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The Mobtown Players Holds Auditions for ‘Stage IV’ on 5/27 and 5/29

Posted on May 20, 2013 by admin
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Baltimore’s The Mobtown Players are seeking actors for the world-premiere production of Stage IV, a new play by Madeline Leong, directed by Adam Kunsberg. The show will run July 26th through August 10th Fridays and Saturdays @ 8 pm, and Sunday, … Continue reading →

Film Review: ‘Stories We Tell’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins
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Desperately Seeking Stories . . .  Every family has a story. When you are in the midst of an account, it isn’t really a story at all. Only afterwards, does it become a story when you are telling it to … Continue reading →

DC Area’s Alyson Cambridge on Playing Julie in ‘Show Boat’ and Her Career by Joel Markowitz

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Joel Markowitz
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Alyson Cambridge is appearing as Julie LaVerne in Washington National Opera’s critically acclaimed production of Show Boat. I asked Alyson about playing Julie in Show Boat in Chicago and DC, growing up in the DC area, her vocal training, and roles she would … Continue reading →

58th Annual Drama Desk Awards Winners Announced! Matilda, Pippin & Virginia Woolf Big Winners

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Joel Markowitz
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Winners of the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced tonight from Town Hall, in NYC. The winners are announced in bold. DC area theatergoers were so lucky to see Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Arena  Stage before it arrived on Broadway. And a … Continue reading →

‘The Full Monty’ at Silhouette Stages by Amanda Gunther

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Amanda Gunther
(l to r) Jerry (Dean Allen Davis) Malcolm,(Matthew Acquard), and Dave (Micah Chalmer). Photo by Steven Tyler.

Buffalo men go all the way! First they gave us the Buffalo wing and now they’re giving us the whole thing over at Silhouette Stages with their spring production of The Full Monty, written by Terrence McNally with music and lyrics … Continue reading →

‘Next To Normal’ at Act Two @ Levine by Max Johnson

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Max Johnson
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When approaching an issue as sensitive and pervasive as mental illness, even the most seasoned performers can underplay the massive implications of a disorder or dramatize it to the point where it reads as an offensive caricature. However, the players … Continue reading →

‘Underground Railroad: An Evening with Kathleen Battle’ at Strathmore by Lauren Katz

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Lauren Katz
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Last night, soprano Kathleen Battle performed a concert of spirituals that rang throughout the rafters at The Music Center at Strathmore with the help of pianist Cyrus Chestnut, the Heritage Signature Chorale, and narrator Kweisi Mfume. However, before the concert, Saïs … Continue reading →

‘Shakespeare with a Twist – Revisited’ at The Greenspring Players by Eric Denver

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Eric Denver
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Shakespeare’s famous quote – “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” certainly rings true to the Greenspring Players. Within the Greenspring Retirement Community the twice-a-year theatrics have been ongoing for 19 productions. On May 15th, … Continue reading →

The Lunch and Judy Show: ‘M Is For the Many Things She Gave Me’ by Judy Stadt

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Judy Stadt
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I am the host and creator and writer and editor of The Lunch and Judy Show. For six years DCMTA’s Joel Markowitz  and I have been schmoozing about theatre in DC, Philly, and NYC and other things…like what was happening … Continue reading →

‘DC Shorts Laughs’ by Erica Laxson

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Erica Laxson
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Last night and for just two more shows tonight, the hilarious DC Shorts Laughs is being held in the stunning US Navy Memorial Heritage Center. This short film comedy extravaganza features a side splitting collection of the funniest DC Shorts … Continue reading →

‘Club de Caballeros (Rotas de Amor)’ at Teatro de la Luna by Andrew L. Baughman

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Andrew L. Baughman
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“There is nothing more ridiculous than a man in love.” That is the basic premise of Argentine playwright Rafael Bruza’s alternately absurd and poignant Club de Caballeros (Rotas de Amor) at Teatro de la Luna. Like most subjects in comedy, … Continue reading →

‘Rigoletto’ at The Lyric Opera by Amanda Gunther

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Amanda Gunther
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The tragic beauty of one of Giuseppe Verdi’s finest opera takes the stage to conclude the 2012/2013 opera season at The Lyric Opera Baltimore. Celebrating Verdi’s bicentennial birthday it seems most fitting that Verdi’s finest tragedy, Rigoletto, be the production … Continue reading →

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