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These are the ShowBizradio reviews of the 2008 shows that were nominated for a WATCH award. We reviewed 34 of the 48 nominated productions. Excellent work all around, and congratulations to the nominees. Get your tickets for the March 1st awards ceremony now, available at The Birchmere box office (in person) or TicketMaster (by phone/web, service charge will apply). The list is in chronologic order.

• The Wild Party, Dominion Stage
• Seascape, Silver Spring Stage
• Enchanted April, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• The Boys Next Door, Montgomery Playhouse
• Hedda Gabler, Elden Street Players
• An Experiment with an Air Pump, Reston Community Players
• The All Night Strut, Prince William Little Theatre
• And Then There Were None, Arlington Players
• The Cripple of Inishmaan, Silver Spring Stage
• Moon Over Buffalo, Providence Players
• Urinetown, Reston Community Players
• The Secret Garden, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• A New Brain, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Kiss Me, Kate, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Hotbed Hotel, Port Tobacco Players
• Sweet Smell of Success, Arlington Players
• The Wiz, St. Mark’s Players
• Barefoot in the Park, Castaways Repertory Theatre
• Meet Me in St. Louis, Tantallon Community Players
• The House of Blue Leaves, Dominion Stage
• Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Silver Spring Stage
• 1776, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Tick, Tick, Boom!, Elden Street Players
• bare, a pop opera, 2nd Flight Productions
• A Little Night Music, St. Mark’s Players
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arlington Players
• Picnic, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Dinner with Friends, Silver Spring Stage
• 110 in the Shade, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Dearly Departed, Aldersgate Church Community Theatre
• The Elephant Man, 2nd Flight Productions
• Rabbit Hole, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Forbidden Broadway, Reston Community Players
• Scrooge, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Shows that received a nomination, but ShowBizRadio was unable to review:

• Bus Stop, Reston Community Players
• The Sound of Music, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Incorruptible, Silver Spring Stage
• Doubt, a Parable, Elden Street Players
• Hauptmann, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• The Rocky Horror Show, Greenbelt Arts Center
• Zanna Don’t, Kensington Arts Theatre
• You Can’t Take it With You, Laurel Mill Playhouse
• All My Sons, Rockville Little Theatre
• The Sound of Music, Rockville Musical Theatre
• The Heidi Chronicles, Foundry Players
• Dracula: The Case of the Silver Scream, Port Tobacco Players
• Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Port Tobacco Players
• Noises Off, Port Tobacco Players