15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
Rachel Bonds' new play, Curve of Departure, now playing at Studio Theatre, is that rarity among modern plays: it’s traditional storytelling at its most engaging. Enter Rudy, played …
It was a match made in heaven: Rebecca Traister, author and commentator on feminism and politics; and Samantha Bee, Canadian-American writer, comedian, producer, and (according to TIME) one …
There's an addictive quality to the events of the Russian Chamber Art Society, sort of like discovering a pastime or sport that you just have to follow once you learn about it. Maybe that's …
One of the best things about improv is that no two shows are alike. And Citizens' Watch, the improvisational mystery now unfolding at Washington Improv Theater, is no exception.
The post Rev…
Holidays can bring out the blues, but  A Christmas Carol will get you in the Christmas spirit of gratitude and love. The Little Theatre of Alexandria transforms you to the Dickensian t…
Justin Weaks was recently named by the Washington Post one of DMV's 12 "stage dynamos," one of "the best of an emerging cadre of younger regional talent." He would have been on m…
What better venue for a production of Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play " an ensemble piece set in a dystopian future where the power grid has failed, sending all our nuclear p…
Draw the Circle is no ordinary one-man show. Nor is it an ordinary autobiographical play. Because Mashuq Mushtaq Deen"its transgender playwright and solo performer"has a singularly fascinati…
Arts on the Horizon makes the most of a sparse, simple stage for their entertaining production of Rex Daugherty's "Snow Day." The performance starts with nothing more than a sheet spread acr…
In ink, choreographer/dancer Camille A. Brown's final installment in her trilogy examining African-American identity, an entire history of a people is written indelibly on the bodies of h…
The first Broadway revival of the 1990 Tony-nominated hit musical Once On This Island, with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, brings an innovative vision to an ol…
Surely, Dickens' A Christmas Carol is the definitive Christmas story"at least, in the fiction category"and Paul Morella's scrumptious and spooky adaptation has become a perennial favorite. A…
It's long been said that in order to be a writer, one must be at least a little crazy. Well, they don't get any crazier than the great Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert B…
Arden Children's Theatre opens its 20th Anniversary Season with a delightful production of Peter Pan, adapted for the stage by Douglas Irvine, and based on J.M. Barrie's books. Whit MacLaugh…
I had the pleasure to sit down with Natalia Magnicaballi, principal dancer with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, to talk about her work with the company and the upcoming concert series: The Suzan…
The Goodies, a devised play conceived by Director Susan Stroupe and the eight women of color who have taken on the roles of the main characters, is a challenging and thought-provoking look a…
The twelve little girls in two straight lines of Ludwig Bemelmans' beloved children's series have taken the stage this holiday season in Creative Cauldron's Madeline's Christmas. With book a…
It's a Wonderful Life is a classic. One we want to see every holiday season. Growing up, it was a household staple for us even though we were Jewish. The theme, the importance of kindness, t…
Synetic Theater presents a imaginative re-telling of a beloved classic with their wordless production of Hansel and Gretel. Directed and choreographed by co-adaptors Tori Bertocci and Elena …
Giacomo Puccini never met a foreign culture that he didn't try to set to music. His operas set in Japan (Madama Butterfly) and China (Turandot) are celebrated as masterpieces. Less celebrate…
Want to wish yourself a Merry Little Christmas and a Happy New Year in a new way? Then for those with a bent for the uncommon, consider taking in a contemporary retelling of the Biblical Nat…
One of the early, less-familiar works by Tony Award-winning playwright and librettist Terrence McNally (famed for his highly-acclaimed Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class, Kiss of the Sp…
A lone bass guitar player, Electric Bassist Tracy Wormworth, is highlighted in a stream of light. He is seen at a distance and the sound is like a fluttering thought, familiar but quickly di…
What can you say about a character who was on a first name basis with Walt Disney and Mahatma Ghandi? A character who dominated the radio airwaves, read plays, wrote books, who often slept u…
A gorgeous production of a glorious musical in a grand new DC theater. What’s not to love? The new hall for performing arts is the 472-seat World Stage Theater, high up on the fifth fl…
