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Thursday, September 17, 2020

Challenged to examine their White bias, some theater companies are taking on diversity — from the top by Peter Marks

A spate of recent hires suggests that an industry roiled by Black Lives Matter may at last be responding.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:02AM
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

To understand what’s going on in the streets of D.C., theaters are having stage artists make movies by Peter Marks

Arena Stage and Studio Theatre debut films and videos that speak to the rawness of the moment: “Now reality is ahead of anything we can create.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:32PM
Thursday, September 10, 2020

While members of Congress chew the scenery, the arts wait for scraps by Peter Marks

The Shakespeare Theatre’s annual “Will on the Hill” fundraiser, this year online, underscores a glaring funding crisis.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:24PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

New York City can’t rebound without Broadway. And Broadway’s road back is uncertain. by Peter Marks

Why reopening the nation’s premier theater district is far more arduous than anybody predicted.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:32AM
Friday, August 7, 2020

Listen in as Dan Rather anchors the story of his own highly theatrical life by Peter Marks

“Stories of a Lifetime” jumps from off-Broadway to Audible, revealing glimpses of the CBS newsman on and off the job.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03AM
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

I am a theater critic in New York. Not a hair salon in Dublin. Let me explain. by Peter Marks

How a comedy of errors on Irish Twitter led to an honorary doctorate in hairdressing.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54PM
Thursday, July 23, 2020

This actor and choreographer are on a mission: More black people running Broadway by Peter Marks

Theater vets Warren Adams and T. Oliver Reid have teamed up with a philanthropist to find jobs for young black colleagues.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:24PM
Thursday, July 16, 2020

This prestigious New York theater has an unlikely season coming. All of the titles are TBA. by Peter Marks

New York Theatre Workshop, the birthplace of “Rent,” puts its faith in artistic “instigators.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:12PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Arena Stage is pinning its hopes on a five-play in-person season beginning in January by Peter Marks

“Celia and Fidel” is set to be the first play on a roster that includes two new musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PM
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Shakespeare Theatre Company sheds a third of its staff by Peter Marks

Pandemic losses force more ‘tragic’ cuts, but the company vows to come back strong.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

These works by Richard Nelson and Lorraine Hansberry are some of the best plays online now by Peter Marks

“And So We Come Forth” and “Les Blancs” are powerful in very different ways.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:24PM

Once more unto the breach: Shakespeare returns to the Shenandoah Valley by Peter Marks

With coronavirus measures on and off the stage, American Shakespeare Center readies a July 25 restart.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

4 ideas for satisfying your imaginative appetite, online and on the page by Peter Marks

Your fine arts to-do list: Lorraine Hansberry, Michaelangelo, Richard Nelson and Shakespeare.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:42AM
Monday, June 29, 2020

Broadway will remain shuttered until at least January by Peter Marks

No reopening date is scheduled, though producers are looking at next spring.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:48PM
Friday, June 26, 2020

As ‘Hamilton’ becomes a movie, suddenly we’re all in the room where it happens by Peter Marks

Lin-Manuel Miranda says “conventional wisdom is wrong”; now is the perfect time to stream the filmed version of his juggernaut stage musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42AM
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Signature Theatre co-founder steps down amid accusations of sexual assault by Peter Marks

Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer leaves the Arlington company after allegations resurface on social media.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:03PM
Thursday, June 11, 2020

What does a theater company do when it can’t make theater? Make a film. by Peter Marks

Arena Stage enlists playwrights, actors and ordinary people to represent one single day in the covid era. “May 22, 2020” debuts online this weekend.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:03PM
Tuesday, June 9, 2020

D.C. area theaters are mixed on reopening this year by Peter Marks

Theater J and Round House will stay shuttered until 2021. But Mosaic may be back this summer.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM
Thursday, June 4, 2020

In wake of George Floyd’s death, black theater leaders want more than sympathetic words by Peter Marks

Yet another police killing galvanizes the theater community, but will it change what they produce?

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:36AM
Friday, May 29, 2020

This remarkable ‘Hairspray’ video raises the roof. Even better, it raises money for entertainers in need. by Peter Marks

Through collaborations like “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” the Actors Fund has amassed more than $27 million in aid.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42AM
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Arts groups in distress call on a former Kennedy Center president for help by Peter Marks

Michael Kaiser puts his turnaround skills to work dispensing survival advice for a pandemic.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:24AM
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

This Zoom magic show delivers a box to your house. Then it blows your mind. by Peter Marks

Helder Guimarães’s buoyant magic show is a tonic for what ails us in isolation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:54PM
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Stage actors union says no theaters are safe without these guidelines for reopening by Peter Marks

Actors’ Equity issues “core principles” to ensure the coronavirus-related safety of its members.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:12PM
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Round House Theatre’s sweet and funny new Web series serves up covid-19-era life in 10-minute slices by Peter Marks

Weekly episodes of ‘Homebound’ are a welcome tonic for our time in isolation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:48PM
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Theaters may be dark, but theater-makers are still finding ways to dazzle you by Peter Marks

One upside of the pandemic: Dramatists, producers and directors are filling the online space with innovative, creative endeavors — and involving the viewer.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:36PM

Citing the pandemic, Disney puts Broadway’s ‘Frozen’ permanently on ice by Peter Marks

The musical is the first major long-standing Broadway property to shutter.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:18PM

Pandemic taps the brakes on ‘A Strange Loop,’ the Broadway-bound Pulitzer winner by Peter Marks

Woolly Mammoth postpones Michael R. Jackson’s unconventional musical to summer 2021.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:06PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Four ways to help you through your days of theater deprivation by Peter Marks

In print and online, dramatic art can still be devoured.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:32AM
Monday, May 11, 2020

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is postponed at the Kennedy Center. It’s okay to grieve. by Peter Marks

The chain reaction of cancellations continues, with the scrapping of a national tour’s summer launch.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM
Thursday, May 7, 2020

Play It Again | These songs from musicals changed my life. Now they can sustain me. by Peter Marks

This is the first in a series in which our critics reflect on artistic endeavors that have inspired and moved them.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:36AM
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Not even a pandemic could stop this D.C. artistic leader from building the acting school of her dreams by Peter Marks

Joy Zinoman’s conservatory moves closer to opening a new home in the District.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:18PM

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