Five theatre companies and famous venues to explore, whether you live in the nation's capital or are simply visiting.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]On Valentine's Day this year, Arena Stage will open The Heiress, adapted from the 1880 Henry James novel Washington Square by playwrights Ruth and Augustus Goetz. While the play may se…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:06PM[SHARE]In 2013, Olivier-winning playwright Jessica Swale wrote a play about the life of actress Nell Gwynn, one of the first women to trod the English stage, and who became a celebrated actress dur…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:32AM[SHARE]Stories from the rehearsal room, tips to prevent getting tongue-tied in “(Ya Got) Trouble,” and Lewis’ Broadway goals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]The High School Musical and Gigi star says she’s been finding her own version of the role made famous by Idina Menzel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]When playwright Josh Harmon's Bad Jews played Studio Theatre in 2014, the production set box office records and multiple extensions. A remounting of the show the following year saw similar s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PM[SHARE]"About four years ago, I did my first production of this show at Pasadena Playhouse and what prompted it was some serious and robust conversations about race that were going on in our countr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:06AM[SHARE]Growing up in Alexandra, Va., playwright Sarah Burgess saw first-hand the influence that lawmakers and lobbyists possess in fueling how Washington, D.C., is run. So, it's no surprise that on…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AM[SHARE]Round House Theatre's staging of Gem of the Ocean presents the August Wilson classic in powerful, ambitious fashion. Under the direction of Timothy Douglas, the production has been ent…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PM[SHARE]It's been more than 25 years since Stephen Daldry's production of J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls made its London debut. Thanks to Ian MacNeil’s astonishing set that paints a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PM[SHARE]Olney Theatre Center's successful Annie-inspired pajama drive last year resulted in more than 800 pairs of new pajamas for the Rockville, Md.-based Comfort Cases which, in turn, went to chil…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PM[SHARE]Keegan audiences will notice a big transformation of the theater for the area debut of Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery's musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Co-direct…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:32PM[SHARE]The former High School Musical and In The Heights star finds a sweet spot in nostalgia stories like Arena Stage’s Anything Goes and Broadway’s Kiss Me, Kate.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AM[SHARE]"I've always loved laundromats."Â This declaration by DC playwright Bob Bartlett explains why he set his newest work, The Accident Bear, in The Avenue Laundromat in historic Downtown Annap…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:36PM[SHARE]Before becoming a prominent director in D.C., Matthew Gardiner, Signature Theatre's associate artistic director, was a promising ballet dancer. Gardiner studied at The Washington Ballet star…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PM[SHARE]While John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath have historically been on high school reading lists for decades, one of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner's more ambitious wo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PM[SHARE]The 2018 Charm City Fringe Festival returns to the Bromo Arts District with 23 productions and more than 80 performances taking place between November 1 and November 11. Baltimore talent for…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PM[SHARE]Lee Wilkof looks back at the 1982 production and the upcoming special revival at Washington, D.C.,’s Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Reading the description of Anna Ziegler's thought-provoking play, Actually, it's easy to think the story was ripped right from today's headlines. After all, the plot follows two freshmen at …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PM[SHARE]The rolling world premiere of Blight, a new play by playwright and DC Theatre Scene writer John Bavoso, is being produced by Pinky Swear Productions at the Anacostia Playhouse. "Silvia is…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AM[SHARE]William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will has been probably adapted into more styles, settings than any of the Bard's plays. Whether it's Play On, a Broadway jukebox musical f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PM[SHARE]With Halloween only weeks away, it seems fitting that the National Theatre will debut the world premiere musical Beetlejuice, based on Tim Burton's wildly fun, demented 1988 movie, which hel…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PM[SHARE]When Hamilton made the transition to London, some naysayers thought that the musical wouldn't play as well on the other side of the pond because of its U.S.-centric political story and its c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:54PM[SHARE]As Edwin Lee Gibson prepares for opening night September 6th of Arena Stage's production of Turn Me Loose, a look into the life of comedian Dick Gregory, his dressing room is full of photos …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PM[SHARE]One of DC theatergoers' favorite times of year is back, as theatreWashington presents the popular Theatre Week, Sept. 12 through Oct. 7, with 26 productions being staged throughout the regio…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PM[SHARE]Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel scored a huge hit in 1989 with the release of her debut novel, which became a New York Times best seller, Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate),…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06PM[SHARE]In celebration of the 17th annual Page-to-Stage Festival, more than 60 theater companies"both new and established"will ascend to The Kennedy Center this coming weekend (Sept. 1-3) to offer a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AM[SHARE]Natascia Diaz has wowed DC audiences for a decade, but when Signature Theatre offered her the lead role of Fosca in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, she hesitated. The popular actress has e…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PM[SHARE]"This is a good time for this piece to be in this city,”director Kurt Boehm says of The Bridges of Madison County, now onstage at Keegan Theatre. No matter what side of the political a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:54AM[SHARE]NextStop Theatre is celebrating its 30th year, a history that took root as the Elden Street Players in 1988, when the newly-formed community theatre took over a Herndon-based warehouse an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AM[SHARE]N'Jameh Camara is playing Nettie in The Color Purple, now concluding its national tour at The Kennedy Center. "Nettie is the younger sister of Celie and looks at her environment and wonde…
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