Chesapeake Shakespeare Company often begins their shows with pre-show entertainment such as a mood-setting musical number or hymn. For this show, as the boisterous audience slowly files into…
Featuring DC Premieres and New Partnerships WASHINGTON DC " Nu Sass Productions announces a year of celebrations for its fifteenth season, featuring the DC premiere of a new play, a new look…
WASHINGTON, DC " April 22 " The 40th Helen Hayes Awards will take place on Monday, May 20, 2024 at The Anthem, on the District Wharf, with a celebratory party to follow. Esteemed Washi…
Creative Cauldron's "Bold New Voices" initiative was designed to support the development of plays or plays with music written by women. As Artistic Director Laura Connors Hull emphasizes, in…
The Martha Graham Dance Company won't officially turn 100 until 2026, but as the oldest dance company in the United States, you can't blame them for starting the party a little early. The pe…
The scope of Daniel Goldstein (book and lyrics) and Michael Friedman's (music and lyrics) "Unknown Soldier" is admirable, aiming to thread a familial story through nearly 100 years of histor…
(MANASSAS, VA)"The Hylton Performing Arts Center announced its 2024"25 season of performances, featuring an array of artists, ensembles, and productions as part of its four main …
Something astonishing is happening in the Brentwood neighborhood of Washington, DC"a powerful climax to Shakespeare Theatre Company's current season, complete with pyrotechnics. An old BET s…
"Prohibition and the Roaring '20s," co-produced by Schirmer Theatrical/Greenberg Artists, was an interesting program of music, vocals, and visuals recalling the era of bathtub gin, speakeasi…
The End of Days is some 100 years past and the world is now populated by robots. All humans have tragically died despite their best efforts not to become extinct. Or have they? This is the b…
"The Hot Wing King," by Katori Hall, premiered off-Broadway at the Manhattan Signature Theatre in 2020. Due to Covid restrictions, it had a limited run but won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama i…
We are excited to bring you another great season of plays filled with laugh-out-loud comedies, suspenseful mysteries, inspiring tales of discovery, and award-winning landmarks in contemporar…
There is a clique problem at Clarksburg High School…or at least, there is on stage, as Clarksburg takes on the iconic musical Mean Girls High School Edition! Packed with drama, friendship,…
Inda Craig-Galván's "A Jumping-Off Point" makes its world premiere at Bethesda's Round House Theatre as the centerpiece of the theatre's third annual National Capital New Play Festival. D…
Theater maker, director, and performer Adil Mansoor explores family tension, queerness, and faith in "Amm(i)gone," presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, in association with Kelly Stra…
It would be difficult to put "Gypsy" on stage without a strong leading role"Ethel Merman's ghost is always waiting in the wings. Now playing at the Classic Theatre of Maryland, this producti…
Set in the 1930s, "The Nance" harkens back to the heyday of the burlesque era with clubs and cabarets, featuring bawdy stripteases interspersed with comedic acts, dotting Greenwich Village. …
Within many works of fine art lie a mystery. The elegance of the image hides a trail of mysterious owners, whose actions hunting for such beauty may have been horrific. Estimates note that o…
When theatre is at its best, it is transportive. It summons, through the power of imagination, impossible things, giving them meaning through performance and emotion. It's a tricky sort of m…
For the love of peat. Luke Casserly, a performance artist from the rural midlands of Ireland, invites us to imagine the environment, the earth itself, as a living being and a friend. Commiss…
Part deconstruction of a fraught father-daughter relationship, part dysfunctional love story, and part homage to Nina Simone, Dominique Morisseau's 2012 play "Sunset Baby" is now playing at …
Recalls the assimilation of Jewish immigrants with a poignancy rarely seen in theater. Step into the world of "Hester Street" at Theater J and be prepared to be transported back to the 1890s…
Season Marks Mosaic's 10th Anniversary of Illuminating Critical Issues, Elevating Fresh Voices, and Sparking Community Connections WASHINGTON, DC"Mosaic Theater Company celebrates its 10th a…
When the Baltimore August Wilson Celebration was announced last week, the project was already off to a head-start. Arena Players had already planned "Gem of the Ocean" for their 70th season.…
There is always something special about seeing dance in a space where you are so close to the performers you could reach out and touch them. Synergy Space, a converted dance studio space abo…