Playwright Pearl Cleage meditates on Maynard Jackson, Atlanta’s first Black mayor, in a fascinating depiction of the citizens who voted for him. By AMY KOTKIN
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:47AMThe deeper we get into the show, the less it seems to matter whether we are seeing men or women in the roles.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:12AMThe searing story of a young Jewish man and a mixed-race woman whose relationship is ruptured by antisemitism and racial bias.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:47PMThe ensemble is uniformly splendid. They imbue every song with rich and nuanced meaning.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:24AMIn August 2017, 63-year-old Mélisande (Méli) Short-Colomb packed her bags and moved to Washington, DC, to begin her freshman year at Georgetown University. It was the start of a new life f…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:40AMShakespeare Theatre Company and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company have collaborated to bring to DC an electrifying drama about forced dislocation.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:21PMNathan Alan Davis' engaging new two-hander revisits the trauma of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:38AMThe most satisfying aspect of this play is how deftly it navigates between two cantankerous men's funny, petty squabbling and overwhelming despair.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:20PMThe characters in Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play exude a charisma and a life force that transcend time.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:53PMA daughter recounts her mother's escape from Nazis and exalts the sustaining power of music.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 01:04PMShakespeare Theatre Company whips up a high-spirited new take on the beloved comedy.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:17PMA vivid glimpse into the personal costs of living in limbo as a Dreamer.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:26PMThe Tony-winning musical tells a story of all that makes us human — love, loss, loneliness, and connection.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:46AMIn a dusty old antiques and repair shop, the setting for Keith Powell’s new drama, a mother and son confront hope and change, loyalty and betrayal.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:04PMThe show dazzles with stellar singing, great choreography, amazing stagecraft.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:52PMDramatic renovations — vivid murals, a ground-level café, the wholly redesigned Victor Shargai Theatre — extend welcome to everyone.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:38PMThe play set in the 1990s shows just how delicate African American advancement continues to be.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:08PMWashington Stage Guild revives the extraordinary play written just before the end of apartheid in South Africa.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:44PMMosaic presents a provocative play in seven episodes about how we are fragmented and separated from each other. The post A Palestinian playwright sees allegory in occupation, in ‘Keffiyeh/…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:31PMRound House Theatre, in association with McCarter Theater Center, concludes its festival of works by celebrated playwright Adrienne Kennedy with the world premiere of Etta and Ella on the Up…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:13PMWhen Ohio State University invites the distinguished author Suzanne Alexander back to her alma mater, she is asked specifically to lecture on the theme of violence in her works. Brace yourse…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:54PMTwenty-nine years before George Floyd was murdered on camera and 18 years before Black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested for “breaking and entering” into his own home, Ant…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:53PMRound House Theatre, in association with McCarter Theatre Center, has launched its digital series of works by Adrienne Kennedy with the enigmatic He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box, directed…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:36AMWhen was the last time you enjoyed a funny, edgy Woolly Mammoth production while digging up stubborn weeds from your garden or taking a stroll through Rock Creek Park? Just when we thought o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:27PMOlney Theatre Center’s virtual production of The Humans offers proof positive of the old adage: Necessity is the mother of invention. Just see how they have turned the pandemic’s crushin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:09PMBrian Feldman puts a lot of faith in his virtual audience. His production #txtshow (on the internet), which he creates and performs, is based on the texts he receives in real time from his a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AMHistory always has lessons to teach during times of enormous tumult. How did past societies struggle through similar cataclysms and emerge with their spirits intact? Many of us are newly awa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:06AMMarian’s cheery Florida home – an over-decorated retirement nest she shares with second hubby Richard – has become a tropical haven for two adolescents in crisis. Richard’s pregnant …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00PMTwo generations before the African American space scientists immortalized in the film Hidden Figures propped up America’s nascent space program, another group of pioneering female “compu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:19PMOn September 12, 2001, after a stunning halt to nearly all normal activity, life resumed for most Americans. And yet, we knew that everything had changed. Our sense of security was shattered…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:41PMThe good news? The Second City’s sharp-witted She The People: The Resistance Continues is back at Woolly Mammoth for another rollicking production of top-notch sketches and witty songs. Th…
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