Tag: 1776

When 1776, with concept, music, and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone, premiered on Broadway in 1969, with only two female roles...

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...

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #8: Best Performances in Musicals in Community Theaters in DC/MD/VA Area: Lauren Alberg as Lucille Frank and Tommy Eyes as...

BEST MUSICALS IN PROFESSIONAL THEATRES IN PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND DELAWARE: A Bronx Tale at The Longacre Theatre.  A Christmas Story: The Musical at The...

This year marks the 240th anniversary of the formation of our country, and what better way to experience a taste of this magnificent history than...

As the National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera is about to end its run at The Kennedy Center, I had the pleasure of catching...

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Prince William Little Theatre’s production of Cabaret, meet James Maxted. Joel: Who are you, and...

The 2016 Oscar Hammerstein Festival, being held this weekend at the Bucks County Playhouse, brings together a wide array of musical theatre artists, scholars, and...

We all know that the Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents ever written. But have you ever actually tried to...

Toby's Dinner Theatre has every right to crow about its new staging of Peter Pan. The classic Broadway musical based on James M. Barrie’s...

Revealing the concealed underpinnings and durable structures of American musicals is no easy undertaking. Let alone covering and analyzing the past seven decades of...

Meet the designers, some cast members, and the director of Prince William Little Theatre's Sherlock Holmes and the West End Horror, playing 3/11-20 at Hylton...

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of McLean Community Players’ 1776, meet Scott Gustaveson. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they...

Who would have thought you could make a musical about something as serious as starting a revolution? Well, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards...

Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform on local stages and what roles you have played. My name...

n Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of McLean Community Players’ 1776, meet James Myers. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers...

In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of McLean Community Players' 1776, meet Brent Stone. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where...

The McLean Community Players’ production of the musical 1776, based on the events surrounding the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, opens...

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of 2nd Star Productions’ The Music Man, meet Nathan Bowen. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell...

In Part 10 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of Charles Morey’s Laughing Stock, meet Melissa...