Monday, May 1, 2017
“The Authoritarian playbook is well known. Create a constant state of crisis that only a “strong” leader can solve. Encourage fear, divide the populace and scapegoat racial or reli…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:36AMFriday, April 21, 2017
Thursday, April 20: Jim Lokay of Fox 5 News interviewed Joel Markowitz on his battle to fight ALS, and the importance of continuing his legacy work at DCMetroTheaterArts.com. John Stoltenber…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42AMTuesday, April 18, 2017
There are many reasons to find deep satisfaction in the arrival on Broadway of the play Indecent, a fascinating tale wondrously staged about a century-old Jewish drama that featured a scanda…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:31PMMonday, April 17, 2017
Natasha Diaz, Sam Ludwig, Michael Sharp and Roz White are among the lineup of stars appearing at MetroStage for the cabaret being held to on Monday, May 1, 2017 to honor one of DC area thea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMFriday, April 14, 2017
The Constellation Theatre Company, operating out of the Source theater on 14th Street NW, has decided to focus on stories from the first half of the last century for their 2017-2018 ‘S…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:24AM1st Stage’s 2017-2018 will feature two plays by acknowledged masters, two other plays by up-and-coming artists (including a world premiere from a local playwright) and an evening of so…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:24AMThursday, April 13, 2017
Joel Markowitz is a man passionately in love with theatre, its audiences and its artists. He has played a major role in the DC area theatre scene for more than 25 years. He founded the Us…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:12AMThursday, April 6, 2017
GALA Hispanic Theater is getting ready to open the Lin-Manuel Miranda/Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Tony Award winning musical In the Heights about a Dominican family in Washington Heights…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMMonday, March 27, 2017
See why the DC region is one of the busiest theatre hubs in the United States. Lots of seasons still to be announced. We’ll keep this page updated so that you can watch…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMThursday, March 23, 2017
Abolish all government funding for the arts and humanities? Eliminate the NEA? Seems inconceivable, yet that is what President Trump proposed in his budget sent to Congress. Hopefully it wo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMSunday, March 19, 2017
See why the DC region is one of the busiest theatre hubs in the United States. Lots of seasons still to be announced. We’ll keep this page updated so that you can watch…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:48PMTuesday, March 14, 2017
While women writers struggle for parity on American stages, television series have been hiring them. Six of the eleven writers on NBC’s hit night time drama This Is Us are women. Playwri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMWednesday, March 8, 2017
It’s International Women’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than to remind you of the work of Venus Theatre, one of the longest running women’s theatre companies in th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMFriday, March 3, 2017
In 2015, The Women’s Voices Theater Festival introduced us to the works of nearly 70 playwrights. Today, the persistent rumors that there would be a second festival were confirmed. T…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:24PMMonday, February 20, 2017
How will Director Francesca Zambello accompany her singer’s journey on the dark and lonely path of playing the nun who befriended a convicted killer and witnessed his execution? This i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMFriday, February 17, 2017
Two announcements from companies who produce in a single calendar year, rather than on the traditional theatre schedule of fall to summer. Pallas Theatre Collective, the small company with…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMMonday, February 13, 2017
We took suggested lines spoken or sung on our area stages in 2016 or upcoming in 2017 and paired them with images to create this year’s Love Lines for Valentines. Along with them com…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:32PMMonday, February 6, 2017
Straight from tonight’s announcement at the Helen Hayes Gallery of the National Theatre. Here are the nominees for the Helen Hayes Awards. The 33rd Helen Hayes Awards ceremony will be …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:12PMThose involved in producing theatre in our area in 2016 will be holding their collective breath as nominees for the 2017 Helen Hayes Awards are announced tonight. On what is conceivab…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PMThursday, January 19, 2017
As hundreds of thousands of visitors descend on the Nation’s Capital for the Inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, over 500 theatres here and around the country will…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AMThe Women’s March on January 21st is expected to draw hundreds of thousands to the Mall area for a demonstration which begins with activities at 8am, followed by the official rally at…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AMWednesday, January 4, 2017
As close friends and family of Tricia McCauley, who was viciously murdered on Christmas Day, prepare for her private funeral this week, public celebrations of her life are being planned arou…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:42PMIn our look back at 2016, we tallied the number of roles played by area actors. One of the surprises was that 68 actors were cast in between 4 and 6 shows. Dawn Ursula, however, surpasse…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMFriday, December 30, 2016
In the waning days of 2016, I’m remembering the lesson learned by George Bailey, and in particular that horrifying scene when he saw what Bedford Falls would have been like if he had neve…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMThursday, December 29, 2016
We’ve looked back at some fun facts from 2016. We’ve announced the best theatre videos, and revealed our most memorable plays and stage moments. But enough about us. DCTS re…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AMIt has been six years since we have challenged our panel of experts – Jenn Larsen, Chris Henley, Gail Kearn Paster, Akiva Fox, Cam Magee in Tim Treanor – to name the best Shakes…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:12AMWednesday, December 28, 2016
As this year closes, perhaps you, like we, are thinking back over your own year spent watching the various riches spread before us by Washington area theatres. I asked our staff for their mo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMTuesday, December 27, 2016
“Tricia is gone. They have found her body,” her brother, Brian McCauley, wrote in a Facebook post this morning. “Thank you for all your work, support and love. To all of he…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMMonday, December 26, 2016
Actress Tricia McCauley, who is also a yoga teacher, herbalist, and farmer, has been missing since Christmas day. DC police are investigating and were able to get access to her apartment …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:33PMOpera director Francesca Zambello is as comfortable on the world’s largest stages as she is in a myriad of home kitchens around the world. The famed Washington National Opera Artistic …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:42PMThursday, December 22, 2016
Turning a stage show into an enticing video is an art. There are three trailers which I think are among this year’s most outstanding. And, best of all, if they happen to convince yo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:33PM 
