University Shows

‘Broken Spokes’ at Gallaudet University Theatre by Yvonne French

Broken Spokes is a complex production with excellent acting that packs an emotional wallop while lending insights about Deaf culture. Says Writer-Director Willy Conley, “My...

‘The Rocky Horror Show’ at American University by Alexa Marie Kelly

As Halloween creeps closer... what better way is there to celebrate than to smear on some glitter, slip on your fishnets, and dance? American...

‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ at The George Washington University by Rick...

Let’s say you are sitting in a sparse, quaint café minding your own business. All of a sudden, a patron’s cell phone goes off,...

‘Lucky Stiff’ at Montgomery College by Joel Markowitz

If you are a fan of Ragtime, Anastasia (the film), Seussical, and Once on This Island, you may not know that writing team Lynn Ahrens (Book and...

‘The Matchmaker’ at The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies...

University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies' production of The Matchmaker at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has it all: mistaken identity,...

‘Hurt Village’ at Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts by Bev...

The tension rises before the lights in this riveting production of Hurt Village by Katori Hall and powerfully directed by Eric Ruffin. Howard University...

‘Twelfth Night’ at Aquila Theatre at George Mason University’s Center for...

The New York based acclaimed professional Aquila Theatre and its cast of superb British and American performers presents Shakespeare’s charming comedy Twelfth Night with...

‘Maria Schneider Orchestra’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Lisa...

In a night filled with everything from big band charts to accordion-led ballads, Maria Schneider and her 18-person orchestra shared stories of nostalgia, home,...

‘That Kind of Girl’ and ‘Gretel’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts...

That Kind of Girl That Kind of Girl delves deeply below the emotional surface in an innovative stream of creative consciousness that examines gender equality...

‘Anda Union: The Wind Horse’ at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center...

A little bit of Mongolia came to College Park on Friday, September 20, 2013, as the group Anda Union performed their concert The Wind...

‘Civil War to Civil Rights: The Well-Being of a Nation’ at...

Martin, Medgar, Malcolm, Thurgood, Colin, Jesse, Sammy, Trayvon, Barack.  Julian. Searing black and white snapshots of America’s past and present were opening images for...

‘The Wiz’ at Montgomery College’s Summer Dinner Theatre by Ramona Harper

“This is an amazing production” -- words of one of the visibly dazzled theatergoers following opening night’s The Wiz at Montgomery College’s Summer Dinner Theatre 2013....

‘The Pajama Game’ at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre by Jessica...

For the 36th time, college students from Montgomery College and around the nation gather in Rockville for Summer Dinner Theatre. This year, they mount an energetic,...

‘Signs of Life’ at American University by Jessica Vaughan

American University staged a very special reading of a very special musical Signs of Life about an important part of our history. It was billed as a...

‘In Time of Roses’ at University of Maryland by Tiffany Draut

Most people are at least passingly familiar with the villainous Richard of York, and have at least heard of England’s War of the Roses,...

‘Chess’ at Dundalk Community Theatre by Amanda Gunther

One little move effects so many people’s lives. A statement proven true as the Dundalk Community Theatre presents Chess The Musical. With beautiful and...

‘Spring Awakening’ at Towson University by Amanda Gunther

Discovery in adolescence; a true coming of age story with the trials of love, sexuality, and death all hovering on the horizons of existence....

‘Shakespeare in Hollywood’ at Catholic University by Colleen Sproull

It is with great pleasure that I write this review. Catholic University's production of Ken Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood is professional, outrageously funny, and...

‘Big Love’ at Montgomery College by Flora Scott

Walking through the auditorium doors at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College to see The Department of Theatre's production of Charles...

‘La bohème’ at University of Maryland School of Music’s Opera Studio...

Before there was RENT, there was Puccini’s La bohème, perhaps the most popular and certainly one of the most frequently performed operas in history. The University of...