Saturday, October 19, 2013
t’s no surprise that Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich’s family musical Dear Edwina achieved a sort of cult status among Off-Broadway audiences in its 3 year run. Fortunately, DC Metro aud…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:49PMSaturday, September 28, 2013
The last time I attended a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s borderline camp film Sunset Boulevard was over 15 years ago. It was mostly unm…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45AMThursday, July 18, 2013
The Wandering Theatre Company’s movement/dance-infused ensemble piece The Afflicted follows a Writer’s (Joelle Golda) process to compile research about the girls who ignited the Salem Wi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:47AMWednesday, July 17, 2013
Dating. Yeesh. The very word strikes fear and frustration into the hearts of millions around the world. Ok Stupid’s Secret Math Lab is a parody of Ok Cupid and other online dating programs…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:40PMSaturday, July 13, 2013
There is a new titan in the DC Theatre community, and his name is Tonee Bollocks. Bollocks is the Artistic Director of The D.C. State Players, and together with his dashing Producer Gabriel …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:55PMSaturday, May 18, 2013
“There is nothing more ridiculous than a man in love.” That is the basic premise of Argentine playwright Rafael Bruza’s alternately absurd and poignant Club de Caballeros (Rotas de Amo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:37PMSaturday, March 23, 2013
Las aventuras de Don Quixote de La Mancha, Patricia Suarez’s adaptation of Cervantes’ novel (Bilingual Adaptation by Cornelia Cody), is currently delighting young audiences at GALA Hispa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:59AMMonday, February 4, 2013
The last local production of Jesus Christ Superstar I attended was Open Circle Theatre Company’s acclaimed 2004 production. It boasted a brilliantly original concept and some of the region…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:15PMSunday, January 27, 2013
Let’s get one thing out of the way. Tomfoolery, Cameron Mackintosh and Robin Ray’s 1980 revue of “words and music of Tom Lehrer,” is nerdy. Some might even consider it dated, but Leh…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:04PMThursday, November 29, 2012
“You’re gonna love me,” wails Nova Y. Payton as cast-off lead singer Effie White in the showstopper Act I finale of Signature’s Dreamgirls. Payton makes good on her promise: I do lov…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00AMFriday, November 2, 2012
The Landless Theatre Company, DC’s purveyor of all theatre that is fun and insane, is setting sail for a most unusual venue this November: The Piratz Tavern of Silver Spring! This Fall, La…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMMonday, September 10, 2012
What if the future survival of all humanity hinged upon a single Craigslist casual encounters ad? That is the premise of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s Boom, currently being presented by Artists…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:19AMSaturday, July 21, 2012
Lady Luck is A Whore (What happens in Vegas Stays in this show) is a sharply written one-woman show by NYC based Leanne Linsky. Linsky flexes her Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade tra…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:33AMVeteran DC Artist B Stanley, Artistic Director of Theatre Du Jour, has this annoying habit of making me think every time I walk into his theatre. I prefer to live in a fluffy world of superh…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:51AMMonday, July 16, 2012
Joe Brack is treading on hallowed ground with his production of My Princess Bride, a one-man show inspired by the William Goldman film and novel that is fanatically beloved by generations. F…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:29PMBareback Ink, a new play written and directed by Bob Bartlett, is a work of art based on the Ganymede myth that will speak to each beholder in its own way. For me, it made me contemplate vol…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:07PMSunday, July 15, 2012
Jilly Manilly (written by Carl A. Fischer and Walt F. Strasser; directed by Patricia Woolsey) riffs on the Milli Vanilli lip-syncing controversy of the late 80’s. Scout Records Owner Mark …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:27PMThere’s a little gem of a solo-show buried in the great gallery of Capital Fringe, don’t let it slip under your radar! SINGLEMARRIEDGIRL is a production by one of DC’s newest companie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49AMWhat is the secret formula for an exquisite fringe production? Well, author/comedian/molecular biologist Adam Ruben and his team decisively prove that it doesn’t take production budget (an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:29AMFriday, July 13, 2012
The latest rock-lit-fusion by Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue, The Brontes, is a hell of a lot of fun. It’s easy to understand how the troupe earned the buzz of being one of the best…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:19AMFriday, June 29, 2012
Move over Obama and Romney: here comes someone cheesier! Our 21st President Warren G. Harding was a hard-living, hard-loving rock star. He rode a rock star’s tide of fame into office, reap…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:44AMSaturday, June 2, 2012
A great joy of seeing a production at Act Two is the feeling of “discovering” a talented young performer who you just know will someday be a star. An even greater joy is returning to see…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMMonday, May 14, 2012
Great Odin’s Raven! Nothing – and I mean NOTHING – can prepare you for the rock SPECTACLE that is the BROS production of Valhella,now playing at The Autograph Playhouse in Balt…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:25PMThursday, May 10, 2012
Let me begin by dropping a few names: Joss Whedon, Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, and Harry Jay Knowles. If these names resonate with you, then you probably want to make your way to see Comic-Con Ep…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMSunday, April 29, 2012
Sometimes, people who survive tragedies from two different worlds come together to find comfort and happiness together. Such is the case in Phillippe Felardeau’s straightforward and poigna…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:47AMFriday, March 16, 2012
St. John’s Episcopal School in Olney, MD, announces the development of a new Performing Arts “School-Within-A-School” program for students in grades 5 through 8. A pilot program for th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMWednesday, March 14, 2012
Making great theatre is “all in the timing.” How could Act Two @ Levine have known their production of Legally Blonde The Musical would fall during a week of tense national discussion ov…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:05AM 
