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Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at Olney Theatre Center

Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at Olney Theatre Center

by Jake Bridges · September 25, 2026

What did our critic think of SOME LIKE IT HOT at Olney Theatre Center? Traditionally, I would start with some kind of introduction that would quickly preview Olney Theatre Center’s regional premiere of SOME LIKE IT HOT. I’d like to do something different and start by pulling focus to the fact th…

Review: THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING at NextStop Theatre

Review: THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING at NextStop Theatre

by Pamela Roberts · September 21, 2026

The Second Best School Shooting at NextStop Theatre asks a brutal question: what happens to grief when the next tragedy comes along and steals the focus? The show is riveting, thought-provoking and not to be missed.…

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ford's Theatre

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ford's Theatre

by Aidan O'Connor · September 18, 2026

Come From Away at Ford’s Theatre recounts one such echo on that fateful day in Newfoundland, Canada – the northeast tip of North America. Digging into a vast array of individual stories from the day, this production is equal parts moving, humanizing, and at times even humorous.…

Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Round House Theatre

Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Round House Theatre

by Roger Catlin · September 17, 2026

Amid August Wilson’s ambitious and towering 10-play American Century Cycle, each one representing a different decade in the Black experience, “Ma Rainey’s Black Botton,” set in 1920s blues recording studio, is perhaps most dynamic.…

Review: VENUS at Woolly Mammoth

Review: VENUS at Woolly Mammoth

by Morgan Musselman · September 16, 2026

Written by Steve Yockey (HBO’s The Flight Attendant and Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives) and directed by Reggie D. White, Woolly Mammoth's new Artistic Director, VENUS is wonderfully of the moment, full of all our modern anxieties, peculiarities, and humor, but at its core are timeless questions a…

Review: SOMETHING WONDERFUL: BROADWAY'S LEADING LADIES at Signature Theatre

Review: SOMETHING WONDERFUL: BROADWAY'S LEADING LADIES at Signature Theatre

by Elliot Lanes · September 15, 2026

Cabarets are always a bit of a crap shoot depending on the performer’s theme and choice of material. Signature Theatre’s current cabaret offering is a prime example of what happens when the performer and the material are in perfect sync. Take the immeasurable talents of Tracy Lynn Olivera, add a…

Review: A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY at The Keegan Theatre

Review: A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY at The Keegan Theatre

by Roger Catlin · September 13, 2026

Besides the massive geopolitics of it all, the terror attacks also jolted individual emotions , almost to a person. We dealt as a nation with loss, felt empathy, a degree of hopelessness and a welling of national pride and determination as a way to endure and persevere.…

Past Shows

24 total · showing 21–24

MAMMA MIA

MAMMA MIA

Jan 10 – Mar 4, 2018

The Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, Virginia is excited to be the first regional theater in the metropolitan area to present Mamma Mia, starring Betsy Padamonsky as Donna Sheridan. Located at 95 Riverside Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA, performances...

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Oklahoma

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Oklahoma

May 14 – Jul 10, 2016

RIVERSIDE CENTER THEATER ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Oklahoma Producing Artistic Director: Patrick A’Hearn (The Music of ALW - Production Runs May 14, 2016 – July 10, 2016) (Oklahoma – Production Runs July 20, 2016 – September 18, 2016...

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

Mar 19 – May 8, 2016

My Fair Lady (March 19 – May 8, 2016), the musical version of George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, tells the familiar story of Eliza Doolittle, a Covent Garden flower peddler who agrees to take speech lessons from self-absorbed phonetician Henry Higgins in order to fulfill her...

MAME

MAME

Nov 15 – Jan 17, 2016

Mame is a celebrated Broadway musical “classic” that revolves around the hilarious antics of Mame Dennis, a fun-loving, wealthy eccentric with a razor sharp wit and a flair for living life to the fullest. However, that care-free life changes unexpectedly when she becomes the...

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