Raymond O Caldwell News

The upcoming 2023-2024 Season from Theater Alliance will explore movements — both how we move through space and how we change the world. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Michael Kevin Darnall, Ryan Jammaal Swain, and Justin Weaks honor Love’s beautifully written play with their performances.

This evening, the 2023 Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Esteemed Washington theatre artists Naomi Jacobson, Erika Rose, Holly Twyford, and Christopher Michael Richardson hosted an evening showcasing the vibrant and diverse community of professional theatre artists in the Washington region.

During their 2023-24 Season Announcement Reception last night, CATCO announced that it has changed its name to The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio.

As part of its family-friendly 20th Anniversary Season, Theater Alliance is revisiting a show it produced more than 15 years ago: The Bluest Eye, adapted from Toni Morrison's novel by Lydia R. Diamond. 

See photos of Passing Strange at Signature Theatre!

Mosaic Theater Company presents the DC premiere of award-winning playwright Donja R. Love with one in two, the “exceptional” and “defiantly life-embracing” (The New York Times) new play inspired by his own HIV diagnosis, on stage June 1-25 and coinciding with Pride Month.

Catch the Tony Award-winning rock musical 'Passing Strange' at Signature Theatre in this captivating production directed by Raymond Caldwell. Follow Youth on his journey of self-discovery through punk, funk, blues, gospel, and jazz music that will leave you moved and empowered.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2023–2024 Performances for Young Audiences season, filled with diverse, memorable adventures in theater, dance, and music that will entertain and engage audiences of all ages.

Watch the trailer for Passing Strange at Signature Theatre!

Signature Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the musical Passing Strange, with music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald and book & lyrics by Stew.

Nominations have been announced for the 37th Helen Hayes Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 22. Nominees include productions from Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, GALA Hispanic Theatre and more.

In celebration of its 20th Anniversary Season, Theater Alliance has programmed a lineup of innovative, family-friendly, thought-provoking productions that bring the company's values to audiences of all ages. 

At the end of this week, Theater Alliance staff and affiliated artists will fly to Kolkata, India, where they will lead an international Arts Envoy in partnership with India-based NGO Contact Base and the U.S. State Department.

What did our critic think of NOLLYWOOD DREAMS at Round House? It's likely to be a crowd-pleaser, since it's from Jocelyn Bioh, who's earlier 'School Girls: Or, the African Mean Girls Play' was a hit at the Round House when it reopened following renovations in 2019.

Signature Theatre has announced its 33rd season today, which highlights the organization’s long-time relationship with the legendary Stephen Sondheim. Signature has produced 31 Sondheim productions in its 32 season history – more than any other theater in North America.

The upcoming co-production of John Adams' I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, from IN Series and Theater Alliance, is the latest in a swath of area theater postponements due to the region's COVID-19 transmission numbers. 

This return to the stage is also a homecoming for the cast of The Thanksgiving Play, featuring a quartet of actors returning to Olney Theatre. 

National New Play Network will welcome Cara Mía Theatre (Dallas, TX), East West Players (Los Angeles, CA), St. Louis Black Rep (University City, MO), Teatro Luna West (Los Angeles, CA), Theater Alliance (Washington, D.C.), and Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company (Atlanta, GA) as its newest Core Member Theaters.

In addition to its six-play membership season, the Montgomery County institution returns with an equally busy schedule of concerts, special productions, presentations, and even more curated programming to build off of the success of its summer series: Olney Outdoors.