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
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
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
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
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
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
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’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
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
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
“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
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