The team of playwright Rachel Bonds and director Mike Donahue (The Wolfe Twins) has returned to Studio Theatre to present Curve of Departure, fresh from its world premiere at South Coast Rep…
Michael Harris remembers fondly the first time he watched the 1971 film of Fiddler on the Roof and seeing that "big happy guy going nuts." That, of course, was Topol as Tevye, the poor mi…
In a comical nod to Christmas, the Drafthouse Comedy Theater is staging best-selling humorist David Sedaris' one-man show, The SantaLand Diaries, from Dec. 7-23, starring Cameron Folmar (STC…
Forty years ago, I was introduced to the world of musical theater with my first visit to Broadway, where I was lucky enough to see Andrea McArdle play the title role in the original producti…
Bhavesh Patel has had a busy year, appearing on Broadway, performing in Shakespeare in the Park and now taking on the role of Orsino in Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Twelfth Ni…
When he was 12 years old, Paata Tsikurishvili was introduced to the story of Peter Pan on stage. "My dad took me and I just loved the story; the little conflicts with their parents, you want…
"Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Regina George?" If this line resonates with you, there's a good chance you are among the many anxiously awaiting the musical v…
John de Lancie is set to star in Mosaic Theater Company's production of Pulitzer Prize finalist Jon Robin Baitz' Vicuña & The American Epilogue as Kurt Seaman, a Donald Trump-inspi…
Nora Achrati considers herself "very much a character actor." "I was very intrigued by the premise of Mystery School and the opportunity to play these very different characters," she says, s…
It isn't every day that you're asked to play God, so when 7-time Helen Hayes-nominated actor Tom Story was offered the chance to take on the titular role in Signature Theatre's production of…
Langston Hughes was a noted poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry. It's no wonder that the literary giant got a "shout out" in Rent's …
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the DC theater community is invited to the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive's (WAPAVA) Richard Bauer Award celebration at the Woolly Mammoth Theater, in an …
In theater circles, Dominique Morisseau is regarded as one of the most significant and talented African-American playwrights working today. Last year, she made the list of Top 20 Most Produc…
The chemistry between the characters of long-time husband and wife Willy and Linda Loman in Ford’s Theatre's Death of a Salesman may seem stronger than most other productions of Arthur…
Dreamgirls is Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen’s loose interpretation of the rise of Diana Ross and the Supremes, the challenges they had and the breakthrough of R&B groups to the mainst…
"I was at a dinner party and someone brought up a fight they were having with their neighbors and someone else brought up a fight their parents were having with their neighbors, and we all s…
The summer is winding down and families are seeing their schedules filling up with soccer games, school events and other commitments, but theatreWashington has planned a day that allows peop…
When Will Gartshore had the opportunity to be in Signature Theatre's upcoming production of A Little Night Music, there wasn't much need to think about it. "You just say 'yes' to a Stephen S…
The National Tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I is currently wowing audiences at the Kennedy Center, and many of its cast will be …
As the first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall is one of the most important judges in U.S. history. He remained on the Court from 1967 until 1991. His leadershi…
It was in the spring of 2007 when the Signature Theatre decided to hold its first-ever Open House event, a chance to introduce itself to those in the community who weren't familiar with the …
"Any story about a world leader who realizes the only way to protect the country is not by extending walls but extending a hand of friendship to a foreigner"I find that very profound," Jose …
For their inaugural Logan Festival of Solo Performance, 1st Stage will welcome acclaimed artists from San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, and New York for two-weeks of performances and communi…
Before opening to wide acclaim on Broadway in 1982, and before Donny Osmond began a decade-long run as the title character in film and on stage, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat …
On January 25, 1996, a new musical by an unknown writer who had tragically died the night before, opened Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop, and the landscape of theater changed f…