Florrie Bagel comes home with a new cabaret at Signature Theatre by Lorraine Treanor

Florrie Bagel is starring in a special cabaret Warm and Toasty at Signature Theatre, Monday, December 5. For her many DC area fans, that means a big welcome home party and the start of the h…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 4:48pm on December 3, 2016☆[SHARE]

A giddy holiday distraction, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Round House Theatre (review) by Lorraine Treanor

Does your heart go pitter-pat at the very mention of the name Mr. Darcy? Is Yuletide your favorite season? Jane Austen fans and lovers of holiday cheer will clink their tea cups to Round Hou…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12pm on December 2, 2016☆[SHARE]

Now more than ever. by Lorraine Treanor

In 2017, we will head into a social and political time unlike any other in our modern history. Theater, far from being superfluous, will be essential to helping all of us understand our l…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:42am on November 30, 2016☆[SHARE]

Black Friday theatre deals for the DC area by Lorraine Treanor

Our inbox is filling up with Black Friday deals, including these from our local theatres. If you know of more, add them to our comments section. We’ll keep updating this list til 1pm t…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:12am on November 25, 2016☆[SHARE]

Yummy holiday dessert idea: Lillian Hellman's peach cobbler (video recipe) by Lorraine Treanor

For all of you not excited about serving a traditional pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving, we suggest playwright Lillian Hellman’s peach cobbler, seen here being prepared by Exe…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 2:12pm on November 20, 2016☆[SHARE]

Fritz Lang's silent movie Metropolis gets new Tom Teasley percussive score (review) by Lorraine Treanor

In Constellation Theatre Company's screeningof Metropolis, Tom Teasley's live music breathes new life into the 89-year-old classic. Every production in Constellation's 10th season will featu…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 6:03pm on November 17, 2016☆[SHARE]

Broadway video urges everyone to vote by Lorraine Treanor

Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, compiled more than 200 messages from Broadway theatre makers to help get out the vote today. Watch and share.  The post Broadway video urges e…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:31pm on November 8, 2016☆[SHARE]

The Kennedy Center reveals plans for major HARMAN gift of audio and light equipment by Lorraine Treanor

HARMAN, recently named the official sound partner of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will be making a generous donation of high-performance audio and lighting equipmen…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:28am on October 10, 2016☆[SHARE]

Marsha Norman's 'Night Mother at Highwood Theatre (review) by Lorraine Treanor

It has been 31 years since this reviewer previously saw a live production of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer Prize winning drama 'NIGHT, MOTHER, yet it remains an indelible theatre experience.  …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:45am on September 28, 2016☆[SHARE]

Blackberry Daze creators on turning a popular murder mystery into a jazzy musical by Lorraine Treanor

In 2012, Ruth P. Watson's novel Blackberry Days of Summer became a critical darling. The story is an exciting historical whodunit, where a young black man is murdered at the beginning of the…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:44am on September 22, 2016☆[SHARE]

Lisa Carr wins 2016 Gary Maker Audience Award by Lorraine Treanor

Lisa Carr, an enthusiastic DC theatergoer who considers less than a hundred shows to be a “slow year”, has won the 2016 Gary Lee Maker Audience Award as this year’s outstan…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:37am on September 16, 2016☆[SHARE]

Melissa Cruz, on giving Mystery of Edwin Drood Landless' Symphonic Metal treatment. by Lorraine Treanor

Landless Theatre Company is developing its second Metal musical: the Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Sondheim's Sweeney Todd was the first. Melissa Cruz, resident director and A…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 3:16pm on September 8, 2016☆[SHARE]

Page-to-Stage: Crazy Mary Lincoln, Over Her Dead Body and Alan Sharpe's Short Plays by Lorraine Treanor

Writer’s choice: Page-to-Stage readings from Saturday, September 3, 2016. We asked our writers to report back on plays which they would like to see fully staged. From Debbie Jackson…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 5:58am on September 7, 2016☆[SHARE]

Sortable guide to Page to Stage, Sept 3 " 5, 2016 by Lorraine Treanor

This Labor Day Weekend, 56 area theatre companies are presenting 64 readings at what has become DC’s annual kickoff of the theatre season, The Kennedy Center’s Page to S…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:57am on September 1, 2016☆[SHARE]

Taking stock of DC's assistance program,Taking Care of Our Own by Lorraine Treanor

We stand poised at the start of the new theatre season, pondering which plays and musicals will take us to new places, which will lead us to discover new talents, new characters, which will …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 2:57pm on August 16, 2016☆[SHARE]

Zelda Fitzgerald died today at age 91 by Lorraine Treanor

  Zelda Fichandler, co-founder of Arena Stage, died this morning at her home in Washington, DC, of congestive heart failure. She was 91.  Arena Stage released the following statement…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 1:27pm on July 29, 2016☆[SHARE]

Learn some new moves, DC, this Saturday on National Dance Day by Lorraine Treanor

Celebrate National Dance Day 2016 with free dance classes and performances this Saturday, July 30 from 1 to 11 pm at The Kennedy Center. Sponsored by The Kennedy Center and Dizzy Feet Fou…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:16am on July 28, 2016☆[SHARE]

Ticket giveaway for Jelly's Last Jam. Contest closes Thursday at 5pm by Lorraine Treanor

Our giveaway is back! And this week we have a free pair of tickets to see Jelly’s Last Jam at Signature Theatre.  Take your seat at the legendary Jungle Inn nightclub for the ele…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 1:03pm on July 26, 2016☆[SHARE]

2016-2017 theatre season revealed by Lorraine Treanor

For details, tickets and reviews – Find Your Show Don’t miss a thing. Subscribe to our newsletter This overview is current as of July 24, 2016. Presenter / Title of Show / …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35pm on July 24, 2016☆[SHARE]

Protected: Sample seasons list by Lorraine Treanor

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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:25pm on July 23, 2016☆[SHARE]

Everyman Theatre's on The Cooking Channel tonight at 10pm by Lorraine Treanor

Everyman Theatre’s opening night parties are always grand affairs. But their Great American Rep Opening Night party last April, celebrating their productions of Death of a Salesman and…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:32pm on July 13, 2016☆[SHARE]

Win tickets to Hand to God. Closes Thursday at 5pm by Lorraine Treanor

This week’s giveaway is a pair of tickets to Studio Theatre’s production of Hand to God.     This blasphemous Broadway hit is a ruthless comedy about sex, sinners, an…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:52pm on July 5, 2016☆[SHARE]

Whisper Into My Good Ear . A Fringe Peek by Lorraine Treanor

Some thirty-five years ago I and my buddy Pat O'Brien (Underneath the Lintel) performed the two-hander, Whisper Into My Good Ear for a one-act theater competition in the Twin Cities.  …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 6:32pm on July 4, 2016☆[SHARE]

Evita ticket giveaway. Closes Thursday at 5pm by Lorraine Treanor

For this week’s giveaway, we have a pair of tickets to se the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s legendary Tony® Award-winning musical Evita at Olney Theatre.  Herald…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:58am on June 21, 2016☆[SHARE]

Meet our 2016 Capital Fringe writers by Lorraine Treanor

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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 2:42pm on June 18, 2016☆[SHARE]