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July 10 – August 2, 2015
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On July 8, 2015, Sydney-Chanele Dawkins, film maker, film producer, theatre/film critic and arts writer, died at the age of 47. It is a tragic loss for her family, her abundant friends a…
Trueheart: Live is a comedic look into the life of Tim Trueheart (real name; he couldn't make that up), as he bears all in a personal hour of comedy. His jokes are irreverent, sometimes more…
Jeanne d'Arc (1412-31), who in this play uses her mother's premarital name, Romée, was a charismatic leader and a military genius who improbably " because she was an illiterate peasant, and…
Thanks to Ryan Maxwell and Susan Galbraith
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Here in the DC area this July, there is what can only be described as an abundance of plays on stage, both from our year-round theatre companies, and the mega-Capital Fringe opening tonight.…
theatreWashington, which promotes Washington-area theater throughout the country, announced last week that it is delaying the implementation of its controversial minimum pay requirements for…
If you have never been addicted, you can have no clear idea what it means to need junk with the addict's special need. You don't decide to be an addict. One morning you wake up sick and you'…
GALA Hispanic Theatre has just announced its 40th season here in Washington, DC. Its full slate of bilingual productions for adults and children opens September 10th with Garcia Lorca…
Synetic Theater’s five show season was just added to our developing look at the upcoming season 2015-2016, Season at a Glance. Synetic begins its season with their entry in the Women&#…
In case you need a reminder, the 2015 Tony Awards are on CBS this Sunday night, starting at 8pm (ET), with Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming hosting from the stage of Radio City Music H…
Today is that one day out of the year when the community joins together to celebrate and support the work of nonprofits through www.DoMore24.org. How effective is the campaign? Last year, 11…
Acclaimed actor John Lescault, a familiar sight on DC stages, will be planting his boots on the bare ground of The Amphitheater of Stone Hill Farm in Flint Hill, VA in a one night only perfo…
Imagination Stage, which closes out this season by bringing its hit childrens’ show The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) to the National Theatre (July 14-25), has announced its “Magi…
Cate Blanchett, Edward Gero, Sherri L. Edelen, Daniel Flint, Irina Tsikurishvili, Avenue Q, Angels in America, and Hairspray are winners in DC Theatre Scene's Audience Choice Awards.
Jay Landesman, and his musical jazz-scored The Nervous Set about the early Beats were both too hip for Broadway in 1959. He lived out his life goosing the London scene, and died Sunday night…
We didn't know NY critic Hilton Als every left NY, but the cast of Arena Stage's Oklahoma! made his 10 best list after he visited the new Mead Center for American Theater. Others include Che…
Jay Landesman, who co-wrote the book for The Fantasticks and introduced newcomers Lenny Bruce, Del Close, Mike Nichols and Barbra Streisand, died Sunday morning in his London home.
We regret to report that PJ Paparelli, director and Artistic Director of American Theater Company in Chicago, died today at the age of 40 from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was on…
Faction of Fools Theatre Company announced last night that Toby Mulford has become their new Producing Artistic Director. ‘He’s a better fool than I am’, is the idea behind…
Folger Theatre’s season announcement today brings to six the number of theatres revealing their 2015-2016 shows in the past week. Slowly the upcoming season is coming into focus and wh…
A child is a promise you send into the future. Someone said that to a reporter last week, trying to search out meaning from the rubble of the Baltimore fires. Sunset Baby tells the story of …
While the nation watched, the streets of Baltimore erupted in violence Monday night, April 20th, in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. As the week unfolded and the city…
In response to the violence and rioting on April 27 following the funeral of Freddie Gray who died in police custody, the city of Baltimore is enforcing a general curfew beginning April 28, …
