15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
Every Memorial Day PBS throws a beautiful show to honor our military who gave the ultimate sacrifice. This year is no different, despite its not being live in front of a patriotic audience i…
Siobhan O'Loughlin is no stranger to unconventional performing arts spaces. For the past few years, her theaters have been neither proscenium nor black box. Instead, the venue for her intera…
Building on over 40 years of producing powerful contemporary theater, Studio Theatre is embarking on the largest round of commissioning in its history. They are awarding grants to ten …
When COVID-19 overwhelmed the world in early 2020 and affected the future of in-person, live gatherings, LA TI DO Productions (LTD) came to a standstill like many organizations of its kind. …
A new arts program"Emergent Seed"is offering $500 microgrants and the opportunity for emerging writers and composers in the DC Metro area to have their work broadcast in virtual events. Comm…
Better days may be coming. Some restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be easing. But there is not yet a definitive date when DMV performing arts venues might reopen across three …
As the end dates for social-distancing recommendations keep being pushed further toward the end of the year, many DC, Maryland, and Virginia arts organizations are committing to an effort to…
Mamma Mia! at The Anthem DC will not run June 25 " July 5, 2020 as previously scheduled. Signature Theatre has worked with our sponsors Amazon and Max Productions and our partners at The Ant…
The Shakespeare scene in and near Washington, DC, in the months prior to the virus's intervention, was truly rich in character and ideas; so much so that even a certain fat braggart managed …
There's something for everyone this weekend, with online viewing of everything from play readings to theater-based films and cabaret. So if you're a New York theater-lover looking for some s…
Young Artists of America at Strathmore (YAA) is thrilled to announce Virtual Summer Performing Arts Intensives, an online version of their award-winning summer musical theater program. While…
Twice a month, Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal, Elisabeth Vincentelli, contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker; and Peter Marks of The Washington Post get …
In a livestream announcement this morning on Crowdcast.com by the Off Broadway Alliance (OBA), President Peter Breger introduced Charles Busch and Julie Halston (both recipients of the organ…
Karen Richards (Celeste Holm) the playwright's wife: A part in a play. You'd do all that for a part in a play? Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) conniving actress: I'd do much more for a part tha…
DC-based Solas Nua, a theater company dedicated to contemporary Irish arts, is celebrating their 15th anniversary season this year. They will kick it off with a completely new experience for…
Looking back on the last few months, each of us has our "Shoulda seen it/Shoulda been there" moments, events that we would have given anything to see live. So at the moment, imagine if you w…
Two recently released music videos by New York favorites The Boy Band Project and Baba Brinkman, both masterfully produced while at home in quarantine, deal in their own unique styles with t…
Note: Your critic apologizes for his tardy publication of this ongoing Homebound series. Being homebound himself, he fell into a deep comatose state after consuming every piece of food in hi…
At a time when theater companies around the country must push back production schedules, their missions are amplified to plan future productions that will uplift, transform, and heal. At Fac…
The Actors Fund " a national human services organization founded in 1882, to foster stability and resiliency, and to provide a safety net for professionals in the performing arts and enterta…
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Spooky Action Theater's New Works in Action play-reading series has been shifted to a virtual meeting space on the company's YouTube channel. "We are excited to…
By Olivia Hampton If the corona virus has a lesson for the arts community, it's that what's small can still be mighty. Without a house to fill and lavish sets and costumes to maintain, Washi…
Though the sea of online content is deep at the moment, that's not stopping Adventure Theatre MTC. They are diving right in with a full lineup of API Heritage Month storytimes, interviews, a…
In keeping with our period of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the The Al Hirschfeld Foundation presents Socially Distant Theater " a virtual exhibition of 25 works by the master…
With the ongoing shutdown of Broadway theaters and suspension of shows due to the coronavirus until further notice, The Broadway League " the national trade association for the Broadway indu…
