Remembering The Amen Corner at Shakespeare Theatre Company By Whitney White with Daniel Soule Working on James Baldwin's The Amen Corner was one of the most fulfilling artistic experie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:44AM[SHARE]Text and photos by Olivia Hampton About a month into the pandemic, Kris Funn was practicing his double bass "out of control," with far more time on his hands than usual. Then, as reality set…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:28PM[SHARE]I have never been comfortable in theater. Not safe. Not "safer." Just completely unwelcomed. We are in a global pandemic. There is movement building on the ground and online that no one in t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:23PM[SHARE]She was a giant. Borrowing from what was said at Lincoln's passing, "Now, [s]he belongs to the ages." Along with her victories for women and equality, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be remembered …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:54AM[SHARE]Studio Theatre commissioned seven Black artists who have appeared on its stages to create artistic responses to their experience at the Commitment March on Washington, August 28, 2020. They …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:30PM[SHARE]As a Latino gay millennial singer-songwriter, I believe I can make a difference. I'm here because I can become one of the reasons why things get better. We will fight and we won't stop. The …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:30AM[SHARE]By Steve Quintilian and Julie Lloyd, Encore Theater Company Co-founders As artistic directors and theater managers all over the DMV wrestle with how and when to stage live theater indoors, t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:34PM[SHARE]Lights out. Beat. Beat. When the lights go and I'm plunged into darkness, sitting in a theater, my heart always skips a beat, because I know that moment of pause exists to move me"either int…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:20PM[SHARE]The authors of the following two op-eds are cofounders of DC's acclaimed Restoration Stage, Inc., whose focus is "restoring the Black family"one story at a time." Collaborating as director (…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AM[SHARE]Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater's New Works in Action play-reading series continues Sunday, August 16, with Ian August's Zero, a dark comedy about three miscreant teens"N…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32PM[SHARE]There is a moment in theater that I live for. I'm onstage, responding truthfully in the moment as if for the first time, embodying my skin as another person and existing in a brilliant atmos…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:26AM[SHARE]Â By Violet Brookes The term "new normal" gets thrown around a lot nowadays. And indeed, things are going to be vastly different due to the effects of the global pandemic. Since mid-March…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PM[SHARE]By Thembi Duncan DC Metro Theater Arts has committed to offer our communications channel to help amplify the BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) that are now pointing the path …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:30AM[SHARE]On Monday, July 20, 2020, Monumental Theatre Company will present an online reading of a new musical, Desiderium, written by Ricky Drummond and featuring music by The Oh Hellos. Because of t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AM[SHARE]By Dalissa Vargas As a lifelong live theater fan and a woman of Puerto Rican descent, I have spent the better portion of my adult life as an avid theatergoer wherever I have lived. On any gi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PM[SHARE]By Daryl Austin The hip-hop musical Hamilton is being released on Disney+ on Friday (July 3)"a full 15 months ahead of schedule"so you can watch the drama and all of its love stories and sca…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:44AM[SHARE]By K. J. Moran On Monday evening, June 22, 2020, the Board of Flying V Theatre Company terminated Cofounder and Artistic Director Jason Schlafstein following a weekend of sexual misconduct a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:15PM[SHARE]Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater's livestreamed New Works in Action play-reading series concludes Sunday, June 21, at 3 pm with Transferal by Jack Novak. Directed by B…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:54PM[SHARE]By Christopher Lancette I sit down at Ford's Theatre a few months ago"back when there was no coronavirus and the world was normal"to watch a play. I have never been much of a theater guy. No…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AM[SHARE]Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater's New Works in Action play-reading series continues livestreaming Sunday, May 31, at 3 pm with We Victorians by out queer playwright Matthew …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23PM[SHARE]By Olivia Hampton If the corona virus has a lesson for the arts community, it's that what's small can still be mighty. Without a house to fill and lavish sets and costumes to maintain, Washi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:16AM[SHARE]By Gwydion Suilebhan In 1960, a Turkish immigrant named Erol Onaran arrived in the United States with a whopping $32 in his pocket and a fair bit of skill as a television repair person. Erol…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30AM[SHARE]Welcome to the fourth installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:28PM[SHARE]10. "Don't Kiss Me Kate" 9. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Lab Coat" 8. "How to Succeed in Business without Leaving Your Couch" 7. "Freeze Rent" No pay, not today 6. "The Lonely King" 5…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:44PM[SHARE] By Julianne Brienza Founding Director, Captial Fringe When planning began for the fifteenth annual Fringe Festival, no one could have imagined a pandemic with such fast, global rest…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PM[SHARE]What follows is an extraordinary conversation. It started as a Facebook post by award-winning playwright Audrey Cefaly. It was joined by her dear friend, acclaimed actor Elliott Bales, who d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:20AM[SHARE]"In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times." "Bertolt Brecht (motto to Svendborg Poems) When I saw the blooming cherry blossoms this…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:27PM[SHARE]Review submitted by Leslie Robinson of Severna Park High School Music, mayhem, magic and the mob! Â "Matilda the Musical" delivers allthis, plus a little chocolate cake! Marvelously telepo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:11PM[SHARE]By Kelly Hanson Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, a beloved fairy tale about a tiny girl searching for a place to belong, has been captivating children for hundreds of years. Though this…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:42PM[SHARE]By Kelly Hanson William Shakespeare's Richard III is a masterpiece rife with intrigue, violence, and dark humor. Undertaking such a complicated and beloved production is a bold choice, and B…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:58PM[SHARE]Review submitted by Caroline Wilking of Notre Dame Preparatory. Charles Schultz's beloved Peanuts characters were brought to life in a bright and amusing new way in Glen Burnie High School's…
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