37 stories by "Anne Vandercook"
Written in 1998, Book of Days is one of the final writings from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson. The play is set in a fictional rural Missouri town of 4,500 or so residents,…
Looking for and evening non-stop fun? Well look no further than the Wootton High School's performance of Legally Blonde: The Musical. Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and movie adaptation …
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of the American classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson. That is right – Charlie, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy…
What's the buzz you ask? Well Jesus Christ Superstar now playing at the Kensington Arts Theatre of course! Arising out of the tumultuous 1960's the era of the Rock Opera gave to way for arti…
Opening almost a half a century ago, in 1974, The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a fun evening based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum. Featuring …
It is that time of year again – yep you guessed it – Montgomery Playhouse's 14thAnnual One Act Festival is here! This is a chance to show off lesser produced one-act plays, and a…
Ready to have some fun? Well look no further than comedian Adam Ruben's new one man show I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy at this year's Capital Fringe festival. As a seas…
Promising themes abound at this year's Capital Fringe Festival. Andrea's Schell's From Seven Layers to a Bikini Top in Less Than Five Hours is no different, intending to explore the lives of…
If you are not quite aware of what you are getting into before watching Uncle Funsy's production of Wombat Drool, you may be a bit confused as the retired Zookeeper David S. Kessler begins t…
Many times, and perhaps too often, theater is used as a vehicle to escape life, to tell a story that is far from the reality of the world we live in and come from. I respect the artists who …
Rock musicals have engaged audiences in the US and abroad for over 50 years. Coming to prominence in the late 60's the genre hit its stride in the 70's and 80's with classics like the Rocky …
What is not fun about a good ol' fashioned gender swap? Well, that is exactly what you will be in for at the Little Theatre of Alexandria this month with their production of The Odd Couple (…
Alan Ayckbourn is a renowned British playwright and director well known for his flair for the bedroom farce. One of the more successful of his works is How the Other Half Loves which premier…
Zero Hour: Tokyo Rose's Last Tape, a new work written and directed by renowned Japanese visual artist Miwa Yanagi, made a brief Washington D.C. premier this past weekend at The Kennedy Cente…
First performed in 1594, William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors is one of his earliest and most farcical of his comedic works. With adaptations on stage, film and television, its story i…
What is more exciting to watch than a story based on Murder? Intrigue? Romance? Seduction? Well look no further than Rockville Little Theatre's production of Agatha Christie's Go Back for Mu…
The Good Doctor is a play written by famed playwright Neil Simon. First produced on Broadway in November of 1973, this show is not widely produced by Community Theatre. Undaunted, Upcounty T…
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is a definitive hit in the spirited rock musical genre. First performed in 2009, with Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman and book by Alex Timbers, Bloody Blood…
Imagination Stage is renowned for its inventive children's theater, their very popular interactive theatrical experience for youngsters, Wake up Brother Bear is no different. First produced …
Written in 1999, the play Touch by award-winning playwright Toni Press-Coffman, is sure to tug at the heartstrings of any who watch. The earnest drama about a young scientist and the death o…
Up for a twisted trip into the macabre world of the famed, now modernized, Addams Family this Halloween season? Well look no further than the Kensington Arts Theatre (KAT) and their current …
Opening on Broadway in 1971, with music, lyrics, and book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease became one of the most successful musicals of its time with an original run of 3,388 pe…
"It's just a jump to the left . . . and then a step to the riiiight!" That iconic quote from the song "Time Warp" of The Rocky Horror Show is what I caught myself sig…
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf is a play written by Ntozake Shange in choreopoem, or a piece combining dance, music, and poetry. This form of arti…
Want to see typical southern gentility conquered by raw human desire? Well, look no further. Rockville Little Theater with Director Seth Ghitelmen deliver with their season opener, Cat on a …
