If you are old enough and lucky enough to have seen Bob Fosse's original run of Pippin when it first premiered on Broadway from 1972-75"a run of 1,944 performances"you may have seen a boyish…
Whether you're 3 or 83, it's likely you have seen the holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas on TV at least once in your life, as the Christmas special has been a ratings bonanza ever si…
For three years, Lucinda Merry-Browne, director of the Compass Rose Theater, has been hoping to stage Cats in the intimate setting that houses the Annapolis, Md.-based stage. She finally pro…
For millions of people growing up in the '70s, spending the holiday season watching the "Osmond Family Christmas" with your loved ones was a tradition akin to watching a red-nosed reindeer o…
A new initiative by the Shakespeare Theatre Company will make available 1,000 free tickets to every mainstage production of its 2014-15 season. STC launched its FREE WILL program this week, …
As a young child, Maura Hogan was somewhat obsessed with Mary Poppins, watching the movie over and over the way kids today watch Frozen or The Avengers. "I used to watch it all the time. I k…
When director Robert O'Hara (The Mountaintop, resident playwright at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company) was presented with the opportunity to take on Arena Stage's upcoming production of Fiv…
Convoluted romantic fantasy that it is, As You Like is often revered by Shakespeare aficionados as one of the Bard's best plays, as it contains some of his most lyrical passages within a …
There was big news coming out of Imagination Stage's 2014 Annual Gala last month as the nonprofit arts organization announced it would expand its programmatic offerings at its Bethesda locat…
As a way to bring the worlds of science and entertainment closer together, the National Academy of Sciences established a cultural outreach component to the work that they do, creating lectu…
A musical that incorporates American Sign Language poses some challenges, but when done correctly, makes for a wondrous and memorable production. That's sure to be the case when the WSC Avan…
Anyone who has ever met Wanda Whiteside will tell you that the theatre lover would produce a play in a gymnasium or a parking lot if it meant getting eyeballs on a performance. A New York na…
"In this play, given the subject matter, you need to be comfortable with your partner, and know they have your back, and Katie is like my partner in crime."Â Elan Zafir Back when they wer…
One of the most recognizable faces in Washington D.C.'s theater scene isn't an actor, isn't a high-profile writer or even an artistic director"it's fan and patron Barbara Bear, who regularly…
After the smashing success of last year's inaugural District Improv Festival, the District Improv Company, with help from the Washington Improv Theater, will once again host three days of lo…
It had been more than three years since Greg Twomey last took to a stage"a much acclaimed performance as Xanadu's Sonny in Toby's Dinner Theatre, Baltimore location"so the actor admits, he w…
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will hold its inaugural NextNOW Fest, a four-day festival featuring theatre, music and the arts, from Sept. 11-14. Martin Wollesen, executive directo…
Despite growing up in what he called a "big time catholic family," Marcus Kyd had lots of questions about what was being taught to him, especially about the Devil. "The Devil was always conf…
This Labor Day weekend, there will be 43 presentations in this year’s Page-to-Stage. Choose your best times to go with our sortable Guide to the Fest. The turn of the 21st century brou…
When he was 12, Doug Carpenter attended his first-ever professional show at the National Theatre, watching awestruck over the powerful music and story of Rent. Now, almost two decades later,…
In 1991, Shakespeare Theatre Company presented The Merry Wives of Windsor as its first ever Free For All production, allowing all audience members to get a taste of Shakespeare at no cost. T…
It's not often you get some of the biggest names in the DC theater community together in one room"and even less often that most of them are up on stage performing on one night, but that's ex…
DC theater lovers are no strangers to the work of Donna Migliaccio. With a dozen Helen Hayes nominations to her credit, including two wins, and her leadership in helping Signature Theatre be…
When it premiered on Broadway in 1988, Carrie: The Musical lasted just 16 previews and five performances, earning a dubious place in theater history as one of the Great White Way's biggest f…
The Capital Fringe Festival has been a welcome sign of summer for DC's theater community, as for three weeks each July, it connects exploratory artists with adventurous audiences with a mult…