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Rose Hovic is one of the most riveting characters in the history of musical theater, inspiring allusions to the most renowned figures in dramatic literature. Gypsy's lyricist, Stephen Sondhe…
Three retired nuclear physicists meet in a quaint cottage not far from the nuclear power plant where they once worked and where a catastrophe has occurred. Earthquake, tsunami, tidal wave, r…
By Andy Arnold Ahoy Washington landlubbers! Prepare to set sail on the Hispaniola with Jim Hawkins (Alex Turner), Long John Silver (Wyckham Avery) and crew to Treasure Island if you dare. Ro…
Though it was storming outside, the stars shone brightly inside for Strathmore's Annual Spring Gala Saturday night. Raising funds for the educational and artistic programs that impact over 3…
Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75), best known as the author of nearly 3400Â fairytales, including such iconic stories as The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid, and The…
By Ross Heath Arlington's Gunston Arts Center was the place to be on Saturday night. Always a joy to hear the National Chamber Ensemble which delivered joy with its season finale concert of …
Ally Theatre Company will receive the 2019 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company at the 35th Annual Helen Hayes Awards. At its core mission, Ally Theatre Company is com…
In 2018 Monumental Theatre Company was the recipient of the prestigious theatreWashington John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company. The Aniello Award aims to give public r…
The Oresteia, freely adapted by Ellen McLaughlin from Aeschylus (c. 525 BCE-c. 456 BCE) promises to be a fitting conclusion to Michael Kahn's last season as Artistic Director of the Shakespe…
What happened to the characters in Charles Schulz's Peanuts gang when they entered adulthood? We find out in Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, written by Bert V. Royal and ma…
For Rep Stage Co.'s The 39 Steps, disaster is never more than one step away. With only four actors re-enacting an entire vintage spy movie right before our eyes and assuming some 140 differe…
Avant Bard Theatre announces the full cast and creative team for its season finale, A Misanthrope, a world premiere adaptation of Molière's The Misanthrope by Manhattan-based playw…
Lucky Plush Productions is a dance/theater company currently performing at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater. But this is no conventional company. Compared to dance troupes, they are at t…
TBD Immersive presents their new adventure, Under(world): The Lost & The Found, in Dupont Circle. The Dupont Underground has been transformed into a series of settings representing the i…
There are two things every teenager knows are true: you can't choose your parents and you can't choose the jerks you go to school with. Such is life for Annie Jump in small-town Strawberry, …
Who says New York City has to be expensive? Every month the Big Apple is filled with free events in the arts and culture that are open to the public, without advance reservations or ticketin…
Everyman Theatre proudly presents its lineup for the upcoming 2019- 2020 season with a slate of offerings sure to enthrall audiences. This season features revered big-name revivals"award-win…
The post-show Salon conversation, in partnership with the Alliance for New Music-Theatre, will take place on Saturday, May 4, at the Spooky Action Theater space at the Universalist National …
The CrossCurrents Festival put on by Georgetown University's The Lab occupies an interesting space in the DC performing arts world, existing at the intersection between art and international…
It is rare that theater seriously asks us to believe something far beyond itself. Typically we are asked to suspend disbelief about let's-pretend that happens on stage. The gripping and insp…
Broadway fans are in for a treat as Matthew Morrison (Glee, The Light in the Piazza) and Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Waitress) come to town this weekend to headline Strathmore's annual Spring Gal…
For those wanting to be absorbed into a highly recommended, fictionalized account of events surrounding the 1993 Oslo Accords and the inconceivable peace between Israelis and Palestinians th…
Trained in the mystical arts, two snakes, one white and one green (puppeteered and acted by Eunice Bae and Momo Nakamura, respectively) look longingly down from their mountain top at the hus…
A follow-up to her popular environmentalist TV series and touring show Green Porno, Isabella Rossellini's Link Link Circus " presented by the Hunter Theater Project at the Frederick Loewe…
As much as modern culture claims to worship novelty, innovation and even disruption, there is a lot to be said for the tried and true. From an imaginative rendition of a beloved Shakespeare …
