Tuesday, October 25, 2022
At their best, William Finn's songs are candid snapshots of something that makes life worth living.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:28PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2022
Playwright Ifa Bayeza and director Talvin Wilks have given us a jewel of a production.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:47AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Mlima's magnificence is given powerful embodiment by actor Jeremy Keith Hunter, whose deeply committed performance anchors this production.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:22AM[SHARE]Monday, September 12, 2022
A magical and hopeful evening of storytelling using traditions of Noh theater.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Monday, July 25, 2022
A fervent, authentic, and hysterically funny portrait of the deep humanity of queer Black men.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:44PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 9, 2022
The Signature Theatre cabaret was lit, the energy was amped, and shared experience was affirmed.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 5, 2022
The play is courageous and funny and repeatedly confronts us with monologues that plumb existential depths.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 28, 2022
A play inspired by the Supreme Court case involving the Westboro Baptist Church, whose members demonstrated at the funeral of a gay serviceman.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:46PM[SHARE]Monday, June 20, 2022
In this exuberant adaptation of the Oscar-winning comedy, every actor has at least one scene during which they chew the scenery to tatters.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:54AM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2022
Seeing them both engages you in a conversation about race and art, about white supremacy and inevitable change.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:32PM[SHARE]Monday, May 23, 2022
As the play delves into its subject of life and death, the hearts of the audience are treated with tender and gentle grace.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:50PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2022
In 'The Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project,' a new site-specific work by Alliance for New Music-Theatre, the deceased confront their descendants.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Called a 'congregational opera' by its creators, Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon, the performance offered up a benediction of hope and faith.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 28, 2022
He performs candid standup about being Black, Filipino, and Queer, in his 'Crossroads, Detours, and Exits,' premiering May 4.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:31AM[SHARE]Friday, April 1, 2022
Nolan Williams, Jr.'s compassionate new musical about Black family and culture is unstoppably entertaining.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:12PM[SHARE]Monday, March 28, 2022
'America's Requiem: A Knee on The Neck' presented by The National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale, in partnership with The Washington Chorus, at Strathmore and Capital One Hall.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 22, 2022
From IN Series and Theater Alliance: an introduction to the poem as a weapon we can use to free ourselves.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:44PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Interview with Stephen Dest, director of the documentary, and Jeremy Goldman of Silhouette Stages, which is hosting a screening on March 12.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PM[SHARE]The film is a stunning documentary about a young Black man who triumphed as Tybalt on stage and was shot point-blank on his way home.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:42PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 19, 2022
A bold, brazen, and Black engagement with Mozart's 'Magic Flute' and by extension with the western canon of music.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:39PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 12, 2022
The story of folks who choose to be committed to each other's well-being, the play is a paean to the possibility of connection.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:36PM[SHARE]Monday, December 13, 2021
The show consists of popular R&B songs that featured Aframerican performers and is all about having a good time in a world full of dark, cold nights.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 5, 2021
In Artistic Director Timothy Nelson's knowledgeable hands, the device comes off not like a gimmick but as a doorway into discovery.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:37PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 4, 2021
The play sings to us about the African American genius for finding a way to make a way out of no way.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Friday, November 5, 2021
Event November 10 to feature music composed by 19-year-old Duke Ellington grad Ronald Walton.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 2, 2021
The Afro-Latinx reimagining of Puccini's beloved classic opera, performed two nights only at GALA, will be available free on-demand.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:01AM[SHARE]Monday, October 25, 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
A solo performer's tribute to his maternal grandmother, who raised him and gave him the tools he needed to engage with life.
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