In a presentation last night at National Theatre, TheatreWashington announced the 2014 Helen Hayes Awards nominees. Who cleaned up? Woolly's Stupid Fucking Bird caught the biggest worm, wi…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:45AMMore renderings of the Kennedy Center's planned $100 million expansion have been filed with the National Capital Planning Commission, and they offer a fuller picture of what the center may …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:52PMDeborah F. Rutter, current president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, will take over as the Kennedy Center's new president on Sept. 1 2014, Kennedy Center chairman David Rubens…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 01:29PMToday, the Howard Theatre announced a new partnership that could ramp up concert-booking competition in the already entertainment-saturated U Street NW corridor. Howard Theatre operator Blue…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:34PMWhen he retires from the arts center in 2014, Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser will take up a new gig at the University of Maryland, the university announced today. The arts leader pl…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:55PMShakespeare Theatre Company has finally settled a dispute with its landlord over its tenancy in the Lansburgh Theatre, the theater company announced last week. In a release sent Friday after…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 04:52PMThis year's Kennedy Center Honorees include two Latinos, Carlos Santana and Martina Arroyo. Other recipients are Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, and Shirley MacLaine. [New York Times] Metro Con…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:53AMTheatergoing is still generally considered a pastime for the privileged, and not only because of the high cost of tickets. In large part, the perspectives, situations, vocabularies, and ideo…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:00AMBig local theater companies would like to see the Helen Hayes Awards divided into tiers for small and large companies. [Post] Capital Fringe Festival adds site-specific works to the mix. [Ca…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 07:00AMI.M.P. has announced two more shows at the Lincoln Theatre, and the only thing they have in common is a certain illegal substance: Fiona Apple plays the theater with Blake Mills Oct. 25 and …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:35PMThe Capital Fringe Festival, D.C.’s most consistent dispenser of kooky theater and performance, recently announced its full 2013 lineup. The annual gathering starts July 11 with 129 plays …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:00AMHow local theaters are experimenting with new ways of making theater [Post] Meet the Washington National Cathedral's chief Sunday bell ringer. [WAMU] Planned Fairfax Army museum needs a lot …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:16AMOdd: The Arlington County Board gives Signature Theatre a $250,000 grant to cover its outstanding tax debts. [ARLnow] Daft Punk's Random Access Memories is so-so—but sounds better at U…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:12AMResponding to recent criticism of the Kennedy Center Honors' limited representation of American artists, the Kennedy Center today announced that it is changing the way it selects honorees fo…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:09PMShakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn just got a few fancy letters to tack onto his name: Yesterday, Kahn was inducted as an Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Ord…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:58AMThe D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities has selected a new operator for Lincoln Theatre, but the commission has yet to announce who that operator is, the Washington Business Journal r…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 04:08PMBlues Alley owner Harry Schnipper makes it known—again—that he's eyeballing Lincoln Theatre. Oh, and his historic jazz venue could possibly, maybe, potentially relocate. [Washing…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 07:00AMThe D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities hosted a public feedback session last night for local residents interested in the future of the ailing Lincoln Theatre. A lovely idea, asking t…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 09:27AMD.C.'s Commission on the Arts and Humanities announced last week that it will host a public meeting on Feb. 26 for local residents who wish to discuss the future of the underutilized Lincoln…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 05:16PMIf you've sat within five feet of a liberal-skewing Facebook news feed this week, you've probably heard about playwright David Mamet's humdinger of a Newsweek cover story, delectably headli…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:50AMToday, the Kennedy Center announced plans for a $100 million expansion that will finally give the arts center much-needed space for education and rehearsal. The first major expansion since t…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:43PMNelson Pressley: "... the National [Theatre] is a low-budget, skeletal operation that maintains a handful of outreach operations to help justify its not-for-profit status. Rent doesn’t see…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:15AMD.C. Theatre Scene reported this morning that Artisphere has given the boot to WSC Avant Bard, its in-house theater company for the last two years. Artisphere spokesperson Annalisa Meyer con…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 01:03PMJudge rules that Shakespeare Theatre Company's landlord can't boot it from the Lansburgh Theatre [City Paper] The controversial "Drum Major" inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. memoria…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:18AMThe D.C. Superior Court has ruled in favor of The Shakespeare Theatre Company in a lawsuit against its landlord. In a order signed today, the court barred the defendants—nonprofit grou…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 09:17PMHyattsville's Community Development Corporation puts out a call for street muralists [Hyattsville CDC] Playwright Annie Baker (Body Awareness, Circle Mirror Transformation) talks about Vermo…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:03AMTalking to Wils Wilson, director of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, which starts tonight at the Bier Baron Tavern. What's special about performing in a tavern? "The audience sees th…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 07:55AMSo, some guys hit a Laurel recording studio to cut an anthem for famed Chicago criminal Larry Hoover. They wrap up and leave. Then they return with guns—to rob the studio. [NBC Washing…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 07:30AMTwo weeks ago, Theater J made history when it performed a play on Saturday afternoon at its home in the D.C. Jewish Community Center. It was the first time the company had performed on Shab…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:00AMBack in January, City Paper reported that the H Street Playhouse was being priced out of its digs on H Street NE, and it was looking for a home somewhere nearby—perhaps somewhere farth…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 05:53PMBack in November, City Paper's Lydia DePillis asked, "Can the National Theatre finally come back to life?" For years, the elegant theater with the prime downtown location has been curiously …
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