Red Branch Theatre Company Opens ‘Avenue Q’ Tonight by Keith Tittermary
What is better than full puppet nudity? Nothing, except of course for a barrel of monkeys. Red Branch Theatre Company is excited to present its original production of Avenue Q, winner of the Tony...
View Article‘Avenue Q’ at Red Branch Theatre Company by John Harding
In a make-believe Michelin Guide to musical highways and byways, Avenue Q would hardly rank as more than a Broadway roundabout. It’s a tuneful goof on Sesame Street, peopled mainly by sexually...
View Article‘Cabaret’ at Damascus Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther
Willkommen! Beinvenue! Welcome! Sit back and relax and the Damascus Theatre Company will be your host to Kander and Ebb’s most scandalous musical as they present Cabaret for their spring musical....
View ArticleMount Airy Playhouse Presents A Reading of ’8: The Play’ This Saturday at 2 PM
Mount Airy Playhouse in association with Broadway Impact, presents A reading of 8: The Play by Dustin Lance Black. March 2, 2:00 pm “On election day 2008, Proposition 8 re-wrote the California state...
View Article‘Cirque Zíva’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Keith Tittermary
Strathmore’s Concert Hall is usually a venue for some of the area’s finest music. But on Thursday night, the conductor’s baton was traded in for human gyroscopes and a troupe of Chinese acrobats that...
View ArticleDCMetroTheaterArts is One Year Old Today!
DCMetroTheaterArts is one year old today. Thanks to all our readers for supporting and visiting our site. A special thank you to the theatre and arts communities who welcomed us and reached out to help...
View Article‘Passagio’ at The Mason Players at George Mason University by Keith Tittermary
“Passaggio… used to describe the transition area between a series of notes, usually occurring between registers of the voice” – www.vocalist.org.uk The Mason Players and the Department of Theater at...
View ArticlePianist Maurizio Pollini at The Music Center at Strathmore by Yi-Ping Fu
Since winning the first prize at the International Chopin Competition at Warsaw in 1960, Maurizio Pollini has become one of the most respected pianists for more than five decades, and still keeps...
View Article‘My Favorite Year’ at Damascus Theatre Company by Maddie Gaw
Living in a cynical age, it’s refreshing to see a musical comedy like My Favorite Year. “Nice” and “Charming” are the first two words that come to mind, but this is no fluff piece. Behind every cutesy...
View ArticleFavorite ‘Scene Stealers’ of the 2012-2013 DC Area Theater Season: Part 3
There were many wonderful Scene Stealing moments on DC Metro Area stages in our professional, community, children’s, and university theaters during the past theater season (August 1, 2012-August 1,...
View Article‘Seussical The Musical’ at Damascus Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther
The show you must see, and I just tell you, you must! Is a musical featuring a small speck of dust! Well not the dust you see, but the planet that’s Who! That is trapped on this dust speck and …...
View Article‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at First Act at Act Two@Levine...
In the small intimate confines of the blackbox theater within the Strathmore complex, Saturday afternoon was a spectacular day for Chapter 39 of Genesis. First Act, a new program of Act Two @ Levine,...
View ArticleA New ‘A Little Night Music’ to Open at Damascus Theatre Company on February...
First things first: I LOVE A Little Night Music. Seriously. Purists may question that when they see Damascus Theatre Company’s production, opening in February. For this production, I made the decision...
View Article‘A Little Night Music’ at Damascus Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther
A weekend in the country is exactly what you’re in for if you head up to the Damascus Theatre Company’s production of A Little Night Music at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn this month. The Sondheim classic...
View Article‘Cabaret’ at Damascus Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther
Willkommen! Beinvenue! Welcome! Sit back and relax and the Damascus Theatre Company will be your host to Kander and Ebb’s most scandalous musical as they present Cabaret for their spring musical....
View ArticleMount Airy Playhouse Presents A Reading of ’8: The Play’ This Saturday at 2 PM
Mount Airy Playhouse in association with Broadway Impact, presents A reading of 8: The Play by Dustin Lance Black. March 2, 2:00 pm “On election day 2008, Proposition 8 re-wrote the California state...
View Article‘Spamalot’ at Act Two @ Levine’s Pre-Professional Program
When Spamalot director Kevin Kuchar delivered the ubiquitous pre-show curtain speech, he emphasized a focus on process over product that serves as the foundation for the Act Two @ Levine’s...
View Article‘Guys and Dolls’ at McLean Community Players
A guy will do crazy things for the doll that he’s sweet on. Bet, cheat, lie, steal…and give up doing all that stuff too. The McLean Community Players dove headfirst into the riotous situations caused...
View Article‘The Tempest’ at Aldersgate Community Church Theatre
Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Amanda Coffin. For this production, Aldersgate ditches the elaborate sets and costumes in favor of a minimalist...
View ArticleDCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Directors/Musical Directors in a...
Hans Bachmann for La Cage aux Folles at McLean Community Players Musical Director: John Edward Niles ______ Homero Bayarena for Les Misérables at Glyndon Area Players Musical Director: Matt Hartman...
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