15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
2021 marks a major date in American theater history: the 25th anniversary of the opening of Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking rock musical Rent, which will be celebrated with a spectacular vi…
As says the old English proverb " popularized by Jacobean playwright John Fletcher in his 1624 play A Wife for a Month "Â March is coming in like a lion this year, with two must-see events…
Asolo Repertory Theatre's innovative community engagement forum, IllumiNation, was created in 2015 to explore the social, political, and cultural themes threaded through Asolo Rep's theatric…
Ballet Theatre of Maryland's production of The Little Mermaid is a beautiful celebration of dance and storytelling. Performed at the Westin Annapolis Hotel to a mask-wearing, limited audienc…
In partnership with Van Dirk Fisher (Founding Artistic Director of the Riant Theatre/Strawberry One-Act Festival), Triangle Rainbow Productions Executive Director Anthony Fusco is presenting…
In a unique public-private partnership, a new world-class performing arts destination is nearing completion in the Tysons-Mclean area of Fairfax County. It is Capital One Center, scheduled t…
There's a full slate of streaming options coming this weekend from Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, with a multi-faceted variety that truly offers something for everyone, from an audio dra…
Mosaic Theater Company's web series Inherit the Windbag is a darkly funny revisitation of a debate between two larger-than-life figures. During the 1968 Democratic and Republican National Co…
Tired of figuring out what to cook for dinner? Bored with everything Netflix has to offer? Then Francesca Chilcote and Connor Hogan have just the show for you. In Dinner! Franny and Connor W…
Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (2020) and a Princeton professor, writes in The New Yorker about an encounter at a fund…
"For never was there a tale of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Who doesn't know the tragic ending of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet? Yet we continue to be besotted by the…
MasterVoices " the country's first interracial and interfaith chorus, founded by famed American choral conductor Robert Shaw in 1941 " continues its presentation of Myths and Hymns by award-…
Sarasota, Florida's Asolo Rep continues its 2021 outdoor season with the Rolling World Premiere of Mississippi native Cheryl L. West's Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Origina…
Continuing its 13th season as the only brick-and-mortar company in Baltimore dedicated to celebrating womxn's diverse voices and perspectives, The Strand Theater Company presents the regiona…
Two acclaimed Off-Broadway companies continue their mission of presenting rarely produced plays from the past, and works by undeservedly forgotten women dramatists, with virtual productions …
Round House Theatre plans a spring 2021 season with virtual productions of three moving one-person performances: Colman Domingo's A Boy and His Soul, directed by Craig Wallace; Lucy Alibar's…
In celebration of Purim next week " the spring festival held to commemorate the defeat of Haman's plot to massacre the Jews, as recorded in the Book of Esther (also known in Hebrew as the Me…
There are jumping dogs, ninja fights, and double crosses. The story is fast-paced and offers many moments for kids to chime in on how the story should advance (remember Choose Your Own Adven…
A star-studded online reading of the new best-selling illustrated children's book Broadway Baby, written by theater operator and producer Russell Miller (Guys & Dolls, Blood Brothe…
After the double blow of the pandemic and the death of Artistic Director Tom Prewitt in November, Arlington's Avant Bard Theatre is moving ahead under a new model of artistic partnership.…
On Sunday, February 21, beginning at 5 pm, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) " the leading non-profit network for developing theater professionals " presents its annual fundraising gala via …
An accountability report released by the We See You, White American Theater collective (WSYWAT) points to more than 100 theater institutions nationwide that have responded to the group's BIP…
The joys of a new online musical await: Sing Happy! The Music of Kander & Ebb, an engaging, confidently performed, energy-filled one-hour revue performed by the talent-rich students of G…
On Saturday, February 20, at 8 pm, NYC's premiere Asian American sketch comedy team, Model Majority, founded by Veronica Dang in 2018, presents a night of laughs and more to celebrate the Lu…
TheSharedScreen's scorching new Zoom production of Tape " the 1999 play turned 2001 indie film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman " is a successful experiment in embracing the present virt…