Review: ‘The Cat in the Hat’ at Adventure Theatre
To transmogrify Seuss,
What a difficult task!
Just how do they do it?
And well might you ask!
This master of mayhem
Who leaps from the page,
How could he...
Review: ‘Stand Out!’ by Take the Stage Performance Company
By Tracy Danoff
The Kreeger Theater inside the Bender JCC of Greater Washington was buzzing with excitement. In the minutes before the show started, adults...
Review: ‘The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical’ at the...
Life is hard enough when growing up, but when you find out that you’re the son of a god, the stakes get even higher....
‘The Enchanted Bookshop’ at Encore Stage & Studio
Encore Stage & Studio’s polished and playful production of The Enchanted Bookshop is funtertainment for the whole family!
The Enchanted Bookshop by Todd Wallinger tells...
Review: ‘Madeline’s Christmas’ at Creative Cauldron
This holiday season, Creative Cauldron reprises Madeline's Christmas, with book and lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby and music by Shirley Mier, based on the beloved...
Review: ‘Les Misérables: School Edition’ at Ovations Theatre
At a time when we are marching for our rights, a show like Les Misérables feels only too appropriate. If you don’t hear the...
Report: ‘Jingle ARRGH the Way’ by Encore Stage and Studio
Nothing says Christmas like Pirates, am I right?! Well, Encore Stage & Studio’s production of Jingle ARRGH the Way follows Captain Braid Beard and...
Review: ‘Cinderella’ at Imagination Stage
Full disclosure: I love fairy tales. All of them. I always have, despite also being a girl who asked myself one day why Rapunzel...
Review: ‘Ghostchasers’ by Encore Stage
By Andy Arnold
You know you’ll have a bad day at work when the guests at the Hangtown Asylum for Extremely Tense People lock up...
Review: ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ at Imagination Stage
Imagination Stage presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz. Clark M. Gesner provides book, music,...
Review: ‘Tinker Bell’ at Adventure Theatre MTC
As a parent, it’s hard to watch yet another adaptation of Peter Pan without fixating on the fact that he essentially kidnaps children and...
Review: ‘Outside the Lines’ at Arts on the Horizon
Arts on the Horizon is a non-profit theater company that provides a professional, safe, and interactive theater experience for children ages six and under....
Review: ‘Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.’ at Bravo Productions
Bravo Productions had their first of two productions in 2018 this past weekend. Fiddler on the Roof JR ran for four shows in two...
Review: ‘Seussical Jr.’ at ACCT
Having grown up on Dr. Seuss and having seen the 2008 Horton Hears a Who movie a dozen times, I feared Seussical Jr. (book...
Review: ‘Duke Ellington’s Neighborhood’ from The In Series performing at Gala...
Engaging, sophisticated entertainment and education that didn’t talk down to the intended audience; children who may not have been familiar with the grand musical...
Review: ‘Madagascar—A Musical Adventure’ at Red Branch Theatre Company
Chalk up one more cartoon feature making a dash for freedom under the footlights. Madagascar—A Musical Adventure is now filling the intimate Red Branch...
Review: ‘Snow Day’ at Arts on the Horizon
Arts on the Horizon makes the most of a sparse, simple stage for their entertaining production of Rex Daugherty’s “Snow Day.” The performance starts...
Review: ‘Peter Pan’ at the Arden Theatre
Arden Children’s Theatre opens its 20th Anniversary Season with a delightful production of Peter Pan, adapted for the stage by Douglas Irvine, and based...
Review: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ at Imagination Stage
If you’re on the lookout for an engaging, kid-friendly activity this holiday season, look no further than the classic tale of Charlotte’s Web at...
Review: ‘A Little Princess’ at Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theatre
Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theatre has put on an original version of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess. Ellen Selby, who co-directed the show, wrote...