Sunday, September 24, 2023
Baltimore native Tanea Renee delivers a riveting performance as Billie Holiday in a production extended by popular demand. By MALCOLM LEWIS BARNES
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:27PMSaturday, March 25, 2023
With a “One Night Only” opportunity to shine, DC native and Duke Ellington graduate YahZarah showcased her five-octave range as she teamed with a four-member ensemble to cover 30 of Aret…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:17PMWednesday, March 15, 2023
The musical tribute to Whitney Houston included poignant personal stories of how her spirit touched young LGBTQ lives.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:17PMSaturday, February 18, 2023
The visionary executive producer goes behind the scenes and reveals his dreams for 'Live on Stage' Black content.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:02PMFriday, February 17, 2023
What raises the rafters is the show's rousing gospel standards, and what makes it work like a charm is the authentic cast of vibrant church ladies.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:29PMTuesday, February 14, 2023
Playwright and Director Iyona Blake offers a vibrant, unvarnished view of the Black feminist experience with mental health.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:59PMSunday, February 5, 2023
And this earnest performance by one of the country’s oldest community theater groups begs for a post-show conversation about it.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:51PMFriday, November 11, 2022
A raw and authentic stage adaptation of the 1991 indie movie mega-hit.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:50PMWednesday, November 9, 2022
The production brought full circle the theater department’s power to groom and produce world-class talent.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:58AMSunday, October 30, 2022
Spot-on dance choreography and compelling vocals keep the musical moving at a breakneck pace.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:11AMWednesday, September 21, 2022
A popular triumph in London, Natasha Gordon’s beautiful debut play centers on a Jamaican funerary tradition of celebration and reverence.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 01:53PMSaturday, November 6, 2021
GALA Hispanic Theatre’s groundbreaking new season was topped off November 5, 2021, by a full-house opening of Salvador performed by Flamenco Aparicio Dance Company as part one of the two…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30PMSunday, October 24, 2021
At the newly renovated venue on the campus of Montgomery Community College, the audience was demanding an encore and dancing in the aisles.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PMSunday, October 10, 2021
Pearl Cleage’s groundbreaking play features pioneering Black women overcoming daunting odds.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:41AMMonday, September 13, 2021
The prominent community theater takes a swing at August Wilson's big-league drama.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AMSunday, September 5, 2021
Her High Priestess of the Sax persona with a Miles Davis sense of cool riveted the pumped-up crowd.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50PMThursday, September 2, 2021
September 4 and 5, an eclectic multi-musician lineup from mid-day to midnight.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:41PMSaturday, August 21, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
The Baltimore native was special guest vocalist with Pieces of a Dream on opening weekend and brought down the house.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:59AMSaturday, August 14, 2021
The lyrical legend shared the stage with an international cast of magical musicians.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:20PMSunday, August 1, 2021
A perfectly cool evening of Broadway hits backed by the National Symphony Orchestra.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:54PMMonday, July 19, 2021
On the 50th anniversary of the landmark National Park Service music-and-entertainment center, DC’s Official Music takes center stage.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:40PMSunday, June 6, 2021
GALA Hispanic Theatre’s Ella es tango (She Is Tango) is the tale of two centuries of music, dance, and female liberation from the origins of Tango as a macho form of entertainment, for th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:57AMMonday, May 24, 2021
Director Psalmayene 24 and actor-poet Justin Weaks join forces again in Flow, bridging the gap between Old Skool rappers and new age Flowetry performers to trace the tragic footsteps of seve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:40PMSaturday, May 15, 2021
José Torres-Tama's genre-bending sci-fi Latino noir satirizes the absurd status of immigrants as “extraterrestrials.”
The post GALA presents stunning one-man ‘Aliens, Immigrants &…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:24PMMonday, April 26, 2021
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota, Florida, took its latest production outside under a balmy 82 degree evening with a full moon glowing over the marquee and offered a 90-minute …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:01PMMonday, March 8, 2021
As the trendsetting run of Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer came to a rousing close on March 3, Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards and Managing Director Linda DiGabriele…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:29AMSunday, February 28, 2021
Asolo Repertory Theatre’s innovative community engagement forum, IllumiNation, was created in 2015 to explore the social, political, and cultural themes threaded through Asolo Rep’s thea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:47AMSunday, February 21, 2021
Sarasota, Florida’s Asolo Rep continues its 2021 outdoor season with the Rolling World Premiere of Mississippi native Cheryl L. West’s Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Ori…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:06PMMonday, February 15, 2021
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota, Florida, took advantage of balmy 75-degree evenings to perform a special Valentine’s weekend open-air concert series titled Light Up the Nig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:44PMSaturday, August 29, 2020
The Commitment March on Washington Friday, August 28, capped off a summer of social justice protest and marked the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream“ spe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:20AM 
