15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
Simon Stephens' Heisenberg, now playing at Signature Theatre, begins with two souls in hiding. Georgie Burns (Rachel Zampelli) hides whatever pains and losses she has suffered behind her fre…
A mash-up of romantic comedy, sci-fi parody, and rock musical, The Eleventh Hour, with book, music, and lyrics by David Seamon, is back at Town Stages for a limited engagement presented by S…
What a sparkling production of Born Yesterday at Ford's Theatre. Written in 1946 as the United States was standing powerful after the carnage of WWII, Garson Kanin's script is delightfully s…
After a critically-acclaimed showcase presentation last winter, Pop Punk High (with original book by Anderson Cook, music and lyrics by Ben Lapidus, and direction by Felicia Lobo) has return…
WHAT: The 2nd Annual Celebration of the Arts in Arlington WHEN: Thursday, October 4, 2018 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Enjoy live music from The Walkaways. Eat delicious food and desserts from 2…
Separating a theater company's production from the playwright's script is crucial when evaluating a performance. After all, an engaging full production can do the old razzle-dazzle to cover …
In Lincolnesque, a play written by John Strand and directed by Colin Smith, the art of lying for one's country succeeds in fusing a deceptively light touch and inside-the-Beltway political h…
The joint is jumping, and the stars are strutting to legendary jazz great Thomas "Fats" Waller's exuberant melodies at Toby's Dinner Theatre with an all-embracing musical revue of 30 soul-st…
What more suitably provocative venue for VANJARI than Don't Tell Mama? Established on Restaurant Row in 1982, the popular piano bar, cabaret, and restaurant takes its name from the spirited …
Adventure Theatre MTC presents the world premiere musical Blueberries for Sal, written by Michael J. Bobbitt and Sandra Eskin, and featuring new music and lyrics by William Yanesh. Based on …
Stick a right-wing conspiracy theorist, a curator at a Toby jug museum, and a rookie FBI agent in the same porcelain-filled room in a no-name town in rural Ohio, then make them talk over tea…
You won't need them, but you'll want your umbrella and your dancing shoes when you see 2nd Star Productions' Singin' in the Rain. Oh yes, that beloved '40s classic movie musical has been for…
Baltimore City is home to a lovely nest of small, historic theatre companies, housed in lovely historic buildings, in lovely historic neighborhoods where parking can be tight. Among these, i…
The American Pops Orchestra kicked off its fourth season with You've Got a Friend: A Singer-Songwriter Celebration featuring a diverse lineup of local and national talent at Arena Stage. Mae…
Currently the Creative and Programming Director at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Jennifer Ashley Tepper has been responsible for curating and overseeing over 3500 shows to date at the world-cl…
What makes a circus act great is it looks humanly impossible. Yet, Trapeze School New York (TSNY) Washington DC regularly trains students to do the impossible on a daily basis. Their next st…
If you hear shouts of "bravo" at the Kennedy Center this week, there's a good chance they're not coming from the Opera House. That's because the sound is probably emanating from a different …
I know from my feminist antipornography activism that there is plenty of misogynist hate literature around. (The hard-core stuff is brutal, sadistic propaganda marketed to men arousing them …
How To Win a RACE WAR"a whopping 3-hour, 15-minute ordeal"indulges in the world of white supremacy, wheels and deals in astoundingly racist and horrifying caricature, and expects a pat on th…
One of the most beloved musicals in Broadway history, Fiddler on the Roof has made a smashing comeback in New York with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Off-Off-Broadway produ…
Love new plays? Then THE ROSE THEATRE CO's Reading Series|FIRST DRAFT has great news to report. The series will begin its 2018-19 season of new play readings with a new Northern Virgini…
Tape is not a play with perfect characters or comfortable resolution. What makes Tape uncomfortable to watch is that the characters all feel like people we know. We all went to school with V…
The Emcee is worth the price of admission, and then some. In The Fredericktowne Players' production of the Kander/Ebb hit, Cabaret, Lenore Mionette Florez is spectacular as the impresario…
Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof may boast of owning "twenty-eight thousand acres of the richest land this side of the valley Nile," but in Center Stage's comparably ri…
Established in 1949, Birdland Jazz Club has been recognized as one of New York's most iconic nightclubs, frequented by internationally-renowned celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietri…
