Friday, June 23, 2023
A new professional company called Breakout Theatre launches with Lab grads.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:10AMWednesday, June 21, 2023
Alison Leiby is a comedian you haven’t heard of… yet. And she has an important story to share.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:54PMSaturday, April 22, 2023
On Your Feet! on tour at Capital One Hall is a jukebox musical that celebrates the life and music of Gloria Estefan. With hits like “Conga” and “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” Estefan and…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:44AMMonday, October 5, 2020
Above a certain age, there is a community of smart phone, computer and digital technology users who can remember the first time they used an emoji or a gif. And, it stands to reason in this …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:03PMTuesday, June 16, 2020
A new company is launching audiences into space with an exciting confluence of new technology and theatre. In Shattered Space by The Scattered Players, audiences take on the role of Star Joc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:03PMFriday, June 5, 2020
With thousands of people planned to gather in DC this weekend to protest police brutality, a number of theaters have joined the #OpenYourLobby movement and announced that they will open th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:06PMFriday, May 22, 2020
In the early days of regional stay-at-home orders, theatre artists Rebecca Ballinger and Rebecca Wahls were not ones to waste any time. They secured the equipment they would need: some quick…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:03PMTuesday, May 19, 2020
On Monday, May 18, the night when the DC area theatre community would have been celebrating the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards at The Anthem, honoring theatre excellence in area productions for 201…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:03PMTuesday, May 5, 2020
Not that long ago, the only unwanted interruptions shows had was when a cell phone rang. Now, theatre companies moving performances and classes online have much more to worry about. And that…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:18PMTuesday, March 3, 2020
Starting this week, Washington, DC is getting a new museum, and a different kind of immersive theatrical experience. 4615 Theatre’s upcoming production, Museum 2040, written by Renee Calar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMWednesday, February 26, 2020
Paulina Guerrero is the choreographer for the tenth year anniversary of suicide.chat.room, opening this week at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Guerrero joins us to talk about the differences of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:24PMMonday, February 24, 2020
Marcus Kyd has two résumés (acting and directing) and a music catalogue. This may not sound special until you realize that both résumés, filled to the margins with production credits, do…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMTuesday, February 11, 2020
Justin Weaks is well-known to DC audiences these days. He’s worked over 20 productions since 2015, won a Helen Hayes James MacArthur Award in 2017 (Word Becomes Flesh), and, after finishin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06PMMonday, January 20, 2020
There is something very refreshing about being an audience to theatre outside of a theater. 4615 Theatre Company is proving, as did the bar hopping runaway hit The Smuggler late last year…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:18PMThursday, January 16, 2020
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel encompassing the lives of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, living in war-torn Kabul and both married to the same man, Rash…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:33PMFriday, January 10, 2020
Charlene V. Smith is not shying away from a theatrical marathon. As the artistic director for Brave Spirits Theatre (BST), Smith and the company’s productions have often focused on learnin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AMSunday, December 8, 2019
Palette 22 in Shirlington Village wants to cultivate artwork. This goal is present on the walls, with every available inch covered with paintings or a mural. There’s an easel and painting …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMThursday, December 5, 2019
As the Washington DC area continues to grow as a cultural center for performing arts, one mysterious industry has begun to appear within the District. Seemingly out of nowhere, but really, w…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMThursday, November 14, 2019
Got tickets for a night of theater, but running a little tight on money and time? We’ve compiled a list of dining spots near popular venues where the service is quick, the food is good, an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:48AMWednesday, November 6, 2019
Annalisa Dias, member of The Welders playwrights collective, is not one to shy away from multiple, deeply involved, projects. When we spoke on the phone, she had just returned from London, a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:24PMWednesday, October 16, 2019
Charlie Brown and the gang is back! Ten years later, the kids are in high school and are ready to address some big questions as they keep on growing up. Linus no longer has his blanket. Marc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:33PMFriday, October 11, 2019
The playbill for Andar sin Pensamiento says the play starts with a tango. At the start, the music played to an empty stage is indeed a tango. You get the sense that director Mario Marcel is …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:06PMThursday, October 10, 2019
Playwright Brandon McCoy’s world premiere West by God, which he admits is semi-autobiographical, is onstage now at Keegan Theatre through October 20th. We caught up with him to chat about …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMTuesday, October 8, 2019
Brandon McCoy admits that he has written a love letter to his home state of West Virginia. McCoy has created a work that is both personal and heartachingly relatable to anyone who has pulled…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMWednesday, October 2, 2019
The first thing you see when you walk into this 20 year old restaurant at 1200 New Hampshire Ave NW is the huge mural looming over the bar. The different servers and managers at Grillfish wi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMWednesday, September 25, 2019
After an exciting Kickoff Party, and weeks of active buying from bargain hunters, we checked in with Amy Austin, President and CEO of theatreWashington for an update heading into the last we…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:42PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
The Michelin Guide’s official announcement for 2020 Bib Gourmand awards went live today. The Bib Gourmands are announced, yearly, before the announcement of their coveted star rating award…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:03AMMonday, September 9, 2019
Under a bright, perfect-weather-for-DC day, crowds, volunteers, donors and celebs gathered to celebrate a new addition to a Washington landmark. The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:42AMTuesday, September 3, 2019
Eaton DC goes beyond the typical concept of a hotel. You can expect a hotel to have a restaurant and bar, but the radio station and the library are a unique perk. The yoga studio and the fin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:03PMMonday, August 26, 2019
Keith Randolph Smith is a member of the cast of August Wilson’s Jitney, now in rehearsal, and opening this Fall at Arena Stage. He plays Doub, one of the drivers for the eponymous jitney i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:03PMWednesday, August 21, 2019
This is the first in a new series of spotlights on restaurants offering special dining for theatre lovers. Earlier this summer, BLT Prime by David Burke launched a three-course prix-fixe P…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PM 
