All hail Ma Rainey. The real-life Mother of the Blues gets star power treatment of such high wattage it can scarcely be measured. Peerless acting, a tight ensemble, cinematography burnished …
You know things are dire during Corona Times when you find yourself sobbing over a piece of parchment"aka The Constitution of the United States. What's next? Rending my garments over the Bil…
"I'm speaking.""Kamala Harris to Mike Pence at the Vice Presidential Debate. That simple, emphatic statement could serve as the rallying cry for the new theater company, Two Strikes Theatre …
Mart Crowley's 1968 Off Broadway play The Boys in the Band was provocative and trailblazing in its knives-out portrayal of a group of gay friends celebrating a birthday in the West Village t…
Usually, the phone tree process for any corporate call-in help line is either migraine-inducing or so frustrating you find yourself spewing rancid obscenities at the robotic prompts until yo…
Public health officials are recommending Zoom Thanksgiving festivities this year, but you can celebrate early with a boisterous and bittersweet sit-down with the Blake family, the proud and …
Many view the Coronavirus pandemic as The Great Pause, where we hunker down and muddle through, hoping we return to normalcy some time in the near future with at least some of our marbles in…
Health experts say to avoid crowds and large gatherings this holiday weekend and during the current COVID-19 surge. As if you needed another reason to stay inside and celebrate the red, whit…
I always root for romance, even in plague times. Maybe that's why I was completely drawn in by THE MIXTAPE, local playwright and Bowie State professor Bob Bartlett's "connection during coron…
Every day, I navigate to DC Theatre Scene's guide, the New York Times and the Washington Post websites and read up on all the creative and upbeat ways people are feeding their theater jones.…
Viewing a live performance of a play on an iPad is a new experience for me in these pandemic times and, unlike working from home, is something I hope I never have to get used to. As a lifelo…
Ain't no mountain high enough to throw shade on Jacqueline "Jackie" Marie Butler (the incandescent, triple threat Felicia Curry), the heroine of Caleen Sinnette Jennings' world premiere play…
Empty nest syndrome is not an issue for Marian (an expertly controlled and controlling Susan Rome), a contentedly retired wife and mother living in Florida with her second husband Richard (J…
When a show lists a Trauma Counselor in the credits and has a "healing space" outside of the theater proper, you know you are in for an intense experience. Kill Move Paradise will make you f…
Boy, things have certainly changed since the days of "See Spot Run." Dick is sick and goes by the grown-up name Richard (Neimah Djourabchi, a textbook 50s Dad with existential longing). His …
The Phantom of the Opera meets The Red Shoes in Synetic Theater's sexy and Goth take on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel about ghosts, haute society, obsession and the symbiotic relationship betwe…
What if happiness was not only a choice, but a side effect? That's the intriguing premise of Deborah Zoe Laufer's play Be Here Now, which she also directs with depth and quirky humor at Ever…
Nix the candy canes, the carols, and the seasonal folderol. This year, get into the holiday spirit with a juicy murder. We need a little Christie, right this very minute. Everyman Theatre fu…
No men. No boats. No man-splaining. That's part of the concept of the high-energy and low testosterone of Jaclyn Backhaus' adventure saga, Men on Boats. All the roles in John Wesley Powell's…
You'd think the big perk of being king is being able to do whatever you want. That is tragically not the case with Edward II, the duty-bound and defiant monarch of E2, an ambitious and sober…
Everybody is a wonder. Brilliant visuals, arresting acting, ingenious direction by Will Davis, a searching script by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and an overall generosity of spirit tha…
I admired many things about my late father, among them that he never stopped learning or being curious about people and life, even at the age of 92 and grappling with major health issues. I …
It comes down to trust. A parent sends their theater-loving child to the Highwood Theatre, a Silver Spring, Md.-based youth educational theater company, where he can get performance and tech…
The legacy and superstardom of Whitney Houston endures, judging from the bobbing heads and impromptu singalongs at Toby's Dinner Theatre's production of The Bodyguard. Based on the 1992 film…
Baltimore Center Stage's new artistic director Stephanie Ybarra gets off to a dynamic start with the winning, women-centered musical, Miss You Like Hell, which celebrates the passion and pai…