Revolution is rooted in protest. And in revolutionary ways, protest theater promotes social change. The ubiquitous We See You, White American Theater movement courageously flips the script u…
Though Times Square will be closed to crowds for New Year's Eve and you won't be able to watch the iconic ball drop in person this year, you can still celebrate the arrival of 2021 in New Yo…
Theater history will long remember that 2020 was the year that COVID canceled live performance. It canceled lots else, of course, including, tragically, hundreds of thousands of lifetimes. B…
After the success of Artistic Stamp's sold-out inaugural season, the plays-by-mail theater company will return with its second round of original interactive narrative adventures in the form …
With the $900 billion coronavirus-relief stimulus bill finally signed December 27, our readers are wondering: What's in it for the theater community? And what's in it for individuals? We wil…
Presented as part of the virtual 2020 Williamstown Theatre Festival, the world-premiere audio-play release of transgender writer, performer, and activist Shakina Nayfack's Chonburi Internati…
By Susan Galbraith In June 2005 Lorraine Treanor, a relatively new theater-maker transplant from Chicago, who had followed her husband's work to settle in the Greater Washington area, joined…
On January 1, 2021, The Boy Band Project " NYC's Broadway World Award-winning "Best Group" of 2019 (and currently honored with eight nominations in the 2020 BWW Awards, for which voting is s…
Annapolis Shakespeare Company's production of A Christmas Carol is a moving, faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved holiday tale, now playing virtually for stay-at-home audiences. A…
In a typical year, Sound Impact reaches some 8,000 students throughout the United States and Central America. But typical, 2020 is not. The upheaval brought on by the pandemic left this coll…
Directed and conceived by Matthew Gardiner, Signature Vinyl delivers a filmed concert of songs performed by an excellent cast of singers and musicians, captured live at several DC-area outdo…
For the latest edition of its ongoing offerings of new streamed concerts in 54 Below Premieres, Feinstein's/54 Below presents the first virtual iteration of one of the nightclub's longest-ru…
One of my family's most cherished traditions this time of year has been to visit family down south (of course), but also to stop off in Staunton, Virginia, for a few days. It is a great time…
On Sunday, December 20, Congressional leaders reached a deal on a COVID-19 relief package totaling nearly $900 billion, including full funding for the bipartisan Save Our Stages Act, introdu…
No doubt about it, in just fifteen minutes, protest theater can pack a powerful punch. Theater Alliance's creatively ambitious A Protest in Eight, with its lineup of eight fierce young playw…
As is the case with so many of New York's favorite restaurants and venues, the West Bank Cafe and Laurie Beechman Theatre are in danger of closing permanently due to losses suffered during t…
Strand Theater Company's production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is a delightfully theatrical sequel to Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. Written by Lauren Gunderson…
With three special holiday shows for children and adults all streaming on Monday (the night when theaters traditionally were dark), it will be hard to decide which one to watch. Fortunately,…
This week will see the debut of three original new works, all redesigned for digital presentation during the continuing coronavirus pandemic. One is part of Audible's collaboration with the …
Social media once again proves invaluable to connect theatergoers with performance. This instance is courtesy of Signature Theatre's SigWorks: Monday Night Play Readings. Not only was there …
NBC's One Night Only: The Best of Broadway was not only a dazzling celebration of the hottest shows and stars from the New York stage, it was also a smashing success in raising $3,051,297 in…
Yael Weiss can remember the exact moment it all began. It was the summer of 2017, and the Israeli-American pianist was reading newspaper headlines in her New York apartment. Each story was m…
A recurrent act on the NYC cabaret scene, Australian-born New York-based actor and singer Kim David Smith makes a virtual return with his holiday hit A Wery Weimar Christmas for two nights t…
The influential Black, Indigenous, and People of Color working group We See You, White American Theater " which collectively authored and issued the BIPOC Demands " has rolled out a new acti…
Woolly Mammoth's production of This Is Who I Am, written by Amir Nizar Zuabi to be performed live via video conferencing, is a powerfully intimate show. Directed by Evren Odcikin, it feature…