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‘Don Giovanni’ at The In Series

The In Series takes Mozart to a 1920s bible belt Revival in a creative and fun reimagining of Don Giovanni. Artistic Director Carla Hübner commissioned a new English language libretto by Bari Biern to...

The Reel Deal: Watch Kyle Osborne’s Movie Review Video of ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’

DC AREA SHOWTIMES. LINKS Kyle Osborne’s Video Movie Review of 50 Shades of Grey. Kyle Osborne’s Video Movie Review of of The Boy Next Door and Still Alice. Kyle Osborne’s Video Movie Review of Taken 3...

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...

‘When You Wish’ at Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC

The seeming “spontaneity,” humor, and freshness of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC‘s (GMCW) repertoire and their current concert When You Wish, which is being presented at Washington, DC’s...

‘A Bright Room Called Day’ at Nu Sass Productions

With its Small Batch Audience Series created for an especially limited number of patrons per performance, Nu Sass Productions is out to transform the way DC theater audiences experience the performing...

Nibbles and Sips: Around Town: SER: A Reboot of the Classic Dishes of Spain and The Kennedy Center Embraces Spain and Portugal

SER: A Reboot of the Classic Dishes of Spain Last summer when the Ballston Business Improvement District sent out an all-call seeking innovative restaurant concepts, the husband and wife team of...

Author of ‘Wild’ Cheryl Strayed at National Geographic

Ever been lost and then found? Well apparently everyone experiences this according to Cheryl Strayed of the New York Times memoir bestseller Wild. Strayed talked to a sold out crowd, comprising mainly...

‘Nibbles and Sips’: Great Pre-Theatre Dining Deals From Area Restaurants Near Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint, and Theatre Lab

When friends ask me where to dine before the theatre I try to respond authoritatively. But, alas, my brain turns to porridge as I mentally scroll through the limitless options. I try to hone it down...

‘Doctor Caligari’ at Pointless Theatre Company

The Pointless Theatre Company troupe has taken on a major “dare” in adapting a landmark silent expressionist cult film into to a live stage production. Doctor Caligari from Pointless evokes the...

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...

‘Just Be’ at Revision Dance Company

On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 4 pm, the audience at Dance Place was treated to an enlightening and entertaining dance-video performance titled Just Be, by ReVision Dance Company, a resident company...

Hexagon 2015: ‘The Spoof, the Whole Spoof, and Nothing but the Spoof!’ by Jennifer Strand

Celebrating its 60th annual show and its return to Washington DC, Hexagon is still singing, taunting, and dancing away! Renowned as Washington’s only original, political, satirical, musical, comedy...

‘TORCH: Songs from the Gay Life!’ at The Rainbow Theatre Project

A cascade of frothy, kitschy, verbally intricate, and highly theatrical songs pervaded the intimate atmosphere of the Bier Baron Tavern in Washington, DC as the innovative Rainbow Theatre Project...

IBERIAN SUITE: Concha Buika with Iván “Melon” Lewis & Continuum Quartet at The Kennedy Center

Last night the audience at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall was blessed with Buika. If being blessed by Buika wasn’t more than enough for a single evening, the audience at the Concert Hall had another...

‘The Mad: A Fracking Fairytale’ at Theatre du Jour

In the words of Countess Aurelia, the title character in Jean Giraudoux’s comedy The Madwoman of Chaillot, ”Nothing is ever so wrong in this world that a sensible woman can’t set right in the course...

‘Anything Goes’ at Howard University

Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts’ Anything Goes, currently on the boards at the Ira Aldridge Theater, is a show to which everyone should go see. It is not to be missed. This production...

Fantasy & Fate: Tchaikovsky Masterworks: Lang Lang in Recital at The Kennedy Center

Virtuosity of the highest caliber graced The Kennedy Center Concert Hall this past Saturday afternoon as renowned piano superstar Lang Lang returned to perform at the established Washington venue for...

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 Mundo Perfeito’ (Perfect World) As part of the Iberian Suite at the Kennedy Center.

The Mundo Perfeito (Perfect World) has arrived in DC’s America. As part of the Iberian Suite. At The Kennedy Center. Presenting a full evening of theatre, Mundo Perfeito offers two productions: Three...

‘The Flying Dutchman’ (‘Der Fliegende Holländer’) at Washington National Opera

The Washington National Opera takes to the seas for Richard Wagner’s first major work, The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer). WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello has staged a series of...

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...

‘Bigger Than You, Bigger Than Me’ at Field Trip Theatre

If there is a post-9/11 theater in America—the way there was, for instance, a postwar theater in Europe—it just got bigger than before. A new play opened last night that offers a sharp new take on our...

Moveius Dance in World Premiere ‘Glacier’ Intersections Festival at Atlas Performing Arts Center

My phone told me it was 14 degrees as I made my way to the Atlas Friday evening. A fitting temperature for the world premiere of a work titled Glacier, by Moveius Contemporary Ballet. By day Diana...

DCMTA Scene Stealers-January and February 2015-Part 2

Here is our second group of January and February Scene Stealers. Congrats to our honorees. ______ Patrick A’Hearn Singing “Music of the Night” at The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber at Riverside Center...

Do You Believe in Ghosts? An Explanation of the Horror Behind Molotov’s New Show, ‘The Margins’ by Alex Zavistovich

What do you think happens when ghosts “appear”? Is it actual contact, the influence of people around you, or just tricks of the mind that science and medicine can explain away? In other words, is this...

Small Crowds, New Spaces: An Introduction to Nu Sass Productions’ Small Batch Audience Series by Aubri O’Connor

“The audience is the most revered member of the theater. Without an audience there is no theater.” – Viola Spolin. Next week sees the jump of Nu Sass Productions from a primarily Fringe-only company...

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. ______...

Nibbles and Sips Around Town: ‘8th Annual Oyamel Tequila And Mezcal Festival Kick Off’ by Cary Pollak

Jose Andres’ Oyamel Cocina Mexicana restaurant is celebrating its Tequila and Mezcal Festival now through March 15th. The annual event, billed as a “Toast to the Heritage of Mexican Spirits” features...

‘Antigone’, ‘Matilda’, ‘Kinky Boots’, ‘A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder’,”Beautiful’, ‘The Bridges of Madison County’, and ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Highlight The Kennedy Center’s 2015-2016 Theatre Season

The Kennedy Center Announced its 2015-2016 Theatre Season: ______ Antigone Starring Juliette Binoche, Directed by Ivo van Hove Three World Premiere Plays as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival...

‘2015-2016 ‘World Stages Series’ Announced by The Kennedy Center

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced its programming for the 2015-2016 World Stages series. With a long history of presenting original international theater works, the...

‘The Whole Truth’ at Urban Arias

“Contemporary Opera” or even “Original Opera” are not categories that immediately reveal their meanings to the average consumer of theatre. Sure, we may know and love the likes of RENT, Sweeney Todd...

Russian Chamber Art Society: ‘Ballades, Fantasies, & Satires’

The Russian Chamber Art Society (RCAS) has become the go-to organization for those in the know in the DC area when it comes to rarely heard—and rewardingly performed—works from the Russian classical...

Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center

An icy Sunday evening turned into a lush and warm, and enjoyable evening inside The Kennedy Center with the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. Many of DC’s dignitaries attended, including TV journalist...

The Playwright’s Playground: Playwright Lisa D’Amour Discusses Process, Transformation, and Her Long Journey with ‘Cherokee’

In this edition of The Playwright’s Playground, I interview playwright Lisa D’Amour, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and interdisciplinary artist who comes from a long line of female storytellers. On stage...

‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’ at Washington National Opera

A penetrating and extremely lucid psychological austerity permeates the current production of the Washington National Opera’s (WNO) Dialogues of the Carmelites by composer and librettist Francis...

DCMTA Scene Stealers-January and February 2015-Part 1

Here is Part One of our Scene Stealers of January and February 2015. Congrats to our honorees. Maggie Erwin as Avery in the Seminar Scene in Rapture, Blister, Burn at Round House Theatre “Maggie Erwin...

An Update: Returning to Clandestine Arts’ ‘Bare: A Pop Opera’

An update: I went back to see Clandestine Arts’ production of Bare last night (Friday, January 27th) and found the show even more enjoyable than the first time. The quality of musical numbers and...

Magic Time! ‘Back to Methuselah’ at Washington Stage Guild (Article)

People rarely go to the theater anymore to know what a playwright thinks. We go to be entertained, we go to be moved, we go to be told stories, which might involve hearing what assorted characters...

‘Back to Methuselah’ at Washington Stage Guild (Review)

George Bernard Shaw wrote Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) during World War I, with its assassination, its trench warfare, its chemical attacks, its all-too-human brutality unleashed —...

Monumental Theatre Company is Giving Away 4 Free Pairs of Tickets to ‘Sex Swap’ on March 6th at 7 PM at Cobalt in DC

Monumental Theatre Company is giving away 4 pairs of free tickets for readers of DCMetroTheaterArts To their upcoming Gender Bender: Cabaret: Sex Swap. The show is on March 6, 2015 at 7 pm At Cobalt –...

Derek John Tatum: From DC to NYC and Back to Olney for ‘The Producers’

Derek John Tatum has been performing professionally for 10 years. Although he got his start in the DC theatre scene, he spent several years auditioning and living in NYC, performing in regional...

‘Shear Madness’ at The Kennedy Center

Even prior to the opening of Shear Madness, the audience is drawn into the world of the play. A realistic set is built on the thrust stage of the Kennedy Center’s Theater Lab. The aqua blue walls,...

‘Anything Goes’ at The Warner Theatre

The national tour of Anything Goes, the Broadway revival of Cole Porter’s theatrical masterpiece made its premiere at the The Warner Theatre last night, demonstrating that the long-established...

In The Moment: An interview with Choreographer Shu-Chen Cuff of the Gin Dance Company on Appearing at Intersections at Atlas

Over the past several years, Shu-Chen Cuff and the Gin Dance Company have been making impressions on the DC area dance scene. Established in Reston, Virginia, the award-winning Gin Dance Company has...

Monumental Theatre Company Presents ‘Sex Swap: A Gender Bender Cabaret’ at Cobalt on March 6, 2015 at 7 PM by Michael Windsor

Monumental Theatre Company is a new professional nonprofit theatre company in the DC area run by Jimmy Mavrikes, Michael Windsor, and Beth Amann. In their senior year at Catholic University Beth and...

LaTiDo Sings Oscar Nominated Songs Tonight at 8 PM

Tomorrow at La Ti Do, we sing Oscar nominated songs and say farewell to our February monthly feature: Lauren Du Pree and our spotlight Mary Payne Omohundro. Weekly Spoken Word feature: Gowri K Guest...

SUNDAY’S THEATRE SNOW CANCELLATIONS

Here are the latest Theatre Closing for Sunday, February 22, 2015 As of 12:30PM ____ Damascus Theatre Company is closed today. Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) has performances next weekend. Mclean...

‘Unlimited: The Music and Lyrics of Stephen Schwartz’ at No Rules Theatre Company and the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University

Having Composer Stephen Schwartz in the audience last night really pumped up the talented young cast of singers and musicians at Opening Night of the premiere of the new-and-improved Unlimited: The...