Richard Schwartz News

As previously announced, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host An Evening with Ana Gasteyer, an exclusive celebration that includes the inaugural presentation of the Beth Newburger Schwartz Award, Monday, May 9, 2016. Additional details for the exclusive evening have been confirmed, including a host of D.C. luminaries serving on the honorary committee led by Event Chair and Arena Stage Board of Trustees Vice Chair Michele G. Berman. The evening will kick off with a VIP cocktail reception and three-course seated dinner, followed by the performance, after which guests will enjoy a post-show party with desserts and dancing.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater kicks off the 2014/15 season with the world premiere of Morris Panych's The Shoplifters, a biting comedy about society's haves and have-nots and how much they might actually have in common. The Shoplifters runs through October 19, 2014 in the Kreeger Theater. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

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Prepare to be dazzled! Comedy Central has greenlit the weekly animated series "Moonbeam City," it was announced today by Kent Alterman, President, Content Development and Original Programming, Comedy Central.

Iconic film and television star Michael J. Fox, a current double Emmy nominee, is making his long-awaited return to series television on NBC, the network where it all began 30 years ago with 'Family Ties,' it was announced yesterday by Robert Greenblatt, Chairman of NBC Entertainment.

Coinciding with AIDS 2012, the biennial International AIDS Conference in D.C. July 22-27, 2012, Arena Stage hosted a special benefit performance of The Normal Heart along with the Washington AIDS Partnership Monday, July 23 at the Mead Center for American Theater. View photos below!

Coinciding with AIDS 2012, the biennial International AIDS Conference in D.C. July 22-27, 2012, Arena Stage will host a special benefit performance of The Normal Heart along with the Washington AIDS Partnership Monday, July 23 at the Mead Center for American Theater.

In Race, two lawyers (one black, one white) take on a case that gets under their skin and exposes a minefield of deep divisions, resentments and bigotry. Mamet's 'rapid-fire dialogue, gripping plot and blunt language, thoroughly stripped of polite social convention and rife with provocative humor, is a searing portrait of American discrimination.' Playwright David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Academy Award-nominated writer. Nationally respected Director Tamara Fisch will make her Artists Rep debut with this production.

In Race, two lawyers (one black, one white) take on a case that gets under their skin and exposes a minefield of deep divisions, resentments and bigotry. Mamet's 'rapid-fire dialogue, gripping plot and blunt language, thoroughly stripped of polite social convention and rife with provocative humor, is a searing portrait of American discrimination.' Playwright David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Academy Award-nominated writer. Nationally respected Director Tamara Fisch will make her Artists Rep debut with this production.

A song and dance filled afternoon musical revue is coming to the Manatee Players for one performance on Saturday December 10.

A song and dance filled afternoon musical revue is coming to the Manatee Players for one performance on Saturday December 10.

Victoria Theatre Association (VTA) and the Arts Center Foundation (ACF) presented its 2010-2011 Community Report at today's annual meeting, held in the Mathile Theatre at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center.

Grammy Award-winner MELISSA MANCHESTER makes her Rubicon Theatre debut in the company's upcoming ballroom dance premiere entitled FASCINATING RHYTHMS.

One of the most uniquely thrilling musical experiences to be found in the theatre right now is at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura. There's a glorious production there called Fascinating Rhythms, an ode to ballroom dancing told through the music of one of the greatest singer/songwriters of our time Melissa Manchester.

Grammy Award-winner MELISSA MANCHESTER makes her Rubicon Theatre debut in the company's upcoming ballroom dance premiere entitled FASCINATING RHYTHMS.

Grammy Award-winner MELISSA MANCHESTER makes her Rubicon Theatre debut in the company's upcoming ballroom dance premiere entitled FASCINATING RHYTHMS.

Grammy Award-winner MELISSA MANCHESTER makes her Rubicon Theatre debut in the company's upcoming ballroom dance premiere entitled FASCINATING RHYTHMS.

Tokyo International Players has announced its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Directed by Jon Reimer.

Tokyo International Players has announced its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Directed by Jon Reimer.

TIP Presents PIPPIN In Tokyo May 13-16