Chimerica has been something of a sensation in London since premiering in 2013, but until now, has never been performed in America. That all changes this week when Studio Theatre stages the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:27AMAre you a Shakespeare fan who might not have the funds available to see a show at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, or maybe just haven’t had something to push you in the right direction? W…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:58AMIf it’s Monday night in DC, many theaters are dark, but that doesn’t mean there’s not some great entertainment available for theater lovers. Over the past three-and-a-half years, La-Ti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:40PMThe Tony-nominated composing team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have been the talk of DC of late, getting oodles of attention for the buzz-worthy Dear Evan Hansen, playing Arena Stage, befo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:30AMExpect things to get really hot in D.C. on Monday, August 17th, as the Signature Theatre presents the Fourth Annual Summer Hummer, the raunchy and mostly hilarious benefit for theatreWashing…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09AMA roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from DC Music Theatre Workshop, Forum Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Women’s Voices Theater Festival, Constellation Theatre…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:49AMDysfunctional. Absurd. Chaos. These are words that could easily describe Thursday’s upcoming Republican primary debate, but in fact, are taken from reviews of the American premiere of the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMInnovative, real and highly emotional, Dear Evan Hansen is a musical for today— relatable to Millennials with a message that will span the generations. Connor, a high school student, perha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMLike most actors who have been in this industry for 25 years, Keith Hamilton Cobb, who opens this Friday in his play American Moor, has his share of audition horror stories. But one partic…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:45PMThe moment you take your first steps inside the 100-foot-high tent and the one-of-a-kind Threesixty Theatre, you know this isn’t going to be your usual production of Peter Pan. As someone …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMA roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Center Stage, Theatre Lab, Studio Theatre, The Kennedy Center and Studio 2ndStage. Marley Sets All Time Records at Center St…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:13PMIf past Fringe festivals are any indication, thousands of people are preparing to descend on the new festival area of Trinidad/H Street NE neighborhoods July 9 through Aug. 2, where there is…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AMIf one were to have asked Ryan Link what he envisioned for his life while in his early 20s, he would have never answered anything to do with Broadway or the theater, but here he is at an age…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:13AMMost people are familiar with the story of Peter Pan and there have been countless movies, TV shows and theatrical productions that have focused on the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up in one way …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:21PMAfter a spectacular $4.4 million renovation, the historic Keegan Theatre will reopen on June 27 for the first preview of Tennessee Williams classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. “When theatergoe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:04PMA roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Capital Fringe Festival, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Kennedy Center, The Welders, Molotov Theatre, DC Hip-Hop Festival, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:26AMA roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Disney’s Newsies, DC Black Theatre Festival, Will on the Hill from Shakespeare Theatre Company, Wolftrap, Synetic Thea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:22AMA roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Shakespeare Theatre, Imagination Stage, Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Synetic Theater and La-Ti-Do. Shakespeare Theatre Compa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:45PMAs the founder of Spooky Action Theater, Richard Henrich is always searching for unique works to stage at his 16th Street NW venue. For his season closer, he had to search no further than h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:48PMAn office in 1930’s Soviet Union is the setting for John W. Lowell’s The Letters, a play based on the real life Soviet efforts to edit the sexually frank letters of composer Peter Ilyich…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AMWhile the TV show Smash may not have lived up to its name in the ratings department, the ambitious NBC show about the trials and tribulations of putting on a Broadway musical captured millio…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:04PMJanet Langhart Cohen was at a gathering when a woman questioned her about the subject of her 2005 book, “From Rage To Reason: My Life In Two Americas”. The woman thought the book was abo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:58PMSaycon Sengbloh is a huge Bob Marley fan. As a child, she listened to his music all the time, read books about his life and saw numerous documentaries about the Reggae giant. So, when she he…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMIn 1989, New York reviewers had a field day after the opening of Steven Berkoff’s theatrical version of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, with noted New York Times critic Frank Rich leading t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:21PMFor two decades, DC’s own Young Playwrights’ Theater has fostered the minds of budding young writers by helping them discover their own theatrical visions. Audiences can view some of thi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:27AMDavid Muse was one of the lucky ones to have seen Murder Ballad, a rock musical by Julia Jordan and the singer-songwriter Juliana Nash, when it originally played at the Manhattan Theatre Clu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:15PMIt seems you can’t turn on the news these days without hearing a story about some sort of domestic abuse. Whether it’s Ray Rice hitting his fiancée in an elevator, allegations against U…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:44AMI’ve probably read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden to my daughter Cassidy more than any other book; in fact, it’s one of our favorites to act out with dolls, puppets and ev…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:39AMSouth African playwright Athol Fugard is highly acclaimed for his plays, many of which opposed his country’s system of apartheid. In 1971, Fugard devised The Island with actors John K…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AMWhile this year’s NCAA Basketball Tournament has so far been brutal for our area teams—with Georgetown, Maryland and Virginia all being ousted in the second round, there’s another brac…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:56PMIf you’ve ever taken a film history class or are just a movie buff, chances are you’ve seen the 1920 notorious German silent suspense film, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. “It’s not …
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