Alan Naylor

Creative Cauldron’s Annual holiday cabaret series, produced by Associate Artistic Director, Matt Conner, features performances by veterans of past Cauldron performances and cabarets, and some talented newcomers.

Virginia Woolf was onto something when she wrote her novel “Orlando: A Biography” 95 years ago — a tall tale of aristocracy and adventure for a poet who also happens to change gender. It rings true, too, in its adaptation by Sarah Ruhl, the clever and popular contemporary playwright whose version of the story was one of her earliest commissions in 1998.

Creative Cauldron's always popular Summer Cabaret and Concert series returns with a diverse line up of spectacular musical theater talent and professional bands. The series runs from July 7 through August 26, 2023 with performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm.  A special fundraiser concert for the Pulmonary Heart Association will be held on Saturday, July 29 at 2 pm. General Admission Tickets are available and also Tables for 2 and Tables for 4 that include wine with the purchase. 

Today’s subject Sophia Manicone is currently living her theatre life on Broadway playing Iola Stover in the acclaimed revival of Parade. The show’s limited engagement, which stars Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, runs through August sixth at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The production marks Sophia’s Broadway debut after playing this same role at New York City Center a few months prior.

Creative Cauldron's 2022-23 Season continues with a holiday cabaret series, produced by Matt Conner and featuring some veterans of past Cauldron performances and cabarets, and some talented newcomers.

Creative Cauldron is revving up for our 20th theatrical season with a summer celebrating all things musical theater.

More than 375 business and arts leaders were on hand on Thursday, August 27 for the premiere of the Howard County Arts Council's 23rd Annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County. Presented by Howard Bank, the benefit gala was held virtually due to the COVID-19 public health crisis and netted approximately $70,000. Since 1998, more than $1.6 million has been raised through the Celebration of the Arts!

Creative Cauldron continues the 2020 Summer Cabaret and Concert Series, with the addition of a Virtual Series. Outdoor concerts mandate the wearing of masks, and adherence to social distancing protocols.

Creative Cauldron continues the 2020 Summer Cabaret and Concert Series, with the addition of a Virtual Series. Outdoor concerts mandate the wearing of masks, and adherence to social distancing protocols.

Creative Cauldron continues the 2020 Summer Cabaret and Concert Series, with the addition of a Virtual Series, in an all outdoor format, that mandates the wearing of masks, and adherence to social distancing protocols.

Creative Cauldron continues the 2020 Summer Cabaret and Concert Series, with the addition of a Virtual Series, in an all outdoor format, that mandates the wearing of masks, and adherence to social distancing protocols. 22 performances are scheduled featuring a diverse and talented array of performers and bands. This weekend features Wyn and Leigh Delano, followed by Alison Crockett. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 pm from Friday, July 24 to Saturday September 26, 2020. 

Tickets are still available for Celebration of the Arts in Howard County. The Celebration gala, presented by Howard Bank, provides an annual opportunity for members of Howard County's arts, education, government, and business communities to recognize individuals and businesses that have made meaningful contributions to the arts in Howard County.

Creative Cauldron launches its 2021 Summer Cabaret and Concert Series, one of its most popular seasonal offerings, in an all outdoor format, that mandates the wearing of masks, and adherence to social distancing protocols. 22 performances are scheduled featuring a diverse and talented array of performers and bands. The concert locations will include the Mission Loft Apartments, a new live-work luxury apartment complex near Baileys Crossroads, and the Community Center Tennis Courts in the City of Falls Church. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 pm from Friday, July 24 to Saturday September 26, 2020. 

The Howard County Arts Council has announced Howard County's signature arts event! The Celebration of the Arts in Howard County, presented by Howard Bank, will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD. Mary Ann and Chuck Scully will act as Honorary Chairs for the evening. Joseph Ritsch, Producing Artistic Director for Rep Stage, will serve as Event Emcee.

It was exactly ten years ago I first saw Stephen Temperley's SOUVENIR at Baltimore Center Stage which starred Tony Award winner, Judy Kaye. I could not imagine seeing a better version of it ever. But, I was wrong. The Rep Stage version is just plain spectacular and the two actors who perform here, Grace Bauer and Alan Naylor are just plain marvelous.

Olney Theatre Center continues its record-breaking 81st season with Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors on the Mainstage, running April 10 to May 12, 2019. Jason King Jones, Olney Theatre's Senior Associate Artistic Director and Artistic Director of National Players helms the production. Jones most recently directed Annie. Press is invited to attend the performance on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 pm.

Free Range Humans continues its goal of bringing quality entertainment further north in the DMV area with stellar professional casts for its second season of three intimate musicals, STRIKING 12, I LOVE YOU BECAUSE, and 35MM: A MUSICAL EXHIBITION.

Creative Cauldron's Annual Summer Cabaret and Concert Series will be held on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from July 6th through September 15th at Creative Cauldron, 410 South Maple Avenue. The Summer Cabaret and Concert Series treats audiences to performances by some of the finest musical theatre talent in the Washington, DC-Metro area.

Godspell is one of those shows that is reinvented with each production. There is a timelessness about it that makes it just as applicable today as it did when the first production opened off-Broadway in 1971. NextStop Theatre Company's current production, Godspell is more grounded in our obsession with electronics and social media, then with the overall notion of becoming a community.

NextStop Theatre Company, located near Reston Town Center, opens 'Godspell' on March 1, 2018. Director Lorraine Magee brings a modern twist to the musical, setting the new production in a coffee shop.