News Desk

Colonial Players to stage ‘The Lost Boy,’ about Peter Pan creator

A heartwarming, fictionalized story based on the author James Barrie.

‘A Strange Loop,’ a hit at Woolly, heads to Broadway

Michael R. Jackson’s ‘big, Black and queer-ass American Broadway show’ will open in spring 2022 at the Lyceum Theatre.

Adventure Theatre’s ‘Winterfest’ is a three-in-one celebration

Productions feature stories about the magic of Chanukah, a heartwarming Christmas journey from the Philippines, and the connecting power of snow.

Meshaun Labrone’s harrowing film ‘Spook’ now streaming on Tubi

Based on the haunting one-man play that debuted at Capital Fringe, a visceral exploration of American race relations, policing, and the criminal justice system.

For DEI in the arts, pay a living wage, says new AEA report

A national study of state and local arts agencies finds most grants lack wage requirements.

Theatre Washington debuts ‘Backstage at the Helen Hayes Awards’ series

A personal look into the lives that have made DC the second largest and most successful theater community in the nation.

NextStop Theatre slates five shows for winter/spring 2022

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ | ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’ | ‘Nat Turner in Jerusalem’ | ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ | ‘Lucky Stiff’

In honor of World AIDS Day, historic ‘Normal Heart’ to screen today

A Q&A afterward will feature Emmy Award-winning director Paris Barclay and members of the predominately BIPOC and LGBTQ cast.

‘A Christmas Carol’ at Ford’s to benefit Theatre Washington Taking Care Fund

Inspired by the theme of charity in Dickens’s holiday classic, financial assistance to DC-area theater professionals in times of unforeseen hardship.

Imagination Stage begins in-person season with safety paramount

Five live productions to bring joy to the young and very young.

Avant Bard to stage August Wilson’s ‘How I Learned What I Learned’

An autobiographical solo play originally performed by Wilson himself.

Reginald L. Douglas named Mosaic Theater artistic director

Mosaic’s mission to produce transformational art that reflects DC’s diverse voices aligns with Douglas’s vision and hope for theater.

4615 Theatre returns to stage with ‘Housewarming Theatre Festival’

Featuring six short plays, a new interactive piece, musical performances, and more, the site-specific event will run four days in December.

Solas Nua to present U.S. premieres of digital theater from Belfast

Streaming November 18–21: four new works from Prime Cut Productions, one of Ireland’s leading theater companies.

Imagination Stage’s ’10 Seconds’ to debut at MLK Library

Imagination Stage in Bethesda debuts its stage play, 10 Seconds, at a premiere event on November 18 at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC. Honorary Chairs for the...

National Chamber Ensemble gets romantic with a new season

The company’s 2021-2022 season includes masterworks that have rightfully earned their status as highlights of the classical repertoire.

YAA to put on ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’

Featuring over 80 artists, the production kicks off Young Artists of America’s 10th-anniversary season with a return to live theater.

‘The Oresteia’ comes to Zoom via Virtual Repertory Theatre Collective

The classic Greek tragedy revisioned to reflect the turmoil and cloak-and-dagger of present-day DC.

Dominion Stage’s ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’ opens Nov. 5

A biting comedy about the societal label of being “too much” that diminishes women.

Happenstance Theater announces first post-COVID production

The comedic ensemble returns with ‘BrouHaHa’, an existential escapade for a two-week run at the Baltimore Theater Project.

Diverse, multi-abled Omnium Circus to debut under big top in Tysons

The world’s most inclusive and accessible circus opens live November 18.

Colonial Players to present Lynn Nottage’s ‘By the Way, Meet Vera Stark’

This spritely, sly satire is a sharp take on race and culture in the past and today.

Maryland’s AngelWing Project takes audiences to Beale Street

A 1950’s family drama, the play follows two Black cousins from Mississippi who struggle to make a life for themselves in spite of secrets threatening to invade and interrupt their peace.

Rorschach Theatre plots next immersive story, ‘Chemical Exile’

Following the success of ‘Distance Frequencies,’ a new season-long experience.

We Happy Few presents ‘A Midnight Dreary Episode 3: Etched in the Wall’

Chilling audio plays adapted from the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Keegan Theatre to stage ‘N,’ a drama about first Black actor on Broadway

A hundred years ago he made history. Now a descendant reveals his story.

Woolly adds a Brit hit to its season of artists ahead of their time

Jasmine Lee-Jones’s ‘seven methods of killing kylie jenner’ offers a Gen Z take on Black womanhood, colorism, and the politics of social media activism.

‘Black Flute’ from IN Series to screen free Friday on National Mall

Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ reconceived with Black voices central to performance and production.

‘Red Bike’ by Caridad Svich to get DC debut in a block party

Reimagined by Pan Underground, the play will be an immersive experience at the center of a community celebration.

Reston Community Players kick off apprentice program with musical sendup

A production of ‘The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’ providing local students hands-on experience.

Washington Stage Guild’s in-person season to spotlight trust

Four plays that show trust being built, being questioned, fraying, and breaking.

Creative Cauldron plans live 2021–22 season to ‘reignite, reimagine’

The Falls Church company marks its 12th year with six theatrical productions and two concert series.

Peter’s Alley returns to the stage with acclaimed drama ‘Proof’

A play about the unknowability of love and the mysteries of mathematics.

Shaw and his star actress will drop lines in ‘Dear Liar’ from WSG

Washington Stage Guild presents a free online performance of letters between George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the original Eliza Doolittle.

A ‘Bright Star’ on the horizon for Riverside Center

The Fredericksburg, VA, venue’s 2021–22 season is underway, featuring musicals, farces, mysteries, and beloved classics.

Rapid Lemon Productions to stage modern take on 1916 anti-racist play

Aladrian C. Wetzel’s new adaptation of ‘Rachel’ by Angelina Weld Grimké to be offered both in person and streaming.

Woolly Mammoth returns to in-person performance with ‘Teenage Dick’

A darkly comic riff on Shakespeare’s Richard III features a high school kid bullied because of his cerebal palsy.

Ragamala Dance Company to present free world premiere Sept. 11–12 at the REACH

Site-specific work imagines a metaphorical world of immortality.

‘KPOP, The Musical’ dropped from Signature’s 2021/22 season

Due to ‘pandemic-related logistical challenges,’ the Broadway-bound show won’t stop at The Anthem.

Free ‘Concert of Remembrance’ at Kennedy Center September 10

National Symphony Orchestra program to commemorate 9/11, reflect on loss from COVID, and honor frontline workers.

Single tickets now on sale for 2021/22 at Shakespeare Theatre

Season kicks off with debut of Broadway-bound Britney Spears musical.

‘American Idol’ to hold open virtual auditions in DC September 8

The search for the next singing superstar comes to Washington, DC, as American Idol holds open virtual auditions Wednesday, September 8, 2021. During this season’s first round of American Idol,...

Ford’s Announces casting for free ‘Come From Away’ concert at Lincoln Memorial

Stars from Broadway and national touring companies to perform September 10 in honor of 9/11 anniversary.

Labor Day event to celebrate dignity of work and challenge inequity in theater

‘Working, A Musical’ — with music by Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda — to play three weekends in Black Lives Matter Plaza.

Best Medicine Rep sets four new comedies for season five

Live laughs to come at new location.

Avant Bard Theatre celebrates a grateful return to the stage

Two productions cut short by COVID will be revived: Lauren Gunderson’s ‘Ada and the Machine’ and Tennessee Williams’s ’Suddenly Last Summer.’

Silver Spring Stage returns to live performance with bold 53rd season

The company “is reaching beyond its comfort zone” with “a fully multiethnic, intersectional selection of plays.”

Four badass women ‘Revolutionists’ to kick off Colonial Players 73rd season

Seven-show lineup to traverse the globe, discovering along the way stories of revolution, redemption, and revelation.

New play from Shoestring tells true story of a Frenchman Who Changed Virginia

…and it wasn’t the Marquis de Lafayette.

Peace Mountain Theatre to stage three greats at The Writer’s Center

The company announces a season at its new home featuring plays by Ayad Akhtar, August Wilson, and Edward Albee.