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 ...

Sharp comedic timing, earnest performances, and vibrant character work come together seamlessly. Bowie Community Theatre’s production of Bernard Slade’s romantic comedy Return Engagements at the Bowie ...

Aimee Dastin's coming-of-age drama captures the psychological cost of chasing a Division 1 dream. Playwright Aimee Dastin knows a thing or two about volleyball. I don’t know Dastin, but after seeing ...

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., ...

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 ...

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 ...

At its best, the play is a tender and beautiful meditation on the ways women inherit family, history, and loss, but emotional momentum stalls in exposition. Maggie Bofill and Francesca Santodomingo in ...

This new musical seems destined to leap from sold-out staged readings to full production. Teenage sloth Archie Mills (Kaeli Patchen), the title character, lives with her father, Pops (Anthony Galace), ...

Congratulations to the class of 2026 as it celebrates the mysteries of love, the pleasures of mischief, and the true nature of folly. From the first moment, we are drawn into a world of wonder. It ...

Every production of The Rocky Horror Show lives or dies by its Frank-N-Furter. Monumental Theatre Company believes it has found the perfect one. DMV favorite Christian Montgomery will lead this summer ...

Rex Daugherty’s personal musical narrative brings to mind the grit and conviction of Bruce Springsteen. Accompanying Daugherty from stage right is Jonathan Feuer on guitar and percussion (here not a ...

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