Arlington News

First Draft at Charter Theater, a nonprofit organization devoted to the development of audiences and new plays, announced today that it is teaming with 1st Stage, the award-winning theater company in Tysons Corner, to produce a brand new comic adaptation of 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk,' aimed squarely at families with children.

On April 11, 12 and 13, 2011, at 7:30pm, at GALA Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St. NW), Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) will premiere fifteen new plays written by DC area youth over three nights of free performances.

On April 11, 12 and 13, 2011, at 7:30pm, at GALA Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St. NW), Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) will premiere fifteen new plays written by DC area youth over three nights of free performances.

On April 11, 2011, Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre will honor esteemed stage and screen actress Bernadette Peters with the company's second Stephen Sondheim Award. The award, established in 2009 in honor of America's most influential contemporary musical theater writer and composer, will be presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit at the Embassy of Italy. The 2011 Sondheim Award Gala is chaired by Ted and Mary Jo Shen; Honorary Hosts include Stephen Sondheim, Helen Henderson, His Excellency Gary Doer and Ms. Ginny Devine, The Honorable James Moran, His Excellency Giulio Terzi and Ms. Antonella Cinque, and The Honorable Jim Webb and Mrs. Webb. The Sondheim Award Gala will help to benefit Signature Theatre's numerous artistic, education, and community programs. Last year's recipient was stage, screen, and television icon Angela Lansbury.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 4/10 for Norfolk

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 4/10 for Richmond

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College presents legendary Broadway performer Betty Buckley in her show Broadway by Request, featuring Seth Rudetsky at the piano,on Saturday April 9, 2011 at 8pm.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College presents legendary Broadway performer Betty Buckley in her show Broadway by Request, featuring Seth Rudetsky at the piano,on Saturday April 9, 2011 at 8pm.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College celebrates their annual Gala with Betty Buckley in Broadway by Request on Saturday April 9, 2011 at 8pm.

Detroit indie-pop duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. have released 'Morning Thought,' the first track off their upcoming full-length debut, It's A Corporate World, now set for aJune 7th release throughQuite Scientific Recordsin conjunction with Warner Bros. Records.

Hope Davis, the actress currently reprising her role in GOD OF CARNAGE at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, may soon be seen by television audiences in HBO's newest series, 'Spring/Fall'.

Get ready for an aMAYzing month. Come experience new sights and sounds at Brooklyn Public Library. BPL has programs and activities that the whole family is sure to love.

Alina Gutiérrez and Ashley Mas are pleased to announce Composers Sing Composers featuring Gaby Alter, Joey Contreras, Drew Gasparini, Jonathan Reid Gealt, Adam Gwon, Brian Lowdermilk, Ryan Scott Oliver and Zoe Sarnak, a one-night-only concert event taking place Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 7pm.

On April 11, 12 and 13, 2011, at 7:30pm, at GALA Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St. NW), Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) will premiere fifteen new plays written by DC area youth over three nights of free performances.

Renowned chef Scott Conant (owner and executive chef of Scarpetta) challenges dueling duos of hopeful restaurateurs to an intense 24 Hour Restaurant Battle when the hit Food Network series returns on Thursday, April 21st at 10pm ET/PT for its second season.

Two-Time Tony Award winner CHITA RIVERA will perform songs from her legendary Broadway career with an intimate evening of music in CHITA RIVERA: MY BROADWAY coming to Sydney and playing the York Theatre at the Seymour Centre on the 22 June 2011 at 8pm. Accompanied by her longtime musical director Michael Croiter on percussion and guitar, Michael Patrick Walker on the piano, and Dave Ellis on the Double Bass. Ms. Rivera will perform selections from her most celebrated musicals, including numbers from West Side Story ('America'), Sweet Charity ('Where Am I Going?' and 'Big Spender'), Chicago ('All That Jazz' and 'Nowadays'), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bye, Bye, Birdie and The Rink, and featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, John Kander & Fred Ebb, Charles Strouse, Stephen Sondheim and Cy Coleman among others.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 4/03 for Norfolk

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 4/03 for Richmond

The award-winning Riverdale Rising Stars announce their spring production of HAIRSPRAY. For the first time in our 11 year history the Rising Stars company is especially proud to welcome several new guest artists to share the stage.

The hero goes off to war and those at home are left to pick up the pieces of their lives... a classic love story of passion and joy, grief and laughter. But playwright Robert Macadaeg's evocative new script has a contemporary twist: the hero is Jimmy's wife. Arlington considers with loving tenderness all the pressures war puts on a relationship, made even more complicated by the modern re-definition of gender boundaries.