Review: AUGUST WILSON’S FENCES AT Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
by Lisa A. Crayton - February 20, 2026
Strike one! Troy Maxson is at bat ready to hit a homerun in the game of life. What could possibly go wrong for the former Negro League baseball player in 1950’s Pittsburgh? Lots!...
Review: DAWN at the Everyman Theatre
by Tina Collins - February 13, 2026
In DAWN, the luminous world premiere by Tuyết Thị Phạm, now on stage at the Everyman Theatre , the ordinary becomes sacred. A kitchen table transforms into an altar. A cup of tea becomes an invocation. Silence stretches into something holy. What unfolds is not simply a story, but a ritual of...
Review: A Realistic and Involving STEREOPHONIC at National Theatre
by Jack L. B. Gohn - February 11, 2026
History will record that in 1976, a rock group named Fleetwood Mac, three men and two women, three Brits and two Americans, congregated with an engineer and staff at a recording studio in Sausalito, north of San Francisco, to begin recording a new album....
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY at The Hippodrome
by Timoth David Copney - February 06, 2026
When F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby danced its way off the page and into the American consciousness, it became one of the defining portraits of the hedonistic, halcyon Roaring Twenties. ...
Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN at Vagabond Players
by Tina Collins - January 14, 2026
This gem of a production is a perfect way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the blockbuster that started it all....
Review: WICKED at The Hippodrome
by Timoth David Copney - December 22, 2025
For the last couple of years or so, theatre nerds everywhere have been besotted with the film version of the hit musical Wicked. After the debut of the first installment, anticipation only grew for Part Two, which dropped this past November. But amid all the brouhaha and ballyhoo over the cinematic ...
Review: DECEIVED at Everyman Theatre
by Tina Collins - December 17, 2025
Christmas is the season for goodwill, warm hearths, and ghosts, real and imagined. Dark days and chill nights conjure tales of things tapping at the window or lingering in the shadows. ...
Past Shows
Once Upon a Christmas Night
Nov 21 – Dec 21, 2025
Once Upon a Christmas Night brings the festive spirit to Way Off Broadway, featuring a blend of classic and contemporary Christmas songs that create a...
Marquee Mysteries
May 1 – Nov 30, 2025
Marquee Mysteries returns for its 15th season, offering audiences a chance to solve interactive murder mysteries aboard the Walkersville Southern Railroad. Launched in 2005, this...
Baskerville - A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Sep 12 – Nov 2, 2025
Baskerville - A Sherlock Holmes Mystery brings a comedic twist to one of literature's most famous detectives. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are on...
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Sep 12 – Nov 2, 2025
Way Off Broadway presents Ken Ludwig's adaptation of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery this fall. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson race against time to...
Company
Sep 12 – Nov 1, 2025
On the night of his 35th birthday, Robert, a confirmed bachelor, reflects on his single lifestyle and the pressures of marriage. Throughout a series of...
Cinderella
Jun 20 – Aug 16, 2025
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella - The Broadway Musical brings the beloved fairy tale to life with a fresh adaptation, following the journey of a mistreated...
A Second Helping
Mar 28 – May 24, 2025
A Second Helping brings back the Church Basement Ladies for a hilarious sequel set in 1969. As the world around them changes with Vietnam War...
The Mousetrap
Jan 17 – Mar 1, 2025
The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie's legendary mystery, will be staged at Way Off Broadway from January 17 to March 1, 2025. Set in a remote country...
Anastasia
Sep 13 – Nov 2, 2024
Way Off Broadway presents the area premiere of Anastasia, a musical that transports audiences from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the excitement of...
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