15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
Washington Performing Arts has just announced its 53rd season, comprising 45 main stage events across six venues in the Greater D.C. region. The season includes the world premiere of Christo…
Two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth and three-time nominated Brandon Victor Dixon announced the nominations for the American Theatre Wing's 73rd Annual Tony Awards this morning, chosen …
"Those who can imagine anything can create the impossible." " Alan Turing For its final production in its Remington home, Single Carrot Theatre presents the Regional Premiere of Pink Milk. W…
Now playing a limited engagement at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Ink, written by James Graham and directed by Rupert Goold, premiered to critical acclaim in Londo…
Dance and theater performances can be much more than sitting in a seat and watching. BodyWise Dance and its cadre of dedicated, diverse artist educators have been touring throughout the DMV …
The Arlington Players' new production of Curtains brings all that musical theater promises an audience: gorgeous sets, outsized talent, big production numbers, and memorable musical pearls s…
I really enjoy going to Dark Horse Theatre Company productions because troupe founder Natasha Parnian takes every opportunity to bring the audience into the story. The Value of Moscow, writt…
From the moment you enter the theater, it's as if you've been transported to a different realm. Purple, blue, and green lights, ominous fog effects, and eerie music swirl around the darkened…
The Hub is off to a remarkable start under new Artistic Director Matt Bassett with their production of The Burn by Philip Dawkins. Featuring snippets from the Arthur Miller classic The Cruci…
Reston Community Players (RCP) serves up a tasty dish of that ultimate Broadway comfort food, Annie. Cooked up by Thomas Meehan (book), Charles Strouse (music) and Martin Charnin (lyrics) in…
If you never thought the words "theological comedy" could go together, think again. The Savannah Disputation, playing now at The Little Theater of Alexandria, bills itself as just such a com…
Arresting, provocative, and hauntingly relevant, 14 by playwright José Casas weaves a tale of sixteen characters living or born in Arizona who express their divergent views about immigrants…
Even in this theater town abounding in innovation, The Tarot Reading stands out as an original. I can't think of anything it's quite like. After I saw an iteration last year (The Tarot Readi…
So many stories can be started with "boy meets girl." It's a trope that almost clutters literature " and drama for that matter. Even in shows with almost exclusively off-stage men, they are …
The committees of the Chita Rivera Awards, named for the legendary star of such iconic Broadway hits as Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Nine, have announced their nomi…
When Tootsie the movie was released in 1982, it gave audiences a lighthearted look at rampant sexism, mistaken gender identity, and sexual harassment through the lens of the TV industry, as …
Fifty years ago Rolling Stone reported completion of a new album by Pete Townshend and called it "probably the most important milestone in pop since Beatlemania. For the first time, a rock g…
DC-based theater company Nu Sass Productions is taking Marx in Soho to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. Marx in Soho, by American Historian Howard Zinn, will feature Mary Myers as …
Nominations for the 64th annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this afternoon for the 2018-19 season, honoring the outstanding achievements of professional theater artists on Broadway, …
Actor, director, and administrator Vivienne Benesch has many credits to her name. She is the Producing Artistic Director of the Playmakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. F…
Started by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1991, STOMP is a cacophony of sounds produced by common objects in lieu of musical instruments. An amalgam of music,…
Ideally, Come From Away should be seen in the round, with the audience gathered so close by that it can share the claustrophobia, fear and love of all those grounded passengers. It's a pity …
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces its 2019-2020 season, which features an energizing array of plays by new voices and Woolly veterans. The premiere season curated by Artistic Director…
One of the most haunting love stories of all time is the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, recounted in Virgil's Georgics, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and other literary classics. Devast…
Vienna Theatre Company has just opened David Lindsay-Abaire's hilarious play, Ripcord, for the last production of their current season. The show takes place in an assisted living facility, w…
