Steppenwolf Theatre

Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the ATCA New Play Award

This afternoon, Monday, May 5, at 3 pm, the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes (awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, which meets twice annually) were announced by administrator Marjorie Miller...

Buckle up for the wild ride of an influential and hilariously dysfunctional family in ‘Purpose’ at Broadway’s Hayes Theater

Commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company and now in its Broadway premiere for a limited engagement at the Hayes Theater, Purpose, by Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – markedly...

Broadway’s ‘The Minutes’ offers an uncanny reminder that history is written by the winners

Napoleon pondered, “What is history but a fable agreed upon?” And Winston Churchill has been credited with the adage, “History is written by the winners.” Both insightful observations are underscored...

Review: ‘Two Trains Running’ at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia

It’s 1969, and we’re in a diner in Pittsburgh. The sweet sounds of soul are on the jukebox, and the harsh sounds of revolution are in the air. It’s a time of change in the city’s Hill District: the...

Review: ‘The Flick’ at Signature Theatre

Like the seismic shift in the theatrical terrain that I experienced when I saw the Steppenwolf Theater’s production of Lanford Wilson’s Balm in Gilead off-Broadway, or the excitement I felt when I saw...

Playwright Jennifer Barclay on the March 21st Reading of “Danny” at Centerstage’s Playwrights Collective Showcase

The Playwrights Collective at Centerstage, in Baltimore, gives playwrights an opportunity to workshop and share professional mentorship under the guidance of a resident regional theater. Jennifer...

Meet The Cast of Spooky Action Theater’s ‘Collaborators’: Part 2: Joe Duquette

In Part 2 of our series with the cast of Spooky Action’s Collaborators, meet Joe Duquette. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform on the stage? Joe:...

‘Into the Woods’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre

Are you ready to veer from the path and take another tumultuous journey Into the Woods? Go ahead, throw caution to the wind. You’ll find yourself in amusing company at Toby’s—The Dinner Theatre of...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Wistaria’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) I must confess, when I was picked up as a reviewer here at DC MetroTheaterArts for this year’s Fringe I got in a little late to the game. Joel and Brett were already well...

The Playwright’s Playground: SOURCE Festival 2014 – Interview with Playwright Susan Goodell on Her Play: ‘After Unlocking the Universe’

Welcome to the conversation and The Playwright’s Playground, an in-depth conversation with female playwrights in the D.C. theatre community. Female theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of...

Signature Theatre Announces its 2014-2015 Season-3 New Musicals, 2 Musical Revivals, A New Play, a New Sondheim Revue &;’The Fix’ Opens 2015/16 Season

Signature Theatre Announces 25th Anniversary Season 2014/15 Season features three world premiere musicals: –John Kander and Greg Pierce’s Kid Victory –Sheryl Crow and Barry Levinson’s Diner –Nick...

‘Into the Woods’ at Spotlighters Theatre by Amanda Gunther

Every moment is a moment in the woods; a brief and fleeting moment of magical mystery and fairytale wonder. Stephen Sondheim’s classic Into The Woods takes to the stage to defy holiday traditions of...

‘The Night Watcher’ at The Studio Theatre by Ellouise Schoettler

As a storyteller I strongly urge you to buy tickets to see The Night Watcher at The Studio Theatre, especially if you appreciate good storytelling, a fine actor, and a thought-provoking story. As a...

‘Pas de Deux’ at The Studio Theatre by Mark Dewey

Pas de Deux: Full Meal with a Light Dessert The room is cold, and vapors swirl around the ducts that bring in air — has it been chilled? It smells like what came out of the defroster on my way into...

‘Les Belles Soeurs’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Amanda Gunther

They say you shouldn’t count your chickens before they hatch. You also shouldn’t cash in your stamps for prizes before you have them all glued down. And Germaine Lankowski discovers that the hard way...

‘Little Red Riding Hood & the 3 Little Pigs’ at The Puppet Co. by Julia L. Exline

The Puppet Co. presents Little Red Riding Hood & the 3 Little Pigs, a melding of two beloved childhood stories told through the viewpoint of their shared villain—The Big Bad Wolf. Allan Stevens...

‘Yo la Llamo Rusita Rojas (I Call Her Rusita Rojas)’ at Teatro de la Luna by Colleen Sproull

If more children’s theatre was like Yo la Llamo Rusita Rojas, I’d go more often. Yo la Llamo Rusita Rojas (I Call Her Rusita Rojas) by Cristina Ferrari is an energetic adaptation of Charles Perrault’s...