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Adventure Theatre MTC Announces Cast of Steampunk ‘Oliver!’ Playing July 24-August 16th at Round House Theatre

ADVENTURE THEATRE MTC ANNOUNCES THE CAST OF OLIVER! FEATURES YOUTH PERFORMERS AND HELEN HAYES AWARD RECIPIENTS & NOMINEES Adventure Theatre MTC is thrilled to announce the cast of this summer’s...

Meet the Cast of Reston Community Players’ ‘The Fox on the Fairway’: Part 2: Dina Soltan, David Segal, and Zell Murphy

The award-winning Reston Community Players are proud to bring Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway back to the DC Metro area April 24-May 3, 2015. The stuffy atmosphere of a private golf club is the...

Behind the Scenes of Young Playwrights’ Theater’s 2015 New Play Festival, Which Continues Tonight at GALA Hispanic Theatre at 7 PM

Young Playwrights’ Theater’s 2015 New Play Festival marks the culmination of the hard work of the student playwrights, whose works were selected for the festival, the professional actors performing...

A Report on ‘A Prude’s Guide to Good Sex’ at DC Women’s Theatre Group

Previous positive experiences with the DC Women’s Theatre Group primed me for a touching performance. A Prude’s Guide to Good Sex needs some fine-tuning before it lives up to the expectations set by...

In the Moment: An Interview with 1st Stage’s ‘Old Wicked Songs’ Musical Director Walter “Bobby” McCoy and Artistic/Managing Director Alex Levy

1st Stage’s production of Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans has opened to high praise from reviewers and audiences alike. After seeing the show I wanted to learn more about something very specific; the...

Montgomery Playhouse Spotlight Series Continues This Sunday With ‘Tales of Wonder’ at 7:30 PM at The Arts Barn by Bruce Hirsch

Join us THIS SUNDAY NIGHT April 19TH for the second presentation in The Montgomery Playhouse Spotlight Series: Tales of Wonder Staged readings presented in partnership with Arts on the Green at the...

Take The Stage Performance Company Presents Broadway Revue Showcase ‘Loud and Clear’ May 1-3 at Rockville JCC by Elizabeth Gensler

Take The Stage Performance Company is proud to announce their second annual Broadway Revue Showcase Loud and Clear. Last year’s inaugural season was such a success that this coveted group of...

In the Moment: ‘Pilobolus Dance’ Comes to The Alden Theatre This Friday

The world renowned Pilobolus will be bringing their “stunning, evocative and visceral” dance theater to the Alden Theatre, said Sarah N. Schallern, director, performing arts, McLean Community Center....

George Mason University’s Center for the Arts Announces 25th Anniversary Season of Great Performances at Mason by Jill Graziano Laiacona

Celebrating 25 years of bringing outstanding performing arts to George Mason University and audiences in the greater Washington, DC area, George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax...

Meet Cast Members of Synetic Teen Company’s ‘Hamlet…the rest is silence’

Let me introduce you to these young, talented, and athletic cast members of Synetic Teen Company’s production of Hamlet…the rest is silence, playing through April 18, 2015. Joel: Please introduce...

Linda Levy Retires as President & CEO of theatreWashington by Brad Watkins

theatreWashington President & CEO Linda Levy announced today that she is retiring after serving the organization and Washington’s theatre community for 27 years. Since December 2014, Levy has been on...

A Q&A with Mezzo-Soprano Magdalena Wór on Her Training in Washington and Return This Weekend to Strathmore

Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Wór pretty much creates an unforgettable impression everywhere she performs. Her strikingly rich voice – it’s been called “plush,” “chocolatey” and other adjectives redolent of...

In the Moment: ‘Off the Wall’ at George Mason University on Saturday, April 18th

Its title beckons with a “come hither” attitude; Off the Wall. Three small intriguing words that are total catnip when strung together. And, then a connection to something called the Virginia Serious...

Stunt Double Social Club: A Weekly Event for Local Writers and Actors! by Michael Samuel Deigh

If you’re a writer or an actor, you know how hard it is to show off your talent! This event is an opportunity to hear your work come to life and a place for actors to practice their craft. Every...

Here Are The Recipients of This Year’s 2015 Helen Hayes Awards – in Order of Presentation With 2 Videos

Here are the recipients of the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards in the order they were announced tonight at The Lincoln Theatre. THE RECIPIENTS ARE IN RED! https://youtu.be/acNtQ0cq6Tw Outstanding Supporting...

“What, Mr. Todd, What is that Sound?” Arranging The Prog Metal Version of ‘Sweeney Todd’: Part Two: Andrew Lloyd Baughman

It has been over a year since Stephen Sondheim gave DC’s Landless Theatre Company unprecedented permission to create a Prog Metal orchestration of Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The...

Recipients of 47 Helen Hayes Awards to Be Announced Tonight at The Lincoln Theatre Beginning at 8 PM. Here Are the Nominees

The 2015 Helen Hayes Awards recipients will be unveiled tonight beginning at 8 PM at The Lincoln Theatre. This is the first time that the new Awards Process will be effect, and there are 47 categories...

Adventure Theatre MTC’s Reimagined ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by Jacqueline Lawton Opens

ADVENTURE THEATRE MTC REIMAGINES THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ IN A WORLD PREMIERE BY JACQUELINE LAWTON Adventure Theatre MTC takes us on a reimagined journey through Oz in a world premiere play by...

Author Gretchen Rubin at Sixth and I Synagogue on Her New Book ‘Better than Before’

Gretchen Rubin is on a mission to change people’s lives for the better. Her insight for learning and curiosity is benefiting millions. One day she realized her life was passing her by and she didn’t...

Ari Roth’s Mosaic Theater Company Takes Off: Serge Seiden, Jennifer Nelson, Lorna Mulvaney, and T. Chase Meacham Join the Mosaic Theater Team

MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC TAKES GIANT STRIDES ON PATH FROM VISION TO LAUNCH Key financial support and acclaimed leadership team of Founding Artistic Director Ari Roth and Producing Director Serge...

‘Barefoot in the Park’ Plays at McLean Community Players May 1-16, 2015 by Cathy Farnsworth

Barefoot in the Park is about Corie and Paul, two newly-weds who move into a New York City apartment five flights up, with no elevator and plumbing problems. Besides having to cope with the...

‘Don’t Die in the Dark’ Plays April 11-26th at Studio 1469 in Columbia Heights by Joe Brack

History lessons typically share the tale of the victor. Perhaps, the wrong side has a lesson as well. This new play is a glimpse into the wrong side of Our Great Emancipation. During America’s civil...

Magic Time! ‘The Norwegians’ (‘Da Norvegians’) at Scena Theatre by a Norvegian

So dere’s dis play goin’ on in town called Da Norvegians, and it’s set in Minneapolis and it’s got Norvegian characters in it, so I tought I should go check it out, on accounta I vas born dere and...

Arts Collective @ Howard Community College Presents ‘Eat the Runt’ April 17-May 3, 2015 in HCC’s Studio Theatre

Arts Collective @ Howard Community College presents EAT THE RUNT April 17 – May 3, 2015 in HCC’s Studio Theatre An outrageous, delicious, comic satire – Audiences choose the cast every night Howard...

‘The 2015 Spring Young Adult One Act Festival’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse

I was born and raised in New York City just miles away from the theatre district. However, I find myself jealous of the opportunities many community theater groups around the country, but especially...

‘An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe’ by Robert Mason This Sunday at 7:30 PM at Gaithersburg Arts Barn By Bruce Hirsch

ONE NIGHT ONLY – THIS SUNDAY – MARCH 29, 2015 AT 7:30 PM Join us THIS SUNDAY, March 29th for An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Mason-the first of The Montgomery Playhouse Spotlight Series of...

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Announces Its 2015-2016 Season by Justin McCarthy

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES 2015-2016 SEASON ACCLAIMED NEW PLAYS, WORLD PREMIERE CHALLENGE CONCEPTS OF BEAUTY, POWER, AND DESIRE Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is pleased to announce its...

Rep Stage Announces Its 2015-16 Season, Celebrating ‘The Year of the Woman’ by Mike Scrivener

Rep Stage, the professional regional theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), proudly announces its 2015-16 season lineup. “The Year of the Woman” celebrates contemporary female voices...

Nibbles and Sips: The Prince Of Wales And The Duchess Of Cornwall Visit Mount Vernon

Wide-eyed tourists were gobsmacked to shake hands with and get hugs from His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, and his wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, as the couple toured George...

Remembering Billie Holiday on Her 100th Birthday

On April 7, 2015 serious jazz fans celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of incomparable vocalist Billie Holiday, who died in 1959 at age 44 but lives on in her music as a legend in a trio...

Reporting From the United States Institute of Theater Technology (USITT) Conference & Stage Expo-Part 4: You Used What? Plastic Sheeting as Inflatable Set Elements

Two-or three-mil plastic tube sheeting cut into a single thickness can be taped together with clear packing tape or two-sided carpet tape to make huge, bubble-like structures, some 200 set designers...

Carlin Kenny Benefit and Performance of ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 6:30 PM at Olney’s Theatre Lab

Actor Michael Kenny has been a valued member of the theater community in the MD/DC/VA area for years. He’s worked everywhere from West End Dinner Theater to The Kennedy Center. His most recent work...

Introducing September Song Musical Theatre by Allen Cross

About September Song Musical Theatre September Song Musical Theatre (SSMT) has organized and performed a Broadway musical for the past 41 years. Founded by two educators, Arnie Hayes and Robert “Doc”...

Reporting From the United States Institute of Theater Technology (USITT) Conference & Stage Expo-Part 3: Free Software for Theaters on a Budget

There is a lot of free software available to theaters to design everything from sets to lighting, sound, and projections. If you have the processing speed and RAM on your computer, you can even make a...

The Vagabond Players Announces Its 100th Season for 2015-2016

The Vagabond Players is happy to announce its historic 100th consecutive season for 2015-16. The centennial season is made up of revivals of past successful Vagabond productions. The Vagabonds first...

Hylton Performing Arts Center Announces 2015-2016 Performance Season by Jill Graziano

The Hylton Performing Arts Center announces a superb collection of performances coming to Northern Virginia in 2015-2016. Now entering its sixth season, this outstanding community arts center on...

Reporting From the United States Institute of Theater Technology (USITT) Conference & Stage Expo-Part 2: Immersive Production: Audience and Performance Blending

Have you wanted to break the fourth wall but don’t know how to immerse your audience into a performance? About 200 members of the United States Institute of Theater Technology (USITT) Conference &...

Round House Theatre Announces Its 2015-2016 Season

Round House Theatre and Producing Artistic Director Ryan Rilette are thrilled to announce the company’s 2015-2016 season. The diverse new season includes one world premiere, four regional premieres by...

DCMetroTheaterArts Turns 3 Today!

DCMetroTheaterArts is 3 years old today. I want to thank the 90+ writers who have contributed their talents to the site and to my brother Bruce for founding the site and to our Assistant...

Yvonne French To Report From U.S. Institute of Theater Technology’s 55th Annual Conference & Stage Expo

Stay tuned next Wednesday, March 18, 2015, as DCMetroTheaterArts technology reporter Yvonne French travels to Cincinnati to cover the U.S. Institute of Theater Technology’s 55th Annual Conference &...

Announcing Pallas Theatre Collective’s Fifth Season by Caroline Brent

Tickets are now on sale for Pallas Theatre Collective’s fifth season, titled A Season of Washington – A Season of Women. Each work this season focuses on a strong female character and takes place in...

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC presents ‘When You Wish’ Tomorrow at 8 PM and Saturday at 3 PM & 8 PM at The Lincoln Theatre

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC presents When You Wish, a campy salute to music from animated movies and TV shows. Music and animation – featuring the music of Disney, School House Rock, Saturday...

The Providence Players Opens ‘Other Desert Cities’ This Friday, March 13th by Chip Gertzog

Recently, one of the hottest tickets on Broadway and a 2012 Tony nominee, Other Desert Cities opens on the Providence Players stage at the James Lee Community Center Theater this Friday, March 13th...

The National Chamber Ensemble Presents ‘Bach, Beethoven and Brahms’ on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 7:30 pm at Artisphere’s Spectrum Theatre

The National Chamber Ensemble, celebrates the great works of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 7:30 pm at Artisphere’s Spectrum Theatre. Praised by the Washington Post for...

In the Moment: George Mason University’s School of Dance’s GALA and Interviews with Students

“We expect that our Mason Dance Company will leave strong impressions,” said Susan Shields, director, George Mason University School of Dance. She was describing the multi-performance School of Dance...

Here are the Winners of the 15th Annual 2014 WATCH AWARDS

THE 15th Annual WATCH AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED Sunday, March 8, 2015 – 7:00 pm at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA HERE ARE THE WINNERS (IN BOLD) WINNERS of Outstanding Technical Achievements....

Here Are the 2014 WATCH Awards Winners

Here Are the 2014 WATCH AWARDS WINNERS In the Order As They Were Announced Outstanding Choreography (5) Nick Carter – The Addams Family – Kensington Arts Theatre Ivan Davilla – Ragtime – Little...

The 2014 WATCH AWARD Winners To Be Announced Tonight At The Birchmere-Here Are the 2014 Nominations

The 2014 WATCH Awards Winners Will Be Announced Tonight Beginning at 7 PM. Here are the 2014 WATCH AWARDS Nominations 111 productions (34 musicals, 77 plays) were adjudicated in 2014. Thirty-one...

THEATRE CANCELLATIONS-THURSDAY, MARCH 5 2015-4:50 PM Updated: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is Now Closed; Folger, The Kennedy Center, Olney Theatre Center, Arena Stage, Signature are Closed;Shakespeare Theatre Co. and Pointless are Open

**Feel free to post your cancellation in the comment box below and it will be added to this list. Here are cancellations As of 450 PM ______ ****Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is now closed. ______...

Strathmore’s New Off-Campus Concert Venue ‘AMP’ Opens This Weekend at Pike and Rose

Strathmore redefines nightlife on Rockville Pike with opening of new concert venue at Pike & Rose in partnership with Federal Realty Investment Trust, and Neighborhood Restaurant Group. Strathmore’s...