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There is a moment in theater that I live for. I'm onstage, responding truthfully in the moment as if for the first time, embodying my skin as another person and existing in a brilliant atmos…
 By Violet Brookes The term "new normal" gets thrown around a lot nowadays. And indeed, things are going to be vastly different due to the effects of the global pandemic. Since mid-March…
By Thembi Duncan DC Metro Theater Arts has committed to offer our communications channel to help amplify the BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) that are now pointing the path …
On Monday, July 20, 2020, Monumental Theatre Company will present an online reading of a new musical, Desiderium, written by Ricky Drummond and featuring music by The Oh Hellos. Because of t…
By Dalissa Vargas As a lifelong live theater fan and a woman of Puerto Rican descent, I have spent the better portion of my adult life as an avid theatergoer wherever I have lived. On any gi…
By Daryl Austin The hip-hop musical Hamilton is being released on Disney+ on Friday (July 3)"a full 15 months ahead of schedule"so you can watch the drama and all of its love stories and sca…
By K. J. Moran On Monday evening, June 22, 2020, the Board of Flying V Theatre Company terminated Cofounder and Artistic Director Jason Schlafstein following a weekend of sexual misconduct a…
Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater's livestreamed New Works in Action play-reading series concludes Sunday, June 21, at 3 pm with Transferal by Jack Novak. Directed by B…
By Christopher Lancette I sit down at Ford's Theatre a few months ago"back when there was no coronavirus and the world was normal"to watch a play. I have never been much of a theater guy. No…
Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater's New Works in Action play-reading series continues livestreaming Sunday, May 31, at 3 pm with We Victorians by out queer playwright Matthew …
By Olivia Hampton If the corona virus has a lesson for the arts community, it's that what's small can still be mighty. Without a house to fill and lavish sets and costumes to maintain, Washi…
By Gwydion Suilebhan In 1960, a Turkish immigrant named Erol Onaran arrived in the United States with a whopping $32 in his pocket and a fair bit of skill as a television repair person. Erol…
Welcome to the fourth installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways …
10. "Don't Kiss Me Kate" 9. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Lab Coat" 8. "How to Succeed in Business without Leaving Your Couch" 7. "Freeze Rent" No pay, not today 6. "The Lonely King" 5…
 By Julianne Brienza Founding Director, Captial Fringe When planning began for the fifteenth annual Fringe Festival, no one could have imagined a pandemic with such fast, global rest…
What follows is an extraordinary conversation. It started as a Facebook post by award-winning playwright Audrey Cefaly. It was joined by her dear friend, acclaimed actor Elliott Bales, who d…
"In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times." "Bertolt Brecht (motto to Svendborg Poems) When I saw the blooming cherry blossoms this…
Review submitted by Leslie Robinson of Severna Park High School Music, mayhem, magic and the mob! Â "Matilda the Musical" delivers allthis, plus a little chocolate cake! Marvelously telepo…
By Kelly Hanson Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, a beloved fairy tale about a tiny girl searching for a place to belong, has been captivating children for hundreds of years. Though this…
By Kelly Hanson William Shakespeare's Richard III is a masterpiece rife with intrigue, violence, and dark humor. Undertaking such a complicated and beloved production is a bold choice, and B…
Review submitted by Caroline Wilking of Notre Dame Preparatory. Charles Schultz's beloved Peanuts characters were brought to life in a bright and amusing new way in Glen Burnie High School's…
Review submitted by Grace Brehm of Notre Dame Preparatory School. Rivaling families, action-packed fight scenes, and chemistries beyond compare are what await you at Perry Hall High School's…
Review submitted by Evan Howard of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The dim mountains were illuminated with green lights and strangedesigns. The bright and…
Review submitted by Margarita Gamarnik of South Lakes High School. Perhaps considered to be one of Thornton Wilder's most evocative works,Our Town at S…
Review submitted by Annabelle Derrick of Indian Creek High School. Attention all townsfolk! Mayhap the most enthusiastic and phenomenal production of "Spamalot" this squire's laid eye upon w…
