1,046 stories by "Lorraine Treanor"
Wake up! – DC area actors – grab your coffee, then dig out your primo 90 second audition monologue. You know. The God-I’m-great-you-gotta-cast-me one. Because signups for M…
Enthusiastic box office response has earned another 5 performances this week for Mike Bartlett’s searing satire Contractions starring Holly Twyford and Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan. Holly Twy…
Local and national leaders, joined by members of the DC area theatre community, will take part in Saturday's March on Washington for Gun Control in support of President Obama's plan for prev…
Joe Calarco’s groundbreaking play Shakespeare’s R&J breaks new ground again when it opens in the theatre more accustomed to the sights and sounds of Sondheim. Signature T…
Sunday night, January 20th, in Alexandria, Virginia, nominations for the the 13th annual Washington Area Community Theatre Awards (WATCH) were announced from the stage of the Little Theatre …
We admit it " when Artistic Director Hanna Bondareswka sent the Ambassador Theater's press release for their upcoming performances at Flashpoint Gallery, our email back could be capsulized a…
The critics have fallen hard for Tryst, and it seems audiences agree. Washington Stage Guild just announced that the smart, suspenseful drama, starring Felipe Cabenzas and Emily Townley, ori…
Yesterday marked the one month anniversary of the massacre of 6 teachers and 20 school children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Last night, on The Rachel Maddow Show, parents of 6 year old …
After watching a performance of American Buffalo in Chicago about 8 years ago, as we exited into the lobby, we saw a series of overhanging tickets suggesting ways we, the audience, could con…
This month, theatreWashington’s Show Tunes & Cocktails moves to Signature. Their invite: “We’re free of political sing to the rafters and kick off 2013 with a Show …
Theater J's first play of the new year will be performed away from company’s venue on 16th Street. Boged (Traitor): An Enemy of the People, produced in conjunction with George Washingt…
Who was this woman who haunted Sampson through Judges 13-16, teasing and seducing him until he gave up the secret of his strength? Was she merely a mercenary of love? ("[W]e will give thee, …
She became everyone’s fair lady when she stepped from the ensemble into the leading role of Eliza Doolittle at Arena Stage last Saturday night and turned in a heart-stealing performanc…
It reads more like a  scene from a 50's showbiz movie. It's the closing weekend. The Saturday night performance is nearly sold out. The star is taken ill. Her understudy is ill. Hannah Wi…
Take $20 off the ticket price to Apples from the Desert at Theater J, Saturday, January 5 at 3pm Sarah Marshall, Michael Tolaydo and Jennifer Mendenhall (Photo: Scott Suchman) Jennifer M…
A Note from Lorraine Treanor Big problem " new solution. During the last month or so, DC Theatre Scene has faced some technical challenges in our effort to bring fresh theatre news to you. S…
Time for one more reading this year? Flying V Theatre (remember Me and Devil Blues?) will be performing a reading of a new play, The Library, by company member Lee August Praley. Synopsi…
January 21, 2013 the nation pauses to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama and to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr Day. In honor of these events, CENTERSTAGE will be making 100…
Nearly 3,000 years after Homer first penned and, possibly, performed The Iliad, co-authors Lisa Peterson and the actor Denis O'Hare created a solo play from Homer's ode to larger than life w…
This year, New Year's Eve falls on Monday, the day when theatres are traditionally closed. But this year, you have nine chances to catch your last show of 2012 on New Year’s Eve and st…
Raise your voices with a hearty "If I Were a Rich Man" "Sunrise, Sunset" and the rest of the beloved Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick Broadway score with the Fiddler on the Roof Sing-Along as the …
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy. Step inside the theatre for a play within a play that will transform into an evening of magic a…
The children’s play Clever Rachel and a free Christmas day event are the December offerings in the new JCCNV Performing Arts Series from Fairfax, Virginia’s Jewish Community Cent…
Olney Theatre Center begins its search for new Artistic Director Olney Theatre Center announced this morning that Martin Platt, who joined the company as its Artistic Director in June, 2012,…
Marc Kudisch walks into a room, motorcycle helmet tucked under his arm, and the coolness vibe spikes by a factor of 10. He's a Broadway star with more than 20 major shows – like 9 to 5…
