Tony Awards, Broadway's biggest night, postponed because of virus's spread by Peter Marks

A new date will be announced once Broadway is back in business, Tony officials said.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:54pm on March 25, 2020☆⚑

Tony Awards, Broadway's biggest night, postponed because of virus' spread by Peter Marks

NEW YORK " Citing concerns for "the health and safety of the Broadway community," representatives of the Tony Awards announced Wednesday a postponement of the June 7 ceremony. They added tha…

SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 4:18pm on March 25, 2020☆⚑

With Terrence McNally's death, the theater has lost a voice of consummate wit and passion by Peter Marks

The prolific author of "Love! Valour! Compassion!" won four Tonys, for both plays and musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:36pm on March 25, 2020☆⚑

The virus has arts groups hanging by a thread. Michael M. Kaiser has ideas about saving them. by Peter Marks

'If this goes on for six months, … I think we're really starting the arts ecology over,' says the former Kennedy Center president.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on March 19, 2020☆⚑

The virus is already pushing small theaters to the brink. One Shakespeare theater hopes it can make it back. by Peter Marks

American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va., is trying to rise to a daunting challenge: survival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on March 17, 2020☆⚑

Æ’In virus's wake, theaters are putting their plays on film, so that they still might be seen and enjoyed by Peter Marks

Coronavirus has put a temporary halt to live performances, and these tapings " for posterity and for patrons " are emotional affairs.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:12pm on March 15, 2020☆⚑

Broadway to go dark, as coronavirus fears intensify by Peter Marks

All performances have been canceled until the week of April 13.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on March 12, 2020☆⚑

Theater is a haven. But with the coronavirus, it's become an incubator for our fears. by Peter Marks

A contagion spreads worry and uncertainty in a fragile art form.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on March 12, 2020☆⚑

Woolly Mammoth Theatre hopes it has the next big Broadway musical in 'A Strange Loop' by Peter Marks

Nurturing Michael R. Jackson's irreverent show marks a first for the iconoclastic D.C. theater company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:32pm on March 9, 2020☆⚑

Listen up, Bob Dylan fans: You'll want to journey to Broadway's 'North Country' by Peter Marks

Writer-director Conor McPherson brings a gorgeous Depression story to the Belasco Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54pm on March 5, 2020☆⚑

How do you sell Shakespeare in 2020? The Englishman newly heading a storied D.C. theater has a playbook. by Peter Marks

As artistic director at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Simon Godwin is thinking big.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:36am on March 5, 2020☆⚑

You think your job has baggage? Try playing Donald Trump or Fidel Castro. by Peter Marks

New plays in Washington tackle some of the most polarizing figures of our time.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:18am on February 28, 2020☆⚑

Watching 'To Kill a Mockingbird' with 18,000 teenagers was one of the most profound theater experiences of my career by Peter Marks

At Madison Square Garden, a free performance of the Broadway hit soars and astonishes.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:18pm on February 27, 2020☆⚑

It was a dark and stormy night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, as the talk turned to Trump . . . by Peter Marks

Anne Washburn's "Shipwreck" is the latest play to take on a confounding political era.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48am on February 27, 2020☆⚑

'Timon of Athens' is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. by Peter Marks

Artistic director Simon Godwin stages his first play for Shakespeare Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:54pm on February 25, 2020☆⚑

Studio Theatre to get $20 million makeover, including open-concept redesign of its showpiece Metheny space by Peter Marks

The project will make the company functional for popular, immersive plays and musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:18am on February 25, 2020☆⚑

This gutsy new 'West Side Story' is unlike any you've seen " and it's exhilarating by Peter Marks

Director Ivo van Hove and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker put a thrillingly distinctive stamp on a beloved musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:06pm on February 20, 2020☆⚑

See 'The Amen Corner' and feel the power of James Baldwin by Peter Marks

Shakespeare Theatre Company revives a rarely seen gospel play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:48pm on February 19, 2020☆⚑

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick revive a Broadway tradition: An out-of-town play tryout by Peter Marks

Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite," with John Benjamin Hickey directing, has a Boston trial run.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48pm on February 19, 2020☆⚑

It was a dark and stormy night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, as the talk turned to Trump . . . by Peter Marks

Ann Washburn's "Shipwreck" is the latest play to take on a confounding political era.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on February 18, 2020☆⚑

Can this generation's Tony and Maria find their place in yet another 'West Side Story'? by Peter Marks

Director Ivo van Hove's radically reimagined Broadway production has its official opening Feb. 20.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:32am on February 13, 2020☆⚑

Here's to Washington's Victor Shargai: A fan, a catalyst, a mensch of the theater by Peter Marks

The region's theaters will dedicate their performances to the late theater advocate on Valentine's Day.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:06pm on February 12, 2020☆⚑

Like 'Black Swan,' this new 'Phantom of the Opera' raises goose bumps with pirouettes by Peter Marks

Synetic Theater tackles Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel in ballet form.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:54pm on February 10, 2020☆⚑

Get a load of the exuberant new sister act: Mary and Martha Clarke, singing outlaw heroes of 'Gun & Powder' by Peter Marks

Signature Theatre stages the world premiere of Angelica Chéri and Ross Baum's new musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:24pm on February 10, 2020☆⚑

People said her great-great-aunts posed as white and robbed banks. So she wrote a musical about them. by Peter Marks

"Gun & Powder" will have its world premiere at Signature Theatre, where librettist-lyricist Angelica Chéri can't wait for her family to see it.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on February 6, 2020☆⚑