In 'Homebound,' 10 playwrights write a Web series as unpredictable as the life we're living by Peggy McGlone

Round House Theatre presents 'Homebound,' a weekly series about life in isolation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:24pm on April 20, 2020☆⚑

Mark Morris, one of the world's leading choreographers, takes dance to Zoom by Sarah L. Kaufman

The dancemaker retools himself as a filmmaker as his dancers rehearse in their hallways, making entrances and exits through bathroom doors.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:32am on April 14, 2020☆⚑

In the midst of the virus, theater migrates to the web. The results are spotty. by Peter Marks

All the world is no longer a stage. Except online.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:48am on April 10, 2020☆⚑

Broadway extends its shutdown for nearly two more months as anxieties rise about its future by Peter Marks

Some shows with box-office jitters will have a harder time coming back, experts say.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:12pm on April 8, 2020☆⚑

The nightly ovation for hospital workers may be New York's greatest performance by Peter Marks

The new ritual is a collective expression of a stricken city's anxiety and appreciation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:32pm on April 6, 2020☆⚑

Congress gave $25 million to help the Kennedy Center weather the coronavirus. Now some politicians want it back. by Peggy McGlone

Criticism continues over the arts center's decision to furlough hundreds of employees after receiving the federal funds.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:06pm on April 3, 2020☆⚑

Performers are among the most vulnerable victims of our newly shuttered world by Peggy McGlone

"This came out of nowhere and it came quickly," says local actor Evan Casey.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:32am on April 2, 2020☆⚑

New York is one of the world's great cities for the arts " but the damage from the pandemic is proving to be catastrophic by Peter Marks

Covid-19 has turned an epicenter of culture into one of artistic struggle.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:12pm on March 31, 2020☆⚑

Tony Awards, Broadway's biggest night, postponed because of virus's spread by Peter Marks

A new date will be announced once Broadway is back in business, Tony officials said.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:54pm on March 25, 2020☆⚑

With Terrence McNally's death, the theater has lost a voice of consummate wit and passion by Peter Marks

The prolific author of "Love! Valour! Compassion!" won four Tonys, for both plays and musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:36pm on March 25, 2020☆⚑

How dancers cope when they can't dance: They improvise by Sarah L. Kaufman

The magical properties of a ramen spoon, a tennis ball and a yoga mat.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:42am on March 24, 2020☆⚑

The virus has arts groups hanging by a thread. Michael M. Kaiser has ideas about saving them. by Peter Marks

'If this goes on for six months, … I think we're really starting the arts ecology over,' says the former Kennedy Center president.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:12pm on March 19, 2020☆⚑

Across the arts, there's concern about the long-term effects of the coronavirus by Peggy McGlone

As audiences are told to stay home, performing arts groups struggle to navigate a way forward.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:54pm on March 17, 2020☆⚑

The virus is already pushing small theaters to the brink. One Shakespeare theater hopes it can make it back. by Peter Marks

American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va., is trying to rise to a daunting challenge: survival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on March 17, 2020☆⚑

Æ’In virus's wake, theaters are putting their plays on film, so that they still might be seen and enjoyed by Peter Marks

Coronavirus has put a temporary halt to live performances, and these tapings " for posterity and for patrons " are emotional affairs.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:12pm on March 15, 2020☆⚑

Broadway to go dark, as coronavirus fears intensify by Peter Marks

All performances have been canceled until the week of April 13.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on March 12, 2020☆⚑

Theater is a haven. But with the coronavirus, it's become an incubator for our fears. by Peter Marks

A contagion spreads worry and uncertainty in a fragile art form.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:48pm on March 12, 2020☆⚑

Playwright Will Eno talks about 'The Realistic Joneses' at Spooky Action Theater by Celia Wren

By turns wry and sober, the play is a riff on marriage and the awareness of death.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:36pm on March 12, 2020☆⚑

Studio's blazing 'Pass Over' reimagines 'Godot' for the Black Lives Matter era by Celia Wren

The genius of Antoinette Nwandu's play lies especially in the way it aligns harrowing reflection with the Beckett template.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:12pm on March 11, 2020☆⚑

Coronavirus looms over this play set during a plague. But 'The Amateurs' speaks to timeless concerns. by Celia Wren

Jordan Harrison's work, at Olney Theatre through April 5, is also a valentine to the alchemy of the stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:03pm on March 9, 2020☆⚑

Woolly Mammoth Theatre hopes it has the next big Broadway musical in 'A Strange Loop' by Peter Marks

Nurturing Michael R. Jackson's irreverent show marks a first for the iconoclastic D.C. theater company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:32pm on March 9, 2020☆⚑

Martha Graham dancers are marvelous, but the message is mixed in Kennedy Center program by Sarah L. Kaufman

In "EVE Project," the empowerment theme would have been better served by focusing on choreographer's very best works.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:24pm on March 6, 2020☆⚑

Listen up, Bob Dylan fans: You'll want to journey to Broadway's 'North Country' by Peter Marks

Writer-director Conor McPherson brings a gorgeous Depression story to the Belasco Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54pm on March 5, 2020☆⚑

How do you sell Shakespeare in 2020? The Englishman newly heading a storied D.C. theater has a playbook. by Peter Marks

As artistic director at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Simon Godwin is thinking big.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:36am on March 5, 2020☆⚑

At Studio Theatre, 'Pass Over' infuses a tale of contemporary black life with themes from Beckett and the Bible by Geoffrey Himes

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu uses the language of the street to convey a universal message.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:54pm on March 4, 2020☆⚑