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 BWW Interview: Abbe David Lowell of MOCK TRIAL at the Shakespeare Theatre Companyby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC (6/8/2020) - Held bi-annually, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Mock Trials showcase a side of 'official' Washington too rarely seen. Bringing together the capital's top legal minds, the cases seek to entertain as well as educate. Veteran Washington lawyer Abbe David Lowell will serve as an Advocate at the upcoming June 22nd trial, and says that each of the cases seeks to accomplish four goals.  Photo Flash: August Wilson's SEVEN GUITARS Heads Into Rehearsal at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (3/3/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents August Wilson's Seven Guitars. Tazewell Thompson (Arena's Jubilee) will direct this Tony Award-nominated play. Set in 1940s Pittsburgh, seven lives are interconnected when old friend and blues singer Floyd Barton vows to turn his life around after a surprise windfall leaves him hopeful for a second chance.  Photo Flash: MOTHER ROAD at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (2/18/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Octavio Solis' Mother Road, a sequel to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Mother Road premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2019 and will run at Arena Stage through March 8, 2020 in the iconic in-the-round Fichandler Stage.  Photo Flash: Creative Cauldron Presents CROWNS THE MUSICALby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (2/17/2020) - Creative Cauldron presents its first production of 2020, Crowns, February 13 - March 8, written by Regina Taylor and adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Mayberry. When a Brooklyn teen goes to live in South Carolina after the death of her brother she learns the beauty, ceremony and symbolism of hat-wearing from her resilient, southern sisters. This musical draws from the roots of gospel music and traditions of greater African-American Diaspora to weave an inter-generational story of love, joy, and redemption.  Photo Flash: MOTHER ROAD Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (2/14/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Octavio Solis' Mother Road, a sequel to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Mother Road premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2019 and will run at Arena Stage from February 7 - March 8, 2020 in the iconic in-the-round Fichandler Stage.  Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of CELIA AND FIDEL at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/28/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world premiere of Eduardo Machado's (Havana Is Waiting, The Cook) Celia and Fidel. It's 1980 and Cuba is dealing with a failing economy. As Fidel Castro ponders on how to move his country forward, his political partner, Celia Sánchez, is never far from his side. Imbued with magical realism, Celia and Fidel is the dynamic story of radical change in Cuba featuring the country's most notorious political figure and Cuba's most influential female revolutionary. Directed by Molly Smith, Celia and Fidel runs February 28 through April 12, 2020 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.  Photo Flash: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/24/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents A Thousand Splendid Suns, adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner).  Photo Flash: First Look at A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/23/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the company for A Thousand Splendid Suns, adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner).  Photo Flash: Inside First Rehearsal For MOTHER ROAD at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/22/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Octavio Solis' Mother Road, a sequel to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Mother Road premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2019 and will run at Arena Stage from February 7 – March 8, 2020 in the iconic in-the-round Fichandler Stage.  Photo Flash: Take a Look at New Photos of Folger Theatre's THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSORby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/16/2020) - The Merry Wives of Windsor is on stage at Folger Theatre from January 14 through March 1, 2020.  Photo Flash: First Look at Folger Theatre's MERRY WIVES OF WINDSORby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/16/2020) - Folger Theatre concludes its successful 2019/20 season with The Merry Wives of Windsor. Aaron Posner (King John, The Winter's Tale, Twelfth Night at Folger Theatre) returns to the Folger to direct Shakespeare's delightful comedy on love, money, deception, and the power of women, set here in the early 1970s.  Photo Flash: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Begins Rehearsals At Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/3/2020) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the company for A Thousand Splendid Suns, adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner).  Photo Flash: Arena Stage NEWSIES Grants Teen's Wish to Performby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/2/2020) - In partnership with Make-A-Wish®, Arena Stage invited Alexandra to perform in a special performance of the musical Disney's Newsies at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth Street, SW) on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 2 p.m.  Photo Flash: Ken Ludwig and More at Arena Stage's LETTERS AROUND ARENAby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (1/2/2020) - This past holiday season, Arena Stage partnered with Support Our Soldiers' Letters From Home Campaign. They called it Letters Around Arena and asked their audiences, employees and artists to writer a letter to active duty American Soldiers.  Photo Flash: Ben Fankhauser, Original Broadway Cast Member of NEWSIES, Attended NEWSIES at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (12/23/2019) - Ben Fankhauser, the Original “Davey” in Disney's Newsies on Broadway, came to see Disney's Newsies at Arena Stage, running until December 29.  Photo Flash: Cast of Arena Stage's NEWSIES and Ken Ludwig Volunteered at the United Service Organizationby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (12/23/2019) - Arena Stage, accompanied by some of the cast from Disney's Newsies, as well as the Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig, volunteered at the USO (United Service Organization).  Photo Flash: A Look Inside Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Showby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (12/20/2019) - Each year, the holiday season becomes even more magnificent when celebrated with Step Afrika! In the Magical Musical Holiday Step Show, the company performs for families and engages the community in a festive spectacle that has audience members stomping their feet and clapping their hands. Over the last eight seasons, Step Afrika! has shared this contemporary holiday performance that features friendly furry characters, pre-show workshops, photo opportunities, and even a dance party.  Photo Flash: Opening Night Photos of Arena Stage's DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISEby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (12/9/2019) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has begun performances of the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's (Broadway's Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy For You) Dear Jack, Dear Louise.  Photo Flash: Arena Stage Hosts Ninth Annual Military Thanksgivingby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (12/4/2019) - Every year hundreds of D.C.-area military families must spend the Thanksgiving holiday away from loved ones. In gratitude for their service, Arena Stage invites 200 wounded warriors, service men and women and their families to a complimentary dinner and performance of the musical Disney's Newsies at the Mead Center for American Theater. Since the first Military Thanksgiving in 2011, Arena Stage has served nearly 1,700 military members and their families with the annual event.  BWW Interview: DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE's Jake Epstein Recreates Another World at Arena Stageby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC (12/3/2019) - In Arena Stage's Dear Jack, Dear Louise, Jake Epstein is not only talking about another period, but another form of communication, one long since forgotten by society a?' letters.  Photo Flash: Take a Look at DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (12/2/2019) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has begun performances of the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's (Broadway's Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy For You) Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Take a look at photos from the production below!  Photo Flash: First Look at DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (11/29/2019) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's (Broadway's Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy For You) Dear Jack, Dear Louise.  Photo Flash: Ford's Theatre Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROLby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (11/27/2019) - Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as they lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of transformation and redemption. Originally conceived by Michael Baron, this music-infused production captures the magic and joy of Dickens's Yuletide classic. Acclaimed actor Craig Wallace returns to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a production heralded as a “rich visual and vocal treat” (TheaterMania) and “infectiously jolly” (Washington Post).  Photo Flash: Studio Theatre Extends US Premiere Of Anchuli Felicia King's WHITE PEARLby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (11/20/2019) - Due to popular demand, Studio Theatre is extending the US premiere of White Pearl, playwright Anchuli Felicia King's teardown of toxic corporate culture, rebuke of international beauty standards, and raw portrayal of intra-Asian racism.  BWW Interview: Richard Clifford Explores Timeless Values in a Modern Classic with the Folger's AMADEUSby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC (11/19/2019) - For Director Richard Clifford, Amadeus is more than just a modern classic; it is also a story of friendship. His relationship with the play goes beyond the Folger and directing this production, but back to England and the play's author, Peter Shaffer.  Photo Flash: Take a Look at Photos From Opening Night of NEWSIES at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC (11/15/2019) - In the summer of 1899, the newsboys of New York City took on two of the most powerful men in the country — Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst — and won. Inspired by true events, the Broadway smash hit is a testament to the power of standing up and speaking out. The Tony Award-winning musical features fan-favorites like “Carrying the Banner,” “King of New York” and “Seize the Day.” Newsies is “a winning, high-energy musical” (Entertainment Weekly) just in time for the holidays and perfect for the whole family. |
