15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
The famous novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker, has been adapted for countless film and stage productions, thrilling audiences since 1897. With a cinematic look and feel, some stand out performanc…
I first ran across the Duskwhales when they performed at the 9:30 Club with Justin Trawick's The 9 Songwriter Series in the Fall of 2016. I was mesmerized by their psychedelic dress, sound a…
In Part Two of series of interviews with the cast of Sweeney Todd at Olney Theatre Center, meet E. Faye Butler.  Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may ha…
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (STC) production of Mike Bartlett's King Charles III is a stunner. It is a clever look into a usually unseen political hall-of-mirrors. It is also a most …
They sure don’t make kings like they used to. And maybe that’s a good thing. Mike Bartlett’s historical fantasy, King Charles III, based loosely (very loosely) on the cu…
Following its development in 2015 at PlayPenn — the respected thirteen-year-old Philadelphia-based artist-driven organization dedicated to supporting and fostering new work — …
In part two of a series of interviews with the cast of Kensington Arts Theatre’s Two Rooms, meet Sandra Cox True. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have see…
Waiting for Godot is generally considered a comedy. Samuel Beckett himself called this, his most famous play, a "tragicomedy." But its reputation as an important, monumental piece of art can…
As part of a 2-show Valentine Affair on Feb. 10 and 11, What Improv Group?! of the Howard Community College's Arts Collective performed the second half of their venue, "Love Synchs!". (The f…
White Guy on the Bus, at Wilmington's Delaware Theatre Company through Sunday, February 19, is easily the prolific Bruce Graham's most important and most accomplished play, even more than Co…
Howard University presented the powerful new play, Eclipsed, in their black box theater this past weekend. Eclipsed was written in 2015 by Danai Gurira (well-known for her role as Michonne o…
The adage, "more things change, the more they stay the same" comes to mind when weighing British playwright Caryl Churchill's seminal Obie-winning classic, Top Girls, which was first produce…
Neil Simon writes terrific comedy. Tonight, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, performed by Walnut Street Theatre at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts, relied on two wonderfully t…
Michael Kahn will retire as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) in July 2019. A national search for Mr. Kahn's successor will begin in 2017. His successor will be anno…
To understand the voice of Jazzmeia Horn — whether it’s embodying her own ballad, the cleverly romantic, soft “Legs and Arms,” or taking on the role of an instrumenta…
The Ghost in the Machine Mike Bartlett's King Charles III premiered in 2014, at London's Almeida Theatre. Both the original production and the Broadway production won numerous awards. This n…
Oscar Wilde's final show is subtitled "a trivial comedy for serious people," and when it premiered in 1895, it was comparatively trivial. Two men, each pretending to be a man named Ernest, t…
Black Stache is bringing his pirate ship to Source Theatre, in Constellation Theatre Company's fantastic production of the 2012 Tony Award-winning play Peter and the Starcatcher. Equipped wi…
Ready for top-notch singing talent that brings the "blues" to vibrant, spicy full life? Then high tail-it to Creative Cauldron (Falls Church) to take-in a cabaret-like revue called Blues in …
Far off the radar of most grownup theatergoers, the writer/director Psalmayene 24 has been creating an extraordinary body of work for children. I've been an admirer of the trenchant work he …
The beloved Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back at The Kennedy Center for a week-long run. Now 57 years old, the company pulls from a repertoire dating back to 1960. Using a combin…
Today's audiences need farce. Wild men chasing beautiful women through many doors, visual running gags, women dressed as men, and vice versa, all enhanced by a desperation throttled performi…
It has been said that Joshua Bell may be the greatest violinist active today. After listening to him play, as well as conduct, at The Kennedy Center's Concert Hall with the National Symp…
A company premiere and part of its Opera at the Academy series presented in the historic Academy of Music, Opera Philadelphia's production of Tancredi, from Opéra de Lausanne and Teatro Mun…
It's notable that a play based on England's War of the Roses has many parallels to power plays that take place today, both in everyday life and TV and film. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's …
