Tag: Maryland Metro Theater Arts
‘The Frog Prince’ at Pumpkin Theatre
There's a whole lot of hopping going on at Pumpkin Theatre this month. The Frog Prince is the penultimate show of Pumpkin Theatre's 47th...
‘Candice Bergen In Conversation with Madhulika Sikka’ at Sixth and I...
Candice Bergen is strongly linked to her famous character Murphy Brown. After Madhulika Sikka, the Executive Editor for NPR News, interviewed her Monday night, the...
‘Don’t Die in the Dark’ at Studio 1469
Last night, on the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre, I was in a DC theater venue of a...
In The Moment: Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company Presents ‘Persistent Voices’...
In early May, Daniel Phoenix Singh and the Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company will be premiering a dance theater work at Dance Place and at...
In the Moment: ‘Pilobolus Dance’ Comes to The Alden Theatre This...
The world renowned Pilobolus will be bringing their “stunning, evocative and visceral” dance theater to the Alden Theatre, said Sarah N. Schallern, director, performing...
Bawdy Shop Burlesque’s ‘Don’t Knock the Block’ Burlesque Hall of Fame...
That bevy of Baltimore beauties known as Bawdy Shop Burlesque have a busy next few months. I recently got a chance to catch up...
Meet the Director and Cast of Vienna Theatre Company’s ‘Other Desert...
Meet the cast and director of Vienna Theatre Company’s Other Desert Cities. In Part 3: Meet Kathy Ohlhaber.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell us...
‘It Shoulda Been You’ at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New...
If you leave your sense of disbelief checked in the cloak room at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway, you might just have a...
‘Very Still & Hard to See’ at Rorschach Theatre Company
Very Still & Hard to See is neither quiet nor a challenge to perceive. Its aural and optical pleasures are bountiful. For this production...
‘The King and I’ at Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater and...
The King and I at Washington County Playhouse really is “Something Wonderful,” as the classic musical receives a visually stunning reinterpretation from a very...
‘The Elephant Man’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
The Elephant Man, fantastically directed by Julie Herber, poses some interesting morality questions for a modern audience, though it is set in Victorian-era England....
‘Next To Normal’ at Rockville Musical Theatre at The Gaithersburg Arts...
I am a Next to Normal fan and have been since I saw it Off-Broadway and then at Arena Stage, and then several times on Broadway,...
‘Greater Tuna’ at Compass Rose Theater by Danielle Angeline
Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard is a good ol’ down-home laugh-out-loud fest. Director Lucinda Merry-Browne and Founding Artistic Director...
‘Peter Pan’ at The Arlington Players
The Arlington Players presents Peter Pan, based on the play by Sir J.M. Barrie, with music by Morris (Moose) Charlap and additional music by...
Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’ with the National Philharmonic at Strathmore
Johann Sebastian Bach wasn’t just fulfilling a professional responsibility when he wrote religious music. A devout Lutheran, Bach meant what he wrote and sought...
‘Old Wicked Songs’ at 1st Stage
Occasionally, a show blows me away and I want to grab the arm of people walking by on the street and steer them to...
The Washington Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ at The Kennedy Center
Under a moonlit, cloudy sky, a young, overwhelmed Prince Siegfried seeks refuge in the forest following an evening of birthday revelry. A weighty anticipation...
Neil Simon’s ‘Fools’ at APL Drama Club
Fools by Neil Simon opened this weekend presented by the APL Drama Club located on the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab campus in Laurel,...
‘Drunkle Vanya’ at LiveArtDC
When I arrived to see Drunkle Vanya last night, the first thing I did was order a vodka. I don’t typically drink before I...
‘The Typographer’s Dream’ at The Hub Theatre
In this town of powerful out-sized personalities of all persuasions, and the ever-increasing shift to delivery of entertainment through pixels and with headsets on,...