The holiday season will be starting before we know it. With that comes a plethora of holiday plays, most of them dealing with the Christmas. However, there is always a sprinkle of Hanukkah p…
 Directed by Debbie Barber-Eaton at The Colonial Players, this production of "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors" (written in 2023 by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen in 2023) is silly, fast-p…
AI is everywhere. As a professor, I attend numerous faculty meetings, seminars, and sessions to address the head-scratching dilemma of "what do we do with this thing?" This dilemma has been …
Call it intuition, good vibes, or a hunch, but the guess here is that The Washington Ballet's (TWB) 2025-26 Season (its 49th in DC), is going to be special. Youthful, fresh faces and a new d…
 In the dusty wilds of Spitwhistle, West Texas, boredom consumes the townsfolk day in and day out. Basically, there is little to do in these parts except get lost in thought or gather at…
Henrik Ibsen, arguably the forerunner of theatrical realism, did like to take little expressionistic leaps now and then, blending the bleak workaday world with a more surrealist spin on the …
WASHINGTON, DC " October 22 " Theatres across the Washington, DC-area are offering free and discounted tickets to federal workers affected by the ongoing shutdown. In uncertain times, theatr…
If we all hate online dating so much, why do we consistently force ourselves through the humiliation ritual? Deep down, when all is said and done, we just want to be remembered as a person w…
"HAIR" stands as perhaps the most iconic musical of the 1960s"the first Broadway production to truly capture the nation's political and generational unrest. Premiering in 1967 on the heels o…
In keeping with their international flavors, Chamber Music of Maryland, will be presenting Spanish Brass on November 2, 2025. This world renown ensemble will be performing a wind array of mu…
"The Peculiar Patriot" is a one-woman show written and performed by actress, playwright, author, poet, activist, and youth advocate, Liza Jessie Peterson. The Old Globe Theatre commissioned …
Swiss playwright Reto Finger's "Cold Country" comes across as part folktale, part gothic campfire story, and part dysfunctional family drama. Combined, all of these 'parts' offer audiences a…
"How does one review a play with no plot?" I asked my husband after meditating on "Vesper, a dream play", for nearly 36 hours. "Vesper" is a 75-minute, "non-linear" piece of experimental …
Statement on the death of Jerry B. WhiddonFounding member and former artistic director of Round House Theatre and founding member of Street 70 Bethesda, Md. (October 17, 2025) " We are…
Tradition, Fusion, and Innovation Washington, D.C. " GALA continues beloved tradition of each Fall season, the 21st annual international Fuego Flamenco Festival from November 6 through Novem…
The LatinX Movement Festival premiered at Dance Place in 2024. This second iteration featured performances by artists including Armando Ibañez, Felipe Moltedo, Corazón Folklórico DC…
WASHINGTON, DC " Studio Theatre welcomes new Associate Artistic Director Jess Chayes this week. Chayes is an award-winning director and producer of new work. She spent three seasons as the A…
Not everything is light and fluffy in "French Cupcakes," the newest world premiere presented by Bethesda Little Theatre. This original musical, written by Neal Learner and directed by Michae…
Three-year extension follows historic milestones and record growth at the BSO since Heyward's arrival in 2023. BALTIMORE, MD " Today, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announce…
Many of us were first introduced to Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" in school. The play depicts the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts at the end of the 17th century. After Reverend Samuel P…
In the 50th anniversary year of the release of the cult-classic, musical-comedy, movie phenomenon, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," Reston Community Players' (RCP) production of its derivati…
For those of us who grew up on the iconic soundtracks of the Super Mario pantheon, the chance has come to fully immerse yourself as a pixelated player in the new collaboration between local …
"Not Your Mother's Goose!" lives up to its title as our beloved tales are turned on their heads in a sixty-minute, gut-busting sprint for all audiences at Adventure Theatre MTC. In Michael J…
Theatrically chronicling the rise and fall of Malcolm X demands a contextual framework equal to the larger-than-life mythicism of the story. Al Letson, using Shakespeare as his canvas, c…
We have adaptations of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Lord Byron's "Darkness," and John Polidori's "The Vampyre." It's about time the iconic dinner party challenge where all these tales were…