2021

The Daily Show Writers Stand-Up Tour is coming and I can’t wait

A fan and pracitioner of satire riffs on post-COVID late-night comedy and why hosts have turned into YouTubers.

ADM21 releases film of ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do’ in memory of Nick Cordero

In keeping with its vision of creating and maintaining a “Living Archive” of great works of musical theater choreography, American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (ADM21) – a 501c3 non-profit...

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.

Big Tony and Trouble Funk bring first Go-Go to Wolf Trap

On the 50th anniversary of the landmark National Park Service music-and-entertainment center, DC’s Official Music takes center stage.

Mauricio Martínez returns live to Feinstein’s/54 Below

This Wednesday, July 21, Mauricio Martínez makes his live return to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand-new show, Mauricio Martínez: Back on 54th Street. The NYC-based Mexican-born International Emmy...

John Kander and Lin-Manuel Miranda in virtual conversation to support the Vineyard Theatre

Off-Broadway’s acclaimed Vineyard Theatre concludes its 2021 Gala Series on Thursday, July 22, beginning at 7 pm, with a live watch party featuring a conversation between two of Broadway’s greatest...

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.

Get out of the city for a flashback to the ‘Totally Awesome 80s’ with Broadway stars at Bristol Riverside Theatre

Bristol Riverside Theatre’s outdoor performance of Totally Awesome 80s at Bristol Township’s new open-air amphitheater – a great day trip and an easy ride down I95 to Bucks County, near the scenic...

Have supper outside with a side of Shakespeare at City of Fairfax Theatre

Student actors will perform a whirlwind of excerpts from the Bard bookended with monologues, sonnets, or scenes performed by adults.

‘Clowntime’ takes down politics with smart snark and belly laughs

Saving the world from its grim humorless political maneuverings through comedy feels right at this moment.

Applications now open for free ‘Write It Out!’ virtual workshop with Donja R. Love

Created in 2019 by award-winning playwright Donja R. Love (one in two), and supported by partners National Queer Theater, The Lark, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, MOBI, The Each Other Project, and...

‘She Kills Monsters’ from Silver Spring Stage is a roleplay pleasure

A fun tribute to Dungeons & Dragons, the production combines comedy with deep emotion.

What the fork?! ‘What Comes Next’ picks up where pandemic left us off-kilter

In an era of TikTok attention spans, 21st Century Players’ new audio play is a refreshing dive into storied traditions that came before.

Broadway stars parody Golden Age musicals in ‘Schmigadoon’ on Apple TV+

With the extended shutdown of theaters during the past sixteen months of the pandemic, many favorites of the Broadway stage have crossed over to the big and small screens. Making its global debut on...

Jared Shamberger on the urgency of embracing ‘The B Word’

The third Welders playwrighting collective launches with a look at Black gay men and beauty.

Singer Lori Brown Mirabal reflects on her ‘Charmed Life’ and career at Urban Stages

It seems only right that such an outstanding talent, beautiful spirit, and all-around charmer as Lori Brown Mirabal should lead a Charmed Life. She’s the first to admit that she does, and she’s...

A powerhouse performance in ‘An Almost Holy Picture’ from Everyman

Bruce Randolph Nelson stars as a father whose faith and love are tested in a play full of grace.

Chamber Dance Project takes bold step back to normalcy

An evening of choreography titled ‘Tear the Edge,’ featuring four world premieres, comes to National Cathedral Sunday, July 18.

Watch ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ and ‘The Jimmy Awards’ online tonight and on demand

Theater-lovers have two great online options to choose from this evening, with a benefit reading of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and the virtual ceremony of the 12th Jimmy Awards. If you can’t...

Neil Simon’s classic farce ‘Rumors’ up next at Little Theatre of Alexandria

It’s not home alone on Zoom; it’s live on stage where comedy belongs.

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Forrest McClendon

Actor and educator Forrest McClendon is famous to fans everywhere for his Tony-nominated blockbuster performance as Mr. Tambo in The Scottsboro Boys and his later reprisal of the role in the London...

A new play with music about ‘The Last Boy’ to survive Terezin concentration camp

The world-premiere workshop engagement of The Last Boy in the Second Republic of SHKID, a new play with music by Steven Fisher, opened at Off-Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clement’s on July 10, with the...

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.

Free sculpture, sound, and performance installation ‘You Are Here’ at Lincoln Center

As part of its ongoing Restart Stages initiative – activating and reimagining outdoor public spaces for our new era through artistic and community involvement – Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts...

Imagination Stage brings free kids show to Olney Outdoors

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

A spectacular view of the city in The Ride’s ‘Eyes on New York’ at Staten Island’s Empire Outlets

If you’re a fan of song, dance, and circus arts, you’ll be amazed by The Ride’s latest venture, Eyes on New York, presented at Empire Outlets, located on Staten Island’s large natural harbor. If...

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.

New short play festival on the theme of ‘Restoration’ from Red Bull

Off-Broadway’s acclaimed Red Bull Theater will livestream its 11th Annual Short New Play Festival: Restoration on Monday, July 12, beginning at 7:30 pm. Featuring seven world premieres in one night,...

Nicolas King looks back at the past year in ‘Hindsight is 2020’ at The Green Room 42

Since the age of four, the prodigious Nicolas King has been performing, with appearances in three Broadway shows (Beauty and the Beast, A Thousand Clowns opposite Tom Selleck, and Hollywood Arms...

Monumental’s ‘Songs for a New World’ is breathtaking

These top-tier performers make fabulously good music.

The Playwright Zone to create digital theater with paid local talent

Project creator John Becker says its tone will be ‘the Coen brothers meet The Twilight Zone.’

An examination of the inequities in public education in ‘Lines in the Dust’ at New Normal Rep

New Normal Rep, founded during the coronavirus shutdown of live theater in 2020, is dedicated to presenting both new and under-produced plays on the internet, centered primarily on works that explore...

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.

Producing on stage for the small screen: How Round House did it

A visit with the creative team as it wraps its first virtual season with ‘We’re Gonna Die’ (now extended through July 25)

Theatre World Awards to present special honors in a virtual celebration on Sunday

As a result of the pandemic shutdown of the 2020 Broadway season, the Theatre World Awards – presented annually since 1944, in recognition of twelve outstanding debut performances on and off Broadway...

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

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

Feinstein’s/54 Below kicks off new livestream series with Andrew Barth Feldman

In December 2020, Feinstein’s/54 Below launched its pandemic-time virtual series 54 Below Premieres, featuring online streams of all-new concerts in cinematic five-camera HD shoots for in-home...

Solas Nua’s award-winning ‘Silent’ to stream July 11 to 18

UPDATE: Solas Nua’s Silent will stream on demand July 11 to 18, 2021, in a film adaptation of the Olivier Award–winning and Helen Hayes Award–winning production last seen live in DC two years ago....

World premiere of ‘The Wake of Dorcas Kelly’ at The Players Theatre

Dorcas (aka Darkey) Kelly (d. 1761) was a real-life Irish madam who operated The Maiden Tower brothel in Copper Alley, Dublin. Accused of killing shoemaker John Dowling on St. Patrick’s Day of 1760,...

‘Elf the Musical’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre gives a yuletide gift in July

Postponed from last winter, a spectacularly imaginative show with an exceptionally talented cast.

In Studio’s lyrical ‘Tender Age,’ our country’s crime against migrant kids

George Brant’s play lays out in inescapable terms what the inhumane policy of separating children from their parents means for the moral state of Americans.

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).

Virtual Open House at the Neighborhood Playhouse, home of the Meisner Technique

New York’s famed Neighborhood Playhouse will host a virtual Open House for interested applicants on Thursday, July 8, at 5:30 pm. Attendees can join Playhouse faculty and alumni for an evening of...

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.