The 23rd Maryland Theatre Festival will take place at the Port Tobacco Players Theater in La Plata, Maryland the weekend of January 18 through the 20th. Eleven productions will be performed by community theaters, kicked off by the Winner of the 2007 Festival Never Swim Alone, performed by Port Tobacco Players. Never Swim Alone also […]
Zina Bleck and Deb Crawford, co-chairs of the 2008 NVTA One Act Festival, announced today the dates of this year’s One Act Festival, as well as important deadlines for groups interested in performing. The festival will be held at the James Lee Center in Falls Church, Virginia, on June 13, 14, 20, 21, with the […]
The Tapestry Theatre Company announced on Saturday on their web site that this year’s season will be their last. They will produce Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years again in February (our review of the February 2007 production is available), and Richard III in May. In their note to the theater community, […]
Listen to our review of the Amercan Century Theater production of Cops [MP3 4:46 2.2MB]; or read the transcript.
The GreenBelt Arts Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and Rooftop Productions in Manassas, Virginia have joined WATCH, the Washington Area Community Theater Honors. There are now 29 local community theatre companies in WATCH, covering a large geographic area from Fauquier, Virginia to Annapolis, Maryland. There are 114 productions planned to be adjudicated in 2008. The WATCH […]
Listen to ShowBizRadio Welcomes 2008 by Looking Back and Forward [MP3 6:29 3MB]; or read the transcript.
We’re back from vacation and traveling. We have a stack of things we’ll be doing to the ShowBizRadio.net web site over the next few days, including a 2007 wrap up podcast, so feel free to contact us if you have any suggestions you’d like to give us about how we can improve the site. And […]
William Strauss, the founder of the Capitol Steps and the Cappies, died on December 18th. The Washington Post has more information at Bill Strauss, 60; Political Insider Who Stepped Over Into Comedy. Bill, thank you for encouraging live theater through the Cappies program. It’s been our pleasure and a privilege to be a small part […]
Listen to our review of Chevy Chase Players’ production of The Memory of Water [MP3 5:13 2.4MB]; or read the transcript.
I was updating our auditions listing and ran across a superb example of how an audition page should be written. The Arlington Players are preparing for auditions for Sweet Smell of Success in January. Their web site has the most complete details for the auditions and page-to-stage process I have ever seen. They include a […]