From escapist eye candy to heady experimental shows, the Washington area has a playhouse for every taste.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:43AMPearl Cleage wrote “Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard” about the first Black mayor of Atlanta after working as his press secretary decades ago.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:19AMSammi Cannold, 29, looks at Harold Prince’s “Evita” through a feminist lens at the Shakespeare Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:37AMA Tony-winning composer looks back on his 2014 show — now onstage at Signature Theatre — and reflects on the state of modern musical theater.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:55AMDirector Alex Timbers, scenic designer Derek McLane and costume designer Catherine Zuber discuss shaping the Tony-winning musical, now at the Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:13AMThe transfer is a crowning achievement for the arts center’s Broadway Center Stage series, which staged the musical in May.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:07AMThe Juilliard-trained violist and standup comic performs this weekend at the Comedy Loft of DC.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:19PMLauren Yee's play strains to connect its musical interludes with the weighty drama of the Cambodian genocide.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:19PMLili-Anne Brown directs the first professional production of the Afrobeat musical "Fela!" since its Tony-winning Broadway tour ended more than a decade ago.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:43AMGisela Adisa, Liz Mikel, Kassandra Haddock and Sav Souza star in the touring production of the nontraditionally cast Broadway revival of "1776," now onstage at the Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:49AMJason Mantzoukas and a team of comics headline the Kennedy Center show, which combines theater and improv to gleefully unpredictable results.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:07PMThe New York Times crossword constructor delivers a mesmerizing mash-up of cryptology, magic and intellect.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:04AMAriana DeBose returns to host the writers' strike-affected Tony Awards on Sunday at the United Palace in Washington Heights.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:55AMHighlights include free Shakespeare, the Muny’s 105th season, ‘Rent in Concert’ at the Kennedy Center and 'A Sondheim Celebration” at the Hollywood Bowl.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:13AMHow Sarna Lapine, the niece of Stephen Sondheim’s longtime collaborator James Lapine, puts her unique stamp on Sondheim.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:06AMStand-up comedian and "Chappelle's Show" co-creator Neal Brennan is bringing his latest show the Howard Theatre and Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:06AMCompany’s revival of “On Your Feet!” wins ceremony-best nine prizes as D.C. theater community gathers for its first in-person awards ceremony in four years and honors GALA’s Hugo Med…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54PMThe touring production of the retooled, Tony-nominated show comes to the National Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PMDirector Raymond O. Caldwell delivers a sublime revival of the 2008 rock musical in Signature's intimate Ark theater.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PMThe comedian brings her show “Your Favorite Woman” to the Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:12PMThe stage adaptation of "Aladdin" comes to Washington in April; live-action "The Little Mermaid" hits theaters in May.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AMAya Ogawa wrote, directed and stars in the interactive play, now onstage at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, about grappling with her father's death.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42AMAt the Shakespeare Theatre’s immersive theater experience, the actors — former refugees — and audience share the stage: a re-creation of a migrant camp
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:32PMAs Synetic Theater co-founder and performer Paata Tsikurishvili recuperates from injuries sustained in a car crash, his son Vato steps to the fore.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:46AM"Pacific Overtures" book writer John Weidman, "Sweeney Todd" director Thomas Kail, "Into the Woods" star Montego Glover and others break down the musical theater icon.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:00AMLongtime collaborators, director Simon Godwin and movement director Jonathan Goddard, reunite for Shakespeare’s tragedy of power struggle and family strife.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:04AMNathan Alan Davis’s ‘The High Ground’ is the latest offering in Arena Stage’s Power Plays initiative.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:37PMStars Vincent Kempski and Solomon Parker III are the right fit for director Jason Loewith’s stirring staging.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:09PMThe Silver Spring performer plays drag queen Lola in Olney Theatre’s production of the musical.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:25PMBased on the acclaimed 2012 book, Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell’s play comes to Keegan Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:30AM10-year initiative will launch in April with “RiverRun: Arts Nature Impact,” a month of performances, installations, exhibits and other events celebrating the world’s rivers.
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