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Photo Flash: MOTHER ROAD Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(02/14/2020) - 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.
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(02/14/2020) - 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.
BWW Review: ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S THE 39 STEPS Brings Top-notch Style and Design to DC
by James McQuillen - Washington, DC
(02/14/2020) - The production's strong design and sense of style provide for a terrific, if slightly uneven, evening.
by James McQuillen - Washington, DC
(02/14/2020) - The production's strong design and sense of style provide for a terrific, if slightly uneven, evening.
Photo Flash: First Look at Solea Pfeiffer, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and the Cast of GUN & POWDER at SIgnature Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Broadway
(02/06/2020) - Solea Pfeiffer and Emmy Raver-Lampman lead Gun & Powder as the Clarke sisters, Mary and Martha, in Signature Theatre's world premiere production of this new musical.
by Stephi Wild - Broadway
(02/06/2020) - Solea Pfeiffer and Emmy Raver-Lampman lead Gun & Powder as the Clarke sisters, Mary and Martha, in Signature Theatre's world premiere production of this new musical.
BWW Review: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY at Kennedy Center is a Dream to behold
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(02/01/2020) - Yes, Washington, even in these cynical times, fairy tales do come true. For proof, look no further than the dream come true that is The National Ballet of Canada's production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Kennedy Center.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(02/01/2020) - Yes, Washington, even in these cynical times, fairy tales do come true. For proof, look no further than the dream come true that is The National Ballet of Canada's production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Kennedy Center.
Photo Flash: First Look at NEXT TO NORMAL Starring Rachel Bay Jones, Brandon Victor Dixon and More at the Kennedy Center
by A.A. Cristi - Broadway
(01/30/2020) - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the Broadway Center Stage production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal.
by A.A. Cristi - Broadway
(01/30/2020) - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the Broadway Center Stage production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of CELIA AND FIDEL at Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/28/2020) - 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.
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/28/2020) - 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 Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/24/2020) - 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).
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/24/2020) - 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 Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/23/2020) - 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).
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/23/2020) - 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: Emmy Raver-Lampman, Solea Pfeiffer, and More in Rehearsal For GUN & POWDER at Signature Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Broadway
(01/23/2020) - Solea Pfeiffer and Emmy Raver-Lampman star as the Clarke sisters, Mary and Martha, in Signature Theatre's world premiere production of Gun & Powder with book and lyrics by Angelica Chéri and music by Ross Baum. Gun & Powder will run from January 28 – February 23, 2020 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre and will be directed by Robert O'Hara (Broadway's Slave Play).
by Stephi Wild - Broadway
(01/23/2020) - Solea Pfeiffer and Emmy Raver-Lampman star as the Clarke sisters, Mary and Martha, in Signature Theatre's world premiere production of Gun & Powder with book and lyrics by Angelica Chéri and music by Ross Baum. Gun & Powder will run from January 28 – February 23, 2020 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre and will be directed by Robert O'Hara (Broadway's Slave Play).
Photo Flash: Inside First Rehearsal For MOTHER ROAD at Arena Stage
by Stephi Wild - Washington, DC
(01/22/2020) - 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.
by Stephi Wild - Washington, DC
(01/22/2020) - 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.
FREEZE FRAME: Brandon Victor Dixon, Rachel Bay Jones, and More Star in NEXT TO NORMAL at the Kennedy Center
by Walter McBride - Broadway
(01/17/2020) - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is in rehearsals for the Broadway Center Stage production of the Pulitzer Prize- winning musical, Next to Normal, starring Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Rachel Bay Jones (Dear Evan Hansen, Pippin) as Diana with Tony and Emmy Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, Shuffle Along) as Dan.
by Walter McBride - Broadway
(01/17/2020) - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is in rehearsals for the Broadway Center Stage production of the Pulitzer Prize- winning musical, Next to Normal, starring Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Rachel Bay Jones (Dear Evan Hansen, Pippin) as Diana with Tony and Emmy Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, Shuffle Along) as Dan.
Photo Flash: Take a Look at New Photos of Folger Theatre's THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(01/16/2020) - The Merry Wives of Windsor is on stage at Folger Theatre from January 14 through March 1, 2020.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(01/16/2020) - 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 WINDSOR
by Stephi Wild - Washington, DC
(01/16/2020) - 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.
by Stephi Wild - Washington, DC
(01/16/2020) - 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 Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/03/2020) - 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).
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(01/03/2020) - 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 Perform
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(01/02/2020) - 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.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(01/02/2020) - 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 ARENA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(01/02/2020) - 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.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(01/02/2020) - 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 Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 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.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 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 Organization
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 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).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 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 Show
by Stephi Wild - 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.
by Stephi Wild - 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.
BWW Review: An Exuberant FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the National Theatre
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(12/12/2019) - This holiday season; skip the presents under the tree. All I want is tickets to Fiddler on the Roof at the National Theatre.
by Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(12/12/2019) - This holiday season; skip the presents under the tree. All I want is tickets to Fiddler on the Roof at the National Theatre.
Photo Flash: Opening Night Photos of Arena Stage's DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(12/09/2019) - 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.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(12/09/2019) - 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 Thanksgiving
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(12/04/2019) - 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.
by A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(12/04/2019) - 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.
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