Arlington News

Join the party! Tease it up. Throw on your best A-line and go-go boots...or that shagadelic wide tie - and put on your dancin' shoes. On Saturday, November 5th at 8:00pm, Signature Theatre will be transforming their theater into a Hairspray-style dance party with ‘The Big Hair Ball.'

First Draft at Charter Theater - a nonprofit organization devoted to developing theater audiences alongside new plays; supporting local artists; and partnering with theaters looking to produce new work - announced today that it will present two readings this month of the new comedy, 'The White Trash Grail Play,' by DC-based playwright Allyson Currin.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/30 for Norfolk

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/30 for Richmond

Emmy Award-Winner John Walsh returns to FOX to host a special two-hour edition of AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: 50 FUGITIVES 50 STATES, featuring a nationwide round-up of the country's worst criminals, airing Saturday, Oct. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Emmy Award-Winner John Walsh returns to FOX to host a special two-hour edition of AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: 50 FUGITIVES 50 STATES, featuring a nationwide round-up of the country's worst criminals, airing Saturday, Oct. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

For its 22nd season, Signature Theatre is celebrating their signature composer Stephen Sondheim by presenting his very first musical, Saturday Night (1953) as a concert event for four performances only on Saturday, October 29th (2pm and 8pm) and Sunday, October 30th (2pm and 7pm). This rarely performed hidden gem from America's foremost musical theater composer features a book by Julius and Philip Epstein, with music and lyrics - unperformed in full until 1997 - by Sondheim. This special limited engagement will be directed by Signature's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Side by Side by Sondheim, The Hollow) and the Music Director is Jon Kalbfleisch. Limited seating is still available, with single ticket prices at $41 each. Saturday Night will play in Signature's MAX Theatre.

Following his recent TV appearance on BBC 2 Television's Later With Jools Holland, WILKO JOHNSON, the legendary former guitarist of Dr. Feelgood, is set to announce an April 2012 UK Tour with very special guest Virgil and the Accelerators.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the eight musicals selected to be part of the 23rd Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October 28 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play awards granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S. The awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 theaters extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play awards granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S. The awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 theaters extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) launches its 2011-12 Mainstage Series with a powerful tale of a bygone era, Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, has just announced the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play awards granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S. The awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 theaters extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run.

Following his recent TV appearance on BBC 2 Television's Later With Jools Holland, WILKO JOHNSON, the legendary former guitarist of Dr. Feelgood, is set to announce an April 2012 UK Tour with very special guest Virgil and the Accelerators.

It's time to let your hair down and dance the night away! The 1960's are coming back to Washington as the Broadway sensation Hairspray will begin performances at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre on November 21st - just in time for the holidays. Directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer, the production will star national radio host Robert Aubry Davis (WETA's 'Around Town' and Sirius/XM Radio), making his musical theater stage debut in the iconic role of Edna Turnblad. The impressive cast of DC favorites is headlined by Carolyn Cole (Tracy Turnblad), Nova Y. Payton (Motormouth Mable), Sherri L. Edelen (Velma Von Tussle), Patrick Thomas Cragin (Link Larkin), and Harry A. Winter (Wilbur Turnblad). Hairspray will play at Signature's MAX Theatre from November 21, 2011 through January 29, 2012. Tickets are now on sale.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/23 for Norfolk

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/23 for Richmond

Quarterback Drew Brees, who leads the NFC in passing yardage, leads the New Orleans Saints, tied for first place in the NFL South, as they host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday Night Football.

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) has announced casting for the concert staging of 'Nevermore,' a new musical with music by Matt Conner ('The Hollow', 'Partial Eclipse'), book by Grace Barnes and lyrics adapted from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe.

Improv Soup is an improvisational comedy troupe made up of teenagers from all over southeastern Massachusetts. It was started circa 1998 by Christa Crewdson (Arlington, Ma), who recently retired as the Improv Soup Director but passed the baton to two Improv Soup Alumni, Colleen Murphy (Mansfield, Ma) and Matthew Timmons (Canton, Ma), who will continue to develop Superior Soupians.