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DC Jazz Fest’s blockbuster weekend at The Wharf

September 4 and 5, an eclectic multi-musician lineup from mid-day to midnight.

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.’

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.

Baltimore Center Stage 2021/22 season is a go

Five transporting mainstage shows plus new partnerships, initiatives, and programs.

Rep Stage announces three-production in-person season

The Helen Hayes Award–winning company will reopen in December with a song cycle, a world premiere, and a new staging of an American classic.

Spooky Action announces three plays for live reopening

The imaginative company’s 2021–22 season launches October 7 with Will Eno’s ‘The Realistic Joneses.’

Folger names Karen Ann Daniels artistic director and director of programming

The theater and the Shakespeare library choose a leader with roots in community engagement.

Arts on the Horizon brings back ‘By the Seashore’ outdoors

The sensory-filled production takes children age 0–3 on a magical journey to the beach.

The Edge of the Universe Players 2 to present audio play #2

Memories and mortality echo through ‘Laughter in the Shadow of the Trees’—a rediscovered BBC radio play by American playwright James Prideaux.

Keegan Theatre delays ‘Good People’ two weeks as COVID precaution

Season opener by David Lindsay-Abaire rescheduled to prepare policies and procedures that comply with safety guidelines and regulations.

Mosaic suspends season opener as not COVID safe

‘My Father, My Martyr, and Me’ — a solo show with audience participation and dancing in an intimate space — could not meet current requirements.

COVID resurgence prompts major changes at NextStop

‘An Act of God’ opening postponed one week; ‘Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood’ and ‘Disaster (the Musical)’ postponed to 2022.

Solas Nua debuts gay-themed visual short story set in Dublin and DC

A digital hybrid of literature, animation, and theatrical storytelling by DC-based artist Jeremy Keith Hunter and Dublin-based artist John King.

Constellation to open ‘Moon Man Walk’ both in person and streaming

A sweet, soulful tale by award-winning playwright James Ijames that goes to the moon and back.

DMV theaters unite to require proof of COVID vaccination

Policies in effect through December also mandate masks for audiences.

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Olney’s 83rd season keeps promise to reflect whole community

Shows include two world premieres, two area premieres, ‘The Music Man’ with a deaf-and-hearing team, and a groundbreaking ‘Beauty and the Beast.’

Jane Franklin Dance to kick off season in art gallery August 27

A new dance by Roxann Morgan Rowley about resilience will be performed by dancers over 40.

1st Stage announces live theater lineup, outdoors and in

The 2021–2022 season begins with three solo shows outside at The Boro, then returns to home stage for four premieres.

Theater-related podcasts gain popularity

Podcasts have been popular for a long time, but the shutdown has brought house-bound theater professionals many new reasons to create their own audio recordings. The combination of having more spare...

Free family-friendly theater from Synetic to pop up in parks

Beloved by audiences of all ages, ‘The Miraculous Magical Balloon’ tells of a traveling actor and his trunk full of toys, tricks, and surprises.

GALA’s daring and diverse new season to tackle freedom

The local landmark for Latino performing arts announces three main stage productions, a flamenco festival, theater for young audiences, and more.

Due to variant concern, DC theatergoers still reluctant to return, says new study

And 7 in 10 favor allowing only vaccinated patrons to attend.

Six art-inspired films kick off Alliance for New Music-Theatre season

In-depth cross-cultural collaboration and community engagement to include Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project and Youth Chorus pilot program.

Ford’s to present free ‘Come From Away’ concert at the Lincoln Memorial

The event September 10 commemorates the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Studio Theatre to stage eclectic five-play season in revamped building

UPDATED WITH RUNDATES. Highlights include the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a three-dimensional graphic novel, a world premiere, and the new Victor Shargai Theatre.

Creative Cauldron presents Roz White and The Kennedys live this weekend

All-outdoor 2021 Summer Cabaret and Concert Series starts with Helen Hayes Award–winning star.

New troupe to gender-bend ‘Twelfth Night’ at the DC War Memorial

A new adaptation with pop music, performed by Her Majesty & Sons al fresco.

Everyman Theatre’s all-live 2021/22 season kicks off in August

Six-play lineup includes family hits, award-winning Broadway plays, updated American classics, and world premieres.

Theater Alliance to premiere Psalmayene 24’s hip-hop musical ‘The Blackest Battle’

A love story that calls attention to Black-on-Black gun violence, the film is half music video, half graphic-novel-come-to-life.

Signature Theatre picks Matthew Gardiner as AD, sets 2021/22 season

Coming soon to Shirlington: ‘RENT,’ ‘She Loves Me,’ ‘The Color Purple,’ two world premieres, a DC premiere—plus ‘KPOP’ musical at The Anthem.

Perisphere Theater to stage R. Eric Thomas’s comic ‘Time Is On Our Side’

DC-area premiere of award-winning play about queering history.

Imagination Stage brings free kids show to Olney Outdoors

Enchanting dance theater piece ‘Paper Dreams’ to play weekend mornings.

Storytellers Theater Arts to offer ‘Hamlet’ live and outdoors

Storytellers Theater Arts Professional Acting Company presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare performed outdoors live and outdoors July 22 to 31, 2021. Directed by Terry Sweet Bouma, the production...

Dominique Morisseau’s riveting ‘Detroit ’67’ to stream from Signature

A Black family’s simmering disagreements explode as their city erupts in riots.

Hear voices of Generation COVID in ‘Waiting Room’ from Arena

New film highlights stories of more than 100 student artists during the pandemic.

Rorschach Theatre’s ‘Distance Frequencies’ to finish live on lawn

An original work of site-specific magic realism with a sound track of DC punk and go-go culminating a season-long immersive experience.

Round House Theatre to reopen with six-play round-the-world season

Shows include the U.S. premiere of a hit West End dramedy, a festival with two world premieres, and the regional premiere of new play by Jocelyn Bioh.

Theater Washington: No HHAs this year, major restructuring to come

Organization announces changes as part of prioritizing anti-racist and anti-oppressive values.

National Theatre announces inaugural Brandon Victor Dixon awards for excellence in high school musical theater

The newest regional partner of ‘The Jimmy Awards’ (the National High School Musical Theatre Awards).

Magical ‘Almost Holy Picture’ to top off season at Everyman Theatre

Heather McDonald’s Pulizter Prize–nominated play will be the final show in the company’s ambitious and nontraditional 2020–2021 season.

Applications open for American Rescue Plan Grants for local arts orgs

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities shares news that applications are now open for federal grants that local arts organizations can qualify for.

Theater J announces new season, life-affirming and in person

Six shows, including two standout solo performances, a rarely performed classic Jewish play, and a special holiday musical.

Adventure Theatre’s first in-person show to be two fairy tales, outdoors

Maryland’s premiere musical theater academy and family theater to open ‘Fairy Tales in the Sun’ July 11.

New solo satire ‘Clowntime’ debuts at Dance Loft on 14

Playwright and performer John Feffer imagines an alternate universe where comedy is not only king but dictator.