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Interviews with the Cast of McLean Community Players’ ‘Comic Potential’ Part 3: Mike Scott
In Part 3 in a series of interviews with the cast of McLean Community Players’ Comic Potential, meet Mike Scott.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell us where...
Director Sun King Davis on ’43 1/2: The Greatest Deaths of Shakespeare’s Tragedies’ Playing...
Clare Shaffer interviews Sun King Davis on Nu Sass Productions' upcoming production of 43 1/2.
Clare: What inspired you to create 43 1/2?
Sun King: A lot...
Meet the Cast of ‘Ruthless! The Musical’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 1: Kathy Halenda
In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Ruthless! The Musical at Creative Cauldron, meet Kathy Halenda.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers...
Interviews with the Cast of McLean Community Players’ ‘Comic Potential’ Part 2: Scott Duvall
In Part 2 in a series of interviews with the cast of McLean Community Players’ Comic Potential, meet Scott Duvall.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell us where our readers...
Review: Melba Moore at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
The indefatigable legendary singer and actress, Melba Moore, dazzled the crowd at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club on Sunday evening. With a very...
Meet the Cast and Director of Providence Players’ ‘Amadeus’ Part 5: Director Julie Janson...
In Part 5 of interviews with the cast and Director of Amadeus, meet Julie Janson who directs Providence Players of Fairfax's production.
Chip: Please tell our...
Seven Days in Italy with Playbill’s ‘Broadway on the High Seas 7’
I took me a busman's holiday from September 20 to 30, 2016, by joining Playbill on its seventh cruise featuring Broadway stars and Broadway...
Review: ‘Fools’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater
Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Neil Simon's Fools, the comedic tongue-in-cheek fable that became a hit in spite of itself. Popular theory contends that Simon,...
Review: ‘The Mountaintop’ at People’s Light & Theatre Company
The Mountaintop is a fantasia rooted in one of the most tragic events of the twentieth century. Set on the final night in the...
In the Moment: Synetic Theater’s ‘Dante’s Inferno’
The roaring wordless “silence” of Synetic’s remount of Dante’s Inferno is potent; it will swiftly suck you into its ferment depicting what sin might...
Ayana Reed on Playing Carrie in ‘Blackberry Daze’ at MetroStage
Ayana Reed is a native Washingtonian who is appearing in Blackberry Daze at MetroStage. Here’s her journey…
Please introduce yourself and tell our readers about...
Review: ‘Biography’ at East Lynne Theater in Cape May, New Jersey
The East Lynne Theater Company is a little theatre on the coast in Cape May dedicated to being "a vehicle for rediscovering the enduring values...
Review: ‘The Wild Party’ at Iron Crow Theatre
Queenie was a blonde and her age stood still,
And she danced twice a day in vaudeville.
So begins Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem "The...
Review: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at Castaways Repertory Theatre
Power struggles come in many forms. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams can be used as a case study in a...
Review: ‘Angels in America: Perestroika’ at Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center
Prophetic Messages continue in the stunning second part of Tony Kushner’s masterwork, Angels in America: Perestroika –now appearing at the Round House Theatre as...
Review: ‘Angel Street’ at Hedgerow Theatre in Rose Valley, PA
Hedgerow Theatre captivatingly brings Patrick Hamilton's Angel Street, directed by Cara Blouin, across the pond, into the year 1924 in Philadelphia where Bella Manningham...
Review: ‘The Call’ at University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies...
Annie and Peter, a white married couple, haven’t been able to conceive a child of their own so they decide to adopt a child...
Review: ‘Dante’s Inferno’ at Synetic Theater
Synetic Theatre, which gave Washington a Silent Hamlet, now brings audiences a wordless Dante's Inferno.
And a silent 100 minutes never sounded so good.
Created by...
Review: ‘A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline’ at Bristol Riverside Theatre in Bristol, PA
A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline marks the second time in two years that Bristol Riverside Theatre has staged a show about the life...
Review: ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ at Fauquier Community Theatre
Oh my God, ohmigod you guys, looks like this show is going to win the prize. Legally Blonde: The Musical, now playing at the...