Wednesday, June 26, 2024
“Winter” is an original play by Mark Scharf and it is currently being presented at Laurel Mill Playhouse. The two-character play is Lori Bruun’s directorial debut of a full-length play…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:18PMSunday, June 23, 2024
Howard County Summer Theatre’s productions are always something joyfully anticipated. This year proves to be no disappointment with their sparkling production of “Guys and Dolls.” From…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:02PMMonday, June 17, 2024
Beginning July 14, 2024, the Young Victorian Theatre Company will be performing “Ruddigore” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. J. Ernest Green will be the musical director and conducto…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:53PM“The Merry Wives of Windsor” may not be one of Shakespeare’s classics comedies, but it is fit for a queen. Many scholars feel the Bard wrote this farce on the “suggestion” of Queen…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:31PMWednesday, June 12, 2024
Iron Crow Theatre’s production of “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” is opening this Friday at Theatre Project. It is a show based on the true-life story of a 16-year-old British sch…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:23PMFriday, June 7, 2024
The wonderful and world-renowned Step Afrika! will be performing their production, “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence,” at Arena Stage’s Kreeger Theatre beginning on June 7,…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:27PMMonday, May 13, 2024
If you have never seen “Jesus Christ Superstar,” you are in luck. The 50th Anniversary Tour will be opening this weekend at The National Theatre in Washington, D.C. for a short run. I ha…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:00AMTuesday, May 7, 2024
On May 4, 2024 Columbia Pro Cantare took us on an entertaining musical trip down the Great White Way under the new leadership of conductor, Laura Lee Fischer. Appropriately, the night began …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:07PMSunday, April 28, 2024
Imani Winds has been playing for the world for over twenty-five years, and on Sunday, May 12, 2024 they will be gracing the stage for Candlelight Concert Society at the Smith Theatre at Howa…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:02PMThursday, March 28, 2024
On March 29, 2024 Arena Stage will be begin the run of the “heartfelt” musical, “Unknown Soldier,” co-written by Daniel Goldstein and the late Michael Friedman. It is directed by Tri…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:18PMMonday, March 25, 2024
This youthful foursome of extremely talented musicians appeared at the Smith Theatre at Howard Community College straight from their debut at Carnegie Hall. They made the strings of their in…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:00PM“Little Shop of Horrors” was a small off-Broadway show that became American classic. It is reflective of the latter half of the 20th century with its weird monster, reminiscent of “The…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:05AMTuesday, March 19, 2024
Now playing at Silver Spring Stage, “Dance Nation” by Clare Barron is a coming of age play about several young teenage girls and one boy who are students at a small-town dance studio. (I…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:20PMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Frank Rich, the New York Times drama critic for many years, wrote that Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off!” was the funniest play of his lifetime. I’m not sure I would go as far as Mr. Rich…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:18PMThursday, February 29, 2024
On March 22 and 23, 2024, Authentic Community Theatre (ACT) will be presenting a production of Green Day’s “ground-breaking” musical, “American Idiot” at The Maryland Theatre. This…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:32PMFriday, February 23, 2024
After a two-day postponement due to weather, Candlelight Concert Society treated us to the moving music of British cellist, Natalie Clein, with amazing piano accompaniment by Qing Jiang, on …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:02PMArena Stage is currently presenting the play, “Tempestuous Elements,” written by Kia Corthron and directed by Psalmayene 24. It deals with Anna Julia Cooper, an educator who fought for h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:31PMWednesday, February 21, 2024
Stories about racism in America abound in literature and drama. “Till,” the story of Emmet Till, tells of the lynching of a young black boy whose only crime may have been looking at a Wh…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:26PMTuesday, February 20, 2024
I urge you not to miss Ballet 5:8’s important production of “Butterfly” on March 16, 2024. Julianna Rubio Slager’s piece is a “unforgettable and moving” experience” that tell…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:00PMMonday, February 12, 2024
Ken Ludwig may well be the consummate writer of farce in the modern theatre. His plays include “Moon Over Buffalo,” “Baskerville,” “Twentieth Century,” and “Lend Me a Tenor,�…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:21PMWednesday, February 7, 2024
Beginning on February 16, 2024, Sisters Freehold will be presenting “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea” at The Peale. It is written by Nathan Alan Davis and directed by Makeima Elise Freeland…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:15PMOn February 17, 2024 the Candlelight Concert Society will feature the world renown British cellist, Natalie Clein. Along with Ms. Clein, the pianist for that evening will be the seasoned vet…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:22PMSunday, January 21, 2024
Starting February 2, 2024, the City of Fairfax Theatre Company will be performing “POTUS” by Selina Fillinger. It is directed by Jack Lockrem and produced by Amanda Herman Snellings and …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:04PMTuesday, January 16, 2024
Broadway at the National will be presenting the classic musical “Annie” opening on January 23, 2023. The seven-time, Tony Award-winning (including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:08PMMonday, January 15, 2024
The play, “12 Angry Jurors,” was first produced as “Twelve Angry Men” written by Reginald Rose. It had a strange path going from a television play in 1954 and then to the stage. The …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:12PMMonday, December 18, 2023
The Columbia Orchestra is now in search of a permanent director and conductor. In this search, they are showcasing many fine talents for their concerts. For their holiday performance, Joseph…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:20PMWednesday, December 6, 2023
‘Tis the season and, for many in Howard County, the holidays begin with Pro Cantare’s concert of Handel’s “Messiah.” There is nothing more traditional than standing for the “Hall…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:23AMSunday, November 19, 2023
When “Fiddler on the Roof” opened on Broadway in September of 1964, no one could have imagined the universal appeal and endurance the show would have. There have been thousands of produc…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:14PMMonday, November 13, 2023
“R.U.R.” was written by the Czech writer, Karl Čapek, in 1920 when the world was still reeling from World War I and the Russian Revolution. Large companies aided by assembly lines, elec…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:19PMFriday, November 3, 2023
“Hazardous Materials” by Beth Kander opens this weekend, presented by Perisphere Theater. The play deals with the death of a Jane Doe who died in an apartment in Chicago. Jane Doe was a …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:55PMTuesday, October 24, 2023
“R.U.R Rossum’s Universal Robots” was written by Karel Capek in 1920 and actually introduced the word robot into our vocabularies. The play takes place in a factory that makes artifici…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:23PM 
