Sunday, July 22, 2018
Lightning has struck in the form of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Little Theatre of Alexandria (LTA) this past Saturday night. Taking on the epic, and challenging, rock opera, Director Jim H…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:09PMMonday, July 16, 2018
God is Dead and April is Getting Married: A show title that promises a lot and absolutely delivers. Written by A. A. Brenner, this Capital Fringe jewel opens with El (Anna Shafer) and Elliot…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:57PMSunday, July 15, 2018
We’ve all heard of the sage advice, “be careful what you wish for.” But it should be doubly heeded when there’s magic involved. In writer and director Craig Houk’s Cold Rain, a spe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:02PMWednesday, July 11, 2018
Who run the world? Painted ladies. And this year’s Fringe production of the same name by Too Much Damn (TMD) Theater rode that point home, in more ways than one. Set in a nameless one-hors…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:13PMMonday, June 4, 2018
Cue the dramatic backdrops because the lights of Broadway were sparkling this past Sunday at the Kennedy Center in DC. Crackling with infectious energy, the newly launched LM/DC Tour with Le…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:22PMSunday, May 20, 2018
Let’s be clear, Pericles is pretty much a first draft play that Shakespeare never quite finished. Now to be fair, the work is not wholly attributed to him, but with more than a few murdero…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:55PMMonday, April 9, 2018
In the second production of their 2017-2018 season, UrbanArias brings the world premiere of Florida to the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Based partly on true events, Florida follows the 16-y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:13AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Celebrating 10 years since taking Broadway by storm with its exploration of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, In the Heights, directed by Stephanie Klemons, takes the stage …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:20PMSaturday, March 10, 2018
Things are getting a little wacky with the McLean Community Players these days, and this time it’s in the form of Harvey by Mary Chase. This challenging and earnest production—directed b…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PMSaturday, February 24, 2018
Ever wonder what would happen if you took theater, literature, linguistics, and film, put them into a blender, and then wrote a collection of witty comedic scenes with the reference puree th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:57PMSunday, February 11, 2018
The Romantic Violin for Two by the National Chamber Ensemble was a tour of the different types of love, the sorrows and joys love brings, and most importantly the power it possesses to move …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:41PMThursday, January 25, 2018
With one two-act-long scene, eight loudly slamming doors, and countless head-over-heels tumbles, Unnecessary Farce by Paul Slade Smith makes its hilarious D.C. premiere at the Keegan Theatre…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:14AMSunday, December 3, 2017
The twelve little girls in two straight lines of Ludwig Bemelmans’ beloved children’s series have taken the stage this holiday season in Creative Cauldron’s Madeline’s Christmas. Wit…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:48PMTuesday, November 7, 2017
Living in the modern world, we are constantly the bystander to, or observer of, the life events of others. Be they consequential and indelible, or fleeting and forgettable, these seemingly d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:14AMSunday, October 15, 2017
Can an artist be true to his art as well as to his promises? Is destruction the price of creation? These are the questions at the heart of Shining Brow—music by Daron Hagen; liberetto by P…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:22PMTuesday, September 12, 2017
It’s rare that a play allows for a more distanced view than that of its cinematic counterpart, but in the case of the Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of Driving Miss Daisy, Alf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55PMFriday, August 12, 2016
A high school teacher of mine used to say that there are two universal languages in the world. One is math; the other is music. Simply stated at the time, its message has echoed through my l…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:53AMSunday, July 10, 2016
In an ambitious undertaking by Red Knight Productions, Medieval Story Man takes you on a quest with elf-boy Todd and his rag-tag group of companions to save Medieval Story Land from the Dark…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:57PMFriday, July 8, 2016
If you’ve never been to a storytelling show before, hold on to your hats. Perfect Liars Club—directed loosely and hilariously by Cara Foran & Pierce McManus for the 2016 Capital Frin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:26AMFriday, June 10, 2016
Easily one of most under-rated musicals to come out of Broadway in the last 20 years, Ragtime: The Musical—with book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:34PMMonday, May 16, 2016
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II pioneered a flair that was all their own in the golden age of musical theater. From 1940 to Hammerstein’s death in 1960, this musical duo dominated…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:46PMWednesday, May 11, 2016
You can feel the excitement in a room when witnessing the performance of an icon. With over 100 years of combined experience bringing classical music’s greatest pieces to life, Itzhak Perl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:25PMSunday, April 24, 2016
Nestled into a quiet corner of Old Town Alexandria, the production of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird (adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel) at The Little Theatre of Alexan…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:54PMSaturday, February 20, 2016
I’ve always known that the mix of pop music and classical singing is one of the most popular music styles in Italy. What I didn’t know until last night’s Il Volo concert was tha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45PMSunday, February 14, 2016
Having the privilege to witness Joshua Bell play is an honor, but to see him play in celebration of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO’s) centennial is a once in a lifetime experien…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:39PMMonday, February 1, 2016
What continually impresses me about the Folger Theatre and its takes on Shakespeare plays is that nothing off limits from experimentation or adaptation. They are masters at unlocking new lev…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:01PMMonday, December 21, 2015
If ever anyone is in doubt of the future of the arts, go and see a production by the Young Artists of America (YAA). Celebrating its 5th anniversary this coming year, YAA took on the chilli…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:39PMFriday, December 18, 2015
There is a reason Handel’s Messiah has been performed for hundreds of years. It’s a masterpiece and its intricacies, depth, and sheer mass make continually new interpretations both possi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:02PMSaturday, December 5, 2015
An Acoustic Evening with Over the Rhine is the equivalent of a big, warm musical hug. Everything, from their chords to their consonants, was soft and rounded with nothing even resembling a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:20PMFriday, November 20, 2015
I know we all remember our first trip to Neverland, our first time meeting Peter Pan. And still without fail, every trip back is slightly different from the last. In Michael Lluberes’ adap…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:14PMSunday, November 15, 2015
If ever anyone is in doubt of the future of the arts, go and see a production by the Young Artists of America (YAA). Celebrating its 5th anniversary this coming year, YAA took on the chilli…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26PM 
