1,046 stories by "Lorraine Treanor"
The film version of the Broadway musical phenom, Hamilton, will premiere on streaming service Disney+ starting July 3. Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda first posted the trailer on his Twi…
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that a regiment of Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and the emancipation of the enslaved peoples…
Recommended by Anastasia Wilson, DC actor now based in Atlanta. "And as the pepper gas clears And police and protestors go home Just as the morning dew are tear drops of the night My emot…
Twilight: Los Angeles Great Performances, PBS Free Click to view In response to the national crisis in the aftermath of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (Brunswick, GA), Breonna Taylor (Louisvil…
Billie Krishawn is a DC area actor and photographer whose work will soon appear on our pages. This weekend she is back on the streets, adding to her extensive photo coverage of the Black Liv…
"It's been a long, long time coming But I know that change is gonna come" " Sam Cooke, 1964 Recommended by Pamela Jafari. "I am a Washingtonian senior who is Black, lesbian, a mo…
Native Washingtonian poet and playwright John Johnson told us: "I am inspired to create art because I was born a artist it goes along with my breathing and heart beat, it is like a vital org…
Kev Marcus and Wil B, musicians from Florida, are Black Violin. Stereotypes run deep in our psyches. From who we represent that we are to each other, to what we wear, to our age, even to the…
DC Theatre Scene stands in solidarity with all people fighting for racial justice in this country. We stand in witness to the righteous anger and despair brought on by the killing of George …
Macbeth Folger Theatre Through July 1, 2020 Click for details I lapped this one up like cream " Folger Theatre's rebroadcast of Macbeth as reimagined by the gifted magician Teller and Aar…
Hope that Washington DC area stages will be able to produce a fall season this year has dimmed with the release by Actors' Equity Association of the four core principles which would need to …
Of the many pitches about online content we have received, the announcement from Pandemic Theatre of how they were presenting Shakespeare's barbed romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, st…
Bon Voyage! Happenstance Theater $10 rental fee gives 30 day access Click here The lighthearted troupe known as Happenstance Theater brings back their 2017 production of Bon Voyage!. Masterf…
Signature Theatre has just announced the new dates for their production of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!. The highly anticipated show, directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric …
In a press release just received comes news of a funding opportunity from the new arts program Emergent Seed. The organization is offering $500 microgrants to emerging writers and composers …
Veteran company members Francesca Chilcote and Kathryn Zoerb have been named Co-Artistic Directors of Washington's Commedia dell'Arte company, Faction of Fools has announced. The women su…
Homebound Round House Theatre Free Series ends June 29, 2020 Click here If you haven't caught on to this web series yet, there's time to catch up. Homebound is only 3 episodes into its 10 pa…
The King and I Lincoln Center's Tony Award winning production of May 8, starting at 8pm EST through May 10 Free on Broadway HD Click here "This 2015 Broadway revival remains one of the most …
The New York-based Infinity Theatre Company, which performs its summer season in Annapolis, has announced the cancellation of its 2020 season. The company, which has been the performing in t…
On August 28, 1968, two iconic intellectuals " author, editor, political commentator and (PBS) television host William F. Buckley for the right and author, lecturer, frequent television gues…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which had planned to re-open its campus on May 22, will remain closed through August 9 due to the ongoing impact of COVID"19, according to…
Frankenstein (both versions) National Theatre At Home April 30 " May 8, 2020 London's National Theatre will present free week long streams of Danny Boyle's 2011 production of Frankenstein, w…
Folger Theatre, operating out of house due to the ongoing multi-year $69 million dollar renovation of Shakespeare Library is scheduling its "On the Road" season in collaboration with local c…
Advice for theatre companies worried about bringing audiences back into their physical spaces has been 'Go Bold.' The opera-theatre company, IN Series, which usually performs at Source in DC…
To celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday, Raúl Esparza organized a concert extravaganza on the 50th anniversary of the opening of Sondheim's Company, featuring some 45 songs and t…