Signature Theatre offers up 'Billy Elliot,' 'Grand Hotel,' two world-premiere productions in 2018-19 by Peter Marks

Signature's 29th season will include "Grand Hotel" and "Billy Elliot, the Musical."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:33pm on April 17, 2018☆⚑

2018 Pulitzer Prize winners by Paul Farhi

The full list of winners for both journalism and letters, drama and music categories.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:08pm on April 16, 2018☆⚑

Watching Cirque du Soleil can be complicated when you're reminded the danger is real by Nelson Pressley

But the pretty "Luzia" at Tysons II tempers the risks and is blessedly earthbound.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:12pm on April 16, 2018☆⚑

As Cannes Begins, It Does So Without Netflix - And With Few Films Directed By Women by Artsjournal2

Oh, Thierry Frémaux, did you really say this? You did. "Cannes artistic director Thierry Frémaux remarked at a news conference Thursday morning that the world 'will never be the same again…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:30am on April 15, 2018☆⚑

A rock. A road. A tree. How set designers for 20th century's most famous play change it up. by Nelson Pressley

Druid Theatre Company's "Godot" arrives April 17 at STC's Lansburgh Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:18pm on April 13, 2018☆⚑

The New Met Museum Director's First Two Big Challenges by Artsjournal

When Max Hollein joins the Met he will share responsibility for running the institution with Weiss in a new power-sharing arrangement which may prove difficult to manage. Similar arrangement…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:21pm on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Sebastian Smee: Aesthetics And Bad Behavior Are Difficult To Reconcile by Artsjournal

I believe that art has its own life, independent of the people who make it. And I know that artists are, at least as much as the rest of us, complex creatures. I don't enjoy damning anyone. …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:02pm on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Landless takes its axes to 'Drood' in 'symphonic metal' version by Savannah Stephens

An amped-up revival from the company that brought you a prog-metal 'Sweeney Todd.'

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:18pm on April 12, 2018☆⚑

A doctor, a parent, a dying child. A play about what medicine can and cannot do. by Peter Marks

"Roz and Ray," expertly treated by Theater J.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:18pm on April 12, 2018☆⚑

How Constellation Theatre Company fits sweeping fables onto a small stage by Nelson Pressley

For the set of "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," designer A.J. Guban maximized the acting space.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06am on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Ruth Bader Ginsburg spotted at the Metropolitan Opera by Emily Heil

The noted opera fan was seen taking in tenor Plácido Domingo's performance in Verdi's "Luisa Miller."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:34pm on April 11, 2018☆⚑

'The Flick' playwright Annie Baker goes long again in the three-hour 'John' by Nelson Pressley

An already-spooked Brooklyn couple visits a haunted Gettysburg bed-and-breakfast.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:18pm on April 11, 2018☆⚑

Washington's Holocaust Museum Announces Billion-Dollar Fundraising Goal by Artsjournal

The fundraising goal is gutsy for an organization of the Holocaust Museum's size and relative youth. Its operating expenses were $116 million in 2016, according to tax filings that reported …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:32pm on April 11, 2018☆⚑

Why Is It So Difficult For Women Artists To Get The Attention They're Due? by Artsjournal

One of the biggest stories in the art world in the past two or three years has been the rapidly growing number of female artists who are getting solo shows, career surveys and retrospectives…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:31pm on April 11, 2018☆⚑

Choreographer Donald McKayle, First Black Man To Direct A Broadway Musical, Dead At 87 by Artsjournal1

"He performed with modern-dance pioneers Martha Graham and José Limón while still in his teens. At 21, he formed his own dance company, whose members included such renowned figures as Al…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:16am on April 11, 2018☆⚑

You've never seen a play quite like Woolly Mammoth's 'Underground Railroad Game.' by Peter Marks

Play exposes America's shameful legacy of slavery.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:36pm on April 10, 2018☆⚑

'Dear Evan Hansen' and 'The Band's Visit' are coming to the Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

The 2018-19 season is announced; Betty Buckley will star in the tour of "Hello, Dolly!"

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:12pm on April 10, 2018☆⚑

The "Hamilton" Tickets Problem. Kennedy Center Is The Latest To Be Overwhelmed by Artsjournal

Most of the tickets to the blockbuster musical about Alexander Hamilton have been sold, but the Kennedy Center's handling of sales has been marked by confusion and complaints, with many patr…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:34pm on April 9, 2018☆⚑

'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's' raunchy, hilarious concert tour proves low TV ratings may not matter by Emily Yahr

Hundreds turn out for the show's sold-out concert tour.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:18pm on April 9, 2018☆⚑

'Mean Girls' on Broadway: Omg, you'll lol. by Peter Marks

Tina Fey and company learn from a Washington tryout and fashion an evening of pure fun.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

August Wilson at his best is a gift. Arena Stage is giving you one. by Peter Marks

"Two Trains Running" is Wilson's '60s play, in a decade-by-decade series spanning a century.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:12pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

Winners of the 2018 Olivier theater awards by Associated Press

The winners of the 2018 Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in London theater, opera and dance:

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:06pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

The Latest: Wet red carpet greets stars at UK theater awards by Associated Press

The Latest on British theater's Olivier Awards (all times local):

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:48pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

Maya Angelou: Poet, Memoirist - And Godmother Of Hip Hop? by Artsjournal2

She mentored Common, inspired Kanye West, and won three Grammys for her own spoken word poetry. "Angelou saw hip-hop's innate connection to the tradition of poetry. When asked whether she th…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:30am on April 8, 2018☆⚑

'Hamilton' leads nominations for UK stage Olivier Awards by Associated Press

Women's rights activists are due to join stage stars on the red carpet at British theater's Olivier Awards, where "Hamilton" leads the race for trophies with 13 nominations.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:12am on April 8, 2018☆⚑