Sarah Burgess, a young playwright batting 1 for 1 by Peter Marks

A playwright from Alexandria, Va. makes her own global debut with "Dry Powder" at Manhattan's Public Theater

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:24pm on April 4, 2016☆⚑

MGM bets on live events with T-Mobile Arena, new theater by Sally Ho | ap

The latest multi-million dollar development on the Las Vegas Strip features a leafy outdoor pedestrian area, 20,000 seat arena and small theater. It's a move to double-down on events and liv…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:06pm on April 4, 2016☆⚑

Rylance, Cumberbatch up for trophies at Olivier stage awards by Associated Press

Academy Award-winner Mark Rylance is a best-actor favorite at London's Olivier Awards, a celebration of the London stage whose nominees include Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench and Nicole Ki…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:33am on April 3, 2016☆⚑

Star abruptly leaves Broadway's Cirque du Soleil show by Mark Kennedy

Things have gotten much more complicated for the upcoming high-octane Cirque du Soleil show on Broadway: One of the leading actors has left only 16 days until previews begin.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:17pm on April 1, 2016☆⚑

A music-theater-sports junkie gets a home run: Singing the anthem at Nats Park by Rebecca Ritzel

Silver Spring native Miguel Jarquin-Moreland is in town with the tour of "Jersey Boys."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:53pm on April 1, 2016☆⚑

Review: Ben Whishaw is bewitchingly good in 'The Crucible' by Mark Kennedy

Posters for the new Broadway revival of "The Crucible" feature a photo of Saoirse Ronan, looking absolutely witchy as Abigail Williams. She's awfully good in it, but the real sorcery is deli…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:24pm on March 31, 2016☆⚑

"The Crucible" as you've never seen it by Peter Marks

With Ronan, Whishaw and Okonedo, director Ivo van Hove gives a classic new vibrancy

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:24pm on March 31, 2016☆⚑

A spring season of theater takes young audiences from China to the Land of Oz by Jane Horwitz

"Emperor's Nightingale" at Adventure Theatre reimagines Hans Christian Andersen tale.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:56pm on March 31, 2016☆⚑

Revival of 'Falsettos' attracts some Broadway veterans by Mark Kennedy

Stephanie J. Block, Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells will lead the cast of Broadway's revival of "Falsettos."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:56pm on March 31, 2016☆⚑

Jeff Daniels turns up the volume of 'Blackbird' this time by Mark Kennedy

Most nights just before he hits a Broadway stage, you can find Jeff Daniels pacing furiously backstage and muttering to himself.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:50am on March 31, 2016☆⚑

Open casting call for 'Hamilton' causes a little ruckus by Mark Kennedy

The Broadway smash "Hamilton," which has been cheered for reclaiming the nation's founding story by a multicultural cast, has oddly come under fire for specifically seeking "nonwhite men and…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:56pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Rory O'Malley to play King George in Broadway's 'Hamilton' by Mark Kennedy

Tony Award-nominee Rory O'Malley, whose bid to return to Broadway this season in "Nerds" failed, has found another way " in the mega-success "Hamilton."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

When the boss is a ballerina: Julie Kent on balancing Washington Ballet top job and family by Sarah L. Kaufman

As Julie Kent plans overhaul of Washington Ballet, she bids farewell to ABT and looks forward to passing on what she's learned there.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

A playwright who wants to change society, not merely observe it by Peter Marks

Motti Lerner has found a powerful ally outside his native Israel in Washington's Ari Roth.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Washington Ballet's 'Hamlet': Madness without method in it by Sarah L. Kaufman

Ballet by Stephen Mills skims the surface of the play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Jefferson, Dickens and Tolstoy walk into a church basement . . . by Rebecca Ritzel

Washington Stage Guild is producing Scott Carter's play about the three historical figures.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

'Bright Star' is a spoonful of southern sugar. by Peter Marks

REVIEW || If you like your musicals sugary and sentimental, this is the one for you.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Ben Whishaw revisits an old classic, this time on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

British actor Ben Whishaw has found himself to be a magnet for important roles. They even come back every few years.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Keegan's 'American Idiot' is lively but lacking in the song-and-dance department by Celia Wren

Musical based on the Green Day album follows three friends in post-9/11 America.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Fable of grief has clipped wings at Theater J by Nelson Pressley

David Grossman's novel "Falling Out of Time" weighs heavily onstage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Akosua Busia re-emerges in the spotlight in 'Eclipsed' by Mark Kennedy

Step into Akosua Busia's tiny dressing room on Broadway and you walk into a little corner of happy calm.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

'Moment' review: Kitchen-sink realism makes this Irish drama shine by Nelson Pressley

Deirdre Kinahan's exactingly detailed play gets an exemplary cast at Studio Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Broadway's 'Curious Incident' to end its 2-year run in Sept. by Mark Kennedy

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" will end its two-year run on Broadway this fall.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

Website offers help to Broadway-bound disabled patrons by Mark Kennedy

A new website hopes to help theatergoers with disabilities find Broadway shows that offer services they may need, from wheelchair ramps to American Sign Language interpreters to autism-frien…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑

A hip-shaking evocation of the last Hawaiian queen by Rebecca Ritzel

Christopher Morgan's multimedia "Pohaku" fuses hula and modern moves, video, storytelling.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38pm on March 30, 2016☆⚑