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The 42nd Helen Hayes Awards were presented at an event at The Anthem. The awards celebrated productions in the Washington, DC region in the 2025 calendar year.

The 2026 Helen Hayes Award nominations have been announced, recognizing outstanding achievement in Washington-area professional theatre. Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, and dozens of regional companies are represented across performance, direction, design, and production categories. The awards highlight the breadth of theatre work presented throughout the D.C. metropolitan area.

1st Stage has announced that Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles, directed by 1st Stage Artistic Director Alex Levy, has been extended through December 28. Learn more here!

1st Stage’s production of Birthday Candles, directed by Alex Levy and written by Noah Haidle, is a celebration of life, love, and family with a stellar cast led by Deidra LaWan Starnes.

1st Stage wil present Noah Haidle's Birthday Candles. This poignant and funny play takes its audience through the highlights, heartbreaks and extraordinary moments that make up one woman's ordinary life. 

Initial casts have been revealed for Pride Plays 2025 in Washington, D.C., collaborating with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. See who is starring and learn more about Pride Plays!

Check out photos of Arena Stage's new production of The Age of Innocence, running through March 30, 2025, directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif. 

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for The Age of Innocence. See who is starring in the production and learn how to purchase tickets.

Maryland-based playwright and long-time professor of theatre at Bowie State University, Bob Bartlett will bring Love and Vinyl to DC's hippest record store, Byrdland Records, just in time for Valentine's Day.

Prologue Theatre’s world premiere of THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE gratifies our desire to eavesdrop and hear the whole story of the couple sitting next to us. In a casual scene, the performance gives us a 90-minute glimpse into the life, struggles, and hopes for the future of the chatty neighboring table.

Rorschach Theatre will present the DC-Area premiere of Sleeping Giant, by Steve Yockey and directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick, from October 4 – November 3, 2024.

This is the premise for 1st Stage’s production of Postcards from Ihatov, adapted and directed by Natsu Onoda Power. Postcards from Ihatov is a captivating exploration of Kenji Miyazawa’s works and life.

Adapted from the works of Kenji Miyazawa, including the classic “Night on the Galactic Railroad', this tale of friendship, self-discovery, and the transcendent power of imagination takes audiences on a cosmic journey through the stars.

A brilliant and thought-provoking production about the first Chinese woman to set foot on American soil.

Check out production photos from Lloyd Suh's The Chinese Lady, running at American Stage through February 25th, 2024.

Tonight, at a celebration honoring outstanding theatre on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center for Theatre Washington's announcement of nominees for the 40th Helen Hayes Awards.

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!