Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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July 10 – August 2, 2015
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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:22PMOn July 8, 2015, Sydney-Chanele Dawkins, film maker, film producer, theatre/film critic and arts writer, died at the age of 47. It is a tragic loss for her family, her abundant friends and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:34AMMonday, July 13, 2015
Trueheart: Live is a comedic look into the life of Tim Trueheart (real name; he couldn’t make that up), as he bears all in a personal hour of comedy. His jokes are irreverent, sometimes mo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AMSunday, July 12, 2015
Jeanne d’Arc (1412-31), who in this play uses her mother’s premarital name, Romée, was a charismatic leader and a military genius who improbably – because she was an illiterate peasan…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:16AMSaturday, July 11, 2015
Thanks to Ryan Maxwell and Susan Galbraith
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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:45AMThursday, July 9, 2015
Here in the DC area this July, there is what can only be described as an abundance of plays on stage, both from our year-round theatre companies, and the mega-Capital Fringe opening tonight.…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:57PMMonday, July 6, 2015
theatreWashington, which promotes Washington-area theater throughout the country, announced last week that it is delaying the implementation of its controversial minimum pay requirements for…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:10AMSaturday, July 4, 2015
If you have never been addicted, you can have no clear idea what it means to need junk with the addict’s special need. You don’t decide to be an addict. One morning you wake up sick and …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:16AMThursday, June 25, 2015
GALA Hispanic Theatre has just announced its 40th season here in Washington, DC. Its full slate of bilingual productions for adults and children opens September 10th with Garcia Lorca…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:57AMTuesday, June 9, 2015
Synetic Theater’s five show season was just added to our developing look at the upcoming season 2015-2016, Season at a Glance. Synetic begins its season with their entry in the Women&#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:49PMFriday, June 5, 2015
In case you need a reminder, the 2015 Tony Awards are on CBS this Sunday night, starting at 8pm (ET), with Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming hosting from the stage of Radio City Music Hal…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMThursday, June 4, 2015
Today is that one day out of the year when the community joins together to celebrate and support the work of nonprofits through www.DoMore24.org. How effective is the campaign? Last year, 11…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:51AMFriday, May 29, 2015
Acclaimed actor John Lescault, a familiar sight on DC stages, will be planting his boots on the bare ground of The Amphitheater of Stone Hill Farm in Flint Hill, VA in a one night only perfo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMTuesday, May 26, 2015
Imagination Stage, which closes out this season by bringing its hit childrens’ show The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) to the National Theatre (July 14-25), has announced its “Magi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PMMonday, May 25, 2015
Cate Blanchett, Edward Gero, Sherri L. Edelen, Daniel Flint, Irina Tsikurishvili, Avenue Q, Angels in America, and Hairspray are winners in DC Theatre Scene's Audience Choice Awards.
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58PMWe didn't know NY critic Hilton Als every left NY, but the cast of Arena Stage's Oklahoma! made his 10 best list after he visited the new Mead Center for American Theater. Others include Che…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58PMJay Landesman, who co-wrote the book for The Fantasticks and introduced newcomers Lenny Bruce, Del Close, Mike Nichols and Barbra Streisand, died Sunday morning in his London home.
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58PMJay Landesman, and his musical jazz-scored The Nervous Set about the early Beats were both too hip for Broadway in 1959. He lived out his life goosing the London scene, and died Sunday night…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58PMThursday, May 21, 2015
We regret to report that PJ Paparelli, director and Artistic Director of American Theater Company in Chicago, died today at the age of 40 from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was on…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:46PMFriday, May 15, 2015
Faction of Fools Theatre Company announced last night that Toby Mulford has become their new Producing Artistic Director. ‘He’s a better fool than I am’, is the idea behind…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:31AMWednesday, May 13, 2015
Folger Theatre’s season announcement today brings to six the number of theatres revealing their 2015-2016 shows in the past week. Slowly the upcoming season is coming into focus and wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:58PMTuesday, May 5, 2015
A child is a promise you send into the future. Someone said that to a reporter last week, trying to search out meaning from the rubble of the Baltimore fires. Sunset Baby tells the story of …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:24AMFriday, May 1, 2015
While the nation watched, the streets of Baltimore erupted in violence Monday night, April 20th, in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. As the week unfolded and the city…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:40PMTuesday, April 28, 2015
In response to the violence and rioting on April 27 following the funeral of Freddie Gray who died in police custody, the city of Baltimore is enforcing a general curfew beginning April 28, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:59PMThis morning, the 2015 Tony Awards® nominees were announced by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The list was read by Mary-Louise Parker and Bruce Willis. The 69th Annual T…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AMFriday, April 24, 2015
Musician Tom Teasley’s percussive talents will orchestrate two shows for Constellation in 2015-2016, but Tom will undoubtedly be sitting out both Equus (Jan 14 – Feb 14) and the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:59AMTuesday, April 21, 2015
This year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama will be awarded to Stephen Adly Guirgis for Between Riverside and Crazy, his dark comedy about a retired police officer whose landlords are trying …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMThursday, April 16, 2015
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is searching for young DC-area actors, ages 10 – 18, for next season’s production of Oliver!, opening October 30, 2015 in the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:00PMThursday, April 9, 2015
MetroStage’s production of The Island, Athol Fugard’s drama about two prisoners in a South African jail, has closed after three performances. Starring Michael Anthony Williams an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:51AMMonday, April 6, 2015
Recipients of the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards All nominees and the recipients as announced April 6, 2015 at the Lincoln Theatre
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