Muriel Bowser News

Arena Stage has named Tonia Wellons, President & CEO of the Greater Washington Community Foundation, as the 2026 recipient of its Beth Newburger Schwartz Award.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater revealed the honorees of its Annual Gala. Learn more about the annual gala and see how to purchase tickets.

Off-Broadway theatre company Houses on the Moon will honor Reggie Van Lee at their AMPLIFY 2024 Gala Celebration on Monday, October 7, 2024, at 6:30 PM, at Green Room 42.

Theatre Washington announced the return of Theatre Week, a three-week-long celebration of the launch of the 2023-2024 theatre season in the Washington, DC region. Learn more about the Theatre Week events here!

Get ready for the 19th Annual DC JazzFest, featuring a stellar lineup of regional, national, and global jazz artists. Find out more about the festival schedule and ticket information here.

ABFF Ventures LLC has announced the launch of Because They’re Funny (BTF) Comedy Festival, a three-day event showcasing comedic talent within BIPOC communities. A spinoff of the American Black Film Festival, BTF will propel a new generation of stand-up comedians to stardom and showcase content in the comedy genre.

Award-winning Producer, Artistic Director, Composer, Cultural Curator, and Social Practice Resident at the Kennedy Center, Nolan Williams, Jr. presented the first GRACE awards during a colloquium celebrating African American foodways with celebrity chef Carla Hall and friends on Saturday, July 9th at the Kennedy Center REACH, Skylight Pavilion.

Award-winning Producer, Artistic Director, Composer, Cultural Curator, and Social Practice Resident at the Kennedy Center, Nolan Williams, Jr. will present a colloquium celebrating African American foodways with celebrity chef Carla Hall and friends on Saturday, July 9th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Kennedy Center REACH, Skylight Pavilion.

Award-winning Producer, Artistic Director, Composer, Cultural Curator, and Social Practice Resident at the Kennedy Center, Nolan Williams, Jr. will present a colloquium celebrating African American foodways with celebrity chef Carla Hall and friends on Saturday, July 9th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Kennedy Center REACH, Skylight Pavilion.

SITW will celebrate art, culture and music with performances by Ashanti & Ja Rule, Ashe, Baby Tate, Baird, BIA, Blxst, Calvin Harris, Chloe x Halle, Dave Matthews Band, Tyler, The Creator, Usher, Dominic Fike, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Lucky Daye, María Isabel, JID, T.I., Tierra Whack, Tobe Nwigwe, Tokischa, and more to be announced.

Lee conducted over 200 interviews for the documentary series which features first-hand accounts from residents of all walks of life, including first responders, politicians and journalists alongside Lee and his own family and friends, complemented by a treasure trove of visual imagery.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is proud to partner with Nationals Park to host a free live simulcast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Toni Stone on Sunday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Honored this year with the Daytime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show, “The View” returns for season 24.

Jimmy KIMMEL is taking the summer off, so Anthony Anderson is filling in as guest host for a couple of nights.

When past government shutdowns forced Ford's Theatre to close its doors, its artists grew resilient in the uncertainty. Today, shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, that resilience may not be enough.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will cancel most previously announced performances and events through the end of 2020 with some planned programs moving to spring 2021 and beyond.

Shemika Berry of Accokeek, Maryland gave a history lesson to the students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Washington, D.C on March 10. Berry is a former Air Force officer, actress, and makeup artist.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host the 70th Anniversary Gala, presented by Ourisman Automotive Group, on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at The Anthem (901 Wharf Street, SW) with Tony and Grammy Award-winning actress Heather Headley headlining the event. The evening includes a cocktail reception, three-course seated dinner and a one-night-only performance featuring a variety of Headley's beloved Broadway songs and personal selections.

On Sunday, June 16, Washington, D.C.'s theatre community gathered to celebrate the end of MICHAEL KAHN's 33-year tenure as Artistic Director of Shakespeare Theatre Company with musical and dramatic performances, special guests from the worlds of entertainment, politics, and media, and a mayoral proclamation.

Ford's Theatre Society celebrated the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at its Annual Gala on Sunday evening, June 2, 2019, at Ford's Theatre (511 10th Street NW). For more than 40 years, the Society has hosted this bipartisan event, which provides crucial support to the non-profit's theatrical and educational programs.