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Magic Time: ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ at The Keegan Theatre
Having been watching a con man on the national stage for too long now, I found myself last night watching a con man on...
Review: ‘Marat/Sade’ at Temple University
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de...
Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘TAME.’ Part 4: Madeline Burrows
In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of Avant Bard’s production of TAME., meet Madeline Burrows.
Joel: Where have local audiences...
Charm City Fringe Review: ‘One Man Apocalypse Now’
Martin Sheen Always Wins
I’m just going to get this out of the way up front, because time is of the essence. Chris Davis’ One...
Review: ‘Carousel’ at Arena Stage
Life happens. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s, Carousel, is a timeless interlude that explores the human spirit’s indomitable will to go forward no matter life’s circumstances....
Review: ‘Buyer & Cellar’ at Bucks County Playhouse
Say what you will about Barbra Streisand – whether you love her massive talent or ego, or not, you have to admit there’s no...
Review: ‘In My Body’ at Flying Bulldog Productions
Flying Bulldog Productions provided a immersive, positive and uplifting evening with their message of self-love in their production of In My Body. The world-premiere...
Review: BSO at Strathmore: Mahler Symphony No. 6
Some critics go to music performances as a modern day Shakespearean Brutus: They come to bury the performance, not praise it.
And, bury it they...
The American Pops’ “I’ll Be Seeing You-A World War II Love Story” Tonight at...
TONIGHT, Friday, November 11th at 8:00 PM
LUKE FRAZIER AND THEAMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA
PRESENT
“I’LL BE SEEING YOU - A WORLD WAR II LOVE STORY”
FOR VETERANS DAY TO...
Meet the Cast of ‘Dinner With Friends’ at Greenbelt Arts Center: Part 3: Michelle...
In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of Greenbelt Arts Center’s Dinner with Friends, meet Michelle Johncock.
Joel: Please tell our readers where...
Daisy Eagan: From Her Tony Award-winning Mary Lennox to Playing Martha in ‘The Secret...
I rarely see a show twice, but I saw the Broadway production of The Secret Garden with Daisy Eagan 12 times. What a thrill it...
Meet the Cast of ‘Children of Eden’ at Damascus Theatre Company. Part 2: Kevin...
In part two of a series of interviews with the cast of Damascus Theatre Company's Children of Eden, meet Kevin Sockwell.
Where have local theatergoers...
Composer/Librettist Andrew Earle Simpson on ‘The Outcasts of Poker Flat’, His New One-Act Chamber...
New opera: The Outcasts of Poker Flat at Catholic University
(Or, “Two Prostitutes, a Thief, and a Gambler Walk into a Bar…”)
This month, The...
“It’s Our Most Jewish Play This Season”: A Q&A With Adam Immerwahr About ‘The...
For the second show in his first season as artistic director of Theater J, the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater, Adam Immerwahr...
Charm City Fringe Review: ‘The Pink Hulk: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero...
Last night, I was slated to review a couple shows at the Charm City Fringe Festival (“Fringe”). To be honest, I didn’t have much...
Review: ‘South Pacific’ at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Annapolis Opera’s production of South Pacific was a fun, charming musical. Based on James Michner’s novel Tales of the South Pacific, with music by Richard...
‘Our Place in the Universe’: An Interview with Flying V’s Jason Schlafstein
Founded in 2011, Flying V Theatre strives to inspire people to live life more through theater that unites high concepts and intimate moments. This...
Review: ‘Salvador’ by Flamenco Aparicio Dance Company at GALA Hispanic Theatre
There’s good news and bad news floating out of GALA Hispanic Theatre this week.
First, the bad news.
Salvador—the full-length autobiographical dance drama, choreographed by the...
Review: ‘Tame.’ at Avant Bard
Audiences of all generations and emerging Millennial-aged playwrights should rejoice at Avant Bard's production of DC playwright Jonelle Walker’s TAME. Avant Bard took a...
Magic Time! ‘Milk Like Sugar’ at Mosaic Theater Company
This beautiful play about black teenagers with bleak futures left me with such a melancholy sadness that two days later (on what was then...