Tag: MetroStage
The Helen Hayes Nominations Announced by Cate Brewer
Did you know there are 84 professional theatres in the Washington area? 84! Tonight, DC area theatre artists, press, Helen Hayes Award judges, and...
‘Ain’t Misbehavin” at Riverside Center Dinner Theater by Julia L. Exline
Riverside Center Dinner Theater presents Ain’t Misbehavin’, a Tony Award-winning musical that celebrates the life and music of Thomas “Fats” Waller. Conceived by Richard...
‘Ladies Swing the Blues’ at MetroStage by Audrey Thornton
The world premiere of the musical Ladies Swing the Blues, book and lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II and music by William Knowles, was...
The Best of 2012: Part 10: Designers, Cabarets & Concerts,...
Here are DCMetroTheaterArts writers' choices for their favorites designs of production in the the DC Metro Area in 2012. I always felt that...
The Best of 2012: Part 9: ‘Solo Performances, Children’s/Young Adult, Directors,...
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCES
Joe Brack in My Princess Bride at DC Capital Fringe Festival.
Alex Brightman in How I Paid for College at The Hub Theatre.
Mike Daisey in The...
The Best of 2012: Part 8: ‘Best Director of a Play...
Here are our choices for Best Director of a Play and Best Actor and Actress of a Play in 2012. Feel free to leave...
The Best of 2012: Part 7: ‘Best Play’ and ‘Best Actor’...
Here are the writers of DCMetroTheaterArts' choices for Best Plays of 2012 and Best Performances by an Actor and Actress in a Play in...
The Best of 2012: Part 6: ‘Best Ensemble of a Play’...
Here's our favorite Ensembles from plays and musicals in 2012 on DC Metro Area stages. Congrats to everyone on these lists and to everyone...
The Best of 2012: Part 5: ‘Best Director, Best Musical Direction,...
For the next week we will be posting lists of our favorites of 2012 in several categories. These lists reflect the opinions of members...
The Best of 2012: Part 4: ‘Best Performance by Supporting Actor...
For the next week we will be posting lists of our favorites of 2012 in several categories. These lists reflect the opinions of members...
The Best of 2012: Part 3: ‘Best Performance by an Actor...
For the next week we will be posting lists of our favorites of 2012 in several categories. These lists reflect the opinions of members...
The Best of 2012: Part 2: ‘The Best Musicals of 2012’
After reviewing over 1,200 theatrical productions, concerts, and recitals on DCMetroTheaterArts in 2012 - it was no easy task to come up with this...
30th Anniversary ‘Christmas Revels’ at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium by...
For The Washington Revels 30th anniversary Christmas Revels, the company pulls out all the stops, tripping through the centuries in England from medieval times to the 1920s...
Lauren ‘Coco’ Cohn on Playing Rosie in ‘Mamma Mia!’ on Broadway...
There is one performance that I will always remember and that's Coco Cohn's performance of three kooky characters in Glimpses of the Moon at MetroStage....
‘A Broadway Christmas Carol’ at MetroStage by Julia L. Exline
MetroStage presents Kathy Feininger’s A Broadway Christmas Carol, the classic Dickens tale retold through parodies of famous Broadway show tunes. Michael Sharp directs and...
‘La Boheme’ at Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric by...
Viva La Vie Bohème! One of the classic lines shouted out in Broadway’s Rent. But before the Bohemian lifestyle became a trendy Tony Award-winning...
‘Inexcusable Fantasies’ at Strand Theater Company by Amanda Gunther
You’re sitting alone fantasizing; perhaps about a powerful interior decorator, or maybe about a certain smokin’ hot bike. Whatever your fancy, you’re alone and...
‘The Solar System’ at Pointless Theatre by Grace Kim
Pointless Theatre’s production of The Solar System Show is charming, witty and fun! What is there not to love about a puppet show, especially when...
‘The Soul Collector’ at Port City Playhouse by Joel Markowitz
I am a big fan of playwright and actor David Emerson Toney and actress extraordinaire and director Deidra Starnes - and I was thrilled when I...
Actor John Dow on Appearing in ‘Heroes’ at Everyman Theatre by...
Luck usually doesn't strike twice, but that's exactly what happened to veteran actor John Dow when he got cast in two productions of Tom Stoppard's Heroes.
Why...