8,108 stories from DC Theatre Scene
Kev Marcus and Wil B, musicians from Florida, are Black Violin. Stereotypes run deep in our psyches. From who we represent that we are to each other, to what we wear, to our age, even to the…
Macbeth Folger Theatre Through July 1, 2020 Click for details I lapped this one up like cream " Folger Theatre's rebroadcast of Macbeth as reimagined by the gifted magician Teller and Aar…
Hope that Washington DC area stages will be able to produce a fall season this year has dimmed with the release by Actors' Equity Association of the four core principles which would need to …
Of the many pitches about online content we have received, the announcement from Pandemic Theatre of how they were presenting Shakespeare's barbed romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, st…
Homebound's episode 5 finds us once again with Craig (Craig Wallace), who has become somewhat of an avuncular safe haven for the various souls of Homebound. It's easy to understand why: h…
In the early days of regional stay-at-home orders, theatre artists Rebecca Ballinger and Rebecca Wahls were not ones to waste any time. They secured the equipment they would need: some quick…
Bon Voyage! Happenstance Theater $10 rental fee gives 30 day access Click here The lighthearted troupe known as Happenstance Theater brings back their 2017 production of Bon Voyage!. Masterf…
Signature Theatre has just announced the new dates for their production of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!. The highly anticipated show, directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric …
In a press release just received comes news of a funding opportunity from the new arts program Emergent Seed. The organization is offering $500 microgrants to emerging writers and composers …
I would have wept no matter when or how the Quotidian Theatre Company (QTC) closed. I heard about it soon after the decision was announced, and wept again when it was reported here at DC The…
Homebound's episode 4 shifts back to Maboud (Maboud Ebrahimzadeh), who's hanging in his sweat pants, rocking a Smashing Pumpkins T-shirt (long live Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness), d…
Linda Elyse Bryce, a teacher, lover of Shakespeare, broad-spectrum theater supporter and winner of the 2013 Gary Maker Award, given to the audience member who best exemplifies Maker's enthus…
Veteran company members Francesca Chilcote and Kathryn Zoerb have been named Co-Artistic Directors of Washington's Commedia dell'Arte company, Faction of Fools has announced. The women su…
On Monday, May 18, the night when the DC area theatre community would have been celebrating the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards at The Anthem, honoring theatre excellence in area productions for 201…
Homebound Round House Theatre Free Series ends June 29, 2020 Click here If you haven't caught on to this web series yet, there's time to catch up. Homebound is only 3 episodes into its 10 pa…
"O that this too solid flesh would melt, / Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!" Hamlet cries out in his first soliloquy of the eponymous Shakespeare play. And as Shoshana Tarkow (she/her, r…
On May 13th, Opera America launched its first annual conference online, marking the organization's Fiftieth Anniversary. Over 1200 people had signed in when I checked the count of attendees,…
Every day, I navigate to DC Theatre Scene's guide, the New York Times and the Washington Post websites and read up on all the creative and upbeat ways people are feeding their theater jones.…
Ava Blum, a 14-year-old freshman at Georgetown Day High School, recently took home first place in the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition. A resident of Washington D.C.'s…
"We have a humanitarian crisis in prison that will blow up in our faces," says André De Shields, speaking sonorously and looking grave in a clerical collar and a salt-and-pepper beard, as t…
Here is the episode that elevates Homebound, taking us out of this moment for 11 minutes virtually to show us how this moment fits into life's larger narratives. It also takes…
This play about cookbook author Julia Child is a recipe for how not to do online theater. To Master the Art falls flat, despite some great ingredients. This is not how I expected to react. F…
As the shut-down of theaters enters its third month, theater artists vow "we'll be back" " that this is just intermission. But will audiences be back? A new three-part survey  by Shugoll …
The King and I Lincoln Center's Tony Award winning production of May 8, starting at 8pm EST through May 10 Free on Broadway HD Click here "This 2015 Broadway revival remains one of the most …
The New York-based Infinity Theatre Company, which performs its summer season in Annapolis, has announced the cancellation of its 2020 season. The company, which has been the performing in t…
