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Center Stage’s Final “Wright Now Play Later” Starts TODAY
In October, after several seasons of success with their Wright-Right-Now (“WRN”) program – the micro-commissioning series in which playwrights produce patron-prompted short plays on...
Review: ‘The Present’ at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
In the beginning there was a play by Anton Chekov that was simply called "a long play without a title". He'd written a first...
Review: ‘A Little Princess’ at Encore Stage & Studio
Growing up, one of my favorite books was Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess, the story of an imaginative young heiress whose kindness and...
Review: ‘The Complete History of America (abridged)’ at Vagabond Players
History can best be summed up at times with satire. Do we really want to know every detail about events past, no matter how...
Review: ‘Enter Laughing’ at The Players Club of Swarthmore
Enter the new year laughing out loud with the cast and crew of Enter Laughing at The Players Club of Swarthmore, directed by Paul...
Review: ‘Irving Berlin: A Simple Melody. A Tribute in Song’ at The In Series
How fortunate we are to have the In Series the past 2+ decades presenting a smart set mix of:
innovative Pocket Opera, intimate Cabaret, and intriguing...
Review: ‘Holden’ at New Ohio Theatre
The current remount of George & Co.’s critically-acclaimed Holden, first developed in New Ohio Theatre’s 2015 Ice Factory Festival, is as relevant and unnerving...
Review: ‘Twelve Angry Men’ at Sandy Spring Theatre Group and Arts on The Green
What goes on in the secret deliberations of juries? And what lessons are there for all of us in terms of group dynamics and...
Review: ‘Catch Me: A Magic Dual’ at The Mayflower Hotel
DC Audiences are cramming into a Dupont Circle Hotel to catch this monthly show. After experiencing this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious performance of abracadabra, I still don’t...
Review: ‘Red Bull Flying Bach’ at The Warner Theatre
Not a soft drink, not a circus, Red Bull Flying Bach, with music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, and conducted by Christoph Hagel, and...
Meet the Cast of ‘The City of Conversation’ at Colonial Players of Annapolis. Part...
In part three of a series of interviews with the cast of Colonial Players of Annapolis' The City of Conversation, meet Kathleen Ruttum.
Joel: Please introduce...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #12: Best Direction of Plays in Professional Theater in DC/MD/VA
Here are the DCMetroTheaterArts Staff's honorees for Best Direction of Plays in Professional Theaters in 2016. Congrats to all our honorees!
THE BEST DIRECTION OF...
Meet the Cast of ‘The City of Conversation’ at Colonial Players of Annapolis. Part...
In part two of a series of interviews with the cast of The City of Conversation meet Rebecca Gift.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell...
Review: ‘Off the Top’ at The Huron Club at SoHo Playhouse
Who would have thought that a fact-filled illustrated lecture on neuroscience could form the basis of a popular and critically-acclaimed Fringe show? Or that...
Meet the Cast of ‘The City of Conversation’ at Colonial Players of Annapolis. Part...
In part one of a series of interviews with the cast of Colonial Player's of Annapolis' The City of Conversation meet Josh Mooney.
Joel: Please introduce...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #11: Best Performances and Ensembles in Plays and Musicals in...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #11: Best Performances and Ensembles in Plays and Musicals in Philadelphia, New York, Delaware, and New Jersey Are:
Caroline Aaron as...
‘Tricia’s Fund’: A Memorial Fund Created In Honor of Tricia McCauley
TRICIA’S FUND
A memorial fund in honor of Tricia McCauley (1970-2016)
In loving memory of Tricia McCauley — slain actor/yoga teacher/healer — friends and family set...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #10: Best Direction in Musicals in Professional Theatres in DC/MD/VA
Here are the DCMetroTheaterArts Staff's honorees for Best Direction of Musicals in Professional Theaters in 2016. Congrats to all our honorees:
David James for A Christmas...
Review: ‘Salute to Vienna: A New Year’s Concert’ by Strauss Symphony of America at...
The Music Center at Strathmore celebrated the start of 2017 with Salute to Vienna. This annual tour, produced by Attila Glatz Concert Productions, featured the...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #9: Best Performances and Ensembles in Plays in Professional Theaters...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #9: Best Performances in Musicals in Professional Theaters in DC, MD, and VA Are:
Gassan Abbas in I Shall Not Hate at Mosaic...