Thursday, January 19, 2023
Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels on the creation of a festival that asks who is in charge of how Shakespeare gets to exist in our culture.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:41AMSunday, January 15, 2023
Check back regularly as we update this calendar with the most up-to-date information about workshops and readings.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:55PMThursday, December 15, 2022
The actors play Shakespeare and his apprentice in their friend Talene Monahan's feminist revenge farce now at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:19AMTuesday, December 6, 2022
For nearly 60 years, the community theater has produced a musical entertainment in the British Christmas panto tradition. And this one's tangled.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:52PMTuesday, November 29, 2022
Commissioning an original work is a "big deal" for a small classical ensemble, but after playing a few of Angulo's compositions, harpist Michelle Lundy took the plunge and asked Angulo to wr…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:42AMTuesday, October 11, 2022
Featuring Broadway stunners James Monroe Iglehart, Jessie Mueller, Steven Pasquale, and Phillipa Soo, this production is one safe bet.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:56PMTuesday, October 4, 2022
Although the play bounces skillfully between scenes of humor and drama, the show lacks much of a narrative arc.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:30AMWednesday, August 31, 2022
'I like my audiences to get to know me,' the singer says. 'It should feel like a party where I invite you into my living room.'
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:02PMSaturday, July 30, 2022
Harmful employment practices have resulted in resignations. Artistic Director Chil Kong and Interim Executive Director Jeanne Ellinport respond.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:10PMSunday, July 24, 2022
The 100% student-led production brings the Percy Jackson rock musical to life with few bells and whistles but loads of enthusiasm
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:13PMThursday, July 21, 2022
If it weren’t ripped from the headlines, it would be hard to believe. Yet novelist Louis Bayard’s debut play, Sheboygan, is indeed based on recent true events. In 2020, when writer H.G. …
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:57AMTuesday, July 19, 2022
A hilarious, heartfelt, and heartbreaking show based on the performers' childhood relationships with their mothers.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:23PMMonday, July 18, 2022
The story of a woman who considers herself an atheist and who is courted by two men who expect her to convert to their religion.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:54PMTo be totally honest, I went into The Body Show with pretty low expectations. Spoken word was fine when The Moth Radio Show played on NPR while I was running errands, but it wasn’t somethi…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:07PMSunday, July 17, 2022
An ambitious yet raw work-in-progress from a 17-year-old playwright.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:28PMSaturday, July 16, 2022
A dark drama that imagines a future when pregnancies are regulated to control overpopulation.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:42PMWednesday, July 13, 2022
A fun and spooky mystery about a spoiled white gentrifier.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 01:50PMTuesday, July 12, 2022
A thrilling mystery about cyber security, a dramatically fun and exciting ride with top-notch acting.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:39AMMonday, June 13, 2022
The playwright calls the rom-com a 'love letter' to the 'scrappy' West African film industry.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:30PMWednesday, June 8, 2022
The Board of Spooky Action Theater has placed Artistic Director Richard Henrich on leave of absence, the theater announced last week. The news came ten days after DC Theater Arts published a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:02PMFriday, May 20, 2022
Problems at the DC company are rooted in the harmful leadership practices of Artistic Director Richard Henrich and a board that fails to stop his abuses of power, say multiple artists who ha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:44AMSaturday, May 7, 2022
Gloria and Emilio Estefan aren’t afraid of the word “no.” They have heard the word a lot through their 44 years of marriage and professional collaborations that began with the band The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:04PMThursday, May 5, 2022
John Morogiello's new rom-com looks at the idealized hero of Jane Austin's 'Pride and Prejudice' and takes him down a comic notch.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:38PMThursday, April 28, 2022
She and three other former princesses will perform Disney hits with the National Symphony Orchestra for two days only at the Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:15PMFriday, March 18, 2022
Washington Improv Theater and the owner of Source give different accounts of who understood what when.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:08AMTuesday, March 15, 2022
Featuring an ensemble cast that is clearly having a good time, fun choreography, and Stephen Schwartz's iconic songs, this 'Godspell' is one fun ride.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:42PMSaturday, March 5, 2022
Concerts by the locally-based American Pops Orchestra are appealing to audiences across the nation. Here's why.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30AMSaturday, February 26, 2022
The national tour now rocking the Kennedy Center feels both extremely current and deeply rooted in the 1970s musical zeitgeist.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:39AMSunday, February 13, 2022
A musical retrospective featuring performers singing the songs that made them stars — and a night to send any Broadway fan into spasms of delight.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:11PMSaturday, January 22, 2022
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
His name is on a new theater award for high schoolers, and he'll be featured Friday on PBS.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:36PM 
