15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's production of Mamma Mia! is a colorful, fun-filled spectacle. With Music and Lyrics by Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Book by Catherine Johnson, t…
IT ALIVE! Other Voices Theatre brings not only a monster, but also a fantastic evening of laughter, to life with their production of Mel Brooks' musical Young Frankenstein. If you love Mel B…
Generations: A Series of One Acts, at Colonial Players, is a touching, thoughtful evening of three brand-new one-act plays, each about 30 minutes long, by three playwrights well-known in the…
When Dear Evan Hansen debuted at Arena Stage four years ago, I was so moved by the show I wrote it a love letter, republished below. Now a Broadway hit, it returns to DC for a run at Kennedy…
On Wednesday, July 31, Broadway lost a legend, when producer/director/writer Harold Prince died at the age of 91, in Reykjavik, Iceland, following a brief illness. To commemorate his life an…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts its 18th annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival from Saturday, August 30, 2019 through Monday, September 2, 2019. The festival is a f…
Once again, Taffety Punk Theatre Company has succeeded at challenging the theatrical status quo. This time, it was with a mesmerizing Bootleg Shakespeare Richard III. Under the open-eyed, "t…
National Players, America's longest-running touring company and the hallmark outreach program of the Olney Theatre Center, presents its three-play repertory with a series of pay-what-you can…
Adding to professional theater options for audiences in Northern Virginia, Dark Horse Theatre Company will be mounting its next production at ArtSpace Herndon, as well as in its regular home…
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific. The winner of multiple Tony awards, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, South Pacific continue…
Presented at the Pershing Square Signature Center as a one-night-only featured concert in this year's New York Musical Festival (NYMF), Alive!, with book, music, and lyrics by Josh Canfield,…
How do you spell "talented"? This summer it's spelled W-I-L-D-W-O-O-D. Wildwood Summer Theater is the DC area's only all-youth musical theater company. Everyone associated with the group, fr…
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory's (BSF) production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Tom Delise, delivers the "merry" promised in the title. The wives " Alice Ford (Emily Classen) and…
Taffety Punk's Bootleg Shakespeare, a beloved DC tradition, is like attending a party with dozens of friends you never knew you had. The lines are long. The audience is enthusiastic. And the…
Funny Boy, a musical version of Hamlet, A Breaking Wind, She Schtups to Conquer"could anyone predict how much those fictional plays would wow audiences? The Little Theatre of Alexandria's Th…
It always sparks joy when Cirque du Soleil comes to town, and its latest Big Top production, Volta, is a crazy-wondrous delight. The show is inspired by amateur street sports, and its theme …
Starcrossed is a re-imagining of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet with a new pair of starcrossed lovers: Mercutio and Tybalt. Worked seamlessly within the dialogue and story of the original …
LA-based character actor Reggie De Leon brings comedic flair to the beloved Disney character Iago. 'Aladdin' is playing at the Kennedy Center through September 7th.
The post In 'Aladdin,' I…
Ari Afsar is a singer/songwriter, stage and screen actress, and an advocate and activist for a variety of socio-political causes, including The Women's March and The United States of Women. …
Encore Stage & Studio's "Theatre by Kids, for Kids!" is currently showing the Disney musical, Newsies. Based on the 1992 movie, and inspired by the real-life newsboy strike in 1899, the …
Ann Richards, the late governor of Texas, and the first woman in that state to be elected in her own right would be howling with glee if she could see the pandemonium unleashed in government…
It comes as no surprise that the sensational Joe Iconis and Family have done it again, following the phenomenal digital-age journey of one of my (and millions of other fans') all-time fav…
Ever since The Lion King took the Broadway world by storm back in 1997, Disney has been recreating its beloved animated films for the stage, with successful runs by The Little Mermaid, Beaut…
Over a period of 16 days in Washington, DC, in July 2019, Mike Daisey gave 18 different performances, each about an hour and 45 minutes long, of his epic look at America's past, present, and…
Cirque du Soleil's Volta features an inspirational message about loving the weirdo within. Volta centers around the character Waz who has allowed the dust of inertia and conformity to gather…
