Monday, 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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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:08PMIf you aren’t already a ticketholder for tonight’s Helen Hayes Awards, you can join the packed theatre crowd via webcast. Click here at 8pm to view the show, direct from the Linc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:13AMWednesday, April 1, 2015
This is my favorite time of year, when artistic directors lay down those cards they’ve been holding so closely, and announce their upcoming seasons. With fifteen companies already repo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:23PMAugust 1, 2015– July 31, 2016 Current as of March 30, 2015
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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:54PMAs just announced on DramaUrge: Slow Theatergoing. Taking a chapter out of “One Book, One Community,” theaters will focus productions on one play per season. It is hoped th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:52AMMonday, March 23, 2015
“I’ve never cancelled a show in my life,” Deb Randall told me last Sunday, speaking of Venus Theatre’s production, God Don’ Like Ugly by Doc Andersen-Bloomfield. Venus, one of the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMSaturday, March 21, 2015
Residents around Anacostia Playhouse and Anacostia Arts Center know where to head for quality takeout or a quick dine-in meal. Ask, and they’ll tell you – “I go to MamaR…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:00AMFriday, March 13, 2015
Those three words — affordability, inclusion, engagement — are the watchwords for this year’s Helen Hayes Awards ceremony. As most readers will know, last year, as it celebrated turnin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:07PMWednesday, March 11, 2015
A most powerful, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying theatrical work blew into town from Portugal this past weekend in a double-bill by Mundo Perfeito. It was a shame that so few people sa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:56AMThursday, March 5, 2015
By noon today, many theatre companies have made the decision to close in the face of the incoming storm. (See the confirmed list below). The show goes on here: (best to re-confirm after 4pm)…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:23PMWednesday, March 4, 2015
Beginning Sept 30, 2015, Synetic Theater’s season will offer the reprise of two critically acclaimed productions (Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night), a new wordless Shakespeare set i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:00PMFriday, February 27, 2015
In an innovative move, the creators and executive producers of Truth the musical are staging its world premiere here in DC with a three night run (Feb 26 – 28, 2015) at THEARC Theater …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35AMMonday, February 23, 2015
“The impetus was from both of us,” Greg Pierce said about the new musical Kid Victory, currently in previews at Signature Theatre. Pierce wrote the book and lyrics, to music by John Kand…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMSaturday, February 21, 2015
The weather will be, no doubt about it, a challenge for theatregoers Saturday night. Snow, sleet and freezing rain have been predicted for Saturday afternoon and evening. But most shows will…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:27PMWednesday, February 18, 2015
– Feb 18, 2015 – Today, Ford’s Theatre Society announced its play selections for the upcoming season (2015-2016) which hands two dynamic roles to DC actors. Nancy Robinette…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:30PMThursday, February 12, 2015
We took some of our favorite lines from plays and paired them with images to create our first series of Valentine’s Day cards. We hope you will enjoy them, share them, and let us know …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:07PM“When I retired, I was telling people that I would dedicate the rest of my life to being an amusing dinner guest. The problem with that was, when I would start to say something, at that mo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:47PMWednesday, February 11, 2015
Don’t mess with Mama Nadi (Dawn Ursula), the flinty matriarch of a bar and brothel in a Congo mining town. She has a machete and she knows how to use it. Mama Nadi wields more than a weapo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMThat Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz was a poet, a genius and a nun, who lived in Mexico in the 17th century (1650-1694), is well-known. When I visited Mexico in 2009, I felt her impact at the co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:18AMTuesday, February 10, 2015
Anyone who knows me will tell you that as a critic and sometime creator of mixed-disciplinary performance, I have a particular proclivity for highly experimental theatrical works and perhaps…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:39AMMonday, January 26, 2015
Nominations for the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards as announced Monday, April 6, 2015 theatrewashington.org Outstanding Performer, Visiting Production Caroline Bowman �…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:17PMJanuary 26 — theatreWashington will announce the nominees for the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards tonight from the Helen Hayes Gallery in the National Theatre. For the third year in a row, the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMFriday, January 23, 2015
Warning, Sherlock Holmes fans: If you’re a dedicated viewer of CBS’ “Elementary” or consider A. Conan Doyle’s novel “The Hound of the Baskervilles” one of the greatest suspense…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:16PMMonday, January 19, 2015
In 2009, Ford’s Theatre celebrated President Abraham Lincoln’s Bicentennial and the completed renovation of its theatre with the premiere of The Heavens Are Hung in Black, a riveting…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:10AMIn addition to the robust professional theatre scene in our area, there is a flourishing scene of community theatres, thirty one of which belong to WATCH (Washington Area Theatre Community H…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:23AMFriday, January 16, 2015
Even as construction continues on schedule for the opening of their newly renovated theatre, Keegan Theatre staff have been working out details on their upcoming season, with more announceme…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:11PMThursday, January 15, 2015
It’s official. The new production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s beloved Oscar and Tony Award-winning film and stage musical Gigi will open on Broadway on Wednesday, April …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:02AMTuesday, December 30, 2014
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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:15PMEarlier this month, Pallas Theatre Collective issued a response to the new Helen Hayes Awards eligibility requirements. You can read it here. DC Theatre Scene reached out to us and asked…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:27PMSaturday, December 27, 2014
Tonight, Signature Theatre gets ready to welcome the press to its last opening night of the year as the new Barry Levinson/Sheryl Crow musical Diner hits the stage. Here’s the new trai…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:26PMFriday, December 26, 2014
A note from Lorraine Treanor, Editor of DC Theatre Scene Dear readers, Today, I’ve been thinking of the astonishing work we’ve seen across our region’s stages in 2014. And I wanted…
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