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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Wolf Trap awards seven grants to DC-area high schools to fund performing arts projects by News Desk

Projects span Prince George’s County, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Falls Church City, Loudoun County, and D.C. Public Schools.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:20AM

Historic Ford’s Theatre announces 2022/23 season by News Desk

Lineup to include Horton Foote’s ‘The Trip to Bountiful' and Cheryl L. West’s new musical about rock ‘n’ roll trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00AM
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

India.Arie to headline Black Girls Rock! festival at Kennedy Center by News Desk

BGR!FEST makes its highly anticipated return—collaborating with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) for the very first time.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00PM

The Kennedy Center’s 2022/23 season offers excitement for all ages by News Desk

The lineup includes the return of the Broadway Center Stage series, thrilling Broadway plays and musicals, and exciting world premiere works for young people.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33AM
Monday, May 16, 2022

DC-area theaters unite to extend COVID mask and vax policies by News Desk

Mask-wearing and proof of vaccination for artists, staff, and audiences will be required at least through July 31, 2022.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:52PM
Sunday, May 15, 2022

‘True Colors’ LGBTQ+ program to premiere on PBS June 4 by News Desk

A star-studded lineup joined by the DC-based American Pops Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Luke Frazier.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:30PM

Everyman Theatre announces 32nd season with seven wide-ranging plays by News Desk

Lineup includes a world premiere, two hits from stage and screen, an award-winning Broadway play, a fan-favorite whodunnit, a play by a new voice in American theater, and a reimagined musica…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:09PM
Saturday, May 14, 2022

‘Smashed’ comedy ‘Drunk Shakespeare’ to open at new Sage Theatre by News Desk

A hit with critics and audiences in Chicago and New York City, the show comes to DC June 16 to October 1.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:22PM

‘Pooled’ gospel musical by Moses T. Alexander Greene to return ‘home’ by News Desk

The award-winning play will have its regional premiere at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts June 10 to 12.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:52PM

1st Stage 2022/23 season brings four regional premieres to Tysons by News Desk

The season kicks off with the regional premiere of 'Mlima's Tale' by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:25AM
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Broadway Director Alex Timbers will appear at the 2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival by News Desk

Tony Award-winning Broadway director Alex Timbers will be appearing at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 14 to speak about and sign his new children’s book, Broadway Bird. Broadway Bir…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:09PM

Woolly Mammoth 2022/23 season to feature regional, U.S., and world premieres by News Desk

A break-out collection of unconventional storytelling, filled with characters who upend roles, rules, and regimes, and authentic, in-your-face playwriting voices.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:22PM
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Olney Theatre Center announces eclectic 2022/23 season by News Desk

Lineup includes a rolling world premiere, a DMV premiere, several co-productions, and the return of the nationally acclaimed production of 'Disney's Beauty and the Beast.'

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:14PM
Monday, May 9, 2022

Arena Stage announces 2022/23 season, Molly Smith’s 25th as artistic director by News Desk

Two new Power Plays, a classic romantic comedy, a timely new drama, a quirky cult musical, and a landmark work of the American theater.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23PM
Friday, May 6, 2022

The magic of ‘Potted Potter’ returns to Shakespeare Theatre Company this summer by News Desk

Popular production condenses all seven Harry Potter books into seventy hilarious minutes.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:21PM
Sunday, May 1, 2022

‘Nothing short of a miracle’: Capital Fringe to return in July by News Desk

30 theater productions with 140 individual performances over eight days in Georgetown.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00PM

Pan Underground’s popular ‘Red Bike’ block party returns May 21 by News Desk

The play by Caridad Svich is reimagined as an immersive experience at the center of an outdoor community celebration.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:24AM
Friday, April 29, 2022

Kelli O’Hara and Adrienne Warren to star in ‘Broadway in the Park’ at Wolf Trap by News Desk

Co-presented by Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap, the concert June 24 will also feature Erin Driscoll, Vincent Kempski, Rayshun LaMarr, Kevin McAllister, Donna Migliaccio, Nova Y. Payton…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45PM
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Signature Theatre to honor Carol Burnett with Stephen Sondheim Award by News Desk

Bernadette Peters, Santino Fontana, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Nova Y. Payton, and Bobby Smith to perform at gala May 16.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:46PM

New vet-owned company to present new gospel play, ‘All Counsel Ain’t Wise’ by News Desk

The Tyler Perry–style Christian production plays June 11 in Stafford, VA.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AM
Sunday, April 24, 2022

‘Pass Over’ joins four-play summer season at American Shakespeare Center by News Desk

Antoinette Nwandu’s groundbreaking drama about young Black men looking for a way out will follow 'Every Brilliant Thing,' 'Twelfth Night,' and 'Thrive.'

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:25PM
Friday, April 22, 2022

Paula Vogel’s ‘Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief’ next from We Happy Few by News Desk

The Helen Hayes Recommended company We Happy Few takes a step forward by looking back this spring as they stage Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief, their first Shakespeare-adjacent piec…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:41AM
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Virtual reading of one acts by Ukrainian playwrights under siege by News Desk

Voices Festival Productions with the Arts Club of Washington joins a worldwide project to bear witness through theater to the horrors of Putin’s war.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43PM

Cogent Theater Collective to debut with Patrick Marber’s ‘Closer’ by News Desk

New professional company partners with veteran community theater on intimate look at love and betrayal.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:58PM
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

David Strathairn returns to DC as heroic Holocaust witness Jan Karski by News Desk

Coming to Gonda Theater at Georgetown May 12 to 22: his brilliant and all-too-timely portrayal of one man's moral courage amid the crimes of war.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23AM
Friday, April 15, 2022

Dominion Stage announces its 2022/23 season by News Desk

This will be the long-running theater's 73rd consecutive year of performances.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:05AM
Thursday, April 14, 2022

The Lab announces The Gathering, a four-day free theater festival at GU by News Desk

Over 400 artists, thought-leaders, activists, and next-gen change-makers will come together from around the world to address critical global issues.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:41PM
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Shakespeare Theatre Company announces 2022/23 lineup by News Desk

A season focused on love, loss, and the spaces between.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:15AM

Theater J and Mosaic Theater partner to aid Ukrainian charities April 28 by News Desk

A benefit reading of short Ukrainian plays based on what the playwrights are experiencing in their war-torn country.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:56AM
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Alliance for New Music-Theatre’s ‘Voices of Zion’ to dig deep into history by News Desk

Immersive 'Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project' to perform on-site in May.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:13PM

Free preview: New opera ‘Blue’ by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson by News Desk

Now available online in a recording and documentary, their acclaimed new work written in response to the senseless murder of Black people.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:24AM

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