Give yourself a musical boost and some warm inspiration for these stormy days. Add plenty of deeply appreciated civility during an unsettled period. These might seem hard to find, but if 2…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PMSynetic Theater is renowned for its lively, “silent,” physical-movement–oriented productions of classic theatrical works propelled by original music. Now, with precautions necessary to…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:21PMWelcome to the sixth installment of Artists Who Inspire! During the continuing shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways to re…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12AM“Every form of refuge has its price,” once sang The Eagles. That concept hasn’t changed as the ardent, emotion-packed American Dreams unfolds before audiences. American Dreams is Round…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:58AMNow in its 45th season, GALA Hispanic Theatre has always been cutting edge. From its founding in 1976, GALA (Grupo de Artistas LatinoAmericanos) has been sharing and producing Latino arts a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01PMIn our current political and cultural stressful times, how can theater make a difference, not just to those who are in-person patrons but to a wider community in the DMV and into American hi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:43PMWho says a theater performance can’t make a difference in politics? With all the ongoing political and cultural conflict, is there a way to simmer things down for at least one brief shinin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PMWith the sold-out success of Small Change, their first Drive-Thru theater experience, the creative folk at the Alden Theatre in McLean have developed a totally new live event. It is the Alde…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:24AMSit back to indulge in a comedy-melodrama. A streaming Zoom reading of a rediscovered play first produced in 1910. It is a love letter, with sharp edges, to a bygone time. A time of tintype …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:04PMElections have consequences. Some elections more than others. With voting participation trending downward over the years, what can be done to awaken folk to the critical importance of voting…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30PMChange is coming. As the DMV theater community is reeling and reckoning with the effects of the coming post-COVID-19 world and as artists of color are speaking their minds freely, what await…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:00PMEven as it faces the challenges of COVID-19, the Reston Community Center CenterStage has programmed a Professional Touring Artists Series that aims “to help our community reflect on how st…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:35PMIn these days of medically necessary masks and prudent social distancing, let us not forget children in hospitals and care facilities living with chronic illnesses and disabilities unrelated…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:53AMWolf Trap’s Filene Center may be quieter than usual this summer of 2020, but it is far from dark. While there are no live performances in an abundance of caution because of COVID-19, Wolf …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PMWith the country hitting new daily highs as COVID-19 surges well beyond hot spots such as New York, New Jersey, and Connecituct, the Public Theater has produced a love letter to the medical …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:21AMAs health and safety concerns continue to make live theater productions with a live audience dicey at best, the DMV’s Dark Horse Theatre decided to find its own way to produce new content …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:53AMBlack Stories Matter, a live online storytelling show benefiting Black Lives Matter DC, will be presented by the DMV’s Better Said Than Done on Zoom July 10, 2020. Black Stories Matter fea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:59AMThe ever nimble Alden in McLean has developed a unique way to provide theatrical entertainment in this era of COVID-19. With indoor live theater on hiatus for more than three months, the Ald…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00PMFor school-age children, their world has turned upside down because of COVID-19. Over the past three months, children and youth have lived from a distance in a virtual world, lived with a mu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16PM“I read the news today, oh boy… / the news was rather sad…” That day was May 22, 2020. In a leap into film docudrama creation, Arena Stage’s Artistic Director Molly Smith chronic…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:53AMWith DMV theaters still shuttered because of COVID-19, there has been the opportunity to explore original streaming content written by local playwrights. One of those playwrights is Northern…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:01AMThere has been oodles of well-deserved praise for Round House Theatre’s homegrown Homebound, an original ten-installment web series exploring life under stay-at-home orders. Penned by som…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PMWe will open again. The COVID-19 virus will neither darken nor silence us even with the many scary unknowns before us. We know reopening for DMV theater will happen. The date may be uncertai…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:06PMBetter days may be coming. Some restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be easing. But there is not yet a definitive date when DMV performing arts venues might reopen across three …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:01PMWith so much still unknown about the lasting effects of COVID-19 on the performing arts, the singular Washington Performing Arts (WPA) has delayed announcing its 2020–21 season until June …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00PMWith university campuses closed because of COVID-19, how is student education continuing forward? This is a critical question, especially for higher education theater and dance departments�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:37PM“Right now we are all desperately seeking contact and connections,” said Luke Frazier, Founder and Maestro, American Pops Orchestra, in a recent phone conversation on a chilly, rainy mor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:48AMWith college and university campuses in the DMV area closed because of COVID-19, distance learning is now the norm. But how do students in the performing and visual arts continue their educa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50PMPart of Arena Stage’s ongoing Power Plays, the world premiere of Celia and Fidel transports the audience back to a time when Fidel Castro was not just a name in the history books, but a fe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:11PMReady for a dandy production about the complicated life with a child-like diva who happens to be a genius? Then consider Einstein’s Wife from ExPats Theatre. Written by Serbian playwright …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:58AMMonumental Theatre is providing DC-area audiences with a first look at the jukebox musical comedy Head Over Heels. The production features nearly two dozen musical numbers from The Go-Go’s…
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