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INTO THE WOODS To Launch Virginia Theatre Festival 2025 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2025
The Virginia Theatre Festival will launch its 51st season with Into the Woods, the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine Tony Award-winning musical that follows some of our favorite fairy tale characters on a journey toward, and beyond, happily ever after. 
INTO THE WOODS Comes to Virginia Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2025
The Virginia Theatre Festival will launch its 51st season with Into the Woods, the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine Tony Award-winning musical that follows some of our favorite fairy tale characters on a journey toward, and beyond, happily ever after. 
Contemporary American Theater Festival Reveals Casts And Creative Teams For 2025 Mainstage Productions
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2025
The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) has announced the full casts and creative teams for its 2025 season. This year's mainstage theater productions include five world premiere plays.
​World Premiere Of Greek Myth Children's Play ARACHNE Comes to Tysons This Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2025
“Is it arrogance to speak truth?” asks Arachne, a mortal woman with an extraordinary talent for weaving and the titular heroine of Judith Walsh White's new children's play. 
2025 Concert Season Kicks Off at SERVPRO presents Atlantic Union Bank After Hours
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2025
The 2025 Concert Season at SERVPRO presents Atlantic Union Bank After Hours in Doswell, Virginia will kick off this week with R&B/Hip-Hop singer Yung Gravy.
Photos: THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL At Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2025
Signature Theatre has revealed first look photos of the DC premiere of The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, with music and lyrics by Joe Iconis (Be More Chill, NBC’s Smash) and a book by Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss (Indian Summer, Reunion).
BURIAL TAX by Andrew Gall To Have World Premiere at Firehouse Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2025
Firehouse Theatre will present the world premiere of Burial Tax, a new play written by Richmond-based playwright and director Andrew Gall. The production opens Friday, July 11 on the Carol Piersol Stage at Firehouse Theatre
THE PRODUCERS Comes to Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2025
This summer, get ready to laugh until it hurts! The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach proudly presents Mel Brooks’ The Producers, a riotously funny and irreverent musical that took Broadway by storm.
Creative Cauldron Produces Annual Summer PASSPORT MUSIC FESTIVAL
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2025
Creative Cauldron's annual “Summer Passport Music Festival” is back again for a summer of music, featuring some of the most talented and diverse musicians in the Metro D.C. area and beyond.
Photos: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Opens At The American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2025
This summer, the American Shakespeare Center is celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday with a brand new production of her beloved classic SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Check out photos from the show!
ROMEO & JULIET to be Presented at Lynnhaven House This Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2025
Staged outdoors across the house and gardens of the 300-year-old Lynnhaven House, this fast-moving 90-minute version of Romeo & Juliet brings timeless themes of love, conflict, and fate into sharp relief. Learn more!
Traveling Players Bring Summer Theatre to Tysons Corner Center
by Emmy Rice - June 01, 2025
Tickets are now available for Traveling Players’ Summer Season, which will feature a variety of family-friendly plays throughout July at Tysons Corner Center. 
Fairfax Symphony Celebrates Christopher Zimmerman's 15th Anniversary as Music Director & Conductor
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2025
The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra will host its season finale concert at George Mason University's Center for the Arts in a special celebration of Music Director Christopher Zimmerman's 15th anniversary as the orchestra's artistic leader.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, COME FROM AWAY, and More Set For Virginia Rep 2025/2026 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Virginia Repertory Theatre has announced its 2025/2026 season, beginning with Murder on the Orient Express in September. Learn more about the full season here!
ArtsFairfax Unveils 2025 ArtsFairfax Awards Honorees
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
The 2025 ArtsFairfax Awards will honor U.S. Air Force Retired General Lester L. Lyles with the Jinx Hazel Award, Tim Rizer with the Philanthropy Award, IACC-Pars Place with the Impact Award, and Marco Rando with the Education Award. Learn more!
Tony-Nominated WAITRESS Begins At Virginia Repertory Theatre In June
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2025
Virginia Repertory Theatre has announced Waitress, the Tony-nominated Broadway sensation, with music and lyrics by Grammy award winner Sara Bareilles, is coming to the Arenstein Stage at the historic November Theatre June 21 through August 3. 
Lineup Set For 26th Annual Richmond Shakespeare Festival at Agecroft Hall
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2025
Richmond Shakespeare has announced the 26th Annual Richmond Shakespeare Festival, featuring Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand and William Shakespeare's beloved A Midsummer Night's Dream.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ONCE, and More Set For NextStop Theatre 2025/26 Season Lineup
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2025
NextStop Theatre Company has announced its 2025/26 season—the first fully programmed by Producing Artistic Director, Heather Lanza, who joined the company in the fall of 2024.
1st Stage Awarded Grant from Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2025
1st Stage has been awarded a grant from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia as part of the 2025 Community Investment Funds cycle! Learn more here!
AN EVENING WITH KELLI O'HARA Comes to The Sandler Center In May
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2025
Virginia Arts Festival will present Kelli O'Hara, with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and music director and conductor Rob Fisher, in a performance of Broadway classics and more.
Cast and Creatives Set For GET HAPPY at the Virginia Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2025
The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the creative team for its season-ending production of Get Happy! A Celebration of the World’s Greatest Entertainer with Jenna Pastuszek.
Darren Criss Will Headline ARTS By George! 2025 Benefit
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2025
The ARTS by George! benefit event, presented by George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA), celebrates its 20th year with Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, singer, and songwriter Darren Criss.
The Driver Era And Sam Hunt Added To 2025 Lineup At ATLANTIC UNION BANK AFTER HOURS
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2025
Two new shows have been added to the 2025 lineup at SERVPRO presents Atlantic Union Bank After Hours in Doswell, Virginia. Music duo The Driver Era with brothers Ross and Rocky Lynch on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 and K95 Sunday in the Country with Sam Hunt on Sunday, August 17, 2025.
After Hours Concerts Introduces Military Appreciation Tents At Series In Doswell And Glen Allen
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2025
EventMakers-USA will honor and celebrate the military community with Military Appreciation Tents presented by Metadata Forensics on site at both venues during the 2025 season.
Interview: Ricky Drummond On Directing FOOTLOOSE at NextStop Theatre
by Joshua Wright - April 23, 2025
NextStop Theatre’s season finale production of Footloose opens May 10, directed by Ricky Drummond. The show blends joy, nostalgia, and timely themes of self-expression and healing.

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