Wednesday, March 15, 2023
“What I’ve really not seen and not experienced is African American family life when it’s OK. When there’s prosperity, when there’s abundance.” — Jeanine Tesori, composer of Blu…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:50AMMonday, March 6, 2023
The production shows what is unique about Synetic Theater that makes it worth visiting again and again.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:23PMThursday, February 9, 2023
R. Nathaniel Dett’s 1932 oratorio about the Israelites' liberation from the Egyptians is by turns startling, soul-stirring, and highly satisfying.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:37PMSunday, February 5, 2023
How the accomplished DC theater artist — a gay Venezuelan immigrant — shifted from scripted theater to devised, then from live performance to film.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:12PMMonday, January 30, 2023
New play with music sings of the musician who trained and mentored young artists and formed the first African American opera company in the United States.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:00PMFriday, December 23, 2022
In a performance on December 30, members of a multi-generational audience will share stories from their lives and see those stories enacted on the spot.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:58PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
This show is all about the yuks. Oh, and the blood.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:27PMFriday, December 2, 2022
The Spanish-language Afro-Latinx reimagining of Puccini’s beloved classic opera will screen for free on December 11 at Atlas and stream for free on demand.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:00AMFriday, November 11, 2022
The singing fills the space with a sound that penetrates the audience’s very being.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:31PMMonday, November 7, 2022
The haunting events surrounding the trial of Emmett Till's killers seen through the eyes of Black reporters trying to get the facts of the story.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:12PMThursday, November 3, 2022
Playwright Ifa Bayeza transforms this terrifying and traumatizing story for Black Americans into a catalyst for change.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:43AMTuesday, November 1, 2022
This play in Ifa Bayeza's 'The Till Trilogy' shows how the Emmett Till murder distorted the most intimate human relationships among the people involved.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:47AMTuesday, October 25, 2022
At their best, William Finn's songs are candid snapshots of something that makes life worth living.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:28PMThursday, October 20, 2022
Playwright Ifa Bayeza and director Talvin Wilks have given us a jewel of a production.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:47AMWednesday, September 21, 2022
Mlima’s magnificence is given powerful embodiment by actor Jeremy Keith Hunter, whose deeply committed performance anchors this production.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:22AMMonday, September 12, 2022
A magical and hopeful evening of storytelling using traditions of Noh theater.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:41AMTuesday, August 30, 2022
With perfect timing, a hilarious look at the fragility of democracy.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:41AMSunday, August 14, 2022
The play's campy nostalgia evokes creepy and memorable horror movies.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:31PMMonday, July 25, 2022
A fervent, authentic, and hysterically funny portrait of the deep humanity of queer Black men.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:44PMSaturday, July 9, 2022
The Signature Theatre cabaret was lit, the energy was amped, and shared experience was affirmed.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:58PMTuesday, July 5, 2022
The play is courageous and funny and repeatedly confronts us with monologues that plumb existential depths.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:31AMTuesday, June 28, 2022
A play inspired by the Supreme Court case involving the Westboro Baptist Church, whose members demonstrated at the funeral of a gay serviceman.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:46PMMonday, June 20, 2022
In this exuberant adaptation of the Oscar-winning comedy, every actor has at least one scene during which they chew the scenery to tatters.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:54AMFriday, June 10, 2022
Seeing them both engages you in a conversation about race and art, about white supremacy and inevitable change.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:32PMMonday, May 23, 2022
As the play delves into its subject of life and death, the hearts of the audience are treated with tender and gentle grace.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:50PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
In 'The Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project,' a new site-specific work by Alliance for New Music-Theatre, the deceased confront their descendants.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:24AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
Called a 'congregational opera' by its creators, Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon, the performance offered up a benediction of hope and faith.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:09AMThursday, April 28, 2022
He performs candid standup about being Black, Filipino, and Queer, in his 'Crossroads, Detours, and Exits,' premiering May 4.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:31AMFriday, April 1, 2022
Nolan Williams, Jr.'s compassionate new musical about Black family and culture is unstoppably entertaining.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:12PMMonday, March 28, 2022
'America’s Requiem: A Knee on The Neck' presented by The National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale, in partnership with The Washington Chorus, at Strathmore and Capital One Hall.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:33PMTuesday, March 22, 2022
From IN Series and Theater Alliance: an introduction to the poem as a weapon we can use to free ourselves.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:44PM 
