Playwright Ifa Bayeza and director Talvin Wilks have given us a jewel of a production.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:47AMMlima’s magnificence is given powerful embodiment by actor Jeremy Keith Hunter, whose deeply committed performance anchors this production.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:22AMA magical and hopeful evening of storytelling using traditions of Noh theater.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:41AMWith perfect timing, a hilarious look at the fragility of democracy.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:41AMThe play's campy nostalgia evokes creepy and memorable horror movies.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:31PMA fervent, authentic, and hysterically funny portrait of the deep humanity of queer Black men.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:44PMThe Signature Theatre cabaret was lit, the energy was amped, and shared experience was affirmed.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:58PMThe play is courageous and funny and repeatedly confronts us with monologues that plumb existential depths.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:31AMA 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 04:46PMIn 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 05:54AMSeeing them both engages you in a conversation about race and art, about white supremacy and inevitable change.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:32PMAs 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 07:50PMIn '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 06:24AMCalled 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 11:09AMHe performs candid standup about being Black, Filipino, and Queer, in his 'Crossroads, Detours, and Exits,' premiering May 4.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:31AMNolan Williams, Jr.'s compassionate new musical about Black family and culture is unstoppably entertaining.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:12PM'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 03:33PMFrom 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 01:44PMInterview with Stephen Dest, director of the documentary, and Jeremy Goldman of Silhouette Stages, which is hosting a screening on March 12.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PMThe film is a stunning documentary about a young Black man who triumphed as Tybalt on stage and was shot point-blank on his way home.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:42PMA bold, brazen, and Black engagement with Mozart’s 'Magic Flute' and by extension with the western canon of music.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:39PMThe story of folks who choose to be committed to each other’s well-being, the play is a paean to the possibility of connection.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:36PMThe show consists of popular R&B songs that featured Aframerican performers and is all about having a good time in a world full of dark, cold nights.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23AMIn Artistic Director Timothy Nelson's knowledgeable hands, the device comes off not like a gimmick but as a doorway into discovery.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:37PMThe play sings to us about the African American genius for finding a way to make a way out of no way.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:24PMAny child will love it. But so will any adult.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:46PMEvent November 10 to feature music composed by 19-year-old Duke Ellington grad Ronald Walton.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:16PMThe Afro-Latinx reimagining of Puccini’s beloved classic opera, performed two nights only at GALA, will be available free on-demand.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:01AMDespite aesthetically engaging music and an enthusiastic cast, the production does not work.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:25AMA solo performer's tribute to his maternal grandmother, who raised him and gave him the tools he needed to engage with life.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:05AMThe evening encourages us to engage with Dr. Ruth’s memories as well as to contemplate what might be our own.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:58PM
