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Arena Stage announced on Saturday, March 28th that it will temporarily furlough the majority of its staff starting on April 13th. 88 employees will be furloughed at that time. Furloughed emp…
Olney Theatre Center's production of The Amateurs by Jordan Harrison and directed by Jason King Jones will be available to stream online beginning Saturday, March 28 at noon through the end …
During these difficult, uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we at DCMTA want to inform the theater community about financial relief that becomes available to nonprofits and individuals…
Starting this evening, Feinstein's/54 Below will offer an At Home series of free one-time-only streamings of its popular cabaret concerts to keep audiences entertained during the closure of …
With the current shutdown of all performance venues in New York, The Boy Band Project has found the perfect solution to keep its popular Sunday afternoon concert, the Boy Band Brunch, schedu…
Surprise! 4615 Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its first piece of #quarantinetheatre: a live online reading of This Vessel Is A Fragile Thing, by DC-based playwright Britt A Willis. …
Welcome to the second installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways …
The coronavirus has upended the old maxim "The show must go on." It was just announced that two major productions, which had been suspended through April 12, after playing a number of previe…
As the world reels from the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Washington theater community" both institutions and individuals " alongside other entertainment and freelance industries, face finan…
With this week's government-ordered closure of all theaters and performance venues in NYC, we've all become aware of the impact the safety precautions implemented to deal with the coronaviru…
Welcome to the first installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways t…
One by one, theaters announced late last week that they would be closed for the foreseeable future in compliance with Coronavirus recommendations. It is a stunning and unprecedented time in …
Shepherdstown, WV: For the past decade, the Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University has hosted a Shepherdstown Sneak Peek. Originally scheduled to be held at the Marino…
Washington might be stuck at home this St. Patrick's Day but that's not stopping Solas Nua from celebrating the best of Irish culture. Over the next two weeks, the DC Irish arts group will b…
Composer, lyricist, librettist, actor, singer, musician " Erik Ransom does it all, and does it all so famously that the New York-based artist was awarded last year's Off West End (Offie) Awa…
(WASHINGTON)" The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' first-ever Education Artist-in-Residence, Emmy Award®"winning writer and New York Times best-selling author and …
1st Stage Tysons has announced its thirteenth season, opening in September 2020. September 10 " October 11, 2020 Mlima's Tale by Lynn Nottage directed by José Carrasquillo Pulitzer Prize…
Part of Arena Stage's ongoing Power Plays, the world premiere of Celia and Fidel transports the audience back to a time when Fidel Castro was not just a name in the history books, but a fear…
As passionate theater lovers and as members of the DC Metro Theater Arts leadership team, we applaud the DMV theaters that have announced closure or postponement of current and upcoming prod…
The following theaters have recently announced changes to their programming as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Limiting and canceling performances will put great financial pressure on …
It was just announced by The Broadway League that all Broadway performances are suspended immediately, in the midst of the busy opening season. This comes following the breaking news that an…
Museum 2040, a world premiere written by Playwright Renee Calarco and directed by Artistic Director Jordan Friend, is an extraordinary immersive installation, which confirms 4615 Theater Com…
In Girl from the North Country, playing an open engagement at Broadway's Belasco Theatre following successful runs in London and Off-Broadway at The Public Theater, Irish playwright and dire…
Online arts platform Indicoe recently rebranded and relaunched itself under the name Alveo Creative. As Alveo Creative, the company will continue to promote collaboration and support for art…
Among the most widely debated topics in our country, not just during this current primary election season but over the past decade, are the laws and politicized views on immigration. In 72 M…
