This morning, the 2015 Tony Awards® nominees were announced by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The list was read by Mary-Louise Parker and Bruce Willis. The 69th Annual…
Musician Tom Teasley’s percussive talents will orchestrate two shows for Constellation in 2015-2016, but Tom will undoubtedly be sitting out both Equus (Jan 14 – Feb 14) and the …
This year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama will be awarded to Stephen Adly Guirgis for Between Riverside and Crazy, his dark comedy about a retired police officer whose landlords are trying …
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is searching for young DC-area actors, ages 10 – 18, for next season’s production of Oliver!, opening October 30, 2015 in the …
MetroStage’s production of The Island, Athol Fugard’s drama about two prisoners in a South African jail, has closed after three performances. Starring Michael Anthony Williams an…
Recipients of the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards All nominees and the recipients as announced April 6, 2015 at the Lincoln Theatre The post Here’s who’s taking home a 2015 Helen Hayes A…
If you aren’t already a ticketholder for tonight’s Helen Hayes Awards, you can join the packed theatre crowd via webcast. Click here at 8pm to view the show, direct from the Linc…
This is my favorite time of year, when artistic directors lay down those cards they’ve been holding so closely, and announce their upcoming seasons. With fifteen companies already repo…
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As just announced on DramaUrge: Slow Theatergoing.  Taking a chapter out of “One Book, One Community,” theaters will focus productions on one play per season. It is ho…
"I've never cancelled a show in my life," Deb Randall told me last Sunday, speaking of Venus Theatre's production, God Don' Like Ugly by Doc Andersen-Bloomfield. Venus, one of the longest co…
Residents around Anacostia Playhouse and Anacostia Arts Center know where to head for quality takeout or a quick dine-in meal. Ask, and they’ll tell you – “I go to MamaR…
Those three words " affordability, inclusion, engagement " are the watchwords for this year's Helen Hayes Awards ceremony. As most readers will know, last year, as it celebrated turning 30, …
A most powerful, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying theatrical work blew into town from Portugal this past weekend in a double-bill by Mundo Perfeito. It was a shame that so few people sa…
By noon today, many theatre companies have made the decision to close in the face of the incoming storm. (See the confirmed list below). The show goes on here: (best to re-confirm after 4pm)…
Beginning Sept 30, 2015, Synetic Theater’s season will offer the reprise of two critically acclaimed productions (Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night), a new wordless Shakespeare set i…
In an innovative move, the creators and executive producers of Truth the musical are staging its world premiere here in DC with a three night run (Feb 26 – 28, 2015) at THEARC Theater …
"The impetus was from both of us," Greg Pierce said about the new musical Kid Victory, currently in previews at Signature Theatre. Pierce wrote the book and lyrics, to music by John Kander. …
The weather will be, no doubt about it, a challenge for theatregoers Saturday night. Snow, sleet and freezing rain have been predicted for Saturday afternoon and evening. But most shows will…
– Feb 18, 2015 – Today, Ford’s Theatre Society announced its play selections for the upcoming season (2015-2016) which hands two dynamic roles to DC actors. Nancy Robinette…
We took some of our favorite lines from plays and paired them with images to create our first series of Valentine’s Day cards. We hope you will enjoy them, share them, and let us know …
"When I retired, I was telling people that I would dedicate the rest of my life to being an amusing dinner guest. The problem with that was, when I would start to say something, at that mome…
Don't mess with Mama Nadi (Dawn Ursula), the flinty matriarch of a bar and brothel in a Congo mining town. She has a machete and she knows how to use it. Mama Nadi wields more than a weapon …
That Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz was a poet, a genius and a nun, who lived in Mexico in the 17th century (1650-1694), is well-known. When I visited Mexico in 2009, I felt her impact at the co…
Anyone who knows me will tell you that as a critic and sometime creator of mixed-disciplinary performance, I have a particular proclivity for highly experimental theatrical works and perhaps…