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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Frankenstein’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Aidan O'Connor

There is a monster inside all of us. The choices we make and the people we touch determine whether or not it comes to the surface. Monsters aren’t born, they are a product of individual de…

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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’ at The Arlington Players by Aidan O'Connor

Omigod, omigod you guys…Elle Woods is back on stage in the DMV and it’s, like, the most fun you will have at the theatre. From the moment the curtain rises, The Arlington Players’ prod…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:03PM
Monday, March 24, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘#Charlottesville’ at The Keegan Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

“Happiness is a place called Charlottesville.” But what comes of that happiness when Charlottesville is plagued with the violence hundreds of white supremacists? “#Charlottesville” a…

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Friday, March 7, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘The Age of Innocence’ at Arena Stage by Aidan O'Connor

Desire is the ultimate rebellion in a pseudo-aristocratic society that forces stifling, sometimes hypocritical norms onto its constituents. Whether it be the Gilded Age or yesterday, this me…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:20PM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Job’ at Signature Theatre by Aidan O'Connor

An average American will spend eighteen years of their life online, glued to a screen. It’s an omnipotent tool that divulges instant information and connection but what is the human cost o…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:25PM
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Theatre Review: Broadway Center Stage: ‘Schmigadoon!’ at the Kennedy Center by Aidan O'Connor

  It’s a dream theatregoers have to somehow end up in the middle of an out-of-the-blue dance number à la “The Music Man,” “Oklahoma,” “Brigadoon,” or the like. Part of Kenned…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:21PM
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Guac’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Aidan O'Connor

When you lose a son, what do you do? Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin “Guac” Oliver whose life tragically ended from a mass shooting at his Parkland School, hopes you never have to find …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:49PM