TheatreWashington is holding a pre-Awards celebration tonight for all of this year’s Helen Hayes Awards nominees and, thanks to their special Webcast livestreamed direct from DC’…
Sunday, March 17 — Â The 13th annual WATCH awards were handed out in front of a sold out audience at the Little Theatre of Alexandria in Alexandria, VA. WATCH (Washington Area Theatr…
The Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection has been donated to the Library of Congress, and, in celebration, the LOC, in conjunction with daughter Dena Kaye, has planned a special evening hon…
Tickets went on sale to the general public this morning for The Book of Mormon, and within minutes, the flood of ticket seekers crashed the Kennedy Center’s site. (It’s still not…
Although its forced exile from its residence at Artisphere compelled WSC to abandon its plan to produce a spring rep series, the company announced today it has resolved, temporarily, its nee…
Writing comedy is hard, but Monday night, Woolly Mammoth pulled off a smart, funny show to present its 34th season with company member Emily Townley (Tryst, Bright New Boise, House of …
Monologue Madness, the brainchild of actor/producer Edward Daniels, is ready for its 3rd year of determining who will take home its top prize of $1,000 on Championship Sunday, April 7th. 32 …
The Kennedy Center will be offering a season of proven box-office successes for the 2013-2014 season, Center President Michael Kaiser announced last week. The season, which will also be Kais…
Tickets? ………….. check! Parking? …………. Â uh oh. What’s tougher than getting a ticket to Book of Mormon on opening day? Â Drivers know…
Just announced – Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years will replace Crime of the Heart in Signature Theatre’s spring lineup. Aaron Posner will direct the intimate two pe…
It turns out the weather forecasters had it right. The DC area is in for as much as 8 inches of snow, which is already falling quickly. Some show cancellations are inevitable – Arena S…
We’re beginning to see signs that the new booking agents for the National Theatre are living up to their promise to keep the lights on at that historic theatre. Their first announcemen…
If you saw Nu Sass's sock puppet version of  Into the Woods: In Concert last year, you have probably already snagged reservations to this year's Socky Horror Puppet Show. If you mis…
Arena Stage announces its upcoming 10 production season which features the return of such powerhouse performers as Mary Bridget Davies (One Night with Janis Joplin), Kathleen Turner (Mother …
Before I launched Theater Shelf, my reviews appeared on the website Potomac Stages. One of my favorites of all the books I reviewed for that outlet was Steven Suskin’s “The Sound…
Audiences have more time to catch performances of two hit shows which clicked with critics and audiences alike. The MetroStage world premiere musical Ladies Swing the Blues covers the jazz w…
Puppet Stand-Up, coming to the Warehouse for 2 shows this Saturday, promises to run the gamut from serious to silly by presenting puppets in stand up routines by “the best puppet co…
If you’ve ever wondered why DC playwrights aren’t writing about the largest population group in DC – government workers – well, Mary Resing and the staff at Acting Cu…
In Good People, the  David Lindsay-Abaire play now playing at Arena Stage, Margaret, a single mother, loses her job and faces eviction. The story takes place in South Boston, but…
To paraphrase Tom Lehrer: Be prepared. That’s the understudy’s solemn creed. Our colleague, the astute theatre observer John Glass, noted that a recent performance of Henry V nec…
For everyone you know who says they don’t go to theatre because it’s too expensive – pass this along. This week, two of the shows which our critics think you should see had…
Theatres are offering some really good deals for your night out at the theatre. This one, from Living Social, really jumped out at us. For a party of four – it’s 2 tickets fo…
Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein announced a new addition to The Kennedy Center which will expand the facility southward, and over the Potomac River. Architects Steven Holl and Ch…
Theatre attendance on Super Bowl Sunday always takes a dip, and those might have been Carolyn Griffin’s thoughts when she came up with the idea a few years ago to offer a special ticke…
This is the night when much of Washington area theatre holds its collective breath, waiting word on who Helen Hayes judges have nominated for this year’s Helen Hayes Awards. Well, …