As the ancient world witnessed the birth of democracy 500 or so years before the common era, the prolific Athenian playwright Sophokles was penning the first written dramas. That these two touchstones ...

Mark Twain is credited with giving writers the sound advice to “Write what you know,” and that’s what librettist, composer, and lyricist Michael Levin does with his musical Sober Songs, now playing a ...

The company comes through with an impeccable cast and smart tech. Few theater-makers mess with their creation’s free will quite like Stephen Sondheim. His 1987 musical, Into the Woods, is a ...

‘Mary Shelley’s Monsters’ opens September 18 in the historic chapel at Washington, DC’s Congressional Cemetery. Jon Beal as the Creature, Katrina Clark as Mary Shelley, and JC Payne as Victor ...

Visionaries of the Creative Arts revives its poignant Gallaudet production at Atlas. A remarkable revival of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry’s classic about a Southside Chicago Black family, ...

The searing story of a young Jewish man and a mixed-race woman whose relationship is ruptured by antisemitism and racial bias. British playwright Stephen Laughton plumbs the relentless drip of ancient ...

Seeing these nine student performers interpret the art form of puppetry is delightfully entertaining. UMBC Department of Theatre presents its final theatrical presentation of 2023, Stories Told Small.

This fun musical about inclusivity resonates today just as when it premiered on Broadway in 2018. Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre (MCSDT) has put on another entertaining production for its ...

The powerful influence of African American music evoked in story, memory, and dream. Summoning a galaxy of African American recording stars, this poignant one-act sometimes seems like a sublime dream ...

The festival will explore critical issues of our time through 34 performances encompassing story (theater), movement (dance), and sound (music). Returning to the festival in story is Vincent Stovall ...

Ten-day festival promises joyous reunion for Baltimore's artistic community after pandemic hiatus. Just as reunions bring friends from the past together to relive cherished memories, the 2023 Charm ...

The Spanish-language theater launches its 50th season with a classic of Latin American literature. Two prisoners — one a revolutionary, the other a queer idealist — are forced to share a cell while ...