THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS Returns in All its Glory
Avant Bard's acclaimed production of The Gospel at Colonus, a critical and audience favorite a year ago, returns in all its glory to Gunston Arts Center February 22 to March 25, 2018.
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Avant Bard Announces Extension Of EMILIE by Lauren Gunderson
Avant Bard announces a one-week extension of Emilie: La Marquise Du Ch telet Defends Her Life Tonight.
Avant Bard Announces 2017-2018 Season
The exhilarating musical The Gospel at Colonus returns, Lauren Gunderson's fiery genius Emilie makes her DC debut, and Shakespeare's fantastical The Tempest takes the stage by storm
Avant Bard Announces 2017-2018 Season
The exhilarating musical The Gospel at Colonus returns, Lauren Gunderson's fiery genius Emilie makes her DC debut, and Shakespeare's fantastical The Tempest takes the stage by storm
Avant Bard Announces Full Cast and Design Team for Lauren Gunderson's EMILIE
Avant Bard announces full casting and creative team for its first production of the season, Lauren Gunderson's Emilie: La Marquise Du Ch telet Defends Her Life Tonight--a witty reincarnation of a passionate and defiant woman who in 18th-century France dazzled Voltaire and blazed a trail for women in
Avant Bard Announces 2017-18 Season
For its 28th season making theatre on the edge, Avant Bard proudly announces the regional premiere in October of Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Lauren Gunderson, one of America's hottest, most produced young playwrights
Avant Bard Announces 2017-2018 Season
The exhilarating musical The Gospel at Colonus returns, Lauren Gunderson's fiery genius Emilie makes her DC debut, and Shakespeare's fantastical The Tempest takes the stage by storm
BWW Review: Superb KING LEAR at Avant Bard is Fitting Swan Song for DC Acting Legend Rick Foucheux
Tom Prewitt, Avant Bard's current artistic director, knew who he wanted to take on this monumental role: Rick Foucheux.
2017 Helen Hayes Award Winners Announced!
BroadwayWorld has a full list of the Helen Hayes Awards winners updating LIVE below! Named for actor Helen Hayes - a Washington native and legendary First Lady of the American Theatre - the Helen Hayes Awards celebrates excellence in professional theatre throughout the Washington region and has beco
Community Celebration Takes Center Stage at 2017 Helen Hayes Awards
The 33rd annual Helen Hayes Awards will be celebrated at the historicLincoln Theatre at 7:30 pm on May 15, with accomplished actors E.
Legendary Local Actor Rick Foucheux to Bow Out in the Bard's Greatest Tragedy
Avant Bard proudly announces the last production of its 2016/2017 season, Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear starring local acting legend Rick Foucheux as Lear.
BWW Review: THE GOOD DEVIL (IN SPITE OF HIMSELF) at WSC Avant Bard
It turns out that there's a reason that WSC Avant Bard's production of The Good Devil (In Spite of Himself starts 15 minutes late.
BWW Review: A Poignant Memoir Takes the Stage with HOLIDAY MEMORIES at Avant Bard
Like a sepia-toned photo from the pages of a family album, Avant Bard's production of HOLIDAY MEMORIES evokes seasonal joys untouched by commercialism and cynicism - two mortal enemies of the true spirit of Thanksgiving and Christmas, in my opinion.
BWW Reviews: OTHELLO Grapples With the Aftermath of War
Shakespeare may not have known Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in his time, but Director Tom Prewitt sees all the classic symptoms in Othello.
BWW Reviews: VISIBLE LANGUAGE from WSC Avant Bard & Gallaudet University
Collaboration is on full view in this production that touches on DC history, the deaf community in particular, and the importance of communication in general.
Crash of Rhinos Presents Staged Reading of CARVED IN STONE…A COMEDY OF TERRORS Today
Crash of Rhinos, an endangered little theater company, announced today that, as part of the Kennedy Center's 2014 Page To Stage Festival, it would hold a staged reading of 'Carved in Stone … A Comedy of Terrors,' a new play by Mario Baldessari.
Crash of Rhinos Presents Staged Reading of CARVED IN STONE…A COMEDY OF TERRORS on 8/30
Crash of Rhinos, an endangered little theater company, announced today that, as part of the Kennedy Center's 2014 Page To Stage Festival, it would hold a staged reading of "Carved in Stone … A Comedy of Terrors," a new play by Mario Baldessari.
Crash of Rhinos Now in Residency at National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts
Crash of Rhinos, an endangered little theater company, has become the new theater company in residence at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, following on the heels of such previous resident companies as Rorschach Theater and Charter Theater.
BWW Reviews: WSC Avant Bard's KING JOHN a Rare Theatrical Event
If your appetite for Shakespeare's history plays was whetted by PBS's recent series "The Hollow Crown," be of good cheer; King John is now receiving a solid production by the WSC Avant Bard.
National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts to Wrap MANILOGY Trilogy with BEST MEN Staged Reading, 8/19
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, the only accredited acting school in the Greater Washington Area, announced today that its "Manilogy" reading series - a trilogy of new comedies about men - will conclude with a staged reading of "Best Men" on Monday, August 19, at 7:30 pm.
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