Review: THE 39 STEPS at NextStop Theatre Company
by Rachael F. Goldberg - Sep 12, 2023
NextStop Theatre Company’s kickoff to its tin anniversary is delightful, hilarious, and engaging. The joy the cast and crew infuse into the performance is palpable and compelling, creating a shared experience that truly elevates live theater.
NextStop Theatre Announces Revised Fall 2021 Schedule
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2021
Producing Artistic Director Evan Hoffmann has released NextStop Theatre Company's revised schedule of programming for Fall 2021. The new schedule will feature an eclectic array of four new, smaller productions, which have been conceived to better meet and serve the company's two equal objectives of bringing live theatre back to the Dulles Corridor, while simultaneously protecting the health and safety of the community.
BWW Review: NextStop Hits the Mark with ASSASSINS
by Benjamin Tomchik - Oct 25, 2017
Part history lesson, party fantasy, all-around study of when the American dream goes disastrously wrong, NextStop Theatre's aim is ambitious with Assassins and they not only hit the target, they nail the bullseye.
Reston Community Players Opens 50th Season with GYPSY
by BWW
News Desk - Oct 21, 2016
It's known as one of the most classic American musicals of all time. Broadway productions have starred legends ranging from Ethel Merman, Bernadette Peters, and Patti LuPone. While, the motion picture versions were led by Merman and Bette Midler. Now, Gypsy takes the stage at Reston Community Players October 21-November 12 in an exciting opening to the company's 50th season. Loosely based on the memoirs of the famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy focuses on the story of her mother, Rose, called "the ultimate stage mother."
Reston Community Players Opens 50th Season with GYPSY
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2016
It's known as one of the most classic American musicals of all time. Broadway productions have starred legends ranging from Ethel Merman, Bernadette Peters, and Patti LuPone. While, the motion picture versions were led by Merman and Bette Midler. Now, Gypsy takes the stage at Reston Community Players October 21-November 12 in an exciting opening to the company's 50th season. Loosely based on the memoirs of the famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy focuses on the story of her mother, Rose, called "the ultimate stage mother."
BALLOONACY Ignites a Lifelong Love of Live Theatre for Preschoolers
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 17, 2016
'Theatre for the Very Young', a genre of theatre that has been common in Europe and Australia for more than 25 years, is coming to Herndon at NextStop Theatre. In a new production, Balloonacy, adapted for the stage by Barry Kornhauser, kids aged 1 and up become an essential part of telling the story, engaged throughout the show by professional adult actors on stage.
BALLOONACY Ignites a Lifelong Love of Live Theatre for Preschoolers
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 12, 2016
'Theatre for the Very Young', a genre of theatre that has been common in Europe and Australia for more than 25 years, is coming to Herndon at NextStop Theatre. In a new production, Balloonacy, adapted for the stage by Barry Kornhauser, kids aged 1 and up become an essential part of telling the story, engaged throughout the show by professional adult actors on stage.
NextStop Theatre Company to Present CRIMES OF THE HEART, 2/25-3/20
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 28, 2016
NextStop Theatre Company's third professional season continues in February 2016 with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern Gothic tragicomedy, Crimes of the Heart. NextStop's production will open February 25 and run through March 20, 2016.
Photo Flash: First Look at SEUSSICAL at NextStop Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Dec 4, 2015
SEUSSICAL, with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty; based on the works of Dr. Seuss, plays Fridays through Sundays through December 20, 2015 at NextStop Theatre Company, in Herndon, Virginia. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
SEUSSICAL Set for NextStop Theatre Dec 4-20
by Robert Diamond - Nov 7, 2015
NextStop Theatre Company's 2nd annual family holiday production will be Seussical (TYA). Based on the works of Dr. Seuss and brought to the stage by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, this show combines classic Seuss characters and stories into a musical extravaganza!
BWW Reviews: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Presses On at NextStop Theatre
by Keith Tittermary - Jan 13, 2015
Big musicals are a rarity to come by. Shows with huge sets, large casts, and a Hollywood sized orchestra are a thing of the past. But all of these are on display at NextStop Theatre Company's recent production of Gutenberg! The Musical! Well, at least there are on display in the minds of aspiring playwrights, Doug Simon and Bud Davenport.
Kathie Lee Gifford Joins NextStop Theatre's INTO THE WOODS as the Giant's Wife Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2014
NextStop Theatre Company's new production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, running tonight, May 1-June 1, 2014, makes a major announcement for the season-closing production. Directed by NextStop's Artistic Director Evan Hoffmann, the production team is announcing the addition of TODAY Show Co-Host, Kathie Lee Gifford, as the voice of the Giant's Wife. The addition of Ms. Gifford is a significant achievement for the emerging company as they close out their inaugural main stage season.
Kathie Lee Gifford Joins NextStop Theatre's INTO THE WOODS as the Giant's Wife, 5/1
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 15, 2014
NextStop Theatre Company's new production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, running May 1-June 1, 2014, makes a major announcement for the season-closing production. Directed by NextStop's Artistic Director Evan Hoffmann, the production team is announcing the addition of TODAY Show Co-Host, Kathie Lee Gifford, as the voice of the Giant's Wife. The addition of Ms. Gifford is a significant achievement for the emerging company as they close out their inaugural main stage season.