21, 2026
I have to say, my first theatrical experience at Laurel Mill Playhouse was definitely a memorable one. A true gem, this intimate venue put on an immensely powerful show. Evan Carrington’s …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:58PMWednesday, December 17, 2025
As always, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) delivered a rollicking, lyrical, and highly entertaining evening of song and dance to mark another holiday season in the nation’s…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:20PMTuesday, December 16, 2025
Dysfunctional family Christmases have become something of a staple of popular movies, books, and plays. Perhaps this is because, like it or not, they often hit pretty close to home. In Round…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:00PMWednesday, December 10, 2025
At once both intimate and explosive, 1st Stage’s production of Noah Haidle’s “Birthday Candles” takes audiences on an extended ride through one lifetime—one very special lifetime o…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:18PMSunday, November 23, 2025
Possessing a spellbinding theatrical imagination is certainly one way to describe the mind and work of iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Her plays test the boundaries of…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:37PMTuesday, November 18, 2025
Samuel D. Hunter is a playwright rapidly on the way to becoming an iconic voice of the blue collar, the downtrodden, and the frequently forgotten. Often based in Idaho (from where Hunter hai…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:52PMThursday, November 6, 2025
Henrik Ibsen is on a hot streak in DC. Two high-profile theatres opened their seasons to great fanfare as they each featured an adaptation of Ibsen. Amy Herzog’s 2024 reworking of “An En…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:47PMMonday, October 27, 2025
AI is everywhere. As a professor, I attend numerous faculty meetings, seminars, and sessions to address the head-scratching dilemma of “what do we do with this thing?” This dilemma has b…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:12AMFriday, October 24, 2025
Henrik Ibsen, arguably the forerunner of theatrical realism, did like to take little expressionistic leaps now and then, blending the bleak workaday world with a more surrealist spin on the …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:20AMMonday, October 20, 2025
Swiss playwright Reto Finger’s “Cold Country” comes across as part folktale, part gothic campfire story, and part dysfunctional family drama. Combined, all of these ‘parts’ offer a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:45AMSaturday, October 11, 2025
Theatrically chronicling the rise and fall of Malcolm X demands a contextual framework equal to the larger-than-life mythicism of the story. Al Letson, using Shakespeare as his canvas, cas…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:46PMMonday, October 6, 2025
With his most recent play, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh proves that he is indeed a master manipulator of the heartstrings. Taking audiences on a wild and still deeply poignant journey t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:27PMMonday, September 29, 2025
Playwright Eliana Pipes’ “Dream Hou$e” isn’t afraid to scratch at the scab of human greed, as it takes a deep existential dive into the lengths that some will go to to ensure a comfo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:49PMMonday, September 22, 2025
The year is 1832. A mother and daughter stand vigil at the gravesite of Moses Freeman, father and husband. We don’t know the circumstances initially. We don’t know how he died or why the…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:06AMTuesday, September 16, 2025
Once upon a time, Craigslist was a bold new entry into the online classifieds arena. People flocked to the platform to buy and sell “new-to-you” items, to find employment, look for apart…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:01PMTuesday, September 9, 2025
Plays based on actual people from the past generally take one of several approaches: they might offer an in-depth, if not quasi-fictionalized, narrative about a specific moment(s) from that …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:18PMWith a new movie musical version set to be released in October, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” seems to be enjoying a dynamic revival. While the Bill Condon-directed J Lo-led film promises t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:35PMMonday, July 28, 2025
The DC premiere of Greg Kalleres’ “Apropos of Nothing” at The Keegan Theatre may be just what this summer ordered in the nation’s capital. Forget the politics, forget the chaos, forg…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:06PMSunday, July 27, 2025
Caro Dubberly’s “A Guide to Modern Possession” takes us musically and theatrically where I have yet to see many productions of its kind tread. The setup is unique, the songs are well-c…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:29AMWednesday, July 23, 2025
People don’t often think about the ones behind the scenes of big-budget films—particularly not the stunt people who fight the fights, take the hits, and fall from bone-breaking heights d…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:54AMTuesday, July 22, 2025
Most people have likely never heard of the condition known as Akathisia. The mother in Lisa Loomer’s new play, “Side Effects May Include…” at the Contemporary American Theater Festiv…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:32PMNo one talks about infertility, not really. Poignantly, actor, writer, and singer Riki Lindhome wiped away tears as she concluded her one-woman show about what she faced over the course of n…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:17PMThe history of abolitionism in the United States can be a difficult one to trace, not to mention writing a play about it. The intersection between abolition and women’s suffrage is a parti…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:40PM 
