Monday, March 18, 2013
TheatreWashington is holding a pre-Awards celebration tonight for all of this year’s Helen Hayes Awards nominees and, thanks to their special Webcast livestreamed direct from DC’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:15PMSunday, March 17 — The 13th annual WATCH awards were handed out in front of a sold out audience at the Little Theatre of Alexandria in Alexandria, VA. WATCH (Washington Area Theatre …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:08AMThursday, March 14, 2013
The Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection has been donated to the Library of Congress, and, in celebration, the LOC, in conjunction with daughter Dena Kaye, has planned a special evening hon…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMTickets went on sale to the general public this morning for The Book of Mormon, and within minutes, the flood of ticket seekers crashed the Kennedy Center’s site. (It’s still not…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMAlthough its forced exile from its residence at Artisphere compelled WSC to abandon its plan to produce a spring rep series, the company announced today it has resolved, temporarily, its nee…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:05AMWednesday, March 13, 2013
Writing comedy is hard, but Monday night, Woolly Mammoth pulled off a smart, funny show to present its 34th season with company member Emily Townley (Tryst, Bright New Boise, House of Gold…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMTuesday, March 12, 2013
Monologue Madness, the brainchild of actor/producer Edward Daniels, is ready for its 3rd year of determining who will take home its top prize of $1,000 on Championship Sunday, April 7th. 32 …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:29AMMonday, March 11, 2013
The Kennedy Center will be offering a season of proven box-office successes for the 2013-2014 season, Center President Michael Kaiser announced last week. The season, which will also be Kais…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:39AMSunday, March 10, 2013
Tickets? ………….. check! Parking? …………. uh oh. What’s tougher than getting a ticket to Book of Mormon on opening day? Drivers know the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:02PMFriday, March 8, 2013
Just announced – Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years will replace Crime of the Heart in Signature Theatre’s spring lineup. Aaron Posner will direct the intimate two pe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMWednesday, March 6, 2013
It turns out the weather forecasters had it right. The DC area is in for as much as 8 inches of snow, which is already falling quickly. Some show cancellations are inevitable – Arena S…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:49AMMonday, March 4, 2013
We’re beginning to see signs that the new booking agents for the National Theatre are living up to their promise to keep the lights on at that historic theatre. Their first announcemen…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:09AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
If you saw Nu Sass’s sock puppet version of Into the Woods: In Concert last year, you have probably already snagged reservations to this year’s Socky Horror Puppet Show. If you misse…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:56AMArena Stage announces its upcoming 10 production season which features the return of such powerhouse performers as Mary Bridget Davies (One Night with Janis Joplin), Kathleen Turner (Mother …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:50AMBefore I launched Theater Shelf, my reviews appeared on the website Potomac Stages. One of my favorites of all the books I reviewed for that outlet was Steven Suskin’s “The Sound…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:59AMFriday, February 22, 2013
Audiences have more time to catch performances of two hit shows which clicked with critics and audiences alike. The MetroStage world premiere musical Ladies Swing the Blues covers the jazz w…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:44AMThursday, February 21, 2013
Puppet Stand-Up, coming to the Warehouse for 2 shows this Saturday, promises to run the gamut from serious to silly by presenting puppets in stand up routines by “the best puppet comi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:20AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
If you’ve ever wondered why DC playwrights aren’t writing about the largest population group in DC – government workers – well, Mary Resing and the staff at Acting Cu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:31PMFriday, February 15, 2013
In Good People, the David Lindsay-Abaire play now playing at Arena Stage, Margaret, a single mother, loses her job and faces eviction. The story takes place in South Boston, but the rea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:05AMTo paraphrase Tom Lehrer: Be prepared. That’s the understudy’s solemn creed. Our colleague, the astute theatre observer John Glass, noted that a recent performance of Henry V nec…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:10AMSaturday, February 9, 2013
For everyone you know who says they don’t go to theatre because it’s too expensive – pass this along. This week, two of the shows which our critics think you should see had…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:59PMTuesday, February 5, 2013
Theatres are offering some really good deals for your night out at the theatre. This one, from Living Social, really jumped out at us. For a party of four – it’s 2 tickets for …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:56PMFriday, February 1, 2013
Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein announced a new addition to The Kennedy Center which will expand the facility southward, and over the Potomac River. Architects Steven Holl and Ch…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:22AMThursday, January 31, 2013
Theatre attendance on Super Bowl Sunday always takes a dip, and those might have been Carolyn Griffin’s thoughts when she came up with the idea a few years ago to offer a special ticke…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AMMonday, January 28, 2013
This is the night when much of Washington area theatre holds its collective breath, waiting word on who Helen Hayes judges have nominated for this year’s Helen Hayes Awards. Well, au…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:09PMWake up! – DC area actors – grab your coffee, then dig out your primo 90 second audition monologue. You know. The God-I’m-great-you-gotta-cast-me one. Because signups for M…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:04AMSunday, January 27, 2013
Enthusiastic box office response has earned another 5 performances this week for Mike Bartlett’s searing satire Contractions starring Holly Twyford and Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan. Holly Twy…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:03PMFriday, January 25, 2013
Local and national leaders, joined by members of the DC area theatre community, will take part in Saturday’s March on Washington for Gun Control in support of President Obama’s plan for …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:11AMWednesday, January 23, 2013
Joe Calarco’s groundbreaking play Shakespeare’s R&J breaks new ground again when it opens in the theatre more accustomed to the sights and sounds of Sondheim. Signature The…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:02PMMonday, January 21, 2013
Sunday night, January 20th, in Alexandria, Virginia, nominations for the the 13th annual Washington Area Community Theatre Awards (WATCH) were announced from the stage of the Little Theatre …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:58AMThursday, January 17, 2013
We admit it – when Artistic Director Hanna Bondareswka sent the Ambassador Theater’s press release for their upcoming performances at Flashpoint Gallery, our email back could be capsuliz…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AM 
