Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF): ‘One Night’
Women in uniform in the military. Women in uniform in the foxholes. Women in uniform. Sexual assault. Of both men and women.
Charles Fuller's new...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Fever’
(The Best of the Capital Fringe)
The Fever, a tour de force solo performance featuring Patrick O’Brien from last year’s Fringe hit, Underneath the Lintel,...
‘The Veil’ at Quotidian Theatre Company
Conor McPherson’s play The Veil is a play set in an Irish mansion in the country in 1822. It’s story takes us through two weeks...
‘The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife’ at Cockpit in Court
An afternoon or evening of obfuscation and intellectual calisthenics with a little bit of adult humor and a lot of good life lessons stirred...
The One-Act Play Festival at The Montgomery Playhouse
The things some theatres come up with to while away the hours of summertime until full seasons begin. The Montgomery Playhouse has come up...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Adventures of Tapman’
(The Best of the Capital Fringe)
The Tap Dance Kid meets Batman with some fancy footwork
Ratta-ta-tap. The masked man moves across the floor. A-shoom, he...
Comtemporary American Theater Festival (CATF): ‘Uncanny Valley’
We are definitely a culture acraze with technology. I-Phones are only on the lower end of the spectrum: we have virtual realities, simulated sports, robotic housecleaners,...
‘Legally Blonde’ at Cockpit in Court
It’s time to get serious! Less of a classic, more of a pop hit! Serious! It’s a fun musical that they’re doing at Cockpit—...
‘Once Upon A Mattress’ at Encore Stage & Studio
Encore Stage & Studio presents Once Upon A Mattress, a hilarious musical adaptation of the famous fable involving a princess, a pea, and a...
‘Lionel Richie with Special Guest: CeeLo Green: ‘All The Hits All...
At Wolf Trap last night, after the charismatic, and energetic CeeLo Green and his band of amazing musicians warmed up the audience into a frenzy,...
‘Gidion’s Knot’ at Forum Theatre
At the core of this inexorable and engrossing drama by Johnna Adams is a disturbing enigma: A fifth-grade boy named Gidion, suspended from school...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review ‘Mobile Personal Series’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
If you were to walk up to what looks like a hot dog vendor with a surgical mask on, you...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: Capital City Showcase #2: July 20, 2014
One of the most enticing incentives to attend Capital Fringe is for the often rare opportunity to experience new, unusual, and different experiences For...
‘Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island’ at NextStop Theatre Company
Sometimes good things come in small packages. And sometimes they come in big ones, just to the wrong place. In NextStop Theatre Company’s Good...
‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ and ‘I Pagliacci’ at Maryland Lyric Opera
Maryland Lyric Opera presents its debut season at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, College Park with the stunning...
‘An Evening with Danny Kaye’ at The American Century Theater
Brian Childers IS the exact personification of Danny Kaye in the wonderfully amusing and slightly manic current production at The American Century Theater (TACT),...
‘Abominable’ at The Hub Theatre
There’s no question: puberty can be a bitch. Or, more to the point, a beast… It is the latter metaphor that is explored extensively...
‘The Tempest’ at Aldersgate Community Church Theatre
Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Amanda Coffin. For this production, Aldersgate ditches the elaborate sets and costumes in favor...
‘The Tempest’ at Olney Theatre Center
How beauteous mankind is! Particularly the beauty found in those willing to brave the natural tempest of Maryland’s summer weather at Olney Theatre Center...
‘Dani Girl’ at Unexpected Stage Company
Dani Girl is a gem worthy of placement at the highest point in a royal’s crown. Go see it before it closes its brief...