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 Nominations for the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards as announced Monday, April 6, 2015 theatrewashington.org Outstanding Performer, Visiting Production Caroline Bowman     …
January 26 — theatreWashington will announce the nominees for the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards tonight from the Helen Hayes Gallery in the National Theatre. For the third year in a row, the…
Warning, Sherlock Holmes fans: If you're a dedicated viewer of CBS' "Elementary" or consider A. Conan Doyle's novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" one of the greatest suspense novels in the…
In 2009, Ford’s Theatre celebrated President Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial and the completed renovation of its theatre with the premiere of The Heavens Are Hung in Black, a riveting t…
In addition to the robust professional theatre scene in our area, there is a flourishing scene of community theatres, thirty one of which belong to WATCH (Washington Area Theatre Community H…
Even as construction continues on schedule for the opening of their newly renovated theatre, Keegan Theatre staff have been working out details on their upcoming season, with more announceme…
It’s official. The new production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's beloved Oscar and Tony Award-winning film and stage musical Gigi will open on Broadway on Wednesday, April 8 …
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Earlier this month, Pallas Theatre Collective issued a response to the new Helen Hayes Awards eligibility requirements.  You can read it here.  DC Theatre Scene reached out to us and a…
Tonight, Signature Theatre gets ready to welcome the press to its last opening night of the year as the new Barry Levinson/Sheryl Crow musical Diner hits the stage. Here’s the new trai…
A note from Lorraine Treanor, Editor of DC Theatre Scene Dear readers, Today, I’ve been thinking of the astonishing work we've seen across our region's stages in 2014. And I wanted to …
A letter from the Independent Theatre Coalition of Washington We support theatreWashington’s decision to set compensation requirements for their professional theatre awards because we …
The abrupt dismissal of Ari Roth, Artistic Director of Theater J on December 18th by Carole R. Zawatsky, chief executive of the DC Jewish Community Center (first reported by Peter Marks …
I loved Lucie. In fact, the highlight of the touring production of Pippin, coming to us from a Broadway run that nabbed a few Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, is "No Time at …
This summer, Washington, DC passed The Minimum Wage Amendment Act raising the minimum wage standard to $9.50 per hour. By 2017, that hourly wage will be $11.50, figures well below what some …
Christmas themed shows are doing predictably well in our area, but there is one acclaimed production you can’t see, unless you scored a ticket last month or act quickly to grab seats f…
The reinvented version of Side Show, the Bill Russell, Bill Comden/Henry Krieger musical won critical and audience approval when it was seen here at the Kennedy Center last summer. New Y…
Looking at the names associated with Signature's World Premiere of Diner, it's easy to see why many expect the show to be heading to Broadway in the not-too-distant future. There's a score b…
DC Theatre Scene’s annual holiday gift guide, the guide with theatre lovers in mind, has just been posted with more than 40 gift ideas. This year, we turned to some of our favorite cri…
"This is the first play I wrote after writing about George Bush and John Kerry [The Strangerer], an unsexy play in which I had to spend time with characters who were unsympathetic. I wanted …
On Monday night, October 27th, the lobby of Woolly Mammoth Theatre was mobbed and moving among the crowd in a blue checked shirt, outstretched hand ready to welcome each person, was the man …
Women who make trouble make history. Once there was a female pope who turned the Vatican upside down, or so the legend goes, only one of the women Ecuadoran actress Joan Estrella came to cel…
- The following is a rare interview with actor Bruce Alan Rauscher by John Glass, editor of Drama Urge, who granted us permission to re-post it here. – Bruce Alan Rauscher first came o…
The D.C. riverfront revival is going swimmingly. Nationals Stadium, the Yards Park and an influx of restaurants have ushered in an era of prosperity for the once industrial district, transfo…
Today is a sad day for the theatre community. As people get ready to attend the tribute to actress Tana Hicken tonight at Studio Theatre, word is spreading through Facebook that Reggie Ray, …
