Signature Theatre

Musical adaptation of ‘Beaches’ at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre follows the ups and downs of two women’s 30-year friendship

More than a decade after its world premiere at Arlington, Virginia’s Signature Theatre in 2014, the musical adaptation of Beaches, based on the 1985 novel by Iris Rainer Dart and the 1988 film...

Nominations for the 2026 Drama League Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway

Having the distinction of being the oldest theatrical honors in America, first presented in 1922 and formalized in 1935, the Drama League Awards revealed its 2025-26 nominations today (Monday, April...

Nominations for the 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for the 2025-26 Off-Broadway season

Today at 2 pm, at Sardi’s, Amber Gray and Harvey Guillén, now starring in the Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show, announced the nominations for the 41st annual Lucille Lortel Awards,...

69th annual Obie Award winners for off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway

Winners of the 69th annual Obie Awards, honoring outstanding artists and productions of off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were announced at 7:30 this evening (Saturday, January 31) by...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Lorinda Lisitza

Currently appearing in Arlington, VA, in the Signature Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of the The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, an explosive rock musical about the...

New twist on the jukebox bio-musical in ‘Just in Time’ at Broadway’s Circle in the Square

The Tony Award nominations for the 2024-25 season have already been announced, and the immersive metatheatrical jukebox bio-musical Just In Time, about the life, career, and music of singer,...

Nominations announced for the 2025 Drama League Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway

In a livestreamed event at 11:00 this morning, co-hosted by Sarah Hyland (The Great Gatsby) and Orville Peck (Cabaret) at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, nominations...

Winners of NYC’s 68th Obie Awards for off- and off-off-Broadway theater

This evening, in a broadcast of NY1’s On Stage, hosted by Frank DiLella on Spectrum News, 2024 Obie winners Marla Mindelle and Ryan J. Haddad announced a selection of winners of the American Theatre...

Winners of the 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway

Winners of the 39th annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced tonight, Sunday, May 5, beginning at 7:00, by hosts and presenters Rosalind Chao, Jenn Colella,...

Nominations for the 2024 Drama Desk Awards for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway

At 11:30 this morning (Monday, April 29), stage and screen star Kathleen Turner announced the nominations for the 68th annual Drama Desk Awards on NBC’S New York Live. The Drama Desk, formed in 1949...

Nominations for the 2024 Drama League Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway

In an event held at 10:00 this morning (Monday, April 22) at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and livestreamed by BroadwayWorld, two-time Tony winner (Cabaret; Chicago)...

Nominations for the 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway

On Thursday, April 4, nominations for the 39th annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced by Amber Iman and George Abud, two stars of the new Broadway musical...

Winners of NYC’s 67th Annual Obie Awards for 2022-23

The American Theatre Wing and Spectrum News NY1’s “On Stage,” hosted by Emmy Award winner Frank DiLella, today announced the winners of the 67th Obie Awards, with Obie winner Kara Young, recognizing...

Broadway Flea Market and Off-Broadway Week return to NYC in October

Two big events are returning to NYC in October that give fans the opportunity to bid on pieces of Broadway history and to attend trailblazing shows for half the regular ticket price in intimate...

Nominations for NYC’s 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards

Nominations for the 2022-23 Drama Desk Awards – the only major NYC theater awards for which productions on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway compete in the same categories – were announced...

Nominations for the 2023 Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway

This afternoon at 3 pm, Kimberly Akimbo stars Victoria Clark and Justin Cooley announced nominations in fifteen categories for the 38th annual Lucille Lortel Awards, founded by the eponymous actress...

Recipients and finalists of the Sixth Annual Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Awards

On Monday, March 6, the non-profit Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) – headquartered in NYC and founded in 1965, as an affiliate of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society –...

Off-Broadway premiere of dark surreal comedy ‘Evanston Salt Costs Climbing’ mines absurdist humor from mounds of angst

In The New Group’s production of Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, the latest Off-Broadway premiere from playwright Will Arbery (a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his award-winning Heroes of the Fourth...

Memories spoken and unspoken in ‘My Broken Language’ at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Theatre

In My Broken Language, now in its world-premiere Off-Broadway engagement at Pershing Square Signature Theatre, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, who also directs, employs an...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Evan Zes

Now making his Broadway debut in The Kite Runner, actor and writer Evan Zes has amassed a long list of stage and screen credits throughout his ever increasing “fifteen minutes of fame,” since...

New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards announced for the 2021-22 season

Winners of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards 2022 were announced this evening (Thursday, May 12), immediately following the organization’s 86th annual voting meeting. The second-oldest...

Winners of Off-Broadway’s 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards

In a return to a live in-person ceremony for the first time in three years, winners were announced tonight (Sunday, May 1) for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement...

2022 Drama League Awards nominations announced for Broadway and Off-Broadway

First presented in 1922, then formalized in 1935, the Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America and the only major theatrical awards chosen by the entire theater community of...

Nominations announced for Off-Broadway’s 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards

Nominations for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre with additional support provided by TDF,...

DC theater mourns the passing of Stephen Sondheim

A gathering of tributes shared on social media to a musical great who will live on — on our stages and in our hearts.

In tribute to Stephen Sondheim, on ‘Being Alive’

Here are ten top versions of one of the great songs he left us.

Welcome to the sound and sheer energy of ‘Rent’ at Signature Theatre

In these still difficult times, ‘Rent’ is a much-needed tonic for the soul.

GMCW’s ‘Holiday Show’ to ring in a season celebrating LGBTQ+ grit

Now in its 41st year, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington returns to live performance to sing of the community’s perseverence.

A Q&A with Matthew Gardiner on his new gig at Sig

“What is important in this moment for Signature,” says its new artistic director, “is how we are creating a culture of consent going forward.”

Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap pair perfectly on ‘Broadway in the Park’

A triumphant 90-minute concert headlined by Renée Elise Goldsberry and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

The art of making art: ‘Putting It Together’ by James Lapine (book review)

The making of ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ was not a walk in the park.

‘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.

Signature’s ‘Detroit ’67’ is a fiery history lesson that grooves and moves

Played out in a basement bunker, this uplifting virtual show spins on nostalgia and desire.

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.

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

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

Foursome to sing ‘Songs for a New World’ from Monumental

Jason Robert Brown’s powerhouse song cycle comes to a screen near you.

The fun begins ‘After Midnight’ in big band musical from Signature

The singing, dancing, and songs are all highpoints. The filming, editing, and lighting are all superb.

A feel-good podcast from theatermakers Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith

Do you have those friends who are so crazy talented, smart, and wonderful that you wonder how in the world you are lucky enough to have crossed paths with them? That’s Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory...

Olney’s outdoor summer programming to uphold its anti-racism pledge

Ten weeks of live performance—much of it free—curated by Olney Theatre Center’s new BIPOC artist advocate, Kevin McAllister.

Poignant memories of love in Signature’s vibrant ‘Midnight at The Never Get’

In the hidden back room of a 1960s Greenwich Village bar is the stage for a past, hidden love at the center of Midnight at The Never Get now streaming from Signature Theatre. Trevor, a colorful and...

In eye-opening ‘The Jam: Only Child,’ a son and grandson tells it like it was

In The Jam: Only Child — now streaming on demand from Signature Theatre — Tony Award nominee Daniel J. Watts recounts his life as the only child of a single mother: a latchkey kid who grows up with...

Signature Theatre’s lovely ‘Simply Sondheim’ feels like a live performance

Signature Theatre’s production of Simply Sondheim is a lovely tribute to one of America’s best composers and lyricists for the stage. Co-conceived by David Loud and Eric Schaeffer, and directed by...

Signature Theatre announces cast and dates for ‘Simply Sondheim’ review

Signature Theatre announces the full cast and streaming dates for Simply Sondheim, the first production in the Signature Features 2021 Season. Starring 12 singers and an orchestra of 16, Simply...

‘Signature Vinyl’ spins first-rate versions of turntable classics

Directed and conceived by Matthew Gardiner, Signature Vinyl delivers a filmed concert of songs performed by an excellent cast of singers and musicians, captured live at several DC-area outdoor...

Signature Theatre heralds five-show cinematic season

Signature Theatre has announced the full lineup for its 2021 Signature Features season, and it will be all online: five fully staged plays and musicals, made exclusively for the screen and...

Signature Theatre to stream concert of hits from days of ​vinyl

This week Signature Theatre releases a new cinematic concert, an inspired alternative to its pre-COVID cabarets. Titled Signature Vinyl, the fully produced, professionally filmed production features...

E. Faye Butler speaks out on playing Fannie Lou Hamer right now

“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” —Fannie Lou Hamer Anyone who has ever seen E. Faye Butler perform knows that they are witnessing something truly extraordinary. A two-time Helen Hayes Award...

Short plays by Lauren Yee, BD Wong, and more in ‘Days of Re-Creation’ streaming this week

As part of this month’s rolling world premiere, Philadelphia Theatre Company will stream its debut of Days of Re-Creation: A Virtual Play on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 pm. Conceived by Devenand...

Why I am an activist artist, by JChris

As a Latino gay millennial singer-songwriter, I believe I can make a difference. I’m here because I can become one of the reasons why things get better. We will fight and we won’t stop. The powers...

How the Signature board behaved badly, from a patron’s POV

By Dalissa Vargas As a lifelong live theater fan and a woman of Puerto Rican descent, I have spent the better portion of my adult life as an avid theatergoer wherever I have lived. On any given week I...