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Ethan Watermeier & Rachel Stern to Star in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Olney Theatre Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 05, 2023

Discover Olney Theatre Center's production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' with a fresh global perspective. This timeless musical explores themes of rising anti-Semitism, Russian aggression, refugee crises, and women's struggles against patriarchal authority. Don't miss this captivating show running from N...

Olney Theatre Center To Announce Extension Of KINKY BOOTS At Tonight's First Preview Performance


by A.A. Cristi - February 10, 2023

Olney Theatre Center is extending the run of KINKY BOOTS (music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, book by Harvey Fierstein, directed by Jason Loewith) for one week of additional performances. The new closing date is March 26, 2023....

Madhuri Shekar's A NICE INDIAN BOY to Have Regional Premiere at Olney Theatre Center in March


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2023

A Nice Indian Boy by Madhuri Shekar and directed by Zi Alikhan will have its regional premiere in Olney Theatre Center’s Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab in a production featuring the work of one of the fastest rising and prolific American playwrights working....

Olney Theatre Center's Remount of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to Open in November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 17, 2022

Olney Theatre Center’s remount of its 2021 hit Disney’s Beauty and the Beast runs November 9, 2022 - January 1, 2023, on the Mainstage. Jade Jones and Evan Ruggiero, who attracted national attention last year for their stereotype-busting performances in the lead roles, also return to star as Belle a...

Olney Theatre Center To Receive $11 Million Grant From The State Of Maryland To Continue Campus Improvements


by Stephi Wild - April 14, 2022

Olney Theatre Center will receive an $11 million grant from the State of Maryland for its “Staging the Future” capital campaign which will bring major renovations and enhancements to the official “State Summer Theatre of Maryland.”...

Olney Theatre Launches New Community Partner Program With Sandy Spring Slave Museum


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 04, 2022

Olney Theatre Center announced a series of events as part of its new “Community Partners” program, planned in conjunction with its first partner, The Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery....

Past Shows

A.D. 16
2/4 - 3/6/2022


Friday, MARCH 26 at 8:00 pm MARCH comes in like a lion, but we're escorting it out with a springtime extravaganza....


Friday, FEBRUARY 12 at 8:00 pm Grab your sweetie and settle in for an evening of romance, passionate ballads, and the folly of love....


Friday, JANUARY 15 at 8:00 pm On the birthday of Martin Luther King, the episode celebrates the pursuit of justice and its special home in ...


Friday, DECEMBER 18 at 8:00 pm No one does the holidays better than Olney Theatre, so it's natural that they are the focus of the ...


very Monday gives a "Signal Boost" to some of our favorite musical acts in the DMV and beyond. These online events are free, viewable on ...

Oil
2/27 - 3/31/2019


Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab: Ella Hickson; dir: Tracy Brigden....

Once
2/6 - 3/10/2019


Mainstage: book: Enda Walsh; lyrics: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová; music: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová; dir: Marcia Milgrom Dodge....

Elf
11/9 - 1/6/2019


book: Bob Martin, Thomas Meehan; lyrics: Chad Beguelin; music: Matthew Sklar; dir: Michael Bobbitt....

Labour of Love
9/26 - 10/28/2018


James Graham; dir: Leora Morris. American Premiere...

South Pacific
8/31 - 10/7/2018


book: Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan; lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; music: Richard Rodgers; dir: Alan Muraoka....

H.M.S. Pinafore
7/11 - 8/19/2018


Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab: adapt: Sean Graney, Matt Kahler, Andra Velis Simon; book: W.S. Gilbert; music: Arthur Sullivan; dir: Sean Graney....

On The Town
6/20 - 7/22/2018


Mainstage: book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green; lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green; music: Leonard Bernstein; dir: Jason Loewith....

Every Brilliant Thing
2/28 - 3/25/2018


You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make ...

Aubergine
2/7 - 3/4/2018


Julia Cho; dir: Vincent Lancisi. Mainstage:...

Our Town
10/4 - 11/12/2017


Day in and day out, Grover's Corners is Any Town, USA. The paper is delivered, the milkman visits, time passes and life continues. Only when ...

In The Heights
9/6 - 10/8/2017


book: Quiara Alegría Hudes; lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda; music: Lin-Manuel Miranda; dir: Marcos Santana....

Thurgood
7/19 - 8/20/2017


George Stevens, Jr.; dir: Walter Dallas....

My Fair Lady
6/21 - 7/25/2017


book: Alan Jay Lerner; lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner; music: Frederick Loewe; dir: Alan Souza....

Topdog/Underdog
5/17 - 6/11/2017


This electrifying drama about the gritty lives of two street-savvy hustlers resonated through the theatre world. The New York Times led the way, calling it ...

The Magic Play
4/12 - 5/7/2017


Andrew Hinderaker; dir: Halena Kays. World Premiere...


adapt: Meg Miroshnik; dir: Eleanor Holdridge. Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab:...


book: Hugh Wheeler; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim; music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Jason Loewith. Mainstage:...

Mary Poppins
11/2 - 1/1/2017


adapt: Cameron Mackintosh; book: Julian Fellowes; music: Anthony Drewe, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles; dir: Jason King Jones....

Mary Poppins
11/2 - 1/1/2017


adapt: Cameron Mackintosh; book: Julian Fellowes; music: Anthony Drewe, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles; dir: Jason King Jones....


Andrew Living Arts Studio presents Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches. For tickets and more information, visit the website....


Andrew Living Arts Studio presents Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches. For tickets and more information, visit the website....


Tony Kushner; dir: Jason Loewith, Ryan Rilette....


Tony Kushner; dir: Jason Loewith, Ryan Rilette....

The Diary of Anne Frank
9/14 - 10/23/2016


adapt: Wendy Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; dir: Derek Goldman....

The Diary of Anne Frank
9/14 - 10/23/2016


adapt: Wendy Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; dir: Derek Goldman....

The Mikado
7/14 - 8/21/2016


book: W.S. Gilbert; music: Arthur Sullivan; dir: Sean Graney....

The Mikado
7/14 - 8/21/2016


book: W.S. Gilbert; music: Arthur Sullivan; dir: Sean Graney....

The Pirates of Penzance
7/14 - 8/21/2016


book: W. S. Gilbert; music: Arthur Sullivan; dir: Sean Graney....

The Pirates of Penzance
7/14 - 8/21/2016


No Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera boasts as many walk-away tunes as The Pirates of Penzance, the only collaboration of the pair to premiere on ...

Evita
6/23 - 7/24/2016


lyrics: Tim Rice; music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; dir: Will Davis....

Bakersfield Mist
5/12 - 6/12/2016


Stephen Sachs; dir: John Vreeke....

Dial 'M' for Murder
4/6 - 5/1/2016


Frederick Knott; dir: Jason King Jones....

Marjorie Prime
3/10 - 4/10/2016


It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to ...


Moisés Kaufman; dir: Moisés Kaufman....

Guys and Dolls
11/11 - 12/27/2015


Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. It received ...

Bad Dog
9/30 - 10/25/2015


After ten years of sobriety, Molly Drexler tumbles off “the wagon” by driving her Prius through her house. Her family tries to cope with her ...

Hay Fever
9/2 - 9/27/2015


No...

The Producers
6/24 - 7/26/2015


The Producers is a hilarious musical creation of Mel Brooks, a comedic mastermind. Brooks wears multiple hats for this production, acting as composer, lyricist, and ...


Colossal Andrew Hinderaker; dir: Will Davis....

Historic Stage:
8/27 - 8/31/2014


As You Like It William Shakespeare....

The Root Family Stage:
7/17 - 8/4/2014


The Tempest William Shakespeare; dir: Jason King Jones....

Mainstage:
6/11 - 7/6/2014


Avenue Q Jeff Whitty; lyrics: Robert Lopez; music: Robert Lopez....

Once On This Island
4/9 - 5/4/2014


Once On This Island is a captivating musical based on the novel "My Love, My Love" and a vibrant reimagining of the Hans Christian Andersen ...

I And You
2/26 - 3/23/2014


On the night before a class assignment is due, Caroline and Anthony plumb the mysteries of a Whitman poem…unaware that a deeper mystery has brought ...


Mainstage: Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert, Jack Weinstock; lyrics: Frank Loesser; music: Frank Loesser; dir: Jason Loewith....

The King And I
11/14 - 12/29/2013


Mainstage: Oscar Hammerstein II; lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; music: Richard Rodgers; dir: Mark Waldrop....

Rancho Mirage
9/26 - 10/20/2013


Curious Theatre Company: Steven Dietz; dir: Christopher Leo....

Tartuffe
Tartuffe
9/26 - 10/20/2013


trans: Richard Wilbur....

Hamlet
Hamlet
9/5 - 10/13/2013


William Shakespeare; dir: Eric Tucker....

Saint Joan
Saint Joan
9/5 - 10/13/2013


At long last Bernard Shaw's masterpiece telling the extraordinary tale of Joan of Arc comes to the Genesian Stage in celebration of 600 years since ...

A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line
8/1 - 9/1/2013


James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante; lyrics: Edward Kleban; music: Marvin Hamlisch; dir: Stephen Nachamie....

Angel Street
6/20 - 7/14/2013


Historic Stage: - Patrick Hamilton; dir: John Going....

The Submission
5/9 - 6/9/2013


Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab: - Jeff Talbott....


Mainstage: - Tim Firth; dir: Jason King Jones....

Spring Awakening
2/7 - 3/10/2013


Mainstage: - lyrics: Steven Sater; music: Duncan Sheik....

Cinderella
11/14 - 1/6/2013

The Royal Family
9/26 - 10/21/2012


Edna Ferber, George S. Kaufman; dir: Rachel Chavkin. McGuire Proscenium:...

Little Shop of Horrors
8/1 - 8/26/2012


A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon ...

Sleuth
6/13 - 7/8/2012


Sleuth has all the ingredients of a top-class thriller - a plot whose twists and turns are breathtakingly audacious and fiendishly cunning; suspense and excitement ...

The 39 Steps
4/18 - 5/13/2012


This play tells the story of the Peanuts gang. Lucy is infatuated with Schroeder. Linus loves his blanket. Snoopy lives in his imagination. Charlie Brown ...

The Sound of Music
11/16 - 1/1/2012

Witness for the Prosecution
9/28 - 10/23/2011


The Ballet Theatre of Maryland presents The Sleeping Beauty in Baltimore The Ballet Theatre of Maryland presents The Sleeping Beauty
Maryland Hall (4/26 - 4/27) Tracker
Sideways in Baltimore Sideways
The Cumberland Theatre (6/6 - 6/23)
The Wedding Singer in Baltimore The Wedding Singer
Artistic Synergy of Baltimore (5/3 - 5/12)
The Wizard of Oz in Baltimore The Wizard of Oz
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (5/22 - 7/14)
Love/Sick in Baltimore Love/Sick
Spotlighters Theatre (5/24 - 6/9)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in Baltimore The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Colonial Players of Annapolis (4/26 - 5/18)
Jesus Christ Superstar in Baltimore Jesus Christ Superstar
The Cumberland Theatre (5/2 - 5/19)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in Baltimore Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (9/18 - 11/10)
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