Nominations for the 2013 Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards were announced today.Three productions first seen here were among the honorees: Steppenwolf Theatre’s  production…
The 2013 Drama Desk nominees were just announced. Among the productions receiving multiple nominations which Washington audiences have been able to see are Giant by John LaChiusa, which debu…
IMAGINATION STAGE: NEW JUICY-JUICE IN OLD BOTTLES By Tim Treanor Bethesda-based Imagination Stage will feature some familiar stories given brand-new contexts in 2013-2014, the company has an…
Don’t invest on Broadway unless you love the show. There’s an 80% chance you’ll get little more back than tickets on opening night and a backstage tour. If you do see a rec…
They call it a revolution in British theatre. At least one rating service ranks it as popular as Netflix. It’s Digital Theatre and for those of you who don’t already know, it&…
On May 6th, Brian Childers will perform a special “Evening with Danny Kaye” to benefit the theatre company which handed him the role of a lifetime. Brian Childers as Danny Kaye (…
Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn returns to Signature this fall for the first time in nearly twenty years to direct the world premiere of Pride in the Falls of Autr…
WSC Avant Bard returns to Artisphere tonight at 8pm for a reading of Sarah Ruhl’s new adaptatation of the Virginia Woolf novel Orlando. Based in part on the life of Woolf'…
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” –Leonard Bernstein It’s already starting. The G…
You may well have heard that Matilda, the musical based on Roald Dahl’s popular novel, is now on Broadway, following a smashing first year run in London, where it continues to sell out…
The 2013 Monologue Madness competition last Sunday at The Miracle Theatre saw two relative newcomers to the DC scene compete their way through a pack of 32, and elbow out of the running…
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces that due to popular demand, the world premiere play Mary T. & Lizzy K., written and directed by Tazewell Thompson, will add …
All hail middle-aged character actors! At varying points in this episode, I found myself singing the praises of guest stars, as we got visits from not one but two parents of our leading ladi…
Chad Bauman, a fixture at Arena Stage since 2007, will become Managing Director of Milwaukee Repertory Theater effective June 1, the Company announced today. "Chad's experience in helping br…
By anyone's definition, John Carter is one pretty hip guy. As past vocations, he lists merchant seaman, railroadman and writer for hire. His poetry placed him as front man for rock groups Er…
Why should sports teams have the exclusive on fantasy team matchups? Why not allow theatre fans to form companies, be their own creative directors and cast their own productions? Such questi…
The old bromide "Be careful what you wish for" is richly applied in Art House, Idly Bent Theatre Company's East Coast premiere of an intriguing new work from Australian actress & playwri…
In advance of the Helen Hayes Awards on Monday, April 8th, TrueTheatergoer asks readers who they feel most deserve to take home the theatreWashington awards for outstanding achievement in pe…
The heat has officially been turned way up on the lowly monologue. Next week, audiences will have two chances to cheer on their favorite performers as they compete for the adoration of the c…
Annapolis-based Compass Rose Theater will produce a 2013-2014 season which features a graduate of the 2007 New York Fringe Festival and productions of three well-known and much-honored pl…
Gidion's Knot, Johanna Adams' stunning confrontation between an elementary school teacher and the mother of a boy who had committed suicide, is one of six finalists for the $25,000 Harold an…
If your taste in musical theatre tends to the grunge, the gory or the absolutely silly, then you must be a longtime fan of Landless Theatre. For nearly 10 years, they’ve built a core a…
American Century Theater is ready to open its next show, and what audiences will see, beginning tonight, is a  closely guarded secret. Jack Marshall is betting it will be as shocking and …
It’s hard to imagine what Washington theatre would be like today had Capital Fringe not arrived in DC to open up the scene to self producing artists. Since 2006, Capital Fringe has pre…
Puppets, it seems, are everywhere in Washington. If they’re not performing (see two below for this month alone), they’re holed up somewhere rehearsing for the next time they̵…