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Photo Flash: First Look - 'EMILIE' Blazes a Trail for Women in Science at Avant Bardby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(10/18/2017) - Avant Bard begins Season 28 with Lauren Gunderson's Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet 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 science. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: Hal Linden and More Celebrate THE PRICE Opening at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(10/16/2017) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Arthur Miller's The Price, which has been extended to receive an additional week of performances due to popular demand. Three-time Emmy Award winner Hal Linden, known for his portrayal of the title character in the hit television series Barney Miller and his Tony Award-winning performance in Broadway's The Rothschilds, stars as Gregory Solomon under the direction of Deputy Artistic Director Seema Sueko. The show just celebrated its opening night and BroadwayWorld has photos from the festivities below!
Photo Flash: First Look at ANTONY & CLEOPATRA at Folger Theatreby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(10/11/2017) - Folger Theatre launches its 2017/18 season of power, passion, and politics with William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, onstage now through November 19, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(10/10/2017) - Celebrating the life and music of Nina Simone, one of America's most iconic singers and civil rights activists, Christina Ham's provocative musical journey Nina Simone: Four Women makes its East Coast debut at Arena Stage. Nina Simone: Four Women runs November 10-December 24, 2017 in the Kreeger Theater. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company at their first rehearsal below!
Photo Flash: First Look at ON YOUR FEET! National Tour, Opening Tonight in Miamiby BWW News Desk - Broadway
(10/06/2017) - The highly anticipated First National Tour of ON YOUR FEET! based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time GRAMMY winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan will celebrate its Grand Opening tonight.
BWW Review: Ford's Theatre's Gripping and Raw DEATH OF A SALESMANby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(09/29/2017) - Ford's Theatre's must-see production is raw and gripping in its emotional intensity. Led by Craig Wallace's powerhouse performance as Willy Loman, Miller's Pulitzer Prize winning play is as relevant now, maybe more so, in its questioning of the American dream as it was when it first opened.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Arena Stage's THE PAJAMA GAME, Featuring Britney Coleman, Edward Gero, Donna McKechnie and More!by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(09/26/2017) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents The Pajama Game, directed by Alan Paul in his Arena Stage debut, with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell. Featuring Musical Direction by James Cunningham and Choreography by Parker Esse, The Pajama Game runs October 27-December 24 in the iconic in-the-round Fichandler Stage. BroadwayWorld has a peek at the company at their first rehearsal below!
BWW Photo Exclusive: Ariana DeBose, Michelle Williams and More Celebrate Aretha Franklin with the American Popsby BWW News Desk - Broadway
(09/26/2017) - Maestro Luke Frazier and the American Pops Orchestra - Washington, DC's innovative hometown orchestra - honored the 75th birthday of one of the country's most treasured legends with 'Respect: The Music of Aretha Franklin' to kick off their star-studded third season. The concert was conceived by the APO's Founder and conductor Frazier - who led the 19-piece orchestra - performing at the Orchestra's new home, Arena Stage at The Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth Street SW) on Saturday, September 16. BroadwayWorld has an exclusive look at the starry concert below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Factory 449's LELA & CO., Featuring Felicia Curryby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(09/22/2017) - On Saturday September 16, 2017, Factory 449, a Helen Hayes Award-winning theatre company in residence at Anacostia Arts Center, opened the East Coast premiere of 'Lela & Co.' by Cordelia Lynn. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production, which runs through October 1st, below!
Photo Flash: Karen Zacarias' NATIVE GARDENS Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stageby BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(09/20/2017) - Good fences make good neighbors...right? Neighborly rivalry escalates into an all-out border dispute in Karen Zacar as' newest hot-button comedy Native Gardens, which makes its D.C. debut at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Blake Robison directs this hilarious new play about the clash of class and culture that pushes well-meaning neighbors over the edge. Native Gardens is a co-production with Guthrie Theater and runs now through October 22, 2017 in the Kreeger Theater. The show just celebrated its opening and BroadwayWorld has photos from the festivities below!
BWW Review: Studio Theatre's Diluted SKELETON CREW
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(09/14/2017) - Skeleton Crew has all the makings of a great drama: vibrant characters, crackling dialogue, and an engaging and identifiable story, which is why it is such a shame that the play fails to achieve the heart wrenching effect of Lynn Nottage's Sweat or Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(09/14/2017) - Skeleton Crew has all the makings of a great drama: vibrant characters, crackling dialogue, and an engaging and identifiable story, which is why it is such a shame that the play fails to achieve the heart wrenching effect of Lynn Nottage's Sweat or Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman.
Photo Flash: First Look at DISGRACED at NextStop Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(09/12/2017) - On Saturday September 9, 2017, NextStop Theatre Company, a professional black-box theatre near Reston Town Center, opened the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. In the play, audiences experience a New York City dinner party that becomes a powder-keg of prejudice and identity politics surrounding Muslim assimilation in America.
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(09/12/2017) - On Saturday September 9, 2017, NextStop Theatre Company, a professional black-box theatre near Reston Town Center, opened the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. In the play, audiences experience a New York City dinner party that becomes a powder-keg of prejudice and identity politics surrounding Muslim assimilation in America.
Photo Flash: 1st Stage Presents JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN
by Julie Musbach - Washington, DC
(09/11/2017) - In Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis' darkly comic meditation on redemption and faith, Angel Cruz a 30-year-old bicycle messenger awaits his trial for the death of a religious cult leader. Inside Riker's Island, a charismatic serial killer named Lucius Jenkins befriends a terrified Angel. Lucius has found God and been born again. As his attorney, a disillusioned but talented public defender, and Lucius work separately to "save" Angel, his life and the course of his trial will be changed forever.
by Julie Musbach - Washington, DC
(09/11/2017) - In Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis' darkly comic meditation on redemption and faith, Angel Cruz a 30-year-old bicycle messenger awaits his trial for the death of a religious cult leader. Inside Riker's Island, a charismatic serial killer named Lucius Jenkins befriends a terrified Angel. Lucius has found God and been born again. As his attorney, a disillusioned but talented public defender, and Lucius work separately to "save" Angel, his life and the course of his trial will be changed forever.
BWW Interview: Arena Stage's NATIVE GARDENS Hopes to Start a Conversation
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(09/08/2017) - We have all had them. Whether they were the apartment down the hall that blasted their stereo or the house next door that held parties till the wee small hours of the morning, everyone has had a problem neighbor. And while many a comedy has taken place when the mantra 'good fences makes good neighbors' goes south, Native Gardens aims to do much more than make people laugh. When Native Gardens begins performances at Arena Stage next week it hopes to start a conversation.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(09/08/2017) - We have all had them. Whether they were the apartment down the hall that blasted their stereo or the house next door that held parties till the wee small hours of the morning, everyone has had a problem neighbor. And while many a comedy has taken place when the mantra 'good fences makes good neighbors' goes south, Native Gardens aims to do much more than make people laugh. When Native Gardens begins performances at Arena Stage next week it hopes to start a conversation.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of THE PRICE at Arena Stage
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(09/05/2017) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Arthur Miller's The Price, which has been extended to receive an additional week of performances due to popular demand. The Price runs October 6-November 12, 2017 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle. BroadwayWorld has photos from today's meet & greet below!
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(09/05/2017) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Arthur Miller's The Price, which has been extended to receive an additional week of performances due to popular demand. The Price runs October 6-November 12, 2017 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle. BroadwayWorld has photos from today's meet & greet below!
BWW Review: Signature's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Is Not Only Rich, It Is Divine
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(08/25/2017) - Director Eric Schaeffer has found the intimacy, charm and humor that was sorely lacking in the 2009 Broadway revival, restoring Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical to its full glory.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(08/25/2017) - Director Eric Schaeffer has found the intimacy, charm and humor that was sorely lacking in the 2009 Broadway revival, restoring Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical to its full glory.
Photo Flash: First Look at Holly Twyford and More in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(08/23/2017) - Signature Theatre presents A Little Night Music directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Gigi). A Little Night Music will run from August 15 - October 8 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(08/23/2017) - Signature Theatre presents A Little Night Music directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Gigi). A Little Night Music will run from August 15 - October 8 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: Moonlit Wings-Winning Scripts Go from Page to Stage in DC-Area Tour
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(08/21/2017) - "Free Art Friday" is back with three new shows at Moonlit Wings Productions (MWP) playing across the National Capital Area, see photos below! These scripts are winners of Moonlit Wings annual international playwriting contest with free admission for the public on certain Friday's this summer.
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(08/21/2017) - "Free Art Friday" is back with three new shows at Moonlit Wings Productions (MWP) playing across the National Capital Area, see photos below! These scripts are winners of Moonlit Wings annual international playwriting contest with free admission for the public on certain Friday's this summer.
Up On The Marquee: Get in Loser, MEAN GIRLS is Starting
by Walter McBride - Broadway
(08/07/2017) - You can't sit with them, but you can sit in the theatre and watch. MEAN GIRLS is up on the marquee at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, check it out below!
by Walter McBride - Broadway
(08/07/2017) - You can't sit with them, but you can sit in the theatre and watch. MEAN GIRLS is up on the marquee at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, check it out below!
Photo Flash: Winning Plays Tour the DC National Capital Area With Free Performances Starring Emerging Talent from Moonlit Wings
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(08/03/2017) - Moonlit Wings Productions has presented over fifty free world-premieres of new theater-for-youth productions every summer since 2008. This Friday three new shows play across the National Capital Area and admission is FREE for the public!
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(08/03/2017) - Moonlit Wings Productions has presented over fifty free world-premieres of new theater-for-youth productions every summer since 2008. This Friday three new shows play across the National Capital Area and admission is FREE for the public!
Photo Flash: Sexy Sneak Peek at the Cast of Signature Theatre's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(08/02/2017) - Signature Theatre will present A Little Night Music directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Gigi). Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning musical, set in 1900 Sweden, revolves around a tangled web of love affairs. Sondheim's classically inspired score includes 'A Weekend in the Country', 'Liaisons', and the seminal 'Send in the Clowns.' BroadwayWorld has a sexy sneak peek at the cast in character below!
by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(08/02/2017) - Signature Theatre will present A Little Night Music directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Gigi). Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning musical, set in 1900 Sweden, revolves around a tangled web of love affairs. Sondheim's classically inspired score includes 'A Weekend in the Country', 'Liaisons', and the seminal 'Send in the Clowns.' BroadwayWorld has a sexy sneak peek at the cast in character below!
BWW Review: Kennedy Center's THE KING AND I is Sweeping, Epic and Glorious, etcetera, etcetera
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/24/2017) - Lincoln Center's epic and sweeping production of The King and I is Broadway done right and not to be missed!
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/24/2017) - Lincoln Center's epic and sweeping production of The King and I is Broadway done right and not to be missed!
BWW Review: Have the Time of Your Life at Wolf Trap with MAMMA MIA!
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/19/2017) - If you are in need of a pick-me-up or a fun night out, pack a picnic and head to Wolf Trap for a trip down the aisle you'll never forget.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/19/2017) - If you are in need of a pick-me-up or a fun night out, pack a picnic and head to Wolf Trap for a trip down the aisle you'll never forget.
BWW Review: Capital Fringe's LANCER AND LACE Asks What If?
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/18/2017) - What could have been a thoughtful examination of what a Kennedy Presidency could have looked like instead comes off like a cheap political thriller and soap opera.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/18/2017) - What could have been a thoughtful examination of what a Kennedy Presidency could have looked like instead comes off like a cheap political thriller and soap opera.
BWW Review: Capital Fringe's COMEDIAN ELECTED TO TOWN COUNCIL IN NEW JERSEY Has Heart
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/17/2017) - Comedian Elected to Town Council in New Jersey has heart, reminding us that public service can still be fun and honorable. That is why this reviewer is endorsing comedian Joey Novick.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(07/17/2017) - Comedian Elected to Town Council in New Jersey has heart, reminding us that public service can still be fun and honorable. That is why this reviewer is endorsing comedian Joey Novick.
BWW Interview: Playwright David Meyers Explores the Cost of Freedom in CATF's WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(06/26/2017) - If doing the right thing meant losing your life and history potentially never remembering you, would you do it anyway?
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(06/26/2017) - If doing the right thing meant losing your life and history potentially never remembering you, would you do it anyway?
BWW Review: Theater J's Impactful BROKEN GLASS
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(06/22/2017) - How do we identify ourselves? What role does fear play in shaping our lives? Do we ever confuse what we see in the news with what is actually happening in our daily comings and goings? In an era when news, be it real or fake, is omnipresent, Theater J's timely, well-acted production of Broken Glass explores the most complex of issues... identify.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(06/22/2017) - How do we identify ourselves? What role does fear play in shaping our lives? Do we ever confuse what we see in the news with what is actually happening in our daily comings and goings? In an era when news, be it real or fake, is omnipresent, Theater J's timely, well-acted production of Broken Glass explores the most complex of issues... identify.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE RETURN at Mosaic Theater's Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(06/12/2017) - The Return is a U.S. premiere, co-written by Palestinian-American playwright and performer Hanna Eady (who performed in Motti Lerner's The Admission, both in DC and Israel), and Seattle-based playwright Edward Mast.
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(06/12/2017) - The Return is a U.S. premiere, co-written by Palestinian-American playwright and performer Hanna Eady (who performed in Motti Lerner's The Admission, both in DC and Israel), and Seattle-based playwright Edward Mast.
Photo Flash: Smoke & Mirrors Present Reading of OLITYELWE
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(06/08/2017) - OLITYELWE (The Forgotten) comes to Washington D.C. after performing off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters in New York and touring internationally in partnership with the US State Department in South Africa and to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Summerhall.
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(06/08/2017) - OLITYELWE (The Forgotten) comes to Washington D.C. after performing off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters in New York and touring internationally in partnership with the US State Department in South Africa and to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Summerhall.
Photo Flash: Blues Inspired MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM to Croon at 1st Stage
by Julie Musbach - Washington, DC
(06/03/2017) - From the extraordinary mind of Pultizer, Tony, and Academy Award recognized playwright August Wilson comes one of America's most renowned stories of race and music. Inspired by the real life of legendary blues singer, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a powerful installment in August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning Century Cycle- 10 illustrious plays that explore the African-American experience in each decade of the 20th century.
by Julie Musbach - Washington, DC
(06/03/2017) - From the extraordinary mind of Pultizer, Tony, and Academy Award recognized playwright August Wilson comes one of America's most renowned stories of race and music. Inspired by the real life of legendary blues singer, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a powerful installment in August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning Century Cycle- 10 illustrious plays that explore the African-American experience in each decade of the 20th century.
Photo Flash: First Look at KING LEAR at Avant Bard Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(05/31/2017) - An epic parent-child drama and then some. Check out photos from the show below!
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(05/31/2017) - An epic parent-child drama and then some. Check out photos from the show below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Nicholas Edwards, Ari McKay Wilford, Natascia Diaz and More in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(05/17/2017) - Signature Theatre presents Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Signature Theatre Director of New Works Joe Calarco (Gypsy, The Flick). With a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of the Opera, Evita) and Tim Rice (Evita, Chess), featuring 'I Don't Know How to Love Him' and 'Everything's Alright,' Jesus Christ Superstar tells the story of Jesus' life in his final week. This epic story comes to life in an immersive new staging in Signature Theatre's MAX Theatre and runs now through July 2, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Broadway
(05/17/2017) - Signature Theatre presents Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Signature Theatre Director of New Works Joe Calarco (Gypsy, The Flick). With a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of the Opera, Evita) and Tim Rice (Evita, Chess), featuring 'I Don't Know How to Love Him' and 'Everything's Alright,' Jesus Christ Superstar tells the story of Jesus' life in his final week. This epic story comes to life in an immersive new staging in Signature Theatre's MAX Theatre and runs now through July 2, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photos: Inside The Helen Hayes Awards in Washington DC!
by Alan Henry - Broadway
(05/17/2017) - BroadwayWorld has photo coverage from inside The Helen Hayes Awards! Check out the photos below!
by Alan Henry - Broadway
(05/17/2017) - BroadwayWorld has photo coverage from inside The Helen Hayes Awards! Check out the photos below!
BWW Review: Signature's Tuneful PIANO MEN Cabaret
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(05/12/2017) - Music lovers and historians will want to make their way to Shirlington for Signature Theatre's enjoyable, yet uneven, The Piano Men Cabaret.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(05/12/2017) - Music lovers and historians will want to make their way to Shirlington for Signature Theatre's enjoyable, yet uneven, The Piano Men Cabaret.
BWW Feature: CELEBRATING THE ARTS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER ARTS SUMMIT at The Kennedy Center
by Isabella Basco - Washington, DC
(05/12/2017) - Hundreds of people from all over the country gathered last Saturday to discuss collaboration in the arts at the legendary Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Photo by Yassine El Mansouri
by Isabella Basco - Washington, DC
(05/12/2017) - Hundreds of people from all over the country gathered last Saturday to discuss collaboration in the arts at the legendary Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Photo by Yassine El Mansouri
Photo Flash: First Look at Ian Merrill Peakes and More in TIMON OF ATHENS at Folger Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(05/10/2017) - Folger Theatre concludes its very successful 25th anniversary season this spring with Shakespeare's gripping tragedy Timon of Athens. Directed by Robert Richmond (Othello, Henry V, Richard III), this rarely produced satire examining wealth, false friendships, and the abuse of generosity features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth, Othello, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) in the title role. Timon of Athens is on stage now through June 11, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Washington, DC
(05/10/2017) - Folger Theatre concludes its very successful 25th anniversary season this spring with Shakespeare's gripping tragedy Timon of Athens. Directed by Robert Richmond (Othello, Henry V, Richard III), this rarely produced satire examining wealth, false friendships, and the abuse of generosity features Helen Hayes Award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes (Macbeth, Othello, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) in the title role. Timon of Athens is on stage now through June 11, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
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