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‘The Things We Do’ . . at Baltimore Playwrights Festival at...

Three new one-act plays from Baltimore area playwrights take to the stage at the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre as a part of the 2012...

‘Xanadu’ at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre by Amanda Gunther

There’s some strange magic transforming the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre into a 1980’s roller-disco! Why it’s Xanadu! The romantic musical fantasy, inspired by the...

‘Urinetown’ at The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts by...

The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts delivers a 'royal flush' with its brilliant production of Urinetown directed with gusto by Delia Taylor. Urinetown...

‘August: Osage County’ at The Keegan Theatre by David Friscic

Like a modern day variant of Long Day's Journey Into Night, Tracy Letts' superb sprawling epic of familial heart break and destruction - August:...

‘The Dukes of September’ at Wolf Trap by Mike Spain

On a beautiful August night at Wolf Trap an opening act is not needed when the featured act includes Steely Dan founder Donald Fagen,...

‘The Comedy of Errors’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Amanda Gunther

It sounds like a good idea to have an identical twin, be able to trade places when you need to, play fun pranks, cause...

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Olney Theatre Center by Amanda Gunther

Feed me. FEED ME!! You’ll hear the screams loud and clear as Olney Theatre Center lands a smashing success with an out of this...

‘Double Consciousness’ by Holly Bass and Jaamil Olawale Kosoko at...

Double Consciousness is a fierce amalgam of the creative personalities of performance artists Holly Bass and Jaamil Olawale Kosoko. It is a unique and...

‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ at Elden Street Players by Julia L. Exline

Elden Street Players presents Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a decadent and hilarious musical with a bouncy score by David Yazbek and a laugh-filled book by...

‘Broadway’s Baddest Bitches’ at Glass Mind Theatre by Amanda Gunther

The place to be Sunday night was the Cabaret showdown as Glass Mind Theatre presented the kick-off to its third season with a charity...

Idina Menzel at Wolf Trap by Jane Coyne

It was a hot and steamy night at Wolf Trap last night. Part of this had to do with the weather, but most of...

Jerry Seinfeld at The Kennedy Center by Mike Spain

Jerry Seinfeld packed the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall last night. Seinfeld has been doing stand-up comedy routines for 37 years and along the way...

‘Following Sarah’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Every race has three parts: the first part you run with your head, where you do all the thinking, letting your mind take over....

Stage Dad: ‘A Better Dad Now’ by Glenn Cook

I became a better father when my dad died. It was five years ago this past week – a lifetime in many respects. Dad had...

UrbanArias Presents ‘Blind Dates’ including ‘Craigslistlieder’ at IOTA on August 5th...

UrbanArias, the DC-area's purveyor of high-quality, short contemporary opera is performing at Arlington's IOTA Club and Cafe this coming weekend, on August 5th at 7 p.m.....

Dance Review: Bill T. Jones and the Arnie Zane Dance Company...

“All art is informed by a spiritual impulse,” Bill T. Jones told fans at a Columbia Festival of the Arts workshop in 1994, which...

‘Sunset Boulevard’ at Cockpit in Court by Amanda Gunther

With one look you’ll find yourself surrendering to the mystical magical charms of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic story in Cockpit in Court’s final musical...

‘Laura’ at Cockpit in Court by Amanda Gunther

The dark and stormy night. The shadowy detective. The dame in distress. The murder. The mystery. All of the signature notes of crime noir...

‘Marathon ’33’ at The American Century Theater by David Friscic

If you think the Summer Olympics from London this year is a grueling test of endurance, join the haggard corps of downtrodden, exploited dance...

‘Personals’ at Tasty Monster Productions by Jane Coyne

I always enjoy spending time in the quaint and creative environment of the Gaithersburg Arts Barn. It was especially fun last night, because of...