Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The prize-winning play grapples with issues of trust and faith in relationships.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:54AMThursday, September 2, 2021
Three of DC's finest actors in an audio play about family, memories, and mortality.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PMSunday, August 15, 2021
A secret lesbian history gets revealed in a laugh-your-socks-off comedy by R. Eric Thomas.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:55AMFriday, August 13, 2021
Composers and librettists create inspiring short films inspired by artworks at The Phillips.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:22PMTuesday, August 10, 2021
The treasured theater company's final production is the Horton Foote play it premiered.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:52AMSaturday, August 7, 2021
A brave new work by Jared Shamberger explores beauty and Blackness.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:19PMFriday, July 16, 2021
Bruce Randolph Nelson stars as a father whose faith and love are tested in a play full of grace.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:22AMThursday, July 8, 2021
Thursday, June 10, 2021
For the two performers, Geoffrey Rivas and Deidra LaWan Starnes, discovery happens in each moment in real time.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:21PMMonday, June 7, 2021
I didn’t think I was ready to attend live theater again — only the prospect of a new play by the always reliable John Morogiello performing in a winning combo with the irrepressible Rebe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:46AMThursday, May 6, 2021
How could a charismatic, guitar-playing, innovative vocal stylist known as the “Godmother of Rock ’n’ Roll,” who sold out stadiums in her day, die in relative obscurity while the roc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30PMMonday, November 2, 2020
Roaring is a peek at the tumultuous 1920’s as seen through the eyes of a plucky go-getter, Mabel Daniels (Kara Burri). In this fun-filled digital original by Best Medicine Rep’s John M…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:32PMTuesday, October 27, 2020
Dear Mapel, written and performed by Psalmayene 24, is a theatrical exploration of his relationship with his deceased father currently in workshop development at Mosaic Theater. Structured a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:18PMThursday, September 17, 2020
John Morogiello yearns, lives and breathes theater. Stories I May Not Tell is a sneak peek in the mind of a playwright so stuffed with story ideas that characters and scenes cascade out …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AMMonday, March 9, 2020
Can incremental racism make you sick and even a little crazy? Rasheeda Speaking is a fascinating exploration into the premise that no matter how well-intentioned we try to be, the toxic el…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:06PMTuesday, February 18, 2020
Ladies—dig out your hat boxes, Crowns is back in town! The production at Creative Cauldron is captivating and beautifully relays the meaning, messages, stories and significance of church…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06PMWednesday, February 5, 2020
Venetian writers Carlo Goldoni and Carlo Gozzi have a battle royale throwdown in this giddy world premiere, Comedy of Venice. Esteemed writer Gozzi (Turandot) rules the roost in Venice as …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:03PMMonday, December 16, 2019
The Magical Piñata at Keegan Theatre is a fun-filled romp that fits the holiday season with lessons for all to treasure and enjoy. Karen Zacarías presents an incredibly rich story with t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:48PMWednesday, December 11, 2019
Gifted actor and storyteller Paul Morella has once again donned the coattails and top hat of Charles Dickens to usher us into the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab at Olney Theatre Center. The lob…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMTuesday, December 10, 2019
In this ambitious collection of Irish folktales, four siblings, neglected and mistreated after their mother’s death, are cursed and forced to live in exile for 900 years as swans. Told as …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMThursday, December 5, 2019
Just when you thought you couldn’t take another holiday show, up pops The Crater Sisters’ Christmas Special at Best Medicine Rep. Bouncing along with creativity and zest, this Christma…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06AMTuesday, November 26, 2019
How does one process unspeakable pain in losing a loved one to violence? Sanguine expressions of “thoughts and prayers” have no place in The Powers That Be, a hard rocking contemplatio…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMMonday, November 25, 2019
With steam wafting from the factories painted across the backdrop of Washington Stage Guild’s production of Hard Times, it doesn’t take long before issues about industry and social progr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Ruminations about love and passion abound in George Bernard Shaw’s Candida. Written and first performed in a past century (1898), questions of what makes a successful marriage feel right…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMSunday, July 14, 2019
If this were the 1850’s, chances are you would know the name of Lola Montez. Mary Murphy is captivating in her portrayal of this alluring, crowd pleasing, coquettish, and controversial wom…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMMonday, July 8, 2019
Antonio’s Song is a masterful collaboration between two distinguished artists—some may remember Dael Orlandersmith’s emotionally charged Yellowman that tore through Washington D.C. som…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMFriday, July 5, 2019
HUSTLE The Musical, one of the more than 100 shows in this year’s 10th anniversary DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival, is a sparkling example of the festivals mission to produce new work…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:03AMMonday, June 10, 2019
Forest Treás is a fictionalized cozy Mayberry-type Maryland town described by its residents as the “safest place” to live. This original story loosely inspired by conditions surroundi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:18PMTuesday, May 28, 2019
When a stage manager places a single incandescent light bulb on a stand, front and center on a stage, it has a practical reason. The “ghost light” provides safety in the dark for living …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
As we’ve see from their incredible collaborations over the years, the dynamic writing team Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith can musicalize any story. Here they help us discover radio …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMThe wait is over – the anticipated U.S. premiere of Fame, The Musical en Espanol is finally here and it is outstanding! In the opening scenes, students hold unopened letters in their hands…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AM 
