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"Joy" is complicated. It's not just a sudden childlike leap of glee with a whoopee. At least not all the time. In the hands of Synetic Theater's cast and director, these two iterations of "J…
Cultural historian Martin Grams' annual October Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Maryland, with its film showings, radio recreations, and lectures on popular culture, was cancelled this …
As the pandemic drags on, the performing arts have worked hard to adapt to a safe and accessible format. Theatres have hosted outdoor shows and online staged readings. Performances from well…
This is another world-creating, universe-hopping story brought by the same folks that brought 'Shattered Spaces' to streaming earlier in the pandemic. It has a similar message of unity, coop…
This is a show that is made for our times when we have a reality TV show star as the president, and the chaos that has worn us down. Created in 2016 (or at least started to be conceptualized…
  "Romantic poetry is a progressive universal poetry. Its mission is […to] fill and saturate the forms of art with sterling material of every kind, and inspire them with the vibrat…
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) is pleased to announce the first concert of their 2020-2021 40th Anniversary Season. The season will open with a virtual cabaret entitled …
Somebody should bottle the boundless energy of Simon Godwin, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Artistic Director, who hosted a fabulous fundraiser on YouTube on October 3. His enthusiasm is …
Are you comfortable with surprises? With not having a clear idea of what is happening next? With vagaries and/or vicissitudes? Of a moment of unexpected snort-laughter and then a sudden sear…
The upcoming tenth season of Baltimore's Rapid Lemon Productions features a trio of world premiere presentations, with performance schedules expanded to three weeks. In keeping with the comp…
In a series of Big Finish audio adventures of the legendary Time Lord "Doctor Who," classic theatre sometimes comes to the fore. So was it in "The Mask of Tragedy," which found the Doctor wi…
Jason Odell Williams is an award-winning playwright, a novelist, and Emmy-nominated television producer with wit and humor and intelligence that has come to the attention of international cr…
There was a time when home technology did not allow viewers to watch their favorite shows via DVD's, VHS cassettes, video streams, or even 8 or 16 mm film. Instead, one read "tie-in" novels …
Register Now for the Event on September 25! About the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards The 36th annual Helen Hayes Awards will be celebrated over four weeks as a series of virtual events"both individ…
Celebrating Solas Nua's 15th anniversary, the DC based Irish arts organization has commissioned a series of digital plays from African-American playwright Jeremy Keith Hunter and Irish playw…
In yet another example of the power of the arts to transcend divisions, "Will on the Hill…Or Won't They?" features a light-hearted storyline with cameo appearances from policymakers on bot…
"The Alden presents Drive-Thru Drama, a new model of theater…in a COVID-19 world. Drive-Thru Drama is a social-distance theater format that brings people together for live theater from the…
Weekly online series highlights performances recorded on the historic Folger stage The Folger Shakespeare Library today announced the launch of Folger Encores, a weekly online series recalli…
The United States is now engaged in a reexamination of the role that race has played, and continues to play, in American society. The American Shakespeare Center and Blackfriars Playhouse of…
"Genesis 37" was an intriguing and rather mysterious play and where it ended up was not at all expected. It was also a rather savage " in a supremely civilized fashion " takedown of the one …
     An Act of Love, A Commitment to Community  Producing Artistic Director and Co-Founder Hugo Medrano proudly announces GALA Hispanic The…
The Q-Fest Round Three was a full eight hours of theatre and talk-backs featuring 20 playwrights (five per theatre). Artists from Adventure Theatre MTC, ArtsCentric, 4615 Theatre Company, an…
Before I start the review of the last act of this new play, let me be clear that this is a work in progress, and this was the first public reading of the entire work (over two Tuesdays). It …
Conceived, produced, and directed by Troy Burton, "A Real "N***a" Show" is a "choreopoem" performed by an all-male cast which tells stories about the experiences of Black men in Baltimore an…
Blackfriars Playhouse of the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, has continued with its productions through the Coronavirus pandemic, streaming a complete playbill of its …
