ToDo ToDay: An Ella Fitzgerald Musical, Bar Pilar's New Happy Hour, and Los Campesinos! by Caroline Jones

Starring in a biographic jukebox musical requires a lot from actors. They have to embody a well-known person without resorting to caricature, and they have to sing well enough to keep the cr…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:11am on January 23, 2014[SHARE]

ToDo ToDay: Free Vodka, Joe Papp in Five Acts, and NSO in Your Neighborhood by Caroline Jones

In 1954, Joseph Papp started the Shakespeare Workshop, a mobile theater that brought free Shakespeare performances to all five boroughs of New York. Thirteen years later, Papp opened the Pub…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:43am on January 7, 2014[SHARE]

ToDo ToDay: A Camus Tribute, Improvised Shakespeare, and Sunwolf by Caroline Jones

Albert Camus' The Stranger  is one of the core texts of existential literature. The novel's exploration of absurdity and ambiguity is perfect fodder for a remix artist to interpret.…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:00am on November 8, 2013[SHARE]

Ford's Theatre to Reopen Tomorrow Morning by Caroline Jones

Thanks to a generous donor, Ford's Theatre will reopen tomorrow morning, more than two weeks after the National Park Service closed the historic site as a result of the government shutdown. …

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 3:15pm on October 15, 2013[SHARE]

ToDo ToDay: Romeo and Juliet, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and Jacco Gardner by Caroline Jones

Director Aaron Posner says he was drawn to Romeo and Juliet "because of sex and violence, just like everybody else." Evergreen themes those are indeed, but when his version of the trag…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:05am on October 15, 2013[SHARE]

Ford's Theatre's The Laramie Project Relocates to First Congregational United Church of Christ by Caroline Jones

The Laramie Project is homeless no more: Ford's Theatre has found a full-time venue for the show, the company announced today. Performances scheduled from Oct. 9 to Oct. 15 will take p…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 5:25pm on October 7, 2013[SHARE]

Shutdown Forces Ford's Theatre to Move The Laramie Project by Caroline Jones

The shutdown has forced all Smithsonian museums to temporarily close, and now, the historic Ford's Theatre is taking a hit, too. This morning, the National Park Service informed theater s…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 3:40pm on October 1, 2013[SHARE]

Artistic Directors Respond to Helen Hayes Reforms by Caroline Jones

Immediately after TheatreWashington announced an overhaul of how the Helen Hayes awards are judged and distributed on Tuesday evening, reporters and theater-makers responded with questions a…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 5:16pm on September 20, 2013[SHARE]

After Big Companies Complain, Helen Hayes Awards Will Be Split Into Two Tiers by Caroline Jones

D.C. theater professionals and aficionados should prepare for an extra-long Helen Hayes Awards celebration come 2015. TheatreWashington, the organization that runs the awards, announced majo…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:52am on September 18, 2013[SHARE]

ToDo ToDay: Bootleg Shakespeare! Mary Christ Farewell Performance! by Caroline Jones

Part of what makes the Capital Fringe Festival so exciting is the fast pace at which some of its productions develop. This year's festival just wrapped, but Taffety Punk Theatre Company won'…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:55am on August 5, 2013[SHARE]

Round House Theatre Relinquishes Silver Spring Venue by Caroline Jones

Round House Theatre, the Montgomery County-based company that runs two theaters in Silver Spring and Bethesda, announced today that it will cease operating its Silver Spring black-box space …

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 5:19pm on June 27, 2013[SHARE]

ToDo ToDay: Super Art Fight! Hem! Craigslist Theater! by Caroline Jones

Drawing all over your middle school notebooks was one way to look productive while avoiding learning the quadratic formula. Super Art Fight, pegged as "the greatest live art competition in t…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:14pm on June 14, 2013[SHARE]

No Rules Theatre Company Gets Personal by Caroline Jones

After watching Stanley Tucci's 2007 film Blind Date, No Rules Theatre Company's producing artistic director Brian Sutow knew he had to adapt it for the stage. "I immediately felt that it was…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 1:02pm on April 26, 2013[SHARE]

ToDo ToDay: The Last Five Years at Signature Theatre by Caroline Jones

What do you do when you're a theater with a hole in your schedule but little time or money to fill it? You snap up the rights to off-Broadway's most in-demand two-person show. The Last Fi…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:37am on April 2, 2013[SHARE]

ToDo ToDay: Idly Bent Theatre Company! Drag Bingo! by Caroline Jones

Idly Bent Theatre Company, a D.C. newcomer, appears to be shooting for the moon with its first production in town. Hailing from the University of Virginia, two of the founding Idly Benters p…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:59am on January 9, 2013[SHARE]

Theatre Lab Celebrates 20 Years of Training Actors"Experienced or Not by Caroline Jones

Since D.C. has one of the most robust theater scenes in the country, it's no surprise that the city is also full of schools where aspiring Hamlets can hone their craft. The biggest of these …

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 3:29pm on November 12, 2012[SHARE]

Shakespeare Theatre Company Heads to the Bar by Caroline Jones

After the success of Black Watch in 2011 and 2012, the Shakespeare Theatre Company will again work with the National Theatre of Scotland to host one of its productions as part of its STC Pre…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 2:06pm on October 12, 2012[SHARE]