NextStop’s ‘Lucky Stiff’ is pure crazy fun
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Fun and intimate ‘Edward and Christine’ play live online
Individual interpretation by Tia Shearer Bassett of Kenneth Koch’s “poem game” Edward and Christine is…
Studio Theater announces 2022/23 season
As Studio Theater wraps up its $20 million Open Studio fundraising campaign, the Theater looks…
Historic Ford’s Theater announces 2022/23 season
Ford’s Theater 2022-2023 Season The Journey to BountifulBy Horton FooteDirected by Michael WilsonSeptember 23-October 16,…
Campy, heartwarming ‘Xanadu’ shimmers at the Workhouse Arts Center
Campy in the best possible way, Xanadu is a wacky and light-hearted yet oddly heartwarming…
Olney Theater Center announces eclectic 2022/23 season
Olney Theater Center has announced its 84th season, unveiling plans for seven theatrical productions that…
2022 Broadway Tony Awards Nominations
Applications for the 75and Annual Tony Awardshonoring theater professionals of the 2021-2022 season for their…
York County Students Receive Theater Arts Scholarships
Several high school students received scholarships over the weekend for their achievements in theatre.ENCORE, a…
Concierge Services – DC Metro Theater Arts
Not sure what show you want to see? Planning a date or a visit from…
Off-Broadway’s 2022 Lucille Lortel Award Winners
In a return to an in-person ceremony for the first time in three years, the…
Mission and Values - DC Metro Theater Arts
DC Metro Theater Arts is the most comprehensive source for performing arts coverage in Washington,…
Olympic Theater Arts offers final weekend of ‘Bingo!’ and the Ren Faire auditions
SEQUIM — Olympic Theater Arts will host the last weekend of “Bingo!” The Winning Musical”…
GenOUT ‘Youth Invasion’ concert lifted LGBTQI+ teens
When I reviewed the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington concert new day in mid-March at…
Colonial Players’ “Freaky Friday” Is Seriously Hilarious
Hilarious fucking! Two years after it opened, the Colonial Players finally began a series of…
MetroStage is getting a new venue called Venue
Rayshun LaMarr, Roz White, TC Carson, Nia Harris and Yvertte Spears in ‘Blackberry Daze’ at…
MVHS Theater Arts Performs “Grease” For Springtime Musical
The T-Birds members perform “Greased Lightning”. Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times Thanks to community donations such…
Charming New Play ‘Fiveplay’ Depicts Roommates With Benefits
The pre-show soundtrack bears a distant resemblance to the theme of Friends. And like that…
Dominion Stage announce 2022/23 season
A musical quest for fire among prehistoric tribes, one man’s grim battle against the trickle-down…
Oh, what “Oklahoma!” gloriously pissed off!
The iconic musical Oklahoma! was overdue for a revamp, but who could have predicted what…
‘Fences’ at Bowie Community Theater emotionally branded
Are there generational curses? Does black excellence replace racism? Can we visit the sins of…
The Studio Theater reopens after extensive renovations
Sporting a shiny new yellow facade with 6-foot-tall lettering proclaiming its name, DC’s beloved Studio…
“Rhinoceros!” d’Ionesco de Pointless is actually right
The mind can easily wander wondering what rhinos mean. In Ionesco’s 1950 absurd black comedy,…
Alumni Donate $32,000 to Theater Arts Scholarship Fund for Students – Serving the Fullerton Community Since 1922
Fullerton College alumni gathered for a gala in support of scholarships for theater arts students.…
New Band Hope Theater Debut With Inspired “Godspell”
divine spell has been one of the most produced shows since its debut in 1972…
A monumental cantata remembers George Floyd
“Mum. Mum. Mum. Mum. Mum. Mum. Mum.”— Words spoken by George Floyd before his death…
A striking and electric ‘Private’ amazes at Mosaic
There came a point during the performance I attended of this captivating and skillfully acted…
North Schuylkill Theater Arts on PA Live! 25.03.2022
Scranton ‘PorchFest’ | Eyewitness News 2 hours ago Camelback Resort Spring Melt | Eyewitness News…
15 questions in 15 minutes with Lorna Luft
As the daughter of legendary Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, and sister of Liza…
Tokyo Olympics: Story Slam scheduled for Olympic Theater Arts on Friday
“Everyone is invited to put their name in the bag to share a real five-minute…
Michael Sainte-Andress, author at DC Metro Theater Arts
1 POSTS Michael St. Andress is truly an asset to…
Signature romance a delightfully entertaining “She Loves Me”
Ukraine. COVID. Climate change. A world of refugees. Authoritarians abroad and at home. Tragedies of…
A roundup of spring theatre, arts and music
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of Temptations fox theater from March 8 to…
Six new audio playback versions of Audible
Audible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, has just released a…
COVID-19 policies still impact upcoming theater productions
Few college majors are as affected as University of Miami theater students by the COVID-19…
Globe Openstage broadcasts the delicious “Importance of being consistent”
The Globe Openstage production of The importance of being serious is a delicious blend of…
Avant Bard relaunches ‘Ada and the Engine’
from Arlington Avant-Bard Theater directed by Lauren Gunderson Ada and the engine as the company’s…
Will COVID safety protocols survive in local theaters?
Editor’s note: DCMTA’s recent op-ed urging continued COVID safety policies at local theaters – “Now…
Juliet Lloyd has the perfect post-lockdown song
In response to the ongoing effects of the pandemic on the theater industry, DC-based singer/songwriter…
5 new plays to stream for free from the Arts Incubator at Irvington Theater Short Play Fest
The Arts Incubator Short Play Fest will feature five new plays that explore how we…
Celebrate Valentine’s Day live and online from New York
Valentine’s Day is Monday and love is in the air, with two star-studded online events…
Embracing Arlington Arts reports successes in 2021
Non-profit arts advocacy organization Embracing Arlington Arts (EAA) is widely known in the theater community…
Olney’s New Musical ‘AD 16’ Is Hugely Entertaining
Phoenix Best as Mary (center) with the Nazarene Girls – Adelina Mitchell as Ruth (left),…
New book releases for winter reading
With freezing cold, the forecast of more storms to come and Punxsutawney Phil seeing his…
Tokyo Olympics: Olympic Theater Arts is hosting an open house on Saturday
Herbelin, who took the lead last fall, said Saturday’s open house will show the variety…
Alex Hamburger’s Debut Album Praises Strong, Relentless Women
Flutist, composer and native singer of DC Alex Burger threads generations of voices through his…
Tahoe schools restrict sports and theater arts
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Due to an increase in positive cases in South Lake Tahoe,…
How omicron is wreaking havoc in local cinemas
Three times a week, performers and staff at Maryland’s Olney Theater Center head to the…
Signature’s Stephen Sondheim Tribute Concert Streaming Ends
Signature Theater is delighted to announce that special arrangements have been made to broadcast Everyone…
East Longmeadow Recreation Department Enables Children to Become ‘Creative’ in the Performing Arts
EAST LONGMEADOW – Deputy Director of Recreation, Kristine Foster, was looking for a different program…
GMCW Appoints First Development Director
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC (GMCW) announces the hiring of André Coleman as…
COVID outbreak prompts Ford to cancel ‘The Mountaintop’
Ford’s Theater has canceled all Katori Hall performances The top of the mountain, from January…
Kennedy Center to celebrate “50 years of Broadway”
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces star-studded lineup of Broadway and…
As omicron skyrockets, Dominion Stage postpones “Firebringer”
With cases of the highly contagious omicron COVID variant increasing throughout the DC metro area,…
“Mrs. Doubtfire ‘announces two month hiatus
December is generally a boom time for ticket sales for Broadway shows, followed by a…
Actors’ Center to host open call monologue auditions
DC-area actors will have the opportunity to simultaneously audition for dozens of directors and casting…
DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Theater Productions
As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA’s writers to rethink the productions…
Arena Stage closes August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars”
Arena Stage announced on December 23, 2021 that “due to exposure to COVID-19,” August Wilson’s…
“Pretty Woman” cancels National Theater performance
UPDATE from Broadway to National, December 23, 2021:Despite strong precautions, groundbreaking cases of COVID-19 were…
Kennedy Center opera “… (Iphigenia)” pushes the boundaries of music
Opera in the 21st century has been radicalized and reinvented by new artists and musical…
Improvised Shakespeare Company at KenCen is Absolutely Gorgeous
This is my first time experiencing The Improvised Shakespeare Company, and as I sit down…
Now playing: Olympic Theater Arts’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
The “live radio game” is now live. Olympic Theater Arts’ “A Christmas Carol: A Live…
Boonsboro High Junior Joins Local Performing Arts Community
Indira Aranha, a junior at Boonsboro High School, loves to play.Although she describes herself as…
DC Theater mourns the passing of Stephen Sondheim
The passing of Stephen Sondheim is an unimaginable loss for the theater community. And for…
In homage to Stephen Sondheim, on ‘Being Alive’
As a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, who passed away Friday morning, November 26 at the…
Suspenseful ‘Night Watch’ at the Newport Theater Arts Center
Randy Calcetas and Vince Campbell in “Night Watch” By Eric Marchese | NB Indy Special…
Tokyo Olympics: Olympic Theater Arts to present Time Out concert this Friday
Tickets cost $ 10 and are available at the theater box office from 1 p.m.…
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of ‘Chicago’ on Broadway
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, Chicago, at the approach of its 10,000e performance on Broadway, celebrated…
A captivating and explosive “Disgraced” from the Peace Mountain Theater
When a show is so sure of itself that the title lets you know what’s…
Pleasant “Aesop’s Fables” from Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theater
The creative cauldron presents Aesop’s fables, a production featuring students handpicked from among their Learning…
A whimsical and delicious ‘Cymbeline’ from Rude Mechanicals
Cymbeline has long been seen as a Shakespearean mess, with plot twists that take the…
Reginald L. Douglas appointed artistic director of the Mosaic Theater
After extensive national research, Mosaic Theater Company of DC found its new art director closer…
Landless Theater Company “Doyle and Debbie Show” returns
The Landless theater companythe production of The Doyle and Debbie Show by Bruce Arntson (reviewed…
NSO creates fine embroidery under the direction of Tortelier
For his return to the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra this week after an…
Students worried about the theater arts department’s move
Like Ithaca College Go ahead With the second phase of the University Curriculum Prioritization (APP)…
New York City Halloween Treats – DC Metro Theater Arts
Get into the Halloween spirit with a themed pick of three top picks that include…
The Theater Arts Club resumes in-person performances for fall 2021
Since the reopening of the CSUSM, students and faculty have had to find ways to…
Constellation Theater ‘Mysticism & Music’ Is Going Nowhere
Mystic & Music, which currently plays at the Constellation Theater Company, is a show that…
Why We Have a Youth Performing Arts Program – Oswego County Today
Oswego players. Image by Paul McKinney. OSWEGO – Four years ago, the Oswego Players decided…
Meet the playwright from “Hadestown”
A playwright is one of those jobs in the theater world that many people don’t…
Happenstance Theater announces its first post-COVID production
Happenstance Theater to present its first post-Covid production Hubbub in a two-week limited engagement at…
San Rafael theater arts legend Margie Belrose dies at 92
SAN RAFAEL, CA – Margie Belrose, a legend in Marin’s theater arts community, has passed…
Margie Belrose, legend of Marin theater arts, dies at 92
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Margie Belrose, a legend in the Marin theater arts community, has…
Explosively beautiful ‘Hadestown’ descends at Kennedy Center
Hadestown at Kennedy Center brings us the best of Broadway. It won a total of…
Reston Community Players’ Teen Intelligent Showtune Satire
Pop quiz: if you committed to training young musical theater artists, what canon would you…
Upper Darby Summer Stage fights to keep the performing arts alive despite battle with township and school district
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (WPVI) – Upper Darby Summer Stage, a popular performing arts program, likes…
Maryland’s AngelWing Project Takes Audiences to Beale Street
Beale was the soul of Memphis, with black-owned boutiques, shops, and a carnival atmosphere coupled…
Synetic Theater’s “Madness of Poe” is deliciously gruesome
Synetic Theater director and co-founder Paata Tsikurishvili presented us with very creative vanity. He took…
A musical adventure • Paso Robles Press
Based on the Dreamworks animated film ATASCADERO – The Theater Arts Department of Atascadero High…
A Musical Adventure • Atascadero News
Based on the Dreamworks animated film ATASCADERO — The Atascadero High School Theater Arts Department…
The Rorschach Theater is preparing the next immersive story, “Chemical Exile”
Following the success of Distance frequencies, The Rorschach Theater returns with a new immersive experience…
theater arts | the batavian
When the Director of Fine and Performing Arts at Genesee Community College first met Samara…
Winners of the Tony Awards 2019-20
While COVID-19 brought the 2019-2020 Broadway season to a halt, that hasn’t stopped tonight’s long-awaited…
Four Safe and Fun Fall Shows from NextStop
In August, the NextStop Theater in Northern Virginia postponed its previously announced mainstream fall programming…
Woolly Mammoth commits its ‘badass theater’ for accessibility
Throughout the race teen cock At the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, performances with subtitles, ASL…
NYIT Honorary Award Recipients 2020-21
Yesterday evening the New York Innovative Theater Award – recognize, honor and advocate for the…
Wildly theatrical ‘Swindlers’ opens at the Baltimore Center Stage
Directors are, by their very nature, storytellers. Their inherent need to tell stories is part…
Viva ‘The Revolutionaries’ at Colonial Players
Okay, I have to admit right off the bat that I never met a play…
DC Jazz Fest’s successful weekend at the Wharf
It’s been two years since the DC Jazz Festival offered in-person performances, and my, how…
Oprah helps launch “This Is Broadway” campaign
As theaters begin to reopen after the industry’s 18-month pandemic shutdown, The Broadway League, founded…
‘Steel Magnolias’ at Everyman Theater is a beauty
After a 15-month hiatus, Everyman Theater resumed its live performances this month, kicking off its…
Rockville Little Theater announces 74th season
Little Rockville Theater is pleased to announce the return of the theater in person for…
Spooky Action announces three plays for live reopening
Scary theater of action actors and production crews — having recently shot the Tom Stoppard…
Rep Stage announces a season of three in-person productions
Representation stage, the professional regional theater in residence at Howard Community College, will return to…
UCSC alumnus in theater arts nominated for Emmy Award in television writing
UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts former Ashley Nicole Black is on a roll. The 36-year-old…
Theater and the arts could face the crisis without vaccines, without masks
We have all been through a lot of emotions over the past 18 months, from…
Superstar trumpeter Chris Botti opens Berks Jazz Fest
The honor of being chosen as the opening act for the 30th anniversary of the…
Mosaic suspends season opener as not COVID safe
Mosaic Theater Company informed customers on August 12, 2021 that it had postponed its first…
COVID Resurgence Drives Major Changes at NextStop
In a letter to patrons dated August 10, 2021, NextStop Theater Production Artistic Director Evan…
Year of Climate Action | 2022-23 season | Theatrical productions
Year of Climate Action Year of Climate Action / An imagined participatory performanceStudents working in…
Culture Park Theater Fall Theater Arts Classes Begin September
The Cultural Park Theater in Cape Coral, Florida has announced the restart of its Fall…
Summer reading selections for theater lovers
With the imminent reopening of Broadway, theatergoers can get back in the mood and in…
Disney on Broadway returns live this weekend
Ahead of its popular musicals returning to theaters this fall, Disney on Broadway presents Living…
Mauricio Martínez returns live on Feinstein’s / 54 Below
This Wednesday, July 21, Mauricio Martínez returns live to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand new…
Summer Spotlight brings kids together for fun and theater arts
After a year-long hiatus, the Department of Theater and Dance’s acclaimed Summer Spotlight was back…
Victoria Theater Arts Center buys Green Line building, seeks to reopen closed cabaret by 2023 – Twin Cities
Organizers at the long-planned Victoria Theater Arts Center bought the closed cabaret at 825 University…
Storytellers Theater Arts will perform ‘Hamlet’ live and outdoors
Storytellers Theater Arts Professional Acting Company presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare performed live and outdoors…
Monumental’s “Songs for a New World” is breathtaking
In an explosive Monumental Theater style, the young troupe tackles songs for a new world…
Launching a new dance platform this weekend
This weekend, June 25-27, 7 p.m., New York-based nonprofit performing and teaching organization Daniel Gwirtzman…
It’s been a busy summer for Jaime Lozano
Musical multi-hyphen of Mexican origin Jaime Lozano is having a blockbuster summer, with online and…
Online offers from Gingold, NAATCO and Vangeline
June is proving to be a busy month for New York theater, with a rich…