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BWW Review: Arena Stage's Confused CHANGE AGENTby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(02/05/2022) - Change Agent is a play based on historical events, in this case the life of American painter Mary Pinchot Meyer (Andrea Abello) and her relationship with President John F. Kennedy (Luis Vega). The two meet at a college dance in 1936, continually run into each other at major world events, such as in San Francisco at the founding of the United Nations in 1945, and develop a friendship and then relationship culminating during Kennedy's presidency.
Photos: Get A First Look At AIN'T TOO PROUD On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(01/26/2022) - BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at the cast of Ain't Too Proud in action! Leading the cast of Ain't Too Proud as The Temptations are Jalen Harris as 'Eddie Kendricks,' Harrell Holmes Jr. as 'Melvin Franklin,' James T. Lane as 'Paul Williams,' and joining directly from the Broadway company are Marcus Paul James as 'Otis Williams,' and Elijah Ahmad Lewis as 'David Ruffin.'
Photos: First Look at the JERSEY BOYS National Tourby Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(12/20/2021) - JERSEY BOYS has relaunched its National Tour, kicking off its 15th touring season with technical rehearsals and an engagement in Detroit, MI at the Music Hall (December 12-18). The 2021-22 touring season will next play Dallas Summer Musicals Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, TX, December 28, 2021 to January 9, 2022.
Photos/Video: First Look at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Ford's Theatreby Stephi Wild - Washington, DC
(12/16/2021) - Acclaimed Washington actor Craig Wallace reprises the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a newly reimagined stage production of A Christmas Carol, with script based on the popular 2020 radio play adaption by Michael Wilson.
BWW Review: A Subtle SEVEN GUITARS at Arena Stageby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(12/04/2021) - August Wilson’s story of seven friends in post-war Pittsburgh may take a while to get started, but don’t let the slow pace or lengthy run time fool you. The play, and Arena’s production, have all the ingredients of great drama - rich characters, powerful writing, and human introspection - and together they simmer and tell a timeless story about race and economic inequality in America.
Photos: Get A First Look At Broadway-Bound ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIMEby Alan Henry - Broadway
(12/03/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME, the new musical featuring the songs of Britney Spears - now on stage at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC through January 2nd.
Photos: Onley Theatre Center Presents BEAUTY AND THE BEASTby Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(11/16/2021) - Resuming its tradition of big, family musicals for the holidays, Olney Theatre Center is presenting Disney's Beauty and the Beast (November 5, 2021 - January 2, 2022).
Photos: First Look at the National Tour of OKLAHOMA!by Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(11/11/2021) - The North American tour of Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! began performances at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN on November 9, 2021 and will continue to play over 25 cities during the 2021-2022 season including stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago and Nashville, and more.
Photos: First Look at RENT at Signature Theatreby Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(11/11/2021) - Signature Theatre is providing a first look at their all new production of RENT, book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. RENT plays in Signature’s MAX Theatre for live performances through January 2, 2022.
Photos: Get a First Look at the National Tour of THE PROM!by Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(11/02/2021) - The National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM begins performances tonight at Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
PHOTO/VIDEO: Get A First Look At TOOTSIE On Tourby Alan Henry - Broadway
(10/28/2021) - Get a first look at the non-equity national tour of Tootsie in all new photos and videos! The cast includes Drew Becker as Michael Dorsey, Ashley Alexandra as Julie Nichols, Payton Reilly as Sandy Lester, Lukas James Miller as Max Von Horn, Jared David Michael Grant as Jeff Slater, Kathy Halenda as Rita Marshall, Steve Brustien as Stan Fields, and Adam du Plessis as Ron Carlisle.
Photo: First Look At Kyla Stone As Anya In ANASTASIA On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/19/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at Kyla Stone as Anya in the non-equity National Tour of ANASTASIA!
Photos: Get A First Look At The New Cast Of RENT On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/18/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at the new cast of the RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Non-Equity Tour, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark rock musical written by Jonathan Larson.
Photos: New Episodes Of 'One Voice: The Songs We Share' Airing On PBSby A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(10/11/2021) - The American Pops Orchestra presents two new episodes of 'ONE VOICE: THE SONGS WE SHARE.' The episodes, entitled “Country” and “American Roots,” will be broadcast back to back on Friday, October 29, 2021 (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.
Photos: National Asian Artists Project Members Celebrate the KENNEDY CENTER@50 Concert Tonight on PBSby Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(10/01/2021) - National Asian Artists Project members Austin Ku, Kendyl Ito, Kyra Smith, Jaygee Macapugay, Emily Stillings, Billy Bustamante, and Raymond J. Lee, are in the company of Francis Jue, Paul HeeSang Miller, Jon Hoche, and Kristen Faith Oei who appear in David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori’s Soft Power on the “Kennedy Center at 50” concert.
Photos: Arena Stage Hosts Free Live Simulcast of TONI STONE at Nationals Parkby Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(09/27/2021) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater partnered with Nationals Park to host a free live simulcast of the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Toni Stone on Sunday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. The performance inside the Kreeger Theater was broadcast to the center field video board at Nationals Park for thousands to experience.
Photos: Tony LePage, Julie Reiber, Josh Breckenridge & More Star in COME FROM AWAY Concert at the Lincoln Memorialby Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(09/13/2021) - Ford's Theatre Society presented Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial, a free one-night-only concert presentation of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, September 10, 2021, at 6:00 p.m.
Photos: Inside First Rehearsal For TONI STONE at Arena Stageby Stephi Wild - Washington, DC
(08/07/2021) - Reprising their roles from the A.C.T. run include JaBen Early (Arena's Junk), Kenn E. Head (Roundabout's Toni Stone), Rodney Earl Jackson Jr. (Broadway's Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations), Sean-Maurice Lynch (Arena's Jubilee) and Jarrod Mims Smith (A.C.T.'s The Royale).
Photo Flash: See Jessie Mueller, Michelle Williams and More in ONE VOICE: THE SONGS WE SHARE, Airing On PBSby A.A. Cristi - Broadway
(05/17/2021) - The “Broadway” episode features show tunes recorded by the Rat Pack, Johnny Mathis and other chart-topping artists, as well as musical theater songs that have become anthems outside of the theater and given a broader voice to our changing society.
Photo Flash: First Look At WE ARE FAMILY: SONGS OF HOPE AND UNITY, Airing on PBSby A.A. Cristi - Broadway
(05/03/2021) - The American Pops Orchestra presents WE ARE FAMILY: SONGS OF HOPE AND UNITY, which will be broadcast on Friday, May 14, 2021 (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.
BWW Review: FIRST DATE at NextStop Theatre Companyby Alexander C. Kafka - Washington, DC
(05/02/2021) - NextStop Theatre Company's 'First Date' has some chemistry, but the script can't figure out quite what genre it wants to be.
Photo Flash: First Look at Arena Stage High-Capacity Vaccination Siteby A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(04/09/2021) - Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has partnered with DC Health and MedStar Health in this effort to vaccinate as many residents as possible against COVID-19. The site will operate Thursdays – Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the next three months.
Photo Flash: First Look At Riverside Center's SOUVENIR Starring Andrea Kahane And Carson Eubankby Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(09/25/2020) - Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, Virginia is one of the first theatres in the DC Metro area to welcome their patrons back to live theatre with the hilarious, over-the-top production of Stephen Temperley’s Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins.
Photo Flash: Take a Look at Firehouse Theatre's Production of ANNby Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(09/16/2020) - Firehouse Theatre's ANN features Jacqueline Jones in the title role of Ann Richards. The production runs from Wednesday, September 16 through Sunday, October 25, 2020.
BWW Interview: Abbe David Lowell of MOCK TRIAL at the Shakespeare Theatre Companyby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(06/08/2020) - 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 A.A. Cristi - Washington, DC
(03/03/2020) - 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: First Look at EASY WOMEN SMOKING LOOSE CIGARETTES at Signature Theatreby Stephi Wild - Broadway
(02/26/2020) - Signature Theatre presents the world premiere of Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes by DC playwright Dani Stoller.
BWW Review: All Praise THE AMEN CORNER at The Shakespeare Theatreby Benjamin Tomchik - Washington, DC
(02/20/2020) - The Amen Corner shows the role faith can play when there is almost nowhere left to turn. This alone is a powerful statement about the American experience.
Photo Flash: MOTHER ROAD at Arena Stageby Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(02/18/2020) - 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 Chloe Rabinowitz - Washington, DC
(02/17/2020) - 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 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 DCby 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 Theatreby 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 beholdby 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 Centerby 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 Stageby 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 Stageby 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 Stageby 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).
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