Rachel Smith News

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's Mainstage raises the curtain on it's 24th Season with the side-splitting satire The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson. Associate Artist Director Gené Fouché directs MET's first production for an in-person audience in their Mainstage space since March 2020. Running September 17 - October 17, audiences are sure to love laughing together at this thought-provoking comedy set during the French Revolution's reign of terror.

After a year of virtual shows, Maryland Ensemble Theatre will close out their 2020-2021 Season of Surprises with a brand new, in-person, outdoor production: Midsummer: A Most Rare Vision. 

Rachel Zatcoff, Antoine L. Smith, Mary Illes, and more will star in Samantha Hahn's comedic play The Right Way, as part of the Jocunda Festival's Virtual Play Reading Series.

More than seven years after audiences said goodbye, the cast of 90210, The CW's spinoff of the iconic drama, is reuniting for an original news special ET PRESENTS... 9021OMG! THE CAST TELLS ALL.

E! is keeping it real with the greenlight of a new limited event series 'For Real: The Story of Reality TV' hosted and executive produced by Andy Cohen and set to air in early 2021.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre has revealed the first production in its 2020-2021 Season Of Surprises: Victory Is Within Our Grasp, a new original work to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Featuring real monologues from the women's suffrage movement, compiled by Suzanne Beal, Julie Herber, and Gené Fouché and directed by Gené Fouché, Victory Is Within Our Grasp will be presented as a virtual 4-part series over the coming month. 

Hugh Jackman recently chatted with Entertainment Tonight's Rachel Smith about his recent Emmy nomination, his life at home during quarantine, and more.

The Endangered Species (theatre) Project presents its second annual Frederick Shakespeare Festival from August 15 to September 7th. The festival features: 'A Comedy of Errors' (Main-Stage), a teen production of Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill (based on the Jane Austin Novel), and staged readings from Shakespeare's famous love scenes.

The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta is temporarily closed due to the current health crisis. However, the theatre is hosting watch parties online on Friday and Saturday nights.

A new survey has found nonprofit arts organizations in Atlanta will collectively lose more than $10,000,000. This data is part of a push for the arts sector to receive additional economic relief.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) Fun Company to perform Giggle, Giggle Quack, a stage adaption from the beloved children's book series written by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewnin. Performances are March 21-April 11. Tickets are $12 each. 

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/16/2020 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

From the writer of Bad Jews comes Admissions, a biting and hilarious look at privilege and power in higher education. Bill and Sherri are publicly progressive in their high-level positions at a New Hampshire boarding school, but those values are challenged when their son's dream of going to an Ivy League school is jeopardized.

The 3 Redneck Tenors will be bringing Broadway to Marietta with 3 Redneck Tenors: Broadway Bound at the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre on January 11-12, 2020. Based out of Dallas, TX, the Tenors have been seen as top 10 finalists on America's Got Talent, on Larry The Cable Guy's Only in America, and live in theaters across the nation.

GFour Productions, producers of MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL and Tony-nominated FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, today announced that their new play MIDDLETOWN will be presented in partnership with The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre in Mariea, Ga., on Feb. 18-23, 2020. The cast will star DIDI CONN, know as Frenchy the beauty school dropout in GREASE; SANDY DUNCAN, known for her portrayal of Peter in PETER PAN; DONNY MOST, known for his role as Ralph Malph in the hit TV show HAPPY DAYS; and ADRIAN ZMED, best known for his starring roles in the BACHELOR PARTY and TV's T.J. HOOKER.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is proud to present Circle Mirror Transformation! A collection of quirky Vermont locals enrolls in Marty's a?oeAdult Creative Dramaa?? class; including James, Marty's apprehensive husband; Theresa, a darling former actress from New York; Lauren, an awkward high school junior and Schultz, a vulnerable and recently divorced carpenter. These once-strangers begin to know each other far more intimately than expected as they traverse along with Marty's seemingly silly theater games and exercises. The group finds itself thrust into real-life love triangles, family troubles, confessions, and unexpected transformations.

The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre will bring it's popular summer Motown revue Jukebox Giants: Motown & More! back to the stage this August 16-25. Tickets are $20-$25 and are on sale now to the general public.

Bravo Media is reviving the Emmy Award-winning gameshow “Cash Cab” from Lion Television, an All3Media company, and bringing back host and comedian Ben Bailey, it was announced today by Rachel Smith, Senior Vice President, Development, Bravo Media. This comes on the heels of Bravo announcing its reboot of the iconic dating series, “Blind Date.” “Cash Cab” begins shooting this summer and will premiere later this year.

The national tour of LITTLE BLACK DRESS, the fearlessly funny ladies' night out musical, will make a stop in Marietta at the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre July 10-14.