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December 13, 2014 | Staff Writer

Olney Theatre Presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Photos)

UPDATED: The show has been extended through January 11. Olney Theatre Center presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid based on the Disney film now through Dec 28. The play follows the beautiful young mermaid Ariel as she longs to leave her ocean home behind. She has to defy her father King Triton and make a deal with the […]

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May 8, 2014 | Staff Writer

Olney Theatre Presents The Piano Lesson (Photos)

Olney Theatre Center presents The Piano Lesson by playwright August Wilson now through June 1 in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab. The play follows the Charleses, an African-American family living in Pittsburgh in 1936, as they struggle over the sale of a precious family heirloom, literally and figuratively fighting the ghosts of their past. The show […]

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April 8, 2014 | Staff Writer

photo of Olney Theatre Center presents ONCE ON THIS ISLAND starring Shelby Renée Fountain as Little Ti Moune beginning April 9. Photo by Sonie Mathew

Olney Theatre Presents Once on this Island (Video)

Olney Theatre Center presents the musical Once on this Island April 9 through May 4 on the Mainstage. From the Tony Award©-winning creators of Ragtime and Seussical comes this Caribbean-infused family musical of enormous heart and magical wisdom. Once on this Island follows the story’s young heroine, Ti Moune, on her quest to prove love […]

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February 25, 2014 | Staff Writer

photo of Rachael Tice and Thaddeus Fitzpatrick in Olney Theatre's play I and You

Olney Theatre Presents I and You (Videos)

UPDATED: I and You has been extended through March 30. Olney Theatre Center presents I and You Feb. 26 through March 23. The rolling world premiere of the play by playwright Lauren Gunderson is about two teenagers who meet and discover an unexpected connection. Anthony arrives at Caroline’s door with a beat-up copy of Walt […]

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January 29, 2014 | Staff Writer

Olney Theatre Presents How to Succeed in Business (Video)

Update: This show has been extended through March 2. Olney Theatre Center presents How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on the Mainstage from now through Feb. 23. The hilarious Tony-winning Best Musical of 1962 kicks off Olney’s 2014 season. The musical comedy follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who climbs the corporate […]

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