Many students use their high school musical to dip their toes into the theater world. Walter "Bobby" McCoy, used it to launch himself into the deep end. When McCoy was a freshman, the …
By Gloria DuGan As one who had reservations about enjoying a musical about The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I was pleasantly surprised viewing the production at The Arlington Players. It had pas…
The American Pops Orchestra kicked off its fourth season with You've Got a Friend: A Singer-Songwriter Celebration featuring a diverse lineup of local and national talent at Arena Stage. Mae…
If you hear shouts of "bravo" at the Kennedy Center this week, there's a good chance they're not coming from the Opera House. That's because the sound is probably emanating from a different …
Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof may boast of owning "twenty-eight thousand acres of the richest land this side of the valley Nile," but in Center Stage's comparably ri…
Ready for some out of this world fun that will teach your kids about good global citizenry? InterAct Story Theatre's current production, Voytto Tech: A scifi fable, takes audiences to the fa…
Midway through the 2018 Helen Hayes Awards ceremony, a bike whizzed onstage, jolting the audience to attention. On the bike was Theatre J Artistic Director Adam Immerwahr, clad in bike short…
When Rusty the celebrity dog goes looking for kisses this Saturday, he won't be alone. Joining Rusty will be a cadre of adoptable dogs and animal-loving actors brought together by Lisa Carri…
Natalie Graves Tucker is so many things to so many people that we might need to add “superwoman” to her resume: actor, mom, marketing professional, voice over artist, video produ…
Patrick Flynn's The Ferberizing of Coral was one of six plays chosen for publication by Samuel French at the 43rd Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival this week. 850 plays were submitted to …
Studio Theatre has added a production to its previously announced 2018-2019 season. The Children, by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood, will close out Studio's season beginning on May 1st, 20…
Artistic Director Jordan Friend had a clear vision when founding 4615 Theatre Company last year. Each 4615 season would kick off with a pair of shows – one classic, one contemporary &#…
I am writing to address the concerns of many who took the time to contact us tonight regarding the review of The Mikado at Young Victorian Theatre Company that DC Metro Theater Arts publishe…
Laughter really is the best medicine. As Vincent Clark assumes his place on stage for his one-person, multi-media comedy An Unhealthy Man Lectures You on Medical Issues, I immediately like t…
There is a kernel of a great idea behind (Super) Friends, AnyStage Theater's offering by Andrew Brockmeyer currently playing at Capital Fringe: Two superhero arch-nemeses, one ostensibly goo…
Review by Caroline Bock For one brief minute at the opening of Lesbians and the Men Who Love Them, written by M. Cristina GarcÃa and directed by Mediombo Singo Fofano at the Christ …
Fresh off its 2018 Helen Hayes Award win for Outstanding Emerging Theater Company, Monumental Theatre Company will close out its season with Pippin (July 13-30). Monumental describes itse…
Get ready Washington, DC: July is hot and about to get even hotter. The always spicy Capital Fringe Festival opens this weekend, delivering 80-some experimental, mostly self-produced shows t…
Washington, DC"DC Metro Theater Arts, the most comprehensive source of performing arts coverage in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore metro areas, is pleased to announce a thorough redesign o…
The atmospheric and ethereal The Band's Visit led the 2018 Tony Awards with 10 wins, including Best Musical, Best Director and Best Leading Actor and Actress in a Musical and Best Score for …
On the heels of its impressive 9-award win at last week's Helen Hayes Awards, GALA Hispanic Theatre hosted its annual Night of the Stars gala this week at the Organization of American States…
We at DC Metro Theater Arts are taking time today to remember Founder and Editor Joel Markowitz on what would have been his 61st birthday. Joel remains in our hearts every day as we strive t…
The 2018 Helen Hayes Awards gave the DC theater community a chance to relax, recharge and reflect on a great year of theater. Two productions of In the Heights dominated the evening, with GA…
When the ceremony ends and the last guest makes his or her way out of the Anthem on Monday night, many members of DC's theater community will go home happy, clutching the trophy that proves …
Spring is here and with it gala season: that time-honored tradition wherein arts organizations close out their season with a celebrity affair intended to highlight to their work and refill t…