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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

“Failure: A Love Story” at The Hub Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Failure is defined as the state of not functioning and the lack of success.  For most “success” stories, failure is a part of the journey.  Although unsatisfactory results are tough to…

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Filmfest DC 2014-A Preview by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Filmfest DC 2014 might be the last year for the festival, according to Tony Gittens, Filmfest DC Founder and Festival Director. This year marks 28 years of curated great international films …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:32AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

‘Two Trains Running’ at Round House Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

“There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death.” – August Wilson Change is in the air. It’s 1969, a pivotal year of change and a turning point in…

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

World Stages: International Theater Festival – The Five Star Weekend Wrap in Review: ‘Fallujah’ and ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ at The Ke by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival took center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presentin…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:22AM
Monday, March 31, 2014

World Stages: International Theater Festival-‘Les Souffleurs Commandos Poetiques’ at the Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival took the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries prese…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:05AM
Sunday, March 30, 2014

World Stages: International Theatre Festival ‘Solomon and Marion’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries pres…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49PM

World Stages: International Theatre Festival- The National Theatre of China’s ‘Green Snake’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries pres…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:59PM
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

World Stages: International Theater Festival: Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble: ‘Not by Bread Alone’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries pres…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:56PM
Sunday, March 23, 2014

World Stages: International Theater Festival -’Penny Plain’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenti…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49PM

World Stages: International Theatre Festival- ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries pres…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:10AM
Monday, March 17, 2014

World Stages: International Theatre Festival- ‘Harmsaga’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries pres…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:42AM
Sunday, March 16, 2014

World Stages: International Theatre Festival – ‘Incendios’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries pres…

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

World Stages: International Theatre Festival – ‘Rupert’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at the Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:42PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

World Stages: International Theatre Festival -’The Suit’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries …

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Friday, January 31, 2014

Film Review: ‘Gloria’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

What is it about the name ‘Gloria’ that inspires songs and films written about tough minded, independent woman making their own way in an imperfect world? One can’t help but think of …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:39PM
Monday, January 20, 2014

The Playwright’s Playground: Part II: ‘Creative Consciousness: An Interview with – Anu Yadav’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Female theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of those involved in the theatre, yet the number of female playwrights being produced is dramatically lower. Welcome back to the conversat…

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Friday, January 17, 2014

The Playwright’s Playground: Part 1: ‘Meena’s Dream – Process and Performance: An Interview with – Anu Yadev’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Female theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of those involved in the theatre, yet the number of female playwrights being produced is dramatically lower. Welcome back to the conversat…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:11PM
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

‘Tribes’ at The Studio Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Every word we speak – whether verbally or by signing – can be a brick to build or a bulldozer to destroy. You don’t have to have the ability to hear . . . to want to be heard. …

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

‘Bettye LaVette’ in Concert at The Howard Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

If nothing else, Bettye LaVette is a survivor. She is a survivor, and a living testament of what God-given talent, determination, and a strong will of staying true to oneself can be in the h…

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Playwright’s Playground: Part 2 – ‘Process, Autobiography, and Responsibility: An Interview with Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Suzan-Lori Parks’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Female theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of those involved in the theatre, yet the number of female playwrights being produced is dramatically lower. Welcome back to the conversat…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49AM

The Playwright’s Playground: Part I: ‘Adapting Porgy and Bess: An Interview with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Suzan-Lori Parks’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawki by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Female theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of those involved in the theatre, yet the number of female playwrights being produced is dramatically lower. Welcome back to the conversat…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33AM
Friday, December 27, 2013

‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ at National Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

There are many ways of presenting blackness on stage and defining blackness, and the theater remains a venue in which to challenge, question, and probe. Yet, before The Gershwins’ Porgy an…

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Alice Smith in Concert at The Howard Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Lovely & Amazing SHE. She is Alice Smith. She is also the title of Alice Smith’s sophomore, March 2013 CD release. This was a project that Smith initiated through crowd funding (and fi…

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

‘The Apple Family Plays: That Hopey Changey Thing’ at The Studio Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Heartily consumed, easily digested and readily recommended, The Apple Family Plays at Studio Theatre present an engrossing slice of family life populated by challenging, complex, ordinary pe…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:24AM
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

‘Mies Julie’ at The Shakespeare Theater Company by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Flames blaze in the name of truth, liberty, and land! Where there is repentance, there is hope. Without it, there is only despair. The renowned Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) by August Strindber…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:02AM
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

‘The Iceman Cometh’ at Quotidian Theatre Company by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Everything will be better tomorrow. It isn’t often that man attains the true goal of their heart’s desire. What lies do you tell yourself to make it through…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:44AM
Friday, October 11, 2013

Why Tonight You Must See the Final Performance of Scena Theatre’s ‘The Marriage of Maria Braun’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

From Fassbinder to Scena Theatre: ‘The Marriage of Maria Braun  Survival, security, and success – What would you do to fulfill your life’s ambition?  For Maria Braun, the heroine…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:55AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

‘The Two-Character Play’ at Spooky Action Theater by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Who doesn’t love a play about the theater? A play-within-a-play, a set-within-a-set, and the juxtaposition of identity and personality between two characters are the primary set up for Ten…

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Film Review: ‘Herb & Dorothy 50X50′ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

LIFE AS ART Millions of art-lovers worldwide were moved by the award-winning film, Herb & Dorothy (2008), the fascinating documentary on art collecting and the personal lives of Herbert…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:58PM
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Hall and Oates at Warner Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

A few years ago I saw Hall & Oates at Warner Theatre and while the details of that evening have faded, the emotion and fond memories of the night have not. Full of energy, great sound, a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:51PM
Friday, September 27, 2013

Final Weekend for 2013 DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenplay Competition by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The art of short films and screening short cinema has been perfected by the DC Shorts Film Festival and Festival Founder and Director Jon Gann. For the past ten years hundreds of filmmakers …

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards