Fans of the hilarious Canadian TV series Slings and Arrows will be relieved to know that Netflix, which had planned to sunset it on June 1, has responded to howls of protest – includin…
Last night’s Tony Awards show deserves its on Emmy. Right now. In case you missed it, here’s Neil Patrick Harris and the casts of nearly every musical on Broadway doing the openi…
Here’s who’s covering Capital Fringe for DC Theatre Scene this year. Sarah Ameigh is graduate of Penn State University, where she studied sociology, advertising, and theatre. …
Have you heard? Due to the onrush of donors which slowed their servers yesterday, DoMore24, the one day community wide giving program of the United Way of the National Capitol Area, is exten…
Standing in a Capitol Hill bakery, they could have been a pair of European travelers, not quite blending in with the hustling Washington crowd getting scones and lattes in the afternoon rush…
Jacqueline E. Lawton, DC based dramaturg, teacher and playwright (her play The Hampton Years officially opens next Monday at Theater J) has made time in her busy schedule to include on her W…
Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, a ‘jammin'’ musical with live accompaniment featuring the timeless music and lyrics of Bob Marley and based on the children's book by his d…
With eight productions just announced, the National Theatre will have its busiest season in years, thanks to its new booking team, The National Theatre Group. Five musicals will be among the…
Theatrelovers will have plenty to enjoy this weekend: To start, Pallas Theatre Collective, busy with preparations for their upcoming read of Usher: A New Musical (June 22), is presenting a f…
One of the signatures of Signature Theatre is Stephen Sondheim. Almost from its inception, works by Sondheim have been a hallmark of the Arlington-based company's seasonal output. When Signa…
Think you know who will take home a Tony on Broadway’s biggest night? TrueTheatergoer, the Web site where audiences rate and recommend shows in DC and New York, is holding a contest to…
DC Theatre Scene is giving away a pair of tickets to opening night of Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody Wednesday, May 22nd at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD. Spank! is here for 6 performanc…
Due to an unforeseen circumstance, GALA Hispanic Theatre’s well received production of  DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story has closed one week short of its planned run. GALA ends its …
This month, theatreWashington’s popular piano singalong Showtunes & Cocktails features Alex Tang at the piano with special guest, on her night off from Keegan Theatre’s The F…
Last night, Capital Fringe held a “State of the Fringe” meeting. Jonathan Fischer was there for City Paper, and turned in an excellent update on the status of the Fringe which in…
One of the Washington area’s most famous playwrights, Ken Ludwig (Crazy for You, Lend Me a Tenor, Fox on a Fairway, Shakespeare in Hollywood), will be hosting an interactive disc…
Good news for all of you who don’t yet have tickets to see Keegan Theatre’s production of  The Fully Monty. Thanks to the enthusiasm in the press – Susan Galbraith calls…
Crash of Rhinos, a new theater company in the process of being born, will hold a sketch comedy revue called the “Crash!” in The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts’ blac…
While the Nationals are away, the Washington National Opera will take to the field of Nationals Park for their popular live broadcast from The Kennedy Center. This year, on the jumbo screen,…
Michael Stebbins, whose eight-year tenure as Rep Stage Artistic Director ended earlier this month, will appear in next season's production of the solo play, Â I Am My Own Wife, the company…
Staff in the Executive Office Building scramble over yet another incident involving the Vice President. This time, while the President and his advisors are photographed tensely following the…
In this first of a two play evening, playwright Allyson Currin covers safe, familiar territory of friendship, commitment and support. Here, three playground Moms share aspects of their lives…
With the closing of H Street Playhouse, Theater Alliance moves into what they call their “itinerant” phase, planning future productions in one, possible two theatres, and renewin…
Due to overwhelming critical and popular response, The Studio Theatre has extended Amy Herzog’s compassionate and unsentimental drama 4000 Miles a third, and final, time. The company h…
When the world premiere of CenterStage’s production of Beneatha’s Place by Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah joins with their production of Clybourne Park on May 15th, the…