Arlington News

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets today announced rescheduled dates for The Echoes Tour with 28 stops in major cities across the U.S. and Canada including Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. The Echoes Tour has also added dates in Columbus, Minneapolis, Detroit, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Tulsa, Austin, and Santa Barbara.

SHOUT! The Mod Musical is a tribute to the dynamic, independent singers of the '60s at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre April 28 – June 11, 2022.

The Capital City Showcase, the variety show that features the DMV's best performing artists and hosted by Christian Hunt, returns with its new one-of-a-kind blend of entertainment: The Comedy Karaoke Trivia Funtime Show on Saturday, March 26th, 2022 at 7:00pm!

Theatre Arlington re-opens with a heavenly production for 49th season Sister Act joyfully welcomes patrons back to live theater in downtown Arlington, March 11, 2022:

Today Tony Award-winning stage icon Betty Buckley sat down with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to for a chat about the release of her latest album, Betty Buckley Sings Stephen Sondheim!

The compelling story of Ada Lovelace is back at Avant Bard Theater after being postponed due to the pandemic for nearly two years. Ada and the Engine by Lauren Gunderson runs approximately two hours and is set in the midst of the British Industrial Revolution surrounding Ada (Dina Soltan), a young scientist/mathematician, and Charles Babbage (Matthew Pauli), her intellectual soul mate. Both Ada and Charles play a fundamental role in the creation of an “Analytical Engine”, the first resemblance of what a computer would be. While it was Charles who invented this powerful, calculating machine, it was Ada who gave it life and a soul by programming it.

The Hangar Theatre has announced the first ever Hangar Flight Test, a series of concert stagings of original musicals in development.  The 2022 series will consist of two workshop productions which Hangar audiences will be among the first to experience.  Writers and artistic teams will invite audiences to give feedback and become part of the development process as they prepare their scripts and scores for full scale production.

A creamy confection drenched with a masterful book by Joe Masteroff, the classic rom com of musicals She Loves Me moves with amorous and sparkling abandon at the acclaimed Signature Theatre. A large ensemble cast delivers the goods in this superb intermingling of old-world charm and contemporary relevance. The race for romance is on and this production feels like a breezy interlude from the cares of the world thanks to the meticulous synchronization of every element of this classic musical. Under the Direction of Matthew Gardiner, professional polish and pizazz permeates every facet of this production.

Dallas-based performance group Verdigris Ensemble is proud to announce Synthesis' closing concert program, “How To Go On,” with performances scheduled for early April 2022. After an 18 month hiatus from major concert performances, Verdigris' 2021-2022 season—titled Synthesis in celebration of humankind's singular ability to combine separate ideas and experiences to inform new perspectives and self-reflection—opened January of 2022, and featured half of their originally planned season programs. 

Comedian Kevin Bozeman brings his smooth and clever humor to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in An Evening with Kevin Bozeman and Friends April 22, 2022.

The Plano Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the grand prize winners of the Collin County Young Artist Competition when the three young musicians, Reina Shim, Steven Lu, and Ella Tran, open the March 19 concert performing their winning concertos.

​​​​​​​Traveling Players Ensemble performs Euripides' ancient revenge tragedy Hecuba, followed by a discussion led by American University Professor Barbara Wien, on Saturday March 12 at the Traveling Players Studio in Tysons Corner Center.   

ArtsEmerson, Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theater and film and the professional presenting and producing organization of Emerson College, will be presenting Travis Alabanza's Burgerz at the Emerson Paramount Center Jackie Liebergott Black Box from April 13 – 24, 2022.

Day 4 of the 37th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival presented by UGG began with the Writers panel conversation on Saturday morning. Cinephiles gathered together for Oscar nominated producers Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST), Siân Heder (CODA), Adam McKay (DON'T LOOK UP), Denis Villeneuve (DUNE), Zach Baylin (KING RICHARD), Maggie Gyllenhaal (THE LOST DAUGHTER), Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG) and Eskil Vogt (THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD) in conversation led by Los Angeles Times writer Glenn Whipp.

Day 3 of the 37th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival presented by UGG concluded with a live tribute to Kristen Stewart, who received the American Riviera Award. Stewart was honored at an in-person conversation about her career leading up to this year’s performance as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s SPENCER from NEON.

Area students join Metropolis School of the Performing Arts to perform a family-friendly adaptation of the E.B. White classic Stuart Little, April 14-16, 2022, in the Metropolis Theatre.

Metropolis will invite guests back in person on Saturday, April 9, 2022 to The Cotillion Banquets, Palatine, for Metropolis Gala 2022.

The Keegan Theatre has announced the cast and creative team of Dipika Guha's sharp satire, YOGA PLAY, making its Regional Premiere as the fifth production of Keegan's 25th Anniversary Season. 

Tony Award-winning stage icon Betty Buckley honors the legacy of the greatest theatrical composer of our time with Betty Buckley Sings Stephen Sondheim.

Zac DelMonte has been named as the Artistic Director of Columbus Children's Theatre, the organization announced today. Over the past several years, DelMonte has worked closely with the organization as a producer, program coordinator, and as a member of the Senior Voice Faculty.