THINGS TO DO
dance shows and youth performances. 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8279, silverspringblackbox.com
Round House Theatre presents a six-show season of new plays, modern classics and musicals, including many world and regional premieres. The musical Next to Normal was the most popular show of the 2023-2024 season, and even had an extension to its run due to high demand.
SILVER SPRING STAGE
Silver Spring Stage is a community theater with a mission to present contemporary plays. It produces a season of full-length productions and a one-act festival. The 2023-2024 season included Dance Nation by Clare Barron, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Assassins by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, as well as a holiday production of The Little Mermaid: A Family Pantomime by The British Players.
4545 East West Highway, Bethesda, 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org
SILVER SPRING BLACK BOX THEATRE
The intimate space is home to the Theatre Consortium of Silver Spring, which includes resident companies. The theater hosts everything from magic, improv and standup comedy shows to plays, concerts,
10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-593-6036, ssstage.org
STRATHMORE
The Music Center presents major international folk, blues, pop, R&B, jazz, world and classical music, and show tunes artists. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the National Philharmonic also perform there. In the 2023-2024 season there were 23 sell-out shows and some of the most popular included Sona Jobarteh, David Sedaris, Mandy Patinkin, Caetano Veloso, Nickel Creek and Rhiannon Giddens. 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda
The Mansion, built in 1899, consists of the 100-seat Dorothy M. and Maurice C. Shapiro Music Room, a tearoom, The Shop at Strathmore and art galleries. 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org
The arts are essential. The arts are for all of us. All to create. All to enjoy. All to share. All to cherish.
Montgomery County’s home for world class live music, art, and community.
Luna Negra by Cheryl Mann, Strathmmore photos by Jim Saah and David Stuck
ROUND HOUSE THEATRE
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