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Review: ‘Defending the Caveman’ at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA
Ever since Rob Becker started performing a one-man comedy show called Defending the Caveman back in the 1980s, its popularity has grown steadily. And...
Review: ‘Noises Off’ at Silhouette Stages
Silhouette Stages' play-within-a-play Noises Off by Noises Off, produced by Jeremy Goldman and directed by Conni Ross is playing at Slayton House in Columbia, MD....
Review: Laurie Anderson’s ‘Language of the Future: Letters to Jack’ at The Kennedy Center
Cellist Rubin Kodheli joins the legendary performance artist Laurie Anderson on stage at The Terrace Theater for a presentation of her new multimedia work,...
Review: ‘Fool for Love’ at Port City Playhouse
Sam Shepard's 1983 one-act play, Fool for Love, is now playing at Port City Playhouse. This talented four-person cast, directed by Jon Townson, lights up the...
Review: ‘Too Much Sun’ at ISIS Productions in Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s own Nicky Silver delivers once again with Too Much Sun, a modern play focusing on a family and the drama that comes with...
Review: ‘Bad Jews’ at Greenbelt Arts Center
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," wrote Leo Tolstoy in his classic novel Anna Karenina. Bad...
Review: ‘Little Women’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater
Aldersgate Church Community Theater brings the timeless tale of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy to life in the classic Louisa May Alcott tale Little...
John Jiler on 11th Hour Theatre Company’s Next Step Concert Series’ Performance of ‘Big...
Big Red Sun, the post World War Two-era musical Georgia Stitt and I are developing at the 11th Hour Theatre Company of Philadelphia, began life...
Review: ‘Hughie’ at The Booth Theatre in New York City
Jason Robards first played the central character in this Eugene O'Neill one-act mood piece; that was in 1964. That character isn't "Hughie" -- no,...
Behind the Scenes of Arts Collective @HCC’s Workshop Production of ‘House’: Part 3: Cast...
In Part 3 of 5 interviews with the Playwright/Director and cast members of House at Arts Collective @ HCC, meet Brandon Furr, Chaseedaw Giles, Warren Harris,...
Review: ‘The Lion’ at Arena Stage
Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist Benjamin Scheuer electrified Arena Stage's Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle last night, debuting his one-man musical, The Lion.
Affable, handsome and...
WSC Avant Bard Presents FREE ‘Scripts in Play Festival’ From March 26-April 23, 2016
Discovery is in the air! And it's all FREE!
Avant Bard proudly presents four weeks of theatrical experimentation with our inaugural Scripts in Play Festival--more than...
Filichia on Friday: ‘We Love You CONRACK’ by Peter Filichia
It's an honor to bring Peter Filichia's column every week on Kritzerland called 'Filichia on Friday' to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts.
This Week: We Love You, CONRACK
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This Sunday, 3/6@7PM: 2015 WATCH AWARD Winners Announced: Here are the 2015 WATCH AWARD...
This Sunday, March 6th at 7 PM
The WATCH AWARDS CEREMONY.
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Announcement of Nominations:
16th Annual Washington...
Review: ‘The Humans’ at Roundabout Theatre at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York...
"Suddenly there is God so quickly" is one of those gems in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, and it flashed into my mind...
Review: ‘Sarafina!’ at Howard University
Even if you already know how inspiring and moving this show is, from seeing the film or the musical on stage, you are in...
Behind the Scenes of Arts Collective @HCC’s Workshop Production of ‘House’: Part 2: Cast...
In Part 2 of 4 interviews with the Playwright/Director and cast members of House at Arts Collective @ HCC, meet Gabrielle Amaro, Alex Becker, Courtney Branch, and Jordan Colea
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An Interview with Local Musician Jason Masi
Jason Masi, a former standout soccer star found his calling in music and hasn’t looked back since. He delves into his music life and...
Review: ‘Capriccio’ at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia
What’s a countess to do? Should the young widow, Countess Madeleine, marry the poet Olivier or the composer Flamand? Such is the dilemma of...
Meet The Cast of Spooky Action Theater’s ‘Collaborators’: Part 2: Joe Duquette
In Part 2 of our series with the cast of Spooky Action’s Collaborators, meet Joe Duquette.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where...