This dark comedy about funeral rites is an experience of mourning, grief, and laughter through tears. With a 70-minute runtime, Yamauchi, with direction by Jane Morris, needs no extras as she commands ...

The movie has everything a fan could want. But are professionally filmed stage musicals the future we need? This year, we are treated to another theatrical release of an award-winning stage production ...

The ensemble was full of talent, and Cody Boehm’s direction allowed this classic work to cast a poignant reflection on our own era. The production is a perfect pick to run during this ...

Fans of Upper Room Theatre Ministry know that it’s a powerhouse regional theater located in Manassas, Virginia. The production team and casts are consistently outstanding. And this year, the theater ...

A reading of a new play explores what it means to be Black and a woman in the entertainment industry. Yet ironically, while Amherst attempts to reject the stereotypes imposed on Black people (e.g., ...

It’s always exciting to get a glimpse of the future, even if that glimpse is somewhat murky — as it decidedly is for the character Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Scottish play. Happily, that is not the case ...

The staged reading offered poignant and engaging theater, and impressive performances showcased the play’s enormous potential. The two-act staged reading (sans set) asked us to visualize a concrete ...

New partnership with Live Arts Maryland expands performance experience. Compass Rose Theater, a critically acclaimed professional theater and educational nonprofit in Annapolis, unveiled its 2026/27 ...

As former Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif exits, starkly different perspectives emerge on what brought instability to DC’s premier regional theater. The night before, a local theater blogger who ...

A gaggle of gagsters was on hand to honor the winner of the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. “Man waits not for time or tide,” Mark Twain once observed. Men and women do, however, ...

Round House to present 50 free theatrical experiences throughout its 50th season, including staged readings, master classes, backstage tours, and more. To mark its 50th anniversary, Round House ...

The world-premiere musical transforms a catalog of chart-toppers into a moving story of sisterhood, grief, and resilience. Three women lie motionless onstage, each isolated in her own pool of light as ...