Tuesday, July 12, 2022
After covid delays, the Folger Theatre opens "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the National Building Museum, as part of a summer-long program of "Playhouse" activities.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:07AMThe stars of the pop-pastiche musical 'Six,' about the six wives of Henry VIII, tell how they get into character.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:48AMMonday, July 4, 2022
A wordless take on the William Shakespeare tale of lovers bliss and magical meddling.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:12PMWednesday, June 29, 2022
"Only Murders in the Building" actor James Caverly plays the slippery con man Harold Hill in a production of "The Music Man" performed in American Sign Language and spoken English.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42AMThursday, June 23, 2022
Actor Amari Cheatom astounds as Ira Aldridge, the first Black performer to play Othello on a London stage.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42PMTuesday, June 21, 2022
January LaVoy inhabits numerous roles in Anna Deavere Smith's fact-based play, which was written in the aftermath of 1991's Crown Heights riot.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:42PMThursday, June 16, 2022
The 69-year-old actress, who earned an Oscar nomination for the 1962 film, plays Mrs. DuBose in Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation arriving at the Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:07AMFriday, May 27, 2022
Understudies step up as coronavirus and other health issues sideline several central cast members.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:33PMThursday, May 19, 2022
A cast entirely composed of local actors performs the Thornton Wilder classic at Sidney Harman Hall.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:18AMThursday, May 12, 2022
"Hamilton" alumnus Christopher Jackson joins the improvised hip-hop show for performances at the Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:12AMMonday, May 9, 2022
Gloria Estefan wrote new Spanish lyrics for four songs in the jukebox musical, now onstage at GALA Hispanic Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:48PMThursday, April 14, 2022
Inspired by true events, the play “We Declare You a Terrorist …” uses digital projection to tell a tale set in 2002 and today.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:33AMWednesday, April 13, 2022
Lead actress in theater’s fall 2021 run of “Toni Stone” said she felt unsafe onstage and didn’t receive support.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:06AMTuesday, April 5, 2022
Nadina Hassan, an actress of Colombian and Egyptian heritage, talks about playing the high school bully in the touring production of 'Mean Girls,' which comes to the Kennedy Center this mont…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:18PMThursday, February 24, 2022
The noisy production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1971 rock opera should thrill longtime fans, even if it's unlikely convert any newcomers into believers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:03PMWednesday, February 9, 2022
Cinco Paul and Bekah Brunstetter collaborated on 'A.D. 16,' a musical love story about a teenage Mary Magdalene and adolescent Jesus.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:24AMWednesday, February 2, 2022
Adapted from Rosario Ferré’s 1995 novel, 'La Casa de la Laguna” tells a story that is at once personal and political.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36AMFriday, January 7, 2022
The touring production of the Broadway musical suffers from comparisons to Ryan Murphy’s starry Netflix adaptation.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PMTuesday, January 4, 2022
The confessional comic, in the D.C. area for two performances, never expected that her Netflix special ‘Sweet & Salty’ would resonate so deeply with audiences.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:18AMThursday, December 23, 2021
The ever-youthful actor talks about his latest ‘big-boy’ role, and other recent cameos.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:18AMTuesday, December 21, 2021
The theatrical installation uses 230 scrolling dioramas to tell the story of two Afghan brothers on a harrowing journey to London.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:18PMThursday, December 9, 2021
The adventurous D.C. theater, which isn’t known for musicals, puts on Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-winning show.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54AMWednesday, December 1, 2021
Working in philanthropy, criminology and disaster relief have imbued his work in Arena Stage’s “Seven Guitars” with greater humanity.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:03AMTuesday, November 30, 2021
The “Cowboy Bebop” actor’s glam-rock radiance shows the high-octane musical in a new light.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:12PMTuesday, November 23, 2021
Mason Alexander Park plays the genderqueer glam rocker in Olney Theatre’s production, and a trans version of Gren in Netflix’s “Cowboy Bebop.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:33AMThursday, November 18, 2021
Cody Nickell and Michael Russotto star in the fact-based play, adapted from sportswriter Mitch Albom’s best-selling memoir.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PMTuesday, October 19, 2021
Stylishly staged, though at times incongruent, Paata Tsikurishvili’s largely wordless production fuses “The Fall of the House of Usher” with “The Raven.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PMThe company opens its “season of gratitude” with a showcase of contemporary and classic works.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:24AMWednesday, October 13, 2021
The Tony Award-winning musical, inspired by Greek myth, includes the showstopper ‘Wait for Me.’
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:12AMTuesday, October 5, 2021
The Oscar-nominated actor, onstage in ‘Remember This: The Lessons of Jan Karski,’ see parallels between Karski’s fight and today.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:03PMTuesday, September 21, 2021
A crowd of up to 12,000 will gather to watch Lydia R. Diamond’s play, about the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues, on the Nationals Park video scoreboard.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06AM 
