 Featuring Ten Productions, Including Three World Premieres A dynamic slate of new work, celebrated artists, and theatrical events that continue to position Baltimore as a home for what'…
Glen Echo, Maryland " The Puppet Co. welcomed a new Artistic Director, Danny Pushkin, this April. The Puppet Co. had been operating with an artistic council after the previous Artistic Direc…
"Assassins" is the 1990 musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman about people who have tried to kill an American president. It is bold and brutal, ironic and chilling"and entertaining. "…
"Just following orders." It has become modern history's most indefensible defense, a much-maligned attempt to shake off responsibility for one's participation in the banality of evil by clai…
Jeff Cohen's Autobiographical Staged Reading Set in Baltimore Though staged readings are not typically reviewed because they are a work-in-progress, this was a first time I attended the …
Baltimore (4.2.2026) "Â Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) announces its 2026"2027 Season, a compelling lineup that explores the fragility and strength of human nature"where ambition, fe…
This year's program honors the vision and history of Folger Consort and co-artistic directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall. (Washington, DC) " Folger Consort, the award-wi…
(Washington, DC) " Arena Stage's Community Engagement Division today announced the date of its annual Voices of Now (VON) Festival, a day-long celebration of youth-devised theater featuring …
He's live in living color! Quince Orchard High School takes the audience on a first-class trip, landing in the middle of a full-scale manhunt filled with mischief, comedy, and emotion. Backt…
A Showcase of Underrepresented Playwrights and Composers Falls Church, VA " Creative Cauldron Stage is proud to announce the launch of its "Bold New Voices" Festival, running from April 11th…
Genre-bending plays can often be a difficult sell. Accustomed to tragedy, comedy, or a hybrid mashup, the average theatregoer generally likes to "name" their plays. What Austrian-Iranian pla…
Hope Campbell Gundlah's new play "The H Twins" made its debut at the inaugural District Fringe Festival last summer. Writing here at the time, I called it "promising and important," a searin…
Alliance for the Future: Creating an Arts Hub for the Community We're marking an important milestone for Theater Alliance, and it's going to be a joyful, community-filled evening, as we step…
Rachel Bonds's "Jonah," which premiered off-Broadway in 2024 and makes its regional debut at Studio Theatre, is a masterful puzzle box of a play about trauma and the healing power of the ima…
Seven-Show Season Opens with Broadway Cabaret Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary ALEXANDRIA, VAÂ " The Little Theatre of Alexandria (LTA), the oldest award-winning community theater i…
Those looking for an introduction to what's au courant in contemporary dance could have stopped by George Mason University this weekend where faculty and students were mounting the annual Ma…
"Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike" (VSMS) is a comedic play written by Christopher Durang which premiered at Princeton's McCarter Theatre in 2012. It moved to Off-Broadway and transferred…
As an actor and former English teacher, I've long sat with a central question about "Hamlet:" how do you keep it from losing its edge through familiarity? How do you approach a text so layer…
"Be Our Guest at BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Disney's first North American production of the beloved musical in over 25 years. This enchanting and timeless tale, filled with the romance and grande…
XANADU June 12 " June 28, 2026F. Scott Black Theatre Xanadu is a high-energy, feel-good musical inspired by the cult-classic 1980 film. Blending pop hits from Electric Light Orchestra and…
Former WNO Board President Jeffrey Cunard received National Opera Trustee Recognition Award for his work shaping WNO's affiliation agreement with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performin…
Shows include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Follies, A Raisin in the Sun, Romeo and Juliet, and Frida…A Self-Portrait Full Six-Play Season Subscriptions are now on sale. Washington, D.C. (…
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' "Appropriate" is in some ways as American as apple pie. Americans, unlike say the British, show their angst. Whether it is Williams' Stanley Kowalski or Miller's Will…
(Washington, DC)"Folger Theatre today announced its 2026-27 season with three titles by the best-known playwright in the English language, William Shakespeare, to be performed at the…
"Hamnet," now playing at Shakespeare Theatre Company, seems to carry immense weight before the house is even opened to welcome patrons. The play is based on an award-winning book by Maggie O…