Where were you on September 11, 2001? Almost everyone has a visceral memory of that day and finding out about that day. “Come From Away” by duo Irene Sankoff and David Hein picks up the …
“The Wizard of Oz” isn’t inherently an immigrant’s tale, but a bit of digging uncovers a staggering plethora of parallels difficult to overlook. Like Oz, the United States held promi…
Many of us know the story of Bonnie and Clyde, the couple of bandits who wreaked havoc during the height of the Great Depression. Still, if you’re anything like me, you weren’t as fam…
When Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Our Town” opened on Broadway in 1938, the world was a very unsettled place. Still reeling from a horrific global war and confronted …
There are moments in Step Afrika!’s “The Fruits of Our Labor” when the human body seems capable of becoming almost anything. Feet pound the floor, hands strike against bodies, performe…
The Philadelphia Ballet’s evening program, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” danced at Wolf Trap on the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remains a tribute to the patriots following that…
Week of August 30, 2026 1. “Merrily We Roll Along” at Signature Theatre “…under Matthew Gardiner’s visionary direction, no one does it better…incredible cast…dynamic performanc…
Just as the pilgrims find their way to Mecca for holiday prayers and spiritual immersion, hundreds of Terpsichore fans gather each summer to immerse themselves in a variety of dance offering…
“Bat Boy: The Musical” looms large in the cooler-than-you musical theatre underworld in the neighborhood of the grittier, never-been-on-Broadway picks, like “Heathers” or “Bare.”…
Everyman Theatre’s High School Matinee Program Named a 2026 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Honoree Nearly 30 Years of Arts-Integrated Literacy Education Recognized Among 21 Honoree…
Original works, new takes on classics, World and Baltimore premieres by Resident and Guest Artists highlight Theatre Project’s new Season!There’s something for everyone! Innovative works…
“Kim’s Convenience”, a play by Ins Choi, won the new play contest at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2011. Choi directed the initial production and played the protagonist’s son. So…
The Tony Award-winning musical, “Come From Away,” returns to Ford’s Theatre ten years after its acclaimed debut on the historic stage. The production will be presented September 10-Oct…
The Masters of Puppetry at World Famous Workshop are Creating Featured Puppets for STC’s Production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2026) – Shakespeare …
The best part of juke box bios like “Summer – The Donna Summer Musical” is that most of the music is very familiar to the audience. Songs like “Love to Love You, Baby” and “On …
Garbo, named after film star Greta Garbo, was a WWII double agent, helping the Allies while passionately working to undermine the fascist regime. GALA Hispanic Theatre’s world premiere pro…
Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC announces 2026-2027 Season celebrating queer joy Washington, DC – September 8, 2026 – The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) announces it…
Avant Bard Theatre’s 37th Season: Interrogating Power shines light on the forces that seek to define us, silence us, control us, or demand our obedience – and it asks us to decide whethe…
Sondheim is finally back at Signature Theatre with the team’s recent launch of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s “Merrily We Roll Along.” Thank goodness, because Signature Theatre …
Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center continue their longstanding partnership with a co-production of August Wilson’s blistering masterpiece, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Directed …
The blithe among us can be happy and carefree. But the word’s definition also notes that blithe can also mean showing a lack of thought or consideration. Both descriptions apply in the plo…
If you’re anything like me, you have been shivering in antici…pation for Monumental Theatre Company’s upcoming production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” Known for pushing boundaries a…
From internationally acclaimed playwright Ken Ludwig, “The Game’s Afoot” follows a Broadway star known for playing Sherlock Holmes. When a murder occurs during a holiday party at his m…
Three-week celebration brings discounted tickets, free pop-up performances at airports and Metro station, industry events and community programming to the DMV region Washington, DC (August 2…
Contemporary American theatre these days is a constantly changing, shape-shifting, amorphous, on a slippery slope that slips up, down, and sideways, with no topic taboo, no far-flung idea fl…