It's a relatively short drive"a few miles beyond the beltway on I-66, and then on to Route 50 for some 16 miles or so, past the charming town of Aldie, Virginia"to get to Drive-In Heaven. Fo…
The Humans"Stephen Karam's Tony Award"winning family dramedy"was slated for a run at Olney Theatre Center this season, but that physical production was shelved this summer when the COVID wou…
For the first time in its history (beginning in Shubert Alley in 1987), the annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, produced by and benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, go…
Theaters have gone dark during the pandemic, with little certainty about when or whether actors and audiences can again gather in the same space to tell and listen to stories that illuminate…
Meshaun Labrone"the actor, writer, musician, and former DC Police officer whose solo stage plays Spook and Power! Stokely Carmichael were Capital Fringe hits"recently signed a production dea…
Against the backdrop of COVID-19, racial injustice, and the upcoming election, CulturalDC is staging one of the first large-scale productions in the Washington, DC, area since the pandemic b…
This year marks the nineteenth anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11. To continue their dedication to the difficult healing process, Buglisi Dance Theatre and Lincoln Center for the Performing …
On Monday's "Labor Day of Action," Be An #ArtsHero organized a nationwide movement of Arts Workers Unite, with theater professionals urging all US Senators to legislate a proportionate re…
After taking Broadway by storm at the age of eighteen as Maria in The Sound of Music, the super-talented multi-nominated multiple award-winning star Laura Benanti has appeared in such notabl…
During the past seven-odd years that I've contributed to DC Metro Theater Arts, I've written about upwards of 600 shows"sometimes as the designated reviewer (when I followed criticism conven…
Who says a theater performance can't make a difference in politics? With all the ongoing political and cultural conflict, is there a way to simmer things down for at least one brief shining …
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 62% of arts workers report that they are fully unemployed, 94% have reported an income loss, 41% of arts and culture institutions are not confident that…
Two prolific scholars and writers on Shakespeare, and colleagues at Stratford-upon-Avon's Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Paul Edmondson (Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the Str…
The 2020 Helen Hayes Awards"recognizing outstanding work produced on Washington-area stages in 2019"are being celebrated as a series of virtual events, from August 31 to September 11, 2020, …
After the postponement of this year's 74th annual Tony Awards from its traditional date in early June, it has been announced that the show will go on, virtually, in the Fall. Presented by…
Studio Theatre commissioned seven Black artists who have appeared on its stages to create artistic responses to their experience at the Commitment March on Washington, August 28, 2020. They …
By far one of the most exciting theatrical discoveries for me has been the work of the remarkable Jessika D. Williams. Those of us lucky enough to have seen her in the the American Shakespea…
With the sold-out success of Small Change, their first Drive-Thru theater experience, the creative folk at the Alden Theatre in McLean have developed a totally new live event. It is the Alde…
Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Simon Godwin has announced that Whitney White and Soyica Colbert"the director and the dramaturg for The Amen Corner"are joining STC as associate…
While Broadway itself is still dark, Bristol Riverside Theatre, in Bucks County, PA, brings Broadway into your home for this year's virtual Broadway Summer Spectacular. The all-new pre-recor…
The Commitment March on Washington Friday, August 28, capped off a summer of social justice protest and marked the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech on…
Sit back to indulge in a comedy-melodrama. A streaming Zoom reading of a rediscovered play first produced in 1910. It is a love letter, with sharp edges, to a bygone time. A time of tintype …
Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) has announced that Savannah Miller and Adanna Paul are its first two participants in the 2020-2021 Young Playwrights in Progress (YPIP) new play development …
The second installment of Broadway Whodunit?, Escape from Camp Eerie makes its livestream debut on Sunday, August 30, at 6 pm ET. So get out your notepad and pencil, sharpen your sleuthing s…
Studio Theatre has commissioned seven Black artists who are attending the 57th anniversary March on Washington Friday, August 28, to create artistic responses that bear witness to their expe…