A Theatre Lover's Guide to DC/Capital Area Theatres - October 2011 Offerings

October is packed with over 50 local productions opening on DC area stages. In fact, after the month is over, the writers of Maryland Theatre Guide, where I am the Editor and a columnist, will have reviewed over 80 shows, concerts and cabarets. (more...)

BWW Reviews: THE BOY DETECTIVE FAILS and THE HOLLOW at the Signature Theatre

Two Word Premiere Musicals in Rotating Repertory (more...)

Natascia Diaz, Dan Cooney Lead Musically Human Theatre Project's Nevermore

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) has announced casting for the concert staging of 'Nevermore,' a new musical with music by Matt Conner ('The Hollow', 'Partial Eclipse'), book by Grace Barnes and lyrics adapted from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. (more...)

F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Co Presents SPRING AWAKENING 11/4

On FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 the F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company will present their Eleventh Anniversary Season's inaugural production of 'SPRING AWAKENING. ' (more...)

Signature Theatre Hosts The Hunt, Opens 8/23

Do you know your haunted city? Washington is a ghostly town, famous for its many hidden treasures and mystifying secrets that lie concealed beneath the pavement and throughout its historic monuments. (more...)

Renaissance Theaterworks Presents GORGONS 10/14-11/6

Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) opens its 2011-12 mainstage season with GORGONS by Don Nigro. Drew Brhel will make his Renaissance directing debut with this play featuring Marcella Kearns and RTW Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director Jennifer Rupp. (more...)

Musically Human Theatre Productions Introduces New Company

Producing Artistic Director David Norwood announces the formation of Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP), a new company devoted to introducing and nurturing the composers and writers who bring contemporary societal problems to the forefront, while evolving the art of musical theatre. (more...)

F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Co Presents SPRING AWAKENING 11/4

On FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 the F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company will present their Eleventh Anniversary Season's inaugural production of 'SPRING AWAKENING. ' (more...)

A Theatre Lover's Guide to DC/Capital Area Theatres - August 2011 Offerings

Thank God for air-conditioning in our DC/MD/VA area theatres! In August it will be sizzling in our local theatres. Signature Theatre has its 'Sizzlin' Summer Cabaret' series with visits from Broadway favorites Marc Kudisch and Julia Murney, and Signature favorites Erin Driscoll, Sandy Bainum, and Lauren Williams. The talk of the town is Cate Blanchett visiting The Eisenhower Theatre at The Kennedy Center, where a hundred yards away Wicked is playing to SRO audiences (what else is new?). (more...)

STAGE TUBE: First Look at Hunter Foster's THE HOLLOW

Signature Theatre's 22nd season kicks off by making musical theatre history with its American Musical Voices Project: Next Generation 'World Premiere Repertory Series' - the first time in the history of the American theatre that two world premiere musicals will be presented in rotating repertory, in full production. The eight-week series, beginning previews on August 23rd, will produce The Hollow (book by Hunter Foster; music and lyrics by Matt Conner), to be directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner. Check out the just-released trailer for the show by clicking below! (more...)

Works by Hunter Foster, Adam Gwon, et al. Featured in Signature's 2011-12 Season!

Signature Theatre's 22nd season kicks off by making musical theatre history with its American Musical Voices Project: Next Generation 'World Premiere Repertory Series' - the first time in the history of the American theatre that two world premiere musicals will be presented in rotating repertory, in full production. The eight-week series, beginning previews on August 23rd, will produce The Hollow (book by Hunter Foster; music and lyrics by Matt Conner), to be directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner; and The Boy Detective Fails (book by Joe Meno; music and lyrics by Adam Gwon), directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Associate Joe Calarco. Both musicals have been commissioned by Signature Theatre as part of its groundbreaking American Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation. (more...)

Libra Theatre Company Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary with MIDSUMMER MUSICALS, 8/11

Libra Theater Company presents MIDSUMMER MUSICALS, a concert reading of four short musicals by Joshua H. Cohen, Sophia Chapadjiev, Mat Eisenstein, Mark T. Evans, Allison Leyton-Brown, Sara Nicholson, and Sunny Dahlia Turner. MIDSUMMER MUSICALS is directed by MK Lawson and Jeff Raab, with music directed by Shannon Collins. MIDSUMMER MUSICALS opens Thursday, August 11th, at 8:30 pm at The Underground. Doors open at 8:00 pm. (more...)

Signature Theatre Hosts The Hunt, Opens 8/23

Do you know your haunted city? Washington is a ghostly town, famous for its many hidden treasures and mystifying secrets that lie concealed beneath the pavement and throughout its historic monuments. (more...)

Renaissance Theaterworks Presents GORGONS 10/14-11/6

Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) opens its 2011-12 mainstage season with GORGONS by Don Nigro. Drew Brhel will make his Renaissance directing debut with this play featuring Marcella Kearns and RTW Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director Jennifer Rupp. (more...)

Signature Theatre Hosts The Hunt, Opens 8/23

Do you know your haunted city? Washington is a ghostly town, famous for its many hidden treasures and mystifying secrets that lie concealed beneath the pavement and throughout its historic monuments. (more...)

Signature Theatre Offers $5.90 Earthquake Ticket Special!

To commemorate the 5.9 scale earthquake that has VA/DC in a bit of an uproar today, Signature Theatre is offering $5.90 tickets for performances of The Hollow tonight and tomorrow night - and The Boy Detective Fails on Thursday night. Both world premiere musicals begin their preview performances tonight! (more...)

Libra Theatre Company Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary with MIDSUMMER MUSICALS, 8/11

Libra Theater Company presents MIDSUMMER MUSICALS, a concert reading of four short musicals by Joshua H. Cohen, Sophia Chapadjiev, Mat Eisenstein, Mark T. Evans, Allison Leyton-Brown, Sara Nicholson, and Sunny Dahlia Turner. MIDSUMMER MUSICALS is directed by MK Lawson and Jeff Raab, with music directed by Shannon Collins. MIDSUMMER MUSICALS opens Thursday, August 11th, at 8:30 pm at The Underground. Doors open at 8:00 pm. (more...)

The F.U.D.G.E. Theater Co Presents THE GLORIOUS ONES April 29- May 7

FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT aka The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. Founder, President & Artistic Director, Joe DeMita proudly presents BROADWAY'S HILARIOUS BEST "THE GLORIOUS ONES" from APRIL 29 - MAY 7 at The Arsenal Center for the Arts (more...)

The F.U.D.G.E. Theater Co Presents THE GLORIOUS ONES April 29- May 7

FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT aka The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. Founder, President & Artistic Director, Joe DeMita proudly presents BROADWAY'S HILARIOUS BEST "THE GLORIOUS ONES" from APRIL 29 - MAY 7 at The Arsenal Center for the Arts (more...)

The F.U.D.G.E. Theater Co Presents THE GLORIOUS ONES April 29- May 7

FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT aka The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. Founder, President & Artistic Director, Joe DeMita proudly presents BROADWAY'S HILARIOUS BEST "THE GLORIOUS ONES" from APRIL 29 - MAY 7 at The Arsenal Center for the Arts (more...)

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