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A gloriously bizarre ‘Tell-Tale Heart’ beats at Synetic Theater

The Edgar Allen Poe adaptation marks a triumphant return for Director Paata Tsikurishvili and affirms the company's status as a world-class theater. By SOPHIA HOWES

Poe musical ‘Nevermore’ is a gothically good time at Stillpointe Theatre

A fantastical and fun study of the famous writer with dedicated performances and a wonderfully ghastly design.

Apropos Edgar Allan Poe: a reminiscence and a ringing listen

Growing up in Baltimore, it was impossible to avoid the story of Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). He was conceivably our most famous resident. There...

Review: ‘A Midnight Dreary’ by We Happy Few Productions

A Midnight Dreary is a promenade-style event that will have you on your feet, enjoying a drink, and experiencing Edgar Allan Poe’s stories like...

Review: ‘Mystery in the House of Usher: A Poe Tale’ at...

An immersive site-specific mash-up of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe and the game of “Clue,” Edward G. Pettit’s Mystery in the House of...

Review: ‘The Masque of the Red Death: An Evening of Spirits...

Guests arrived for the party in formal wear, as requested by the host. Inside the historic building, constructed in 1909, they donned masks in...

2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Review: ‘Tales of the Grotesque and Mysterious:...

In several dimly lighted rooms within the walls of the brick tower atop the Shiloh Baptist Church, Edgar Allan Poe's tales, adapted by Robert...

Review: ‘A Dream Within A Dream: Madness’ at Through The 4th Wall

Hats off to the totally nifty, quite intense, immersive production of A Dream Within A Dream: Madness at Alexandria’s Torpedo Factory Arts Center. Created...

In the Moment: ‘A Dream Within A Dream: Madness’ Playing 9/7-10/31...

Many know Alexandria’s Torpedo Factory Arts Center (TFAC) as a re-purposed war-time munitions plant now a prominent and beloved non-profit home for artists to...

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #38: ‘Poe, Times Two’ by Richard Byrne

The life of Edgar Allan Poe is a subject of endless and fascinated discussion and debate. But at the core of our fascination with...

Review: ‘Lacey Ward: Girl Detective’ at The Phenomenal Animals in Philadelphia

The first of Robert Cousins’ four-part series on fictional teenage sleuth Lacey Ward makes its Philadelphia debut with the Phenomenal Animals in a short...

‘Poe’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company at 1747 Pub at Reynold’s Tavern

Edgar Allan Poe remains an object of mystery and speculation over 150 years after his death. Best known for his chilling short stories and...

2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Poe Whitman’: ‘Embodying Poe’

Embodying Poe is the second offering of Robert Michael Oliver's 2-part 2015 Capital Fringe 'Poetry in Performance' called Poe Whitman (Read Julia Capizzi's review of Song of...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #18: ‘Poe Whitman’ with Robert Michael Oliver

Robert Michael Oliver Returns to Capital Fringe with Poe Whitman A Repertoire of Two of America 's Literary Giants Following last year's sold-out performances of Song...

Ballet Theatre of Maryland Ends 2015 Season with ‘Innovations’

Ballet Theatre of Maryland closed its most successful season to date with three performances of Innovations – a program of classical and contemporary dance -...

‘The Laramie Project’ at McLean High School

A well-cast and convincing docudrama directed by Amy Poe is giving audiences a lot to talk about, opening a few minds, and lending high...

The “Nightfall” Girl with Many Hats (and Faces) By Jen...

When Molotov Theatre Group’s founder Alex Zavistovich first mentioned Nightfall with Edgar Allen Poe (onstage at DCAC now through December 7th) to me, I knew...

‘Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe’ at Molotov Theatre Group

Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe is an adaptation of four of Poe's better known tales of horror: The Raven, The Fall of the House...

Spine: Hip-Hop, Flow, and ‘How We Got On’

When I think of Hip-Hop my imagination immediately flies to urban America, to a gritty, "tougher than leather" New York City filled with N.W.A,...

‘Playing Poe: The Man, the Mustache’ By Elliott Kashner

After being cast to play Edgar Allan Poe, the central figure in Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe from Molotov Theatre Group (opening tomorrow night,...