15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
Will you be swept up into the legend of Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia? When her family was executed during the Russian Revolution, the rumor spr…
Last night I had the pleasure of visiting a 167-year-old drama society. Georgetown University's Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society was established in 1852, making them the "oldest continuously…
I’m a big fan of composer Shaina Taub. Her unique blending of socially conscious theater and pop-folk tunes has brought her great acclaim in recent years. After adapting and musical…
For the past 10 seasons, conductor/composer/commentator/author Rob Kapilow has brought his acclaimed series What Makes It Great? to D.C. under the auspices of Washington Performing Arts. Wit…
Honoring its mission of developing and presenting new works of musical theater, the New York-based organization Premieres, led by Artistic Director Paulette Haupt, is back with its biennial …
King John is so rarely performed (indeed, it’s been a decade since I last saw it staged) that the current Aaron Posner-directed production at the Folger Theatre opens with a primer on …
The Seventh Annual Charm City Fringe Festival is taking place in the Bromo Arts District from November 1 through November 11, 2018. Here’s a listing of all the shows. Get fringing! Fri…
One of the most remarkable things about D.C. theater is its abundance of good plays, professionally produced and performed, yet often staged in places that are, to put it mildly, a bit odd. …
“Do you still believe there can be a country for all?” When that blunt question comes up in The Agitators"Mat Smart’s deeply affecting play about the friendship between Sus…
Now in its New York premiere at Vineyard Theatre, Good Grief considers the personal perspective of one first-generation Nigerian-American girl coming to terms with the universal issues of lo…
Sheila and Moby is a show about a young woman and a friend she thought she'd left behind forever. It's also about personal responsibility as a member of the community, doing the thing that w…
How do you interview a legend? This was the question I pondered on the way to the Lansburgh Theatre to interview Ted van Griethuysen, one of the finest actors of his generation. Shakespea…
Lynn Nottage last year became the first woman to win a second Pulitzer Prize for Drama thanks to her play Sweat, a dramatization of the collapse of the American unskilled labor market circa …
If you haven't already heard, Baltimore Center Stage is producing Playwright Lauren Yee's King of the Yees. And in case you weren't aware, this play is kind of a big deal. The story, which t…
"It's rather gaudy, but it's also rather grand," the title song of La Cage aux Folles asserts of its titular drag club, and the same may be said of the musical that is set there, now receivi…
Cabaret icon Ann Hampton Callaway just released her 16th album, Jazz Goes to the Movies—renditions of songs from classic Hollywood films. On her way to New York to perform at Feinstein…
Long Way Down, adapted from the renowned young adult novel in verse by Jason Reynolds, is told in the voice of a 15-year-old named Will and performed by the prodigiously talented Justin W…
Moved by an impulse analogous to the original instruments movement in early music, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF) is dedicated to mounting the Bard's plays and those of his contemporari…
Hey kids, let's go see a show! "Come Follow The Band" with The Heritage Players at Thomas Rice Auditorium in Catonsville to see Barnum, the story of a man and his life-long love affair with …
Words have lethal consequences in the clear-eyed, unflinching production of The Duchess of Malfi from Brave Spirits Theater. Under the sure-handed direction of Casey Kaleba, The Duchess of M…
Can one escape the sins of their ancestors? Can one choose their own course and overcome an evil background? These questions are explored in NextStop Theatre Company's glorious new adapta…
What happens when human imagination runs dry? When the concept of artistic expression and creativity is stifled in a world that has become overwhelmed with frustration, anger, and despair? T…
Now in its 41st season, the Big Apple Circus, originally founded in 1977, has had its ups and downs over the past few years, but it's back with a bang for the holidays at Lincoln Center's Da…
Best known for his hit NBC series Chico and the Man and his unprecedented guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (he was the first comic Carson ever invited to the couch to …
Entering the black box theater space at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, it is clear that We Happy Few’s A Midnight Dreary is not a normal theatrical adaptation of classic literature. A…
