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In celebration of the 'Deep Routes' documentary radio series, Metro Art Presents and dublab are hosting a free live event at Union Station on Saturday, May 7, from 4-8 p.m.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, continues Season XII: Breaking the Cycle with repertory productions of William Shakespeare’s genre-defying romance The Winter’s Tale and Ben Jonson’s satirical farce The Alchemist. The repertory starts previews March 16, with an Opening Weekend Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, continues Season XII: Breaking the Cycle with Seamus Heaney's poetic rendition of the final episode of the Trojan War: The Cure at Troy starts previews January 26, with an Opening Night on Saturday, January 29.

On Sunday, June 16, Washington, D.C.'s theatre community gathered to celebrate the end of MICHAEL KAHN's 33-year tenure as Artistic Director of Shakespeare Theatre Company with musical and dramatic performances, special guests from the worlds of entertainment, politics, and media, and a mayoral proclamation.

The Welders-Washington's only playwrights' collective devoted exclusively to developing and producing new work-has added two members to their Board of Directors.

The Welders-Washington's only playwrights' collective devoted exclusively to developing and producing new work-has added two members to their Board of Directors.

The Welders, a DC-based playwrights' collective whose mission is to establish an evolving, alternative platform for play development and production, today announced the members of its Board of Directors. The nine-member board of area professionals will advise, lead, and counsel the collective of DC playwrights.

Adventure Theatre and Musical Theater Center today announced their agreement to merge.

The World Science Festival (www.worldsciencefestival.com ) will present the world premiere staging of Dear Albert, a new work written by Emmy Award-winner and Academy and Tony Award-nominee Alan Alda. This humorous and provocative reading of selections from the letters of Albert Einstein, his wives and his friends, will star Tony Award-winning actor Anthony LaPaglia and will be directed by Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan.

'Spring Awakening' Finally Gets National Exposure on Letterman Feb.21

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The American Musical Voices Project's presentation of composer grants and Leadership Awards took place on Monday, May 15, at a cocktail reception at New World Stages; Michael John LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon and Audra McDonald were among those honored