This holiday season is a time of celebration. It celebrates the possibility of hope, it celebrates redemption, it celebrates generosity of spirit, it celebrates the triumph of light over dar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PMIn the waning days of 2018, I’m remembering the lesson learned by George Bailey when he saw what Bedford Falls would have been like if he had never been born. The Internet, we’re to…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PM“Luminous.” That is the word that five actors from A Civil War Christmas settled on to describe their Music Director Markus Williams, who swept into their lives in early November. Two da…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:54AMThe patriarchy has fallen. Women are in charge. At Woolly Mammoth, anyway (sorry to get your hopes up). The all-female cast of Chicago’s Second City has taken on the mantle of power and …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMDuring the twelve years that DC Theatre Scene has been online, our theatre community has realized tremendous growth and has become one of the most important theatre hubs in America. We’re …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PMDear theatre lovers, As all of you know, who try to find time to attend the 35+ openings in any given month, the Washington area is one of the busiest theatre hubs in America. And, we attest…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:18PMIt’s Cyber Monday, and TodayTix is offering its best prices of the year. Here are just some of the sweet deals waiting for you when you click CYBER MONDAY Beautiful, the Carol King Mu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PMCelebrating the life of Ntozake Shange (1948 – 2018). May our words of praise and gratitude, like sparks drawn upward to the sky, ascend to meet her. From performer and friend, Renee …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMWhen a 15 year old boy leaves home with a gun, heads out to kill as many people as he can, say, at, a Planned Parentood clinic, and then kills himself, who should take the blame? The child…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMStudio Theatre’s Board of Trustees announced today that, after an extensive nationwide search for the position of its Managing Director, it has selected Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg, who has s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:54PMThe number one reason people give for not seeing live theatre: “Theatre’s just too expensive.” theatreWashington set out to overcome that barrier and build new and returnin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMBreaking news – On October 1, (World Vegetarian Day) José Andrés’ Beefsteak at Dupont Circle will donate 10% of its proceeds for food served between 2pm and 6pm to DC Theatre S…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMDick Gregory was never afraid to speak truth to those who most needed to hear it. Even when it fell like acid rain. Gregory—the rebel comedian who paved the way for provocative, black funn…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMThis year’s Page-to-Stage Festival will feature new events – from yoga to a Looping class to more shows and events for kids as well as readings from over 60 theatre companies. To…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMPerfecting the Kiss is a backstage comedy that’s a worthy successor to Noises Off. What Noises Off accomplishes in two acts, Perfecting the Kiss pulls off in an hilarious 80 minutes, w…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:04AMIn this last week of Capital Fringe 2018, the festival is still going strong. There’s still time to catch something brand new – five shows are having their first performances …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12AMHeading for Capital Fringe today? Taking Metro (Green Line) is your best choice to avoid road closures due to the All-Star Game at Nationals Park. Exit at Waterfront. Plan your Metro trip…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMEmily Priborkin’s video coverage of this year’s Helen Hayes Awards takes you to some of the celebration’s most moving moments including Felicia Curry’s moving accepta…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMEverything’s different; nothing’s changed Only maybe slightly rearranged So wrote Stephen Sondheim on the subject of marriage, but the lines apply just as easily to awards shows in gener…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:42PMWe are very excited to be named among Feedspot’s 30 Best Blogs for 2018, listed along with The Washingtonian, blog friends Eater DC and Kid-Friendly DC, and travel, eatery and fashion …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:42PMWelcome to DC Theatre Scene’s coverage of Washington theatre’s biggest night of the year, the Helen Hayes Awards. Coming Reporting from the festivities: Christopher Henley Video …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMAnd now the nominees for the Helen Hayes Awards honoring Outstanding Plays, Musicals and Theatre for Young Audiences Responding Alex Levy, Arena Stage, Eric Schaeffer, Jason Loewith, Michael…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMIn theatre, an ensemble is the equivalent of a jazz combo, where people are listening so intently, seeming to breathe together, and taking turns to give and take focus, that it feels like a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AMA Musical Director collaborates with the Stage Director to set the musical framework then works painstakingly with both singer-actors and instrumentalists, blending sound so that everythin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMA choreographer paints with bodies in space and in so doing, brings high wattage to a theatrical work. Take Five! with Helen Hayes Award nominated choreographers Dell Howlett, Denis Jones,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMDirectors call everyone together. They first create a safe place for everyone to explore the text and what they can bring to it. They are the shamans, shape-shifting their own presences – …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:04AMDesigners enliven the dark stage with light, color, texture and sound. Take 5! with designers: Alejo Vietti, Cory Pattak, Debra Kim Sivigny, Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden, Helen Q Huang, Jaso…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:36AMActors are Mediums, channeling the voices of the playwright and director through their bodies and psyches to etch a character indelibly into an audience’s memory. Actors responding: Ales…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:24AMA look, a memory, a word sparks an idea. Characters emerge; they tell their stories, and from their voices a play or musical insists on being born. Then the hard work begins. – Susa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:48AMMartyna Majok, whose play Ironbound was one of the outstanding plays of the 2015 Women’s Voices Theater Festival, has been awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Cost o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:18PMSite-specific shows are not new to DC theatre. We’ve had plays performed in a swimming pool, in bars, in vacant spaces and in a residential home. Nameless Theater is taking it further, pro…
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