Tag: VA Metro Theatre Arts

Encore Stage & Studio presents Honk, Jr., based on Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved tale, The Ugly Duckling. With book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe...

I always suffer a little committing to a classical show - especially Shakespeare. When they’re bad, it’s torture. When they're  good, it’s always still...

Four siblings in Lowake, Texas are forced together after years of estrangement in 1986 as they learn that their father is dying. Only one...

A family run donut shop 60-years in the running, and a street savvy kid with great ideas and a great gambling debt. The zoned...

I didn't know what to expect from Expecting Isabel. The Idea that a comedy could be built around such a painful issue as infertility...

Qingming Riverside is based on one of China’s most famous paintings, Along the River during the Qingming Festival by painter Zhang Zeduan. The painting...

So…after countless hours rehearsing, processing videos, recording voiceovers, constructing a giant chessboard, and studying dream theory, WE’VE MADE IT! Pallas Theatre’s The Tempest: Such...

I’m thrilled to be kicking off this series of articles about our upcoming show Canterbury for DC Theater Arts by talking about the long...

You have heard from The Tempest: Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on’s director, designers, board members, artistic directors…but what about the actors? This...

Director and filmmaker Jay Taylor speaks to Teresa McCormick Ertel about his latest project, Massé - a feature length contemporary film noir described as “Old Hollywood meets...

I’ve always hated reality television. I make no excuses about this fact. Don’t try to convert me. It won’t end well. No, I won’t...

Here are my Top 10 New York Theater Favorites of 2012:  1. Once -The  musical adaption of the Oscar-winning independent film masterly directed by John Tiffany....

Bravura Performance at The Studio Theatre Early in Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's An Iliad, the Minstrel/Poet says he hopes he never has to tell this...

Pallas Theatre Collective’s The Tempest: Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on – Chessboards and Sea-faring. Last week, Board President John Horman gave you a...

WSC Avant Bard is now looking for a new home. Managing Director Kyle Jean Fisher and Artistic Director Christopher Henley explain why: "After two years as the...

If you missed the exuberance of Altar Boyz at 1st Stage - you can catch up!   Added for one night only:  December 31 at 8 PM.   Purchase...

1st Stage presents Altar Boyz, a musical comedy with a book by Kevin Del Aguila and music and lyrics by Gary Adler. Steven Royal...

The British Players present THE PRINCESS AND THE SPROUT. This traditional holiday pantomime, a theatrical treat that for centuries has entertained audiences all around...

Bah! Humbug! The classic Christmas line echoed through the years by the notorious and original Grinch of Christmas; the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge...

Here is Part 6 of our series of behind the scenes interviews with the director and cast of 1st Stage's Altar Boyz. Now, meet...