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Interview: Sehnaz Dirik Talks BLOOD BROTHERS at Theater UnCorked


by R. Scott Reedy - November 21, 2025

In the past few theater seasons, Sehnaz Dirik has enhanced her reputation for playing strong women....

Arlington Friends Of The Drama to Present TRIUMPH OF LOVE in September


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 28, 2025

Arlington Friends of the Drama will present Triumph of Love (musical), featuring Book by James Magruder; Music by Jeffrey Stock; Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. Learn more! ...

Past Shows

Jane Austen's Emma
Jane Austen's Emma
6/6 - 6/22/2025


Jane Austen’s enduring love story is brought to life as a romantic-comedy musical. The story revolves around Emma, a well-meaning, but disaster-prone matchmaker, who ignores ...

The HUMANS by Stephen Karan, directed by Joe Stallone


The HUMANS tell the story of the quintessential family reunion: a group of people who love each other but still wrestle with basic human fears. ...

Let Nothing You Dismay by Topher Payne


The funniest play you never heard of! Allie and Kevin are adopting a baby, and the birth mother had just gone into labor. They tell ...

The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
9/13 - 9/29/2024


Winner of 5 Tony Awards Winner of 7 Drama Desk Awards This is a fun evening of theater featuring a “musical within a comedy,” a ...

Twelfth Night, A musical Adaptation by Shaina Taub


Twelfth Night tells the story of Viola, a young heroine who washes up on the shores of Illyria, where she disguises herself as a man, is ...

One Slight Hitch
One Slight Hitch
12/1 - 12/10/2023


In this romantic comedy by comedian Lewis Black, Courtney is about to get married in a classic backyard garden wedding. The weather is perfect, the ...

Nunsense
Nunsense
5/5 - 5/21/2023


Arlington Friends of the Drama presents their 100th Anniversary production of  NUNSENSE with music, lyrics, and book by  Dan Goggin . The musical runs for ...

Light Up the Sky
Light Up the Sky
12/2 - 12/11/2022


A fast-paced, hilarious and ultimately loving look inside show business, set just before and immediately after the Boston opening of a Broadway-bound play.  When a ...

Light Up the Sky
Light Up the Sky
12/2 - 12/11/2022


 A fast-paced, hilarious and ultimately loving look inside show business, set just before and immediately after the Boston opening of a Broadway-bound play. Directed by ...

Iolanthe
Iolanthe
9/16 - 10/2/2022


This Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is a satirical romp from the fairies of the forest to the House of Lords while misunderstandings abound, and true ...

Boeing, Boeing
Boeing, Boeing
5/6 - 5/22/2022


Meet Bernard, a man who madly adores all three (yes 3!) of his fiances, each of them a gorgeous airline hostess. Because they are of ...

Grey Gardens
Grey Gardens
3/30 - 4/15/2012


A musical tribute to Jackie O's most unique, eccentric and relcusice relatives, Edith and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale....

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