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North Shore Music Theatre will open its 2026 musical season with On Your Feet!, the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, directed and choreographed by Marcos Santana with a 23-member cast.

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.

Written in 1613 by Lope de Vega, Fuenteovejuna is widely considered a masterpiece by the most influential playwright from Spain’s golden age. The play depicts a town revolting against tyrannical rule during a period of countrywide political unrest, based on the real events of the Fuenteovejuna village uprising in 1476. Though overzealous rulers terrorize the town, the people are not so easily defeated, and they unify to become stronger than their enemies. 

What did our critic think of FRANCISCA TAPIA STARS AS EVA PERÓN IN 'LA MOMIA EN EL CLOSET' at Teatro Gala, Washington DC?

Venezuelan/Costa Rican performer Oscar Antonio Rodriguez stars alongside a talented cast in 'Momia en el Closet' at GALA Theater in DC, showcasing his impressive range as a performer, capturing both the humor and seriousness of a story set against one of Argentina’s most tumultuous periods.

After the former First Lady of Argentina died in 1952 at 33, after a life that inspired plays, books, movies, musicals and dance productions, she was such a charged figure everybody knew that simple burial would not do.

The Grand will present a brand new production of the smash-hit musical ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN.