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The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC presents “Sparkle, Jingle, Joy” by Craig Cipollini

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) will kick off its 33rd season with a holiday concert entitled Sparkle, Jingle, Joy with special guest star Matt Alber to be presented on December 20, 2013...

‘My Princess Bride’ Starring Joe Brack Returns to Fort Fringe December 5-22nd

Joe Brack presents: My Princess Bride One man’s take on the “classic tale of true love & high adventure.” A smash hit! This one man stage show, inspired by a fictitious abridgment! THE DC RETURN OF MY...

Tasty Monster Productions Presents Staged Reading of ‘Just Deserts’ Tuesday 11/19 at 7 PM by Heather Bagnall

(Other) Worldly Women If you’re a Fury, you’ve dedicated your entire immortal life to upholding the principle of a slit throat for a slit throat. When a young man walks into hell seeking help to kill...

Directing ‘The King and I’ At Olney Theatre Center By Mark Waldrop

Wow, what a big, exciting job it’s been mounting The King and I. This is a story that demands the most of every department – a massive, opulent set (big enough to do that polka around), sumptuous...

TrueTheatregoer’s TheaterThoughts: ‘Theater Facts 2012 Report’ by John and Stephen Hauge

Every Friday we will be sharing John and Stephen Hauge’s TheaterThoughts from their popular site TrueTheatergoer. “From John Hauge: “My brother Stephen and I created the TrueTheatergoer.com website in...

Unexpected Stage Company Presents: ‘A Wake for Jacob Marley: An Unexpected Fundraiser’ on December 14th by Karen Gross

Unexpected Stage Company A Wake for Jacob Marley: A Fundraiser for Unexpected Stage You are cordially invited to honor the life of Ebenezer Scrooge’s late colleague Jacob Marley in this original,...

Signature Theatre Opens Their 25th Anniversary Season with ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

Signature Theatre announced that they will be opening their 25th anniversary season with Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. Directed by Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner and...

Pointless Theatre Announces Its 2013-2014 Season by Scott Whalen

Pointless Theatre Announces 2013-2014 Season Pointless Theatre, DC’s premiere puppet company, announces its 2013-2014 season, featuring new adaptations of two previous productions from Pointless:Cab...

‘My Princess Bride’ Starring Joe Brack Returns to Fort Fringe December 5-22nd

Joe Brack presents: My Princess Bride One man’s take on the “classic tale of true love & high adventure.” A smash hit! This one man stage show, inspired by a fictitious abridgment! THE DC RETURN OF MY...

20 Questions with The Cast of WSC Avant Bard’s ‘King John’: Part 1: Kim Curtis (Essex) by Christopher Henley

Kim Curtis is, other than me, the King John actor with the longest history with WSC Avant Bard. In King John, he plays the murderous monk Essex. His first show with us was Edward II at Church Street...

Auditons on November 21st and 23rd for Young Artists of America’s ‘Songs for a New World’

Young Artists of America is pleased to announce audition dates for its upcoming March 2014 production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD The production will feature composer Jason Robert Brown, who will mentor...

TONIGHT AT 7 PM: Tasty Monster Productions Presents Staged Reading of ‘Miss Frances and the Bamboo Garden’ by Steven Kirkpatrick

The Truth is Stranger (and more Entertaining) Than Fiction TONIGHT AT 7 PM Tasty Monster Productions will launch the first of two staged readings in our Playwright Talkback Series with a little gem...

Purchase Your Tickets for Young Artists of America’s ‘Show Boat in Concert’ Next Sunday, November 17th at 5 PM

Young Artists of America (YAA) presents Show Boat in Concert NEXT Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 5 PM. The performance will be performed by a 40-member orchestra and a cast of 41 singers from 30...

TrueTheatregoer’s TheaterThoughts, Play TheaterTrivia, and Rate The Shows You Have Seen by John and Stephen Hauge

Every Friday we will be sharing John and Stephen Hauge’s TheaterThoughts from their popular site TrueTheatergoer. “From John Hauge: “My brother Stephen and I created the TrueTheatergoer.com website in...

‘Disney’s High School Musical’ Opens November 15th at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre kicks off its 2013-14 season by bringing Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical High School Musical to the stage November 15-24th. The lively cast showcases...

Composer Daniel Felsenfeld, Director Beth Greenberg, and Principle Artist Emily Pulley on UrbanArias’ ‘She, After’

UrbanArias’ She/After opens this Saturday, November 9th at Artisphere. It consists of two short operas: Nora, in the Great Outdoors (Music by Daniel Felsenfeld and Libretto by Will Eno) [This moving...

United States Naval Academy’s Masqueraders Presents Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ by Professor Christy Stanlake

United States Naval Academy Masqueraders Presents Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest When one thinks about military officer training, theatre rarely comes to mind. Yet one of our region’s...

Purchase Your Tickets for Young Artists of America’s ‘Show Boat in Concert’ on Sunday, November 17th at 5 PM

Young Artists of America (YAA) presents Show Boat in Concert on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 5 PM. The performance will be performed by a 40-member orchestra and a cast of 41 singers from 30 different...

Montgomery Playhouse Opens Neil Simon’s ‘God’s Favorite’ This Friday, November 8th by Loretto McNally and Bruce Hirsch

Montgomery Playhouse, in partnership with the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, will open its 2013-14 season on November 8th with the bible as you’ve never imagined it. God’s Favorite is Neil Simon’s take on...

‘If/Then’ Offers $25 Lottery Tickets at The National Theatre November 5-December 8th

IF/THEN Announces $25 Lottery Tickets For Its World Premiere At The National Theatre November 5 – December 8, 2013 A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held...

Regie Cabico’s ‘Godiva Dates & One Night Stands’ Opens TOMORROW at FallFringe Festival 2013 by Matt Ripa

Doorway Arts Ensemble Revives Their Smash Hit from Capital Fringe Many critics raved about Doorway Arts Ensemble’s hit show GODIVA DATES & ONE NIGHT STANDS at this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival....

Directing ‘Twelfth Night’ at The George Washington University Tonight Through Sunday by Bill Largess

After working as an actor and director in the DC area for more than 30 years, and after teaching at both Catholic University and Howard Community College for years, I joined the George Washington...

‘The Pillowman’ Opens This Friday, November 1st at Silver Spring Stage by Lennie Magida

Provocative Dark Comedy The Pillowman Opens November 1st at Silver Spring Stage Lars Klores, who plays Detective Tupolski in Silver Spring Stage’s new production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman,...

Synetic Theater and Dorian Gray to Host The Vampire’s Ball by Alysa Turner

Synetic Theater and Dorian Gray to Host The Vampire’s Ball Friday, November 1, 2013 at 8pm Tickets to Synetic Theater’s Annual Halloween Party to Include a Performance of The Picture of Dorian Gray...

Quotidian Theatre Company Presents Eugene O’Neill’s Visionary Classic ‘The Iceman Cometh’ by Michael Avolio

The Iceman Cometh is a play universal in its scope and personal in its detail. Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill wrote the nearly-three-hour masterpiece at the peak...

Preparing for Extremities-Part 3:-Rape Culture – We’ve Come a Long Way in 30 Years…or Have We? by Alexia Poe

The first time I read Extremities I kind of fell in love with it. It’s always difficult to find truly interesting characters written for women. So often we are in the mix simply to support the...

Preparing for Extremities-Part 2: How I Achieved Quiet Comic Relief by Jennifer Osborn

Playing Terry in Molotov Theatre Group’s Extremities is a challenge for two reasons. First, Terry is very often told to shut up. She mostly sits in a corner having a really messed up day. If you know...

‘Goodnight Moon’ to Reopen This Saturday, October 19TH at Adventure Theatre MTC at Glen Echo Park by Amanda Russell

After 19 total cancelled performances and a loss of over $60,000, Adventure Theatre MTC has reopened and extended Goodnight Moon, recommended for all ages. “Goodnight Moon is…energetic, upbeat, and...

Auditions Being Held for ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Community Crisis Services Inc. to Benefit ‘Warm Nights Hypothermia Shelter Program’ by Bill Leary

We hope you will audition for Community Crisis Services Inc.‘s production of A Christmas Carol. Production dates will be December 19-22, 2013. The show is a volunteer production and all proceeds will...

Reflections by The Producer & Cast of Reston Community Players ‘A Tribute to the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein & Andrew Lloyd Webber’ by Joshua Redford

We typically open with a big musical in fall, but due to rights restrictions we had to adjust our typical format for our season. Our big musical (and it will be big) is now slated for January. We...

Behind the Scenes at Wootton High School’s production of “Little Women” by Corrieanne Stein

Behind the scenes with Corrieanne Stein and Thomas S. Wootton High School’s production of Little Women With only seven weeks from casting to performance, the rehearsal schedule for Thomas S. Wootton...

Broadway Veteran Sutton Foster Helps Educate Aspiring Young Artists by Lauren Selman

Students of the Act Two @ Levine Pre-Professional Program gathered for a master class with two time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Ms. Foster’s class was presented by Strathmore in conjunction with...

Special Agent Galactica and Guitarist Peter Fields at L’Enfant Cafe Tomorrow at 7 PM

In a brand new show designed for a more intimate setting, Special Agent Galactica, along with critically acclaimed jazz/classical guitarist, Peter Fields, have created an intimate evening of song,...

‘Government Shutdown Leaves Puppets Hanging at The Puppet Co.’ by Christopher Piper

Government Shutdown Leaves Puppets Hanging It’s not just federal workers affected by the partial government shutdown, but also those strung and unstrung heroes at the Puppet Co., in Glen Echo Park. A...

Bay Theatre Company is Back with a ‘Triple Play’ by Janet Luby

What’s going on? I’m sure some of you read the article in the Capital Gazette about Bay Theatre Company returning and have some questions about it. We most definitely are returning for what I call our...

‘Hope Operas’ Begins Tomorrow Night at 8 PM at The Comedy Spot in Ballston Commons Mall by Chris Griffin

Hope Operas, DC’s only serialized theatre festival, returns TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 PM at The Comedy Spot in Ballston Common Mall -4238 Wilson Boulevard, in Arlington, VA with five brand new shows, as we...

Adapting ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ for Synetic Theater’s Production by Nathan Weinberger

My first instinct when adapting Dorian Gray was that it would be easy—never a good sign. That being said though, come on: Synetic and all the creepy, gothic elements that everyone associates with...

‘Meet John Doe’ CD to be Released in November by Andrew Gerle

Meet John Doe, the award-winning musical by Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman, will be released in November on the Broadway Records label. The show received its world premiere in 2007 at the Ford’s...

Preparing for ‘Extremities’: What I Learned by Being Hogtied, Blindfolded and Stuffed in a Fireplace by Alex Zavistovich

The best qualities an actor can have (besides being real in the moment) are physical specificity, stillness and body confidence. It’s not for nothing that one of the classic one-liners of good acting...

‘The Nerd’ Kicks Off TONIGHT at Rockville Little Theatre by Ken Kemp

Rockville Little Theatre opens its 65th season TONIGHT through October 27th with Larry Shue’s outrageous comedy The Nerd, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre. Produced by David Levin, directed by Laura...

Remembering Jonathan Larson; or “How to Wake Up a Generation” & Special Ticket Offer for ‘Tick, tick… BOOM!’ by Stephanie Williams

Remembering Jonathan; or “How to Wake Up a Generation” By Stephanie Williams, Executive Producer Red Branch Theatre Company As I sat watching the first costumed run-through of Red Branch’s upcoming...

Arts Collective at HCC Kicks Off 19th Season with ‘What Improv Group?!?!’ This Friday, September 27th by Susan Kramer

ARTS COLLECTIVE at HCC announces its 19th SEASON! Kick-Off: “What Improv Group?!?!” Friday, September 27 with OUTSTANDING Special Guests! Howard Community College’s Arts Collective (AC) – Over the...

‘The Nerd’ Kicks Off Rockville Little Theatre’s 2013-2014 Season on September 27th by Ken Kemp

Rockville Little Theatre opens its 65th season with Larry Shue’s outrageous comedy The Nerd, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre from September 27th through October 26th. Produced by David Levin,...

Nibbles and Sips Around Town: ‘The Art of the Fruit Tart’ by Cary Pollak

Those of you who have enjoyed summertime performances at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts here in the Washington, DC area know that enjoying a picnic on the lawn before the show is...

An Interview with the Director and Cast Members of Silver Spring Stage’s ‘The Baltimore Waltz’ by Lennie Magida

Bob Scott says that when he first read The Baltimore Waltz, “it shouted, ‘Direct this one, Bob!’” Scott heeded that inner voice, and now he’s directing Waltz as it opens the Silver Spring Stage...

15 Pairs of FREE Tickets Offered for Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company’s Festival of Indian Dance & Arts by Daniel Phoenix SIngh

Win FREE tickets to the Festival of Indian Dance and Arts in Washington DC Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company is giving away 25 pairs of tickets to the Fall Festival of Indian Dance, which...

theatreWashington’s Veteran Board Chair Victor Shargai Passes the Gavel to Kurt Crowl by Jennifer Clements

theatreWashington’s Veteran Board Chair Victor Shargai Passes the Gavel to Kurt Crowl. theatreWashington President & CEO Linda Levy announced today that longtime Board Chair Victor Shargai, after the...

Free Performance of ‘The Agony of David’ on Monday, 9/23/13 at 8 PM at Ingleside at Rock Creek by Anthony E. Gallo

A Seventh Street Playhouse Presentation THE AGONY OF DAVID Monday, September 23, 2013 at 8:00 PM At INGLESIDE AT ROCK CREEK 3050 Military Road NW, in Washington, DC by Anthony E. Gallo This two-act...

Hope Operas Returns with 5 New Shows Monday Nights in October by Chris Griffin

Hope Operas, DC’s only serialized theatre festival, returns this Fall with five brand new shows, as we present five original plays in ten-to fifteen-minute episodes with the theme Cartoons for...

Martina Arroyo, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine, and Carlos Santana to Receive 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

MARTINA ARROYO, HERBIE HANCOCK, BILLY JOEL,SHIRLEY MACLAINE, AND CARLOS SANTANA TO RECEIVE 36TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS America to Celebrate the Careers of Five Extraordinary Artists on Sunday,...