Just weeks ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary, Round House Theatre has announced the regional premiere of Sally & Tom, a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks.
Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month.Check out our top Washington, DC picks for Spring 2026!
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate has been extended for an additional week at Olney Theatre Center. Tickets are now on sale for the added performances.
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.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' comedy Appropriate gets an intimate production in Olney Theatre Center's 148-seat Multiz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, directed by the theatre's artistic director, Jason Loewith.
Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
Mosaic Theater Company will present a workshop for CODE RED, a new play that illuminates day-to-day life in an environment perpetually alert—the American public school system.
Five gifted actors in four bare walls work theatre magic to bring the epic work of Cyrano to life in Taffety Punk’s new interpretation skillfully directed and adapted by Lise Bruneau. The production is vibrant, visceral and immediate.
The 41st Helen Hayes Awards took place on May 19, 2025, at The Anthem, honoring excellence in Washington D.C. theatre. Signature Theatre led with six wins. Awards were presented in 41 categories from 165 eligible 2024 productions.
The season unites established theater luminaries like Lauren Gunderson, Zhailon Levingston, and Nova Y. Payton; rising star writer/composers Ari Afsar and Joriah Kwamé; award-winning UK theater artists Daniel Bailey and Tyrell Williams; and DMV resident (and celebrity chef) Carla Hall.
Round House Theatre has announced the 2025 lineup for the newly renamed Bonnie Hammerschlag National Capital New Play Festival.
Explore the 2025 Helen Hayes Awards Nominees, including standout performances by Bonnie Milligan and Beanie Feldstein. The awards will be presented on Monday, May 19 at an event at The Anthem. The nominations are for productions in the Washington, DC, region in the 2024 calendar year.
The fine playwright Heidi Schreck has written an impassioned play about the many undercurrents and issues that percolate throughout the United States Constitution in the stimulating and invigorating production What the Constitution Means to Me. The constant tension between this cherished document as a more legalistic document to be taken literally (originalist interpretation) and the more fluid interpretation of the Constitution as a living, breathing document –are felt throughout this absorbing and ever-timely play which is presented by the Round House Theatre.
Ford's Theatre held its third annual Military Appreciation Night performance of A Christmas Carol. This special event continues Ford's longtime efforts to share arts appreciation with veterans and active military members.
As the holiday season gets ready to kick into full force, Ford’s Theatre once again will be presenting their always excellent production of A Christmas Carol. This year’s production runs from November 21st to December 31st.
Craig Wallace will reprise his role as Ebenezer Scrooge in Ford’s Theatre's production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, bringing the classic holiday tale to life. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Get a first look at POTUS at Arden Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive has been EXTENDED thru OCT 13 at the Arden Theatre Company. Watch the trailer for this laugh-out-loud comedy by Selina Fillinger, directed by Jennifer Childs!
The three-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway play, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, will make its highly anticipated Philadelphia premiere at Arden Theatre Company.
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