Category Archives: Musical

Bill B: Weather, Climate, Let’s Define It at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 26

Bill B: Weather, Climate, Let’s Define It at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 26

Midweek Matinee: Education on Stage
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 10:15 am & 12 noon

ill B: Weather, Climate, Let’s Define It

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: A Billy B show is active learning–and kids all over the country have sung and danced their way to a better understanding of the natural world. In “Weather, Climate, Let’s Define It,” Billy B leads his audience through a song-and-dance exploration of the differences between weather and climate. This show from Artivate will also demonstrate the structure and benefits of the atmosphere and how it all supports the fantastic diversity of plant and animal life on our beautiful planet.

Recommended for grades 2-7. Curriculum Connections: Science Technology, Social Studies, Language Arts.

Tickets: $8/person, $6/groups of 20 or more

Romeo and Juliet, an Urban Love Musical at Charles Flowers High School, Mar 22-Apr 6

Romeo and Juliet, an Urban Love Musical at Charles Flowers High School, Mar 22-Apr 6

Charles Flowers High School Jaguar Players presents:
Romeo and Juliet
An Urban Love Musical
March 22 to April 6, 2019

By William Shakespeare
Director/Producer: Shanelle D. Ingram
Adapted by Akeira Cramer, Shanelle D. Ingram, Rashaud Matthews, Raenetta Robinson and Kierra Snowden
Music Director: Christopher Nichols
Choreographer Angelisa Gillyard and Asia Williams

Friday, March 22, 2019
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Friday, March 29, 2019
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Friday, April 5, 2019
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Start time: 7:00pm.

Location: Charles H. Flowers High School in Springdale.

“Romeo and Juliet: an Urban Love Musical” is an urban adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This modern twist to a classic tale of “love at first sight” is written by proud graduates of Prince George’s County Public Schools: Eleanor Roosevelt High School Graduate, Shanelle Ingram (Producer/Director); and Charles Herbert Flowers Graduates: Akeira Cramer (2011), Rashaud Matthews (2013), Raenetta Robinson (2013), and Kierra Snowden (2011). Asia Williams (2013) joins the production as one of its talented choreographers.

Set in modern-day Washington D.C., the District’s two feuding families—The Capulets & Montagues—have been fighting for decades. Despite the confusion and chaos of their upbringing, Romeo and Juliet find one another and fall deeply in love. However, unlike the original Shakespeare classic, this show doesn’t end in “woe”! Follow the “two star-crossed lovers” and their families and friends on their journey to love, peace, and unity! “Romeo and Juliet: an Urban Love Musical” looks at love and its positive effects on mankind. Laugh and cry at the joy and despairs of young love! Through song, dance and verse, the Jaguar Players are sure to mesmerize young and old audiences alike! Because “there’ll never be” another love like~~~ Romeo and Juliet!

Tickets: $10. VIP preferred seating: $15.

For tickets or more information call 301-636-8000, ext 81180 or email: dramaboosters1@gmail.com

Chesapeake Chorale presents Side by Side with Sondheim, Mar 16-17

Chesapeake Chorale presents Side by Side with Sondheim, Mar 16-17

The Chesapeake Chorale presents “Side by Side with Sondheim”

Saturday, March 16th at 7:30 pm & Sunday, March 17th at 3 pm

Location: Christian Community Presbyterian Church 3120 Belair Drive, Bowie MD 20715.

Description:
The Chorale presents an evening of music by one of the masters of American musical theater. Stephen Sondheim began his career as a protégé of Oscar Hammerstein II and as a lyricist for Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story, Candide), but soon struck out on his own with a breathtaking series of Broadway shows: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Follies, Company, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George. Join us for an enchanting evening of music from this true American genius, with featured selections from his musicals by the Chorale and in solos by members of the Chorale. But you better get your tickets early, because “Another Hundred People Just Got Off of the Train”! And as you head into the performance, keep a look out for beans…“They May Be Magic.”

​Online advance ticket sales will be available for pick up at will call on the selected performance date(s). The purchaser’s photo ID or PayPal receipt will be needed to pick up tickets. (Online sale tickets are not mailed.)

Tickets: Adults $18, Senior/Military $12, Student $5. Get tickets here.

Homeward Bound at the Greenbelt Community Center, Mar 2-9

Homeward Bound at the Greenbelt Community Center, Mar 2-9

The 2019 Greenbelt Winter Youth Musical:
Homeward Bound
Written and directed by Chris Cherry
Music Director: Stephan Brodd
Production Designer: Nicole DeWald

Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7:00pm
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 3:00pm
Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm

Location: Greenbelt Community Center Gymnasium 15 Crescent Rd.

Homeward Bound is a rollicking musical based on The Odyssey by Homer. It tells the parallel stories of history’s most resourceful couple, Odysseus and Penelope. In his quest to return home after the Trojan War, the wily Odysseus surmounts challenges on land, at sea, and in the underworld. Meanwhile, shrewd Penelope must outmaneuver the Ithacan patriarchy to preserve her position, her independence, and her home. In addition to the questing hero and the besieged heroine, this fast-moving story features a runaway prince, scheming suitors, enchantresses, monsters, cannibals, giants, ghosts, a magic veil, a deadly whirlpool, and a shipwreck. Join us and help tell the tale that has enthralled human beings for 2800 years: An epic adventure, a domestic comedy, and an enduring love story.

Tickets: $5; advance sales at 301-397-2208

Be Steadwell: A Letter to My Ex at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 15

Be Steadwell: A Letter to My Ex at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 15

NextLook:
A Letter to My Ex, the musical
Written and Performed by Be Steadwell

Friday, February 15, 2019 at 7:00 PM

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

A Letter to My Ex, the musical. Composer and vocalist Be Steadwell tells stories of love, loss and intimacy with LGBTQ affirming pop music. Following the 2018 release of her album “Queer Love Songs”, Steadwell brings her album to life through theater and performance. A Letter to My Ex is a collage of music, movement and film, narrating one character’s journey through the ups and downs of love.

Be Steadwell is a singer songwriter from Washington DC. With roots in jazz, acapella and folk-Be calls her music QUEER POP. In her live performances, she utilizes looping, vocal layering and beat boxing to compose her songs on stage. Be’s original music features earnest lyricism, and Affirming LGBTQ content.​​

As she pursued her career in music, she began a career in film. Shooting and editing her own music videos, Be combined her love of music with narrative film. Her film Vow of Silence received awards at film festivals around the world, including Black Star, QWOCMAP, and Fringe Fest UK. This year, Issa Rae Featured vow of Silence in her Short Film sundays program. After receiving a BA at Oberlin College, Be completed her MFA in film at Howard University in 2014.

In 2017, Be sang at The Women’s March on the National Mall behind Maxwell and Janelle Monae in Toshi Reagon’s Big Lovely Band. The Astraea Global Arts Fund awarded Be a grant to produce her next album, “Queer Love Songs”. In September, Be had the opportunity to open for Big Freedia at DC’s Honeygroove Festival. The DC Commission in the Arts awarded Be the 2018 Artist Fellowship. Be is currently touring her music internationally.

Tickets: Pay what you wish, $5 to $25. Click here.