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DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Theater Productions
Here are some of the community theater productions that made an indelible impression on our writers this year.
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DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Theater Productions
17 productions that wowed us as live theater returned.
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WIT to require booster shots and medical-grade masks
Becomes first local theater to tighten COVID safety protocols in light of omicron.
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DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Digital Theater
30 online productions that wowed us and got us through theater shutdown.
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Landless Theatre artists drop weird ‘Latchkey Kid’s Christmas Album’
From the folks who created sock-puppet ‘Urinetown’ comes a comedy band called The Bingle Jells.
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DC theater mourns the passing of Stephen Sondheim
A gathering of tributes shared on social media to a musical great who will live on — on our stages and in our hearts.
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DCMTA’s 2021 Holiday Theater Guide
A wishlist of great offerings in the DMV for every taste and price range.
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GMCW’s ‘Holiday Show’ to ring in a season celebrating LGBTQ+ grit
Now in its 41st year, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington returns to live performance to sing of the community’s perseverence.
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Joseph Ritsch to perform as his drag persona, Sunrize
For three nights only, a loving satire of contemporary musical theater divas created by the Rep Stage producing artistic director.
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Final inning for ‘Toni Stone’ is a fans’ outing at Nats Park
Views from the free streaming event courtesy of Arena Stage
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Four safe, fun shows for fall from NextStop
Revised season programming and rigorous health protocols.
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Woolly Mammoth commits its ‘badass theater’ to accessibility
For the entire season, accessibility will be built into productions from the get-go rather than tacked on at the end.
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ExPats Theatre to stage gut-wrenching war drama Pankrác ’45
In a prison in Prague in 1945, five women stand accused of Nazi collaboration.
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Emergent Seed to showcase grant winners at Art All Night on Saturday
Free music, spoken word, and visual art in an unmatched setting.
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‘Blackest Battle’ from Theater Alliance promises a visual knockout
Filmed as half music video and half graphic-novel-come-to-life, Psalmayene 24’s hip-hop musical looks to be a stunner.
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Neil Simon’s classic farce ‘Rumors’ up next at Little Theatre of Alexandria
It’s not home alone on Zoom; it’s live on stage where comedy belongs.
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Theater Washington: No HHAs this year, major restructuring to come
Organization announces changes as part of prioritizing anti-racist and anti-oppressive values.
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Monumental adopts landmark policy against discrimination and harassment
Monumental Theatre Company takes “a definitive, proactive step to empower its community members and create a culture of safety, equity, and inclusivity.”
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Making actor-centric art, new Virtual Repertory Theater Collective goes ‘Wilde’
“I wanted to give actors the chance to have a real creative say.” —Founding Artistic Director Kari Kitts
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New survey shows young talent are staying hopeful despite pandemic
Despite the ongoing pandemic, high school and college arts students are cautiously optimistic and still committed to pursuing their dreams of being a part of the arts community, according to a new...
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Art, ritual, and connection to meet up at ‘Shrines’ by the Arcanists
The Arcanists, creators of the cult-hit interactive variety show The Tarot Reading, have devised a new site-specific experience called Shrines, led by multi-award-winning scenic and costume designer...
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How Imagination Stage is making sure the kids are okay during COVID
A new guard is stepping in at Imagination Stage, led by longtime Artistic Director, now Producing Artistic Director Janet Stanford. Rounding out the leadership trifecta are Meghann Babo-Shroyer as...
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How do we love in the time of COVID? Rep Stage counts ten ways.
For its first production since shutdown, Rep Stage explores how love can help us connect and heal in a time of isolation and unrest. The fully produced, filmed theater event of ten original...
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Meet the talented teens who won Mosaic’s playwriting contest
Mosaic Theater Company announces and celebrates the talented winners of its inaugural Playwriting Contest for high school students. Each winning play will receive a reading by professional actors as...
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The year that COVID canceled live theater and a revolution came to life
Theater history will long remember that 2020 was the year that COVID canceled live performance. It canceled lots else, of course, including, tragically, hundreds of thousands of lifetimes. But it is...
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Theater Alliance kicks off eight nights of protest plays
True to its mission—to present “socially conscious, thought-provoking work” that engages audiences “in active dialogue”—Theater Alliance has launched a series of eight short plays by eight emerging...
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The complete 2020 Helen Hayes Awards and more
The 2020 Helen Hayes Awards—recognizing outstanding work produced on Washington-area stages in 2019—were celebrated as a series of virtual events, from August 31 to September 11, 2020, followed by the...
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Meshaun Labrone’s two Capital Fringe hits to be filmed for streaming
Meshaun Labrone—the actor, writer, musician, and former DC Police officer whose solo stage plays Spook and Power! Stokely Carmichael were Capital Fringe hits—recently signed a production deal with...
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Lobbies closed by COVID reopen to support #BlackLivesMatter
“We call on theaters to #OpenYourLobby in support of protestors,” said the impassioned post on social media. Do not equate the property violence of protestors to the massive, state-sanctioned violence...
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DCMTA Spring 2020 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Theater Productions, Performances, and Design Elements
Normally we who cover theater for DC Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March the 2020 season was interrupted by a pandemic...
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DCMTA Spring 2020 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Design Elements in Professional Productions
Normally we who cover theater for DC Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March, the 2020 season was interrupted by a pandemic...
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DCMTA Spring 2020 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Performances in a Professional Production
Normally we who cover theater for DC Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March the 2020 season was interrupted by a pandemic...
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DCMTA Spring 2020 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Theater Productions
Normally we who cover theater for DC Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March, the 2020 season was interrupted by a pandemic...
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Financial help for theaters and individuals to offset COVID-19 losses
During these difficult, uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we at DCMTA want to inform the theater community about financial relief that becomes available to nonprofits and individuals in the...
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4615 Theatre Company launches first livestream performance tonight
Surprise! 4615 Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its first piece of #quarantinetheatre: a live online reading of This Vessel Is A Fragile Thing, by DC-based playwright Britt A Willis. An...
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An open letter to the DMV theater community
As passionate theater lovers and as members of the DC Theater Arts leadership team, we applaud the DMV theaters that have announced closure or postponement of current and upcoming productions. We can...
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DC theater community mourns passing of Victor Shargai
Update: February 13, 2020: The Washington theatre community remains in mourning over the loss of Victor Shargai, long-time theatreWashington board chair, theater lover, and philanthropist, who passed...
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DCMTA 2019 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Design Elements in Professional Productions
As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. In this category, outstanding professional design, we recognize:...
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DCMTA 2019 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Performance in a Professional Production
As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the performances that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. Here are the professional performances that made the biggest...
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DCMTA 2019 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Design Elements in Community Theater Productions
As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. In this category, outstanding community theater design, we recognize:...
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DCMTA 2019 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Performance in a Community Theater Production
As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. Here are the community theater performances that made the biggest...
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DCMTA 2019 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Theater Productions
As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the productions that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. Here are the community theater productions that left the...
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Highwood Theatre Founder Fired Amid Accusations of Criminal Conduct Against Minors
On Friday, September 26, 2019, Washington City Paper reported on serious allegations facing the former executive director and founder of the Highwood Theatre, a children’s theater company based in...
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Page to Stage Festival 2019: Tastings from a Buffet (Part Two)
Kennedy Center’s annual Page to Stage Festival is always chock full of tempting offerings, and the challenge of deciding what to see is daunting. It’s like an all-you-can-eat buffet…except you really...
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Page to Stage Festival 2019: Tastings from a Buffet (Part One)
Kennedy Center’s annual Page to Stage Festival is always chock full of tempting offerings, and the challenge of deciding what to see is daunting. It’s like an all-you-can-eat buffet…except you really...
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The REACH Opening Festival at The Kennedy Center: How Not to Be Overwhelmed
The Opening Festival of the new REACH at The Kennedy Center is truly exciting, but it’s a lot. All those buildings, all the goings-on. What’s a newbie to do? There’s no dearth of info about the...
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News: Alliance for New Music-Theatre to Present Free Pop-up Rehearsal of ‘Protest’
Last year, Alliance for New Music-Theatre performed Protest in Dupont Underground. Regular theatergoers and people who had never been to theater alike were struck by the power of Václav Havel’s words...
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Here Are The Recipients of the 2017 Helen Hayes Awards
Here are the 2017 Helen Hayes Recipients in RED. __ Outstanding Choreography, Musical-Hayes Christopher d’Amboise, Evita, Olney Theatre Center Kelly Devine, Come From Away, Ford’s Theatre Parker Esse,...
