There's not much to laugh at in politics today. Nor is it easy to make fun of diversity, gender, Putin, or Pepsi. But that doesn't prevent the team of talented comedians at Second City "…
Top-rated Columbia amphitheater Merriweather Post Pavilion has forged a new partnership with Maryland's Soulful Symphony, a visionary orchestra that celebrates, elevates, and reimagines Amer…
For children's theater to be successful, it must have an age-appropriate theme that appeals to kids, be engaging enough to hold their interest, and have a running time that is not so long as…
A foreboding, wide-open hotel window overlooking the Manhattan night skyline beckons you to enter the tender interior space of '70s soul singer, composer and recording artist, Donny Hathaway…
With the recent release of I Am Not Your Negro and If Beale Street Could Talk, the eminent writer James Baldwin received significant cinematic attention. This has been followed in DC …
The opening weekend of the DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival was a lively family reunion of art, food, music and drama. DCBTAF chair and dancing diplomat Nana Malaya served as ring leader…
Once again Fairfax's Hub Theatre will be introducing a new playwright, and a new play that highlights America's common humanity, to a wider DMV audience. This time the playwright is Sam Hama…
I remember being so bored by my high school American history class that I got a D in it. This was not normal. My report cards always had A's and B's. So the kindly elderly woman who taught t…
It's the mid 1980s. The Oval Office is occupied by a former movie star, Al Gore has yet to create the Internet, and an aspiring actor from Alabama named Robert Harling has lost his younger s…
They're at it again. The Happenstance Gang: troublemakers, every stinking one of 'em. And this time, they're going Greek. Mythologically speaking, that is. Nix on the keggers and beer pong, …
Currently featured on Broadway in the original cast of Be More Chill, Jason SweetTooth Williams is an actor, singer, writer, and long-time member of the wildly popular and talented Joe Iconi…
When Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe planned to tackle the subject of depression, they decided to avoid more familiar approaches: plays about self-destructive superstars who are too far r…
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, in association with activist and actress Jjana Valentiner, will hold a public, nonpartisan 11-hour marathon reading of Special Counsel Ro…
Because of the ongoing construction in Shubert Alley, it was announced that the annual summer pet adoption event, Broadway Barks, has been cancelled this year, after attempts to find an alte…
The Mint Theater Company's American premiere of The Mountains Look Different by transplanted Irish playwright Micheál mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore in London, 1899) is a classic p…
Traveling through the south of France one glorious September, regardless of where my companion and I found ourselves, it seemed that at one point in the afternoon, there would be a classical…
When the actor playing Blackbeard first appears on stage at the Signature Theatre in the new musical bearing his name, smoke literally curls out of his matted black hair. It's a terrifying l…
The cute little old ladies are up to something at the sunny nursing home. They share the same room and enough wit to fight over the turf like two college roommates. If only we all could grow…
If you're spending summer in the city and are looking for some family-friendly shows to enjoy with the kids, rest assured that you'll find an array that is right for all ages. From Broadway …
Scott Siegel closed this 19th season of Broadway by the Year at The Town Hall with a tribute to the shows and songs of 1987 and 2015, bringing his appreciative audiences up to the current de…
The musical Mamma Mia! is playing in Frederick, Maryland for the first time at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. If opening night is any indication, WOB has a hit on its hands. Director Jorda…
I have to marvel at all the ways the national culture temple named for our 35th president reaches out to an audience that looks like America. There's no such uniform audience, of course"no p…
Tennessee Williams famously wrote fragile female leads: Laura, delicate and easily shattered; Blanche, already defeated before she is forced to rely upon the kindness of strangers. Not so wi…
Tickets are on sale now for the 2019 Capital Fringe Festival bringing over 500 individual performances, 89 productions, and five Capital Fringe curated shows across 13 stages in Southwest DC…
DC Metro Theater Arts and DC Theatre Scene are pleased to announce that they are joining forces to cover the 2019 Capital Fringe Festival. Each online publication will review half of the 89 …