2021

Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell accepts $100,000 donation to The Actors Fund from the Tabernacle Choir in advance of its 20th-anniversary retrospective broadcast

At a luncheon at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate), on behalf of The Actors Fund, for which he has served as Chairman of the Board since 2004, accepted a...

NextStop Theatre slates five shows for winter/spring 2022

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ | ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’ | ‘Nat Turner in Jerusalem’ | ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ | ‘Lucky Stiff’

All I want for Christmas is ‘The Boy Band Project: Holiday Edition’ at NYC’s Feinstein’s/54 Below

Following a dazzling debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below in August, The Boy Band Project returned to a packed house at the famed nightclub for one night only on December 6, with a new incarnation of their...

‘Fires in the Mirror’ still burns at Baltimore Center Stage

Even though 30 years have passed, the tragic stories told in Anna Deavere Smith’s powerful play could be headlines today.

A richly immersive ghost story in ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Olney

Performed solo by Paul Morella the way Dickens intended.

Twizted Sisterz returns to NYC’s Laurie Beechman Theatre with ‘Distorted Diznee’ drag revue

The long-running hit parody Distorted Dizney by drag performance group Twizted Sisterz has re-awakened from the pandemic-time curse on live performances to resume its eight-year run on select Fridays...

Washington Arts Ensemble sees bright future after pandemic launch

The young chamber music group begun by two Juilliard alums has already sold out monthly performances.

Celebrate the holidays with ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage’ in NYC and ‘A Paddington Christmas’ and ‘Estella Scrooge’ streaming on demand

Three long-time holiday favorites are getting a new life this season – one with a live on-stage production of an animated TV special, one with an all-new streaming puppet film, and one with an updated...

Beautifully simple ‘Man Covets Bird’ shines at Spooky Action Theater

A short and sweet escape into a parallel world with an invisible bird.

‘A Strange Loop’ at Woolly Mammoth is a knockout smash

Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning musical sings of a singular poet’s journey from self-loathing to self-respect.

IN Series reimagines ‘A Fairy Queen’ as an old-time radio program

In Artistic Director Timothy Nelson’s knowledgeable hands, the device comes off not like a gimmick but as a doorway into discovery.

The blues in ‘Seven Guitars’ at Arena Stage are exhilarating

The play sings to us about the African American genius for finding a way to make a way out of no way.

NextStop Theatre packs ‘Every Christmas Story’ into hysterical remix

Get a load of these fruitcakes — three wise-guy gals bearing timeless gifts of mirth

2nd Stage brings a hilarious and hopeful ‘Clyde’s’ to Broadway’s Hayes Theater

Set in the hectic kitchen of a truck-stop sandwich shop on a stretch of road in Berks County, PA, Clyde’s, by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Ruined; Sweat), dishes up a full and...

A dazzling world premiere of ‘Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood’ at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre Company

Following the pandemic shutdown in March 2020, and a flood that forced them from their 30-year home at St. Peter’s Theater in January, the York Theatre Company has returned with their first live...

Broadway theaters will dim the lights on December 8, in honor of Stephen Sondheim

As the Broadway community continues to mourn the loss of legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away on November 26, at age 91, The Broadway League announced that the Committee...

Nylon Fusion’s unsettling world premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s ‘Candlelight’ at Off-Off-Broadway’s New Ohio Theatre

Self-described as “a Nuyorican comic romantic tragedy covered with magic and dipped in Brooklyn blood,” Nylon Fusion Theatre Company’s world premiere of Candlelight by Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Free virtual encore presentation of ‘Putting It Together’ with James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim from NYC’s The Town Hall and Strand Book Store

To celebrate the legacy of one of the greatest American composers, lyricists, and Broadway icons, The Town Hall and Strand Book Store will present an encore presentation of their conversation on...

In honor of World AIDS Day, historic ‘Normal Heart’ to screen today

A Q&A afterward will feature Emmy Award-winning director Paris Barclay and members of the predominately BIPOC and LGBTQ cast.

‘A Christmas Carol’ at Ford’s to benefit Theatre Washington Taking Care Fund

Inspired by the theme of charity in Dickens’s holiday classic, financial assistance to DC-area theater professionals in times of unforeseen hardship.

‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ thrills like fireworks at Olney

An evening full of stunning vocals and powerhouse performances.

In Synetic’s ‘Cinderella,’ a fantasy romance with Afro-Latin roots

Any child will love it. But so will any adult.

Three top holiday picks for the upcoming week from NYC

The holiday season has arrived and there are three must-see shows from NYC in the upcoming week, both in person and on TV, that are sure to dazzle. Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting – Last...

A Chanukah celebration of Jewish food and song with ‘ESN’ from NYC’s National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) is dishing up some exciting new Chanukah programming as part of its 107th season, with an online celebration of Jewish food through song and cooking...

Imagination Stage begins in-person season with safety paramount

Five live productions to bring joy to the young and very young.

Enjoy a global celebration of the holidays with the ‘Tinsel’ festival at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre

Beginning on Monday, December 6, and continuing throughout the entire month, Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre will present its seasonal series Tinsel: A Global Holiday Celebration. The...

‘Tis the season to be screwball at Best Medicine Rep’s ‘On the Farce Day of Christmas’

Ken Levine’s comedy has the virtue of not being a holiday warhorse.

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.

A quirky first date goes taboo in new episode from The Playwright Zone

The digital project was created by playwright John Becker to generate work opportunities and compensation for local artists.

Award-winning attraction ‘THE RIDE NYC: Holiday Edition’ celebrates the season in Manhattan

One of NYC’s most acclaimed and popular sightseeing attractions is back on the streets after the long pandemic hiatus with its special seasonal version of THE RIDE NYC: Holiday Edition. Self-described...

In tribute to Stephen Sondheim, on ‘Being Alive’

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

A funtastic ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ is in town at the National

The wonderful visual experience mimics the original so well it’s like being immersed in the cartoon.

DCMTA’s 2021 Holiday Theater Guide

A wishlist of great offerings in the DMV for every taste and price range.

Holmes meets Scrooge in ‘A Sherlock Carol’ at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages

It’s Christmas Eve, 1894, London. Moriarty is dead and so is Ebenezer Scrooge. Now a doctor at a struggling children’s hospital, Tiny Tim (aka Dr. Timothy Cratchit) enlists the help of Sherlock Holmes...

A rare chamber concert of Sondheim and Bernstein by Opus Two at NYC nightclub Feinstein’s/54 Below

It’s not often that Feinstein’s/54 Below – the iconic NYC supper club known as “Broadway’s living room” – offers a performance of chamber music. But the nightspot’s intimate space and beautiful...

Kennedy Center’s ‘Accoustic Rooster / Indigo Blume’ is a joyous smash hit

An amazing production filled with energy, courage, and hope.

NYC’s ‘Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’ returns live with a roster of Broadway stars

This year marks the 95th anniversary of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and it’s back live on the streets of New York City and on NBC TV, hosted by the Today show’s Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and...

Finegan Kruckemeyer on his magical ‘Man Covets Bird’ at Spooky Action

A man awakens as a stranger, finds a bird companion, and embarks on a fantastical quest of self-discovery…

A touching tribute to love and faith in ‘Secret Things’ at 1st Stage

Heartfelt, ironic, and mystical writing, a beautiful production, and a historical backstory of religious persecution.

Audible brings ‘Approval Junkie’ to Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre before its release as an audio-play

Prior to the digital release of a live recording of the show on the Audible streaming platform in December, Faith Salie’s Approval Junkie is making its New York debut for a limited four-week...

Avant Bard to stage August Wilson’s ‘How I Learned What I Learned’

An autobiographical solo play originally performed by Wilson himself.

From acquiescence to outrage in Roundabout’s Broadway premiere of ‘Trouble in Mind’ at American Airlines Theatre

After its acclaimed Off-Broadway opening in 1955, Alice Childress’s Obie-winning play Trouble in Mind was scheduled to transfer to Broadway in 1957, with the stipulation of the show’s white producers...

‘I have to live in hope’: Tazewell Thompson gets personal

In rehearsal for August Wilson’s ‘Seven Guitars’ at Arena Stage, the renowned director opens up about the future of theater and America.

in ‘Xenos’ at Kennedy Center, Akram Khan dances to the end of the world

A rumination on identity, memory, death, life, and regeneration — a portrait of humanity captive to demons.

Red Bull’s world-premiere Off-Broadway adaptation of ‘The Alchemist’ delivers the laughs and the lessons

With its timely setting in the London plague year of 1606, Jeffrey Hatcher’s new time-traveling adaptation of Ben Jonson’s 1610 classic The Alchemist for Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater, now playing...

Fun’s in store at ‘Enchanted Bookshop Christmas’ from Encore Stage & Studio

Highly enjoyable and full of spirit, a great way for your family to kick off the holiday season.

Opus Two celebrates Sondheim and Bernstein at NYC’s Feinstein’s/54 Below

In keeping with their dedication to championing the works of great American composers, internationally acclaimed duo Opus Two (violinist William Terwilliger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock) will pay...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with stage and screen star Alley Mills

Now starring in the Off-Broadway revival of Paul Osborn’s classic American comedy Morning’s at Seven, stage and screen star Alley Mills has long-since exceeded the running time allotted in Andy...

Randy Preston crows about his songs in ‘Accoustic Rooster’ at KenCen

‘I put in as much music as I could because kids need to be exposed to as much good music as they can.’

CUA’s ‘Orlofsky’s Gala’ showcases operetta faves and top-tier talent

The Catholic University of America greets audiences with gusto in this charming operetta revue.