1,046 stories by "Lorraine Treanor"
I guess I was "nervous in the service." But who wasn't in those fretful days after September 11, 2001? So when the telephone rang just after the Presidential Mobilization Order came ou…
As tickets go on sale today for the 2019 Capital Fringe Festival, festival goers are realizing that a record-setting 82 Fringe shows of the 89 show festival will open in the first week of th…
He's reported from above the Arctic Circle. He's reported from Air Force One. He's reported from wars in Iraq, Ukraine, and Israel. He covered the Justice Department for National Public Radi…
While viewers in past years might have retired early from the 3 hour Tony Awards show, 2019's host James Corden gave them plenty of reasons to stay tuned through to the final awards in tonig…
Theater Alliance has appointed Jennifer Clements as the company's Managing Director. She joins Raymond O. Caldwell, who became the company's Producing Artistic Director in January, 2019. Cle…
New York-based Infinity Theatre Company will offer a two-show season this summer in Annapolis. The season will feature Rodgers and Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing in collaboratio…
Rainbow Theatre Project presents Stonewall: 50, a staged reading of new short plays that celebrates the legacy and worldwide changes that started from the Stonewall riots in June 1969.…
Ryan Maxwell captures this year's fabulous Helen Hayes Awards at The Anthem. Recognize anyone? Leave a caption in the comments below and we'll add it. Feel free to share. We ask that you cre…
The following artists and production companies were honored for their contributions of excellence to what, we learned last night, is now the fastest growing professional theatre community in…
When tickets go on sale May 9 for Hamilton at the Hippodrome ( June 25 " July 21) expect the usual crush for tickets. (Remember how Hamilton's first visit to our area crashed the box office …
House lights remain at half when a red curtain parts just enough to show a curled hand, then another, then two more. Fingers tentatively explore, then walk, then intertwine in what will be o…
The Pulitzer Committee announced yesterday that the recipient for this year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama is Brooklyn-based playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury for Fairview, which debuted at Off-B…
The 20th anniversary of the mass school shooting at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado, will be on closing night for columbinus at 1st Stage. The play was written…
Joy Zinoman's Studio Acting Conservatory, which must vacate Studio Theatre this summer, will be safe to continue on, Zinoman announced on Kojo Nnamdi's show today. The City of Washington has…
The Washington theatre community is in shock today as news is spreading that Kevin Laughon, performer and multi-talented theatre technician, left a message on Facebook early this morning…
Last night, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered in the National Theatre's Helen Hayes Gallery for theatreWashington's announcement of the nominees for the 3…
The Fox Network will broadcast a live production of Jonathan Larson’s musical Rent this Sunday, January 27, from 8 to 11 PM EST (8 to 11 on tape delay for those in the Pacific Time Zon…
Before heading out to see a show this afternoon or evening, be sure to check with the theatre. To date, we see notices that American Moor at Anacostia Playhouse and Kleptocracy at Arena Stag…
The National Theatre is joining other theatres and businesses in offering discounts to furloughed federal employees with discounted tickets to the Broadway smash, School or Rock – The …
Our forecast feature allows us to comfortably predict, even before the year’s first show opens, that 2019 will be an exciting one for Washington area audiences as companies open newly …
If we didn’t have the Holiday Season, Virginia, we’d have nothing but dark days and bad weather right now. Leafless trees. Bitter winds. And shutdowns. We’d have government…
Perhaps the toughest assignment of the year is to pick out the favorite productions of the year from among the  464 plays seen in our area. We’d love to know which shows emer…
As reported by Prince of Petworth:Â Â “Today, December 26th, the day after Christmas, our friends at the Anacostia Playhouse came to work and discovered they had been robbed. Thiev…
We thought back on all the 464 plays seen in our area to find our favorite scenes of the year as part of our series of 2018 Wraps. We asked: what moments still linger with you and r…
Most theatres are closed on Christmas Day, but we have found two performances for that evening. The National Theatre is open for the December 25 performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Mus…
