The best way to tell how a show lands is to read the room when the lights come up. After the curtain call for "Next to Normal," produced by Baltimore's professional queer theatre company Iro…
If you're looking for subtle storytelling and emotional restraint, "Rock of Ages" at Toby's Dinner Theatre politely suggests you exit the theater. This is musical theater with the volume up,…
When Disney's "Newsies" was released on the silver screen in 1992, it bombed and didn't even recoup its $15 million budget. Despite that"and given the fact that the movie performed much bett…
In the classic 1960 musical, "Bye Bye Birdie," there's one big star: the infamous Conrad Birdie, an Elvis-like musician about to head off to the Army, but not before he bestows one last kiss…
"Oh, the things you can think when you think about Seuss," implores the opening number. Well, here's the things I think when I think about "Seuss(ical the Musical):" This boisterous producti…
As Dorothy famously repeats, "There's no place like home." Annapolis' Compass Rose Theatre certainly understands that sentiment, having long journeyed from space to space across the city in …
Life, loss, legacy. These are just three, short words, but they're certainly not small in concept. How, then, could composer and lyricist William Finn"best known for "Falsettos" and "The 25t…
Co-created by the inimitable Lin Manuel Miranda, alongside Anthony Veneziale and Thomas Kail, the content of hip-hop improv comedy show "Freestyle Love Supreme" might be brand-new every sing…
 You are here at the start of a moment. For me, that single, oft-repeated lyric in "Come From Away," holds incredible meaning. The first time I was lucky enough to see the musical (curre…
Families are complicated and we all know that. Nolan Williams, Jr., composer, lyricist, and co-writer of the new musical, "Grace,"now playing at Ford's Theatre, clearly knows that. This worl…
Line up, little ducklings! It's time for a journey to 1940s Boston for a musical retelling of the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book, "Make Way for Ducklings" at Adventure Theatre MTC. …
Every year as Thanksgiving passes and December dawns, I pledge to make it a festive holiday season for my family of three by enjoying all the sights and events the DMV region has to offer. S…
If the world seems rude and sad and dreary, there's a way to make your Christmas feel much more cheery! Grab the kids (it'll be a cinch), then head to The National to see "The Grinch!" That'…
Life is a game, and all the world's a stage. For "Clue on Stage," running through March 6 at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, both adages are true. The play takes inspiration, of course,…
Do you ever get a longing to feel like you're in an intimate jazz house somewhere deep in the heart of New York City? "All That Jazz," presented by Annapolis Shakespeare Company through Octo…
With all the hype about Disney's live-action remakes of classic animated films, it's easy to forget that there has been live-action options of these stories for years (or, in some cases, dec…
A weekend at a waterfront estate escalates from simply awkward to downright murderous in "Towards Zero," a play by the inimitable Agatha Christie (and Gerald Verner) that's based on her 1944…
The willy nilly silly old bear is back in "Winnie the Pooh," a charming one-hour production that's tailor-made for children at Adventure Theatre MTC. The musical runs through May 26, 2019, a…
"Into the Woods" is a clever musical. In fact, until Hamilton came along a few years ago, some might argue that the Stephan Sondheim-James Lapine brainchild was the most clever of musicals, …
For nearly a century, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell and the Darling siblings have been captivating audiences in mediums from print to stage to screen. Finding Neverland, which plays at…
In "Finding Neverland," a tale about the man who created the famed boy who wouldn't grow up, there's charm, there's talent, and there's even a fairy"but, in the end, the musical's book, scor…
In the middle of Act I of “The Addams Family,” produced by Stand Up For…Theatre at Chesapeake Arts Center's Studio 194, Gomez pleads to another character: "Ask me why! Ask,…
The history of “Chess the Musical” is nearly as fascinating as its subject matter of tensions during the Cold War. The West End (London) production opened in 1986 after first bei…
There's something magical about children's theatre. It might be the excitement on the kids' faces as they wait for a production to start, or it could be the awe in their eyes throughout the …
“Anastasia the Musical” may have roots in a dark and turbulent historic event, but at its heart, it's simply a princess story " and an enchanting one at that. Those familiar w…