The Reading Room Festival at the Folger Theatre kicked off Thursday with a deep dive into the historic-minded Shakespeare. Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels invited a few friends to help h…
 China recently surpassed the world in developing the world's most advanced AI engine, DeepSeek, achieving this milestone with fewer dollars too. Could ballet be next? In a mesmerizing f…
Folger Theatre's third annual Reading Room Festival, which starts today, is a four-day festival of staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations. Shakespeare serv…
When you lose a son, what do you do? Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin "Guac" Oliver whose life tragically ended from a mass shooting at his Parkland School, hopes you never have to find out.…
Celebrates Two Decades of Creativity and Growth, and Introducing a New Chapter WASHINGTON "Â It is with a heavy heart that Capital Fringe announces it will no longer produce the annual Fri…
Rutter's decade-long leadership of Nation's Cultural Center was marked by bold campus expansion, artist-centered vision, expanded programming, unprecedented audience growth and fundraising, …
Too busy for hospice. We may have heard about people too busy for love, too busy to keep up with friendships, but too busy for hospice? It's a phrase that arrests the imagination"short yet p…
Tysons, VA" 1st Stage is launching the Directors' Residency and Commission (DRaC) program to help develop early career directors who live and work in the region. This new residency …
This concert, a Schirmer Theatrical/Greenberg Artists co-production, featured vocalists Shayna Steele, Chester Gregory, and Terron Brooks with instrumentalists Chris Kuffner (bass) and Jacob…
Constructing objects from paper is often one of the first forays into visual art for young children. With "Paper Dreams" (written and originally directed by Claudia Moreso, Mons Dansa Dance …
Enjoy 37+ performances of story, movement, and sound over five weekends! Washington, D.C. " The Atlas Performing Arts Center proudly announces the return of its highly anticipated INTERSECTI…
The bright and inventive comedienne, Sarah Silverman, has given us the hilarious autobiographical musical "The Bedwetter" soon to open at Arena Stage. It centers on Sarah at age 10 as she be…
A talented cast and some clever production concepts cannot overcome the confusion of ideas present in Scena Theatre's production of Sophocles's "Ajax," translation by John Tipton, currently …
There was a meme circulating years ago with a crying girl asking, "Who fought for women's right to work?! Because that sh*t is pissing me off right now." Another meme joked about women going…
  "An Act of God," presented by Iron Crow Theatre, is playing at Baltimore's Theatre Project to rave reviews. Written by David Javerbaum, it is directed by Sean Elias, Iron Crow's ar…
The great Irish playwright, John Millington Synge, wrote the original dark comedy "The Playboy of the Western World" in 1907. The play was so controversial it caused riots both in Dublin…
"Proof," David Auburn's 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, is about a young woman's depression, sibling rivalry, mental illness, the death of her beloved father, and all she ga…
The symbols for theater, Melpomene (tragedy) and Thalia (comedy) originate from the ritualistic belief held by the ancient Greeks that a "good" play should evoke an emotional response causin…
Loveday Brooke is back in "The Mystery of the Black Bag." The Literary Adventure Society invites audiences to "match wits with Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, by examining clues alongside th…
Theatre people love to do plays that look at own their profession. Laurel Mill Playhouse is currently presenting one such play. "The Wisdom of Eve" is a comedy/drama written in the early 196…
Competition, power, politics, and succession have long been common themes in royal families. "The Lion in Winter," currently onstage at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn in partnership with the Ken…
Prize Will Be Awarded at the Kennedy Center at a Gala Performance on March 23, 2025 (WASHINGTON)"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 26th Mark Twain Prize for…
This production of "Heartbreak Hotel" at the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, produced by artistic director Patrick A'Hearn, presents the biography of Elvis Presley, the "King of Ro…
Due to weather concerns, the 2024 WATCH award nominations, celebrating the area's community theater, were announced via ZOOM on January 19, 2025 at 6 pm. The Award Ceremony will be held on S…
Have you ever heard that great actors are great liars? Well, Tony Award-winner Ari'el Stachel's deeply personal, Berkeley Rep-produced, one man show, "Out of Character," certainly supports t…