Friday, 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…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:11PMA letter from the Independent Theatre Coalition of Washington We support theatreWashington’s decision to set compensation requirements for their professional theatre awards because we …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:07PMTuesday, December 23, 2014
The abrupt dismissal of Ari Roth, Artistic Director of Theater J on December 18th by Carole R. Zawatsky, chief executive of the DC Jewish Community Center (first reported by Peter Marks of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:48PMFriday, December 19, 2014
I loved Lucie. In fact, the highlight of the touring production of Pippin, coming to us from a Broadway run that nabbed a few Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, is “No Time a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:21PMThursday, December 18, 2014
This summer, Washington, DC passed The Minimum Wage Amendment Act raising the minimum wage standard to $9.50 per hour. By 2017, that hourly wage will be $11.50, figures well below what some …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:02PMChristmas themed shows are doing predictably well in our area, but there is one acclaimed production you can’t see, unless you scored a ticket last month or act quickly to grab seats f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:04AMMonday, December 15, 2014
The reinvented version of Side Show, the Bill Russell, Bill Comden/Henry Krieger musical won critical and audience approval when it was seen here at the Kennedy Center last summer. New Yor…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:00PMFriday, December 12, 2014
Looking at the names associated with Signature’s World Premiere of Diner, it’s easy to see why many expect the show to be heading to Broadway in the not-too-distant future. There’s a s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:59AMFriday, December 5, 2014
DC Theatre Scene’s annual holiday gift guide, the guide with theatre lovers in mind, has just been posted with more than 40 gift ideas. This year, we turned to some of our favorite cri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:38AMFriday, November 14, 2014
“This is the first play I wrote after writing about George Bush and John Kerry [The Strangerer], an unsexy play in which I had to spend time with characters who were unsympathetic. I wante…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:41AMMonday, November 3, 2014
On Monday night, October 27th, the lobby of Woolly Mammoth Theatre was mobbed and moving among the crowd in a blue checked shirt, outstretched hand ready to welcome each person, was the man …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:25AMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Women who make trouble make history. Once there was a female pope who turned the Vatican upside down, or so the legend goes, only one of the women Ecuadoran actress Joan Estrella came to cel…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:36PMThursday, October 9, 2014
- The following is a rare interview with actor Bruce Alan Rauscher by John Glass, editor of Drama Urge, who granted us permission to re-post it here. – Bruce Alan Rauscher first came o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:07AMThursday, October 2, 2014
The D.C. riverfront revival is going swimmingly. Nationals Stadium, the Yards Park and an influx of restaurants have ushered in an era of prosperity for the once industrial district, transfo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:46AMMonday, September 29, 2014
Today is a sad day for the theatre community. As people get ready to attend the tribute to actress Tana Hicken tonight at Studio Theatre, word is spreading through Facebook that Reggie Ray, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:34PM“I see the head of Voltaire” Alice says in Kira Obolensky’s Lobster Alice, looking at a painting by Salvador Dalí in a certain way. Things are seldom what they seem in the famous surr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:21AMFriday, September 26, 2014
Sit in on the “Meet and Greet” at the NEW 42nd Street Studios as director/choreographer Susan Stroman, the designers and choreographers talk through their concepts for Little Dan…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35AMThursday, September 18, 2014
DCTS has partnered with Angelika Mosaic Film Center in Fairfax, Virginia to offer you free tickets to the latest screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from around the world. We have 3 pair…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:03PMWednesday, September 17, 2014
DCTS has partnered with the new Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market to offer you free tickets to the latest screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from around the world. We have 3 pairs of tick…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:04PMPeople change, especially in stories. Challenging circumstances shape characters, crystalizing them into emboldened heroes. In Franz Kafka’s famous short story Metamorphosis, however, hard…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:17PMThursday, September 11, 2014
On Monday night, September 8th, Bay Theatre’s reading of the comedy Four Weddings and an Elvis finished with a surprise twist not in the Nancy Frick script. As the reading, held at the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:25PMThursday, August 28, 2014
Just released – Synetic Theater has begun offering free fitness videos on their YouTube channel – inspired by their popular fitness classes. Synetic Fitness is an exercise class …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PMWednesday, August 27, 2014
The 2014-15 season looks like it will be the busiest in our nine years of covering the theatrical scene. With today’s addition of Peter’s Alley’s three productions, the c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:20AMTuesday, August 26, 2014
Claybourne Elder, Paul Scanlon and other members of the cast of Signature Theatre’s Sunday in the Park with George accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Landless Theatre’s p…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:19AMFriday, August 22, 2014
Six year old theatre critic Iain Armitage is getting plenty of attention on YouTube. His beat is covering DC and Broadway shows. Five months ago, Iain saw Hairspray at Signature, his parents…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:28AMThursday, August 21, 2014
Penn Quarter is D.C.’s neighborhood for entertainment. From the Verizon Center to the National Portrait Gallery, the fluid parameters of Penn Quarter house a spectrum of art, culture and p…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:42PMWednesday, August 20, 2014
“D&D is not therapy.” That’s what Tilly, a charismatic tomboy played by Rebecca Hausman, tells her older sister Agnes in the hilarious and fluid Rorschach production of She…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:44AMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Signature Theatre begins its 25th anniversary season with the Pulitzer Prize winning Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, directed by Matthew Gardiner. Now in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:02AMThursday, August 7, 2014
Just announced – Side Show, seen here at the Kennedy Center last June, will indeed be going to Broadway, moving into the St. James Theatre, now home to Bullets over Broadway. This ends…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:56AMFriday, August 1, 2014
With the increasing trend for theatre companies to produce nearly year round, it has become tricky to to determine when the official Washington DC area season closes and the next one opens. …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:00AMThursday, July 24, 2014
How’s it going, Capital Fringe fans? As we get ready for this final Fringe weekend (Capital Fringe closes Sunday, July 27) we thought we’d check in with all the Fringe-goers. We …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PM 
