Saturday, January 11, 2020
Annapolis’ Colonial Players takes on Lucy Kirkwood’s 2016 environmental disaster drama The Children in an intimate production which explores the human cost of uncontrolled consumption an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:38PMSunday, December 22, 2019
Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale A Christmas Carol comes to life in a unique living history experience at Museum of the Bible in the aptly named A Christmas Carol Experience. This cha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:44PMSaturday, December 7, 2019
As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, Washingtonians brace themselves for a barrage of family commitments, holiday parties, religious services and fevered gift shopping. Holiday…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:09PMIron Crow Theatre’s production of Bare couldn’t be more timely. With music by the late Damon Intrabartolo, lyrics by Jon Hartmere and a book which was a combined effort of the two; this …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:17AMSaturday, November 30, 2019
Harry Potter is a cultural phenomenon. With the entire franchise’s worth surpassing $25 billion, you’d be hard-pressed to meet anyone who hasn’t felt the impact of J.K. Rowling’s inf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:56AMTuesday, November 26, 2019
Soloman Howard, the 2019 Marian Anderson Award winner, brought his unique flair to the Kennedy Center in his first-ever solo concert at the venue. As a graduate of the Washington National Op…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:24AMMonday, November 25, 2019
Aquila Theatre’s adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson and directed by Desiree Sanchez, provides a sobering picture of the impact of warfare on the psy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:41AMThursday, November 14, 2019
What does it mean to re-vision a popular musical with theatre artists of color? Students at Bowie State University have set out to do just that with their latest production of Little Shop of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:17PMWednesday, November 13, 2019
The 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT touched down at the National Theatre this week, much to the delight of area RENTheads. This modern take on Puccini’s La Boheme, with music, lyrics and boo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PMSunday, November 10, 2019
Life has never been easy for women who love other women. Last Summer at Bluefish Cove—written by Jane Chambers and widely regarded as the first production to portray lesbians in a positive…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:13PMSaturday, October 26, 2019
What do you do when your country has taken a wrong turn? With a corrupt government, racist policies, oppression of the marginalized, suppression of the truth and attacks on the media being c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:36AMMonday, October 21, 2019
The National Chamber Ensemble’s 2019 – 2020 season launched this past Saturday with Mozart Celebration, which featured several of the composer’s beloved works. Mozart is one of those c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52AMWednesday, October 16, 2019
The dawn of the 1800s saw a Rome in turmoil. Napoleon Bonaparte spun a soured campaign in Egypt into a public relations success story, securing his legacy as a folk hero and launching a coup…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:47PMSaturday, September 28, 2019
Wolf Pack Theatre Company gives audiences a reason to explore the darker depths of the human mind with season-opener Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical. With book and lyrics by Leslie Briscusse …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:10AMMonday, September 9, 2019
Rep Stage presents a strong introduction to their 2019/2020 season with a charming production of Stephen Temperley’s Souvenir, directed by Joseph W. Ritsch. This play details the meteoric …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:55PMSunday, August 11, 2019
In 1675 William Wycherley wrote The Country Wife, a bawdy comedy of manners that pushed back against an 18-year long stage ban instituted by a Puritan government. With the Restoration of the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15AMSaturday, August 10, 2019
If you’re a fan of swashbuckling pirate tales, you’ll love Synetic Theater’s charming and atmospheric spin on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island. Directed by Tori Tolet…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36AMMonday, July 15, 2019
Absolutely Dead, written by Michael Walker and directed at Bowie Community Theatre by Ken Kienas, is a charming and hilarious dark comedy centered around a murder mystery. I’m afraid to gi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:31AMMonday, July 8, 2019
Josh Groban seems to have hit his stride with his latest album Bridges by tying together many elements of his previous work. Uplifting melodies and covers of pop standards have created anoth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:06PMSaturday, January 26, 2019
Chess, the complicated Cold War tale with music by Abba alumni Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and lyrics by the unstoppable Tim Rice, bursts on to the stage at 2nd Star Productions under …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:55AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
LA TI DO Productions will present its second annual Joel Markowitz Award at LUCKY: A 7th Anniversary on January 28, 2019. Russwin Francisco, a film actor, producer and business owner, was ch…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:40PMSunday, January 13, 2019
High school never changes. This is abundantly clear in Heathers: The Musical. With book, music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy, this edgy and fun musical comes to Domin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:02AMSunday, December 9, 2018
Washington Revels rings in the holiday season with their 36th annual production of The Christmas Revels. For those unfamiliar with the revels format, the show is an annual tradition which re…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:53PMFriday, November 30, 2018
It’s hard to resist the charm and humor of a good operetta. Though the form has been less popular recently, The In Series is doing its part to revive the legacy of Victor Herbert—one…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:36AMThursday, November 15, 2018
The Baltimore Concert Opera has every reason to be proud as it moves into its 10th year of operations. From the concert hall at the Engineers Club, the company provides a unique experience f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:52AMSunday, October 21, 2018
For those of us who are fans of the Baroque period, it’s no secret that the Counter Reformation served as one of the most fertile periods in European art history. With the advent of op…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:34PMSunday, October 7, 2018
From the time you enter the historic Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, also known as the Engineers Club, you feel as though you have taken a step back in time. Chandeliers, English Oak, Tiffany glass …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PMTuesday, August 21, 2018
Glitter Girls, written by Mark Dunn and directed by Bruce Hirsch, is a hilarious romp through a mind game played by the wealthy Trudy Tromaine (Margaret Condon) on her “Glitter Girls&#…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:58PMMonday, July 30, 2018
Quotidian Theatre Company’s An Irish Twist on a Midsummer Night’s Dream is a fantastical adventure that transports Shakespeare’s classic to 1820s Ireland. This production w…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50PMTuesday, July 24, 2018
It’s anybody’s guess what goes through a person’s mind in their final moments. Most of us are very familiar with what goes through the mind of a person who has lost someone…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:40PMSunday, July 15, 2018
Something for everybody. That’s what comes to mind when I think about the Chicago-based The Hypocrites’ whiplash-inducing, gender-flipped spin on Gibert and Sullivan’s H.M.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:21PM 
