Kennedy Center Announces the 2022-2023 Ballet and Dance Season
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2022
Cultural vibrancy and exemplary artistry from world-class companies and artists will grace the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ stages during its 2022–2023 ballet and dance season, announced today.
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2022
Cultural vibrancy and exemplary artistry from world-class companies and artists will grace the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ stages during its 2022–2023 ballet and dance season, announced today.
Washington National Opera Announces 2022–2023 Season
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2022
As General Director Timothy 2 O’Leary and Artistic Director Francesca Zambello announced today, the company’s 2022– 2023 season balances groundbreaking new work with audience favorites.
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2022
As General Director Timothy 2 O’Leary and Artistic Director Francesca Zambello announced today, the company’s 2022– 2023 season balances groundbreaking new work with audience favorites.
BWW News: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL Returns This July!
by Andrew White - April 05, 2022
It's a new day in Shepherdstown, indeed; after a 2-year hiatus from live theatre, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is returning with a panoply of performances to choose from: six fascinating plays, workshops and coffees with the artists, and a cabaret or two to complement the mainstage events.
by Andrew White - April 05, 2022
It's a new day in Shepherdstown, indeed; after a 2-year hiatus from live theatre, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is returning with a panoply of performances to choose from: six fascinating plays, workshops and coffees with the artists, and a cabaret or two to complement the mainstage events.
BWW Review: NAT TURNER IN JERUSALEM at Next Stop Theatre Company
by Ken Kemp - April 05, 2022
Nat Turner in Jerusalem is inspiring, and enlightening. It will make you look at the story of this painful moment in our history in a new light.
by Ken Kemp - April 05, 2022
Nat Turner in Jerusalem is inspiring, and enlightening. It will make you look at the story of this painful moment in our history in a new light.
The Mason Players Will Perform EVERYBODY by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in Harris Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2022
“Everybody” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is presented by The Mason Players and appears at George Mason University Harris Theatre on Fairfax Campus.
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2022
“Everybody” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is presented by The Mason Players and appears at George Mason University Harris Theatre on Fairfax Campus.
We Happy Few Announces Live Spring Production DESDEMONA
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2022
Helen Hayes Recommended We Happy Few takes a step forward by looking back this spring. In their first Shakespeare-adjacent piece since 2018's PERICLES, and their first live stage production since the COVID-19 pandemic, the company journeys to Cyprus and the castle of Othello, to discover and discuss the relationships between Desdemona, Bianca, and Emilia while their lovers and husbands conflict and conspire.
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2022
Helen Hayes Recommended We Happy Few takes a step forward by looking back this spring. In their first Shakespeare-adjacent piece since 2018's PERICLES, and their first live stage production since the COVID-19 pandemic, the company journeys to Cyprus and the castle of Othello, to discover and discuss the relationships between Desdemona, Bianca, and Emilia while their lovers and husbands conflict and conspire.
SHEAR MADNESS to Return to the Kennedy Center April 2022
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2022
Washington’s record-breaking, interactive comedy, Shear Madness, will return to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 4, 2022 – October 2, 2022. For more than 30 years, this hilarious whodunit has entertained audiences as they help solve the crime.
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2022
Washington’s record-breaking, interactive comedy, Shear Madness, will return to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 4, 2022 – October 2, 2022. For more than 30 years, this hilarious whodunit has entertained audiences as they help solve the crime.
BWW Review: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE'S 'DON QUIXOTE' at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - April 03, 2022
Couples planning intricate surprise dance moves at their upcoming wedding receptions might as well give up now. Nothing will ever top the astounding artistry and athleticism that is highlighted in the back and forth between the wedded pair in American Ballet Theatre's performance of 'Don Quixote' that caps their annual Kennedy Center residency.
by Roger Catlin - April 03, 2022
Couples planning intricate surprise dance moves at their upcoming wedding receptions might as well give up now. Nothing will ever top the astounding artistry and athleticism that is highlighted in the back and forth between the wedded pair in American Ballet Theatre's performance of 'Don Quixote' that caps their annual Kennedy Center residency.
Cast & Creative Team Announced For THE UPSTAIRS DEPARTMENT at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2022
Signature Theatre announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere production of The Upstairs Department, a play by Chelsea Marcantel (Airness, Everything is Wonderful), which will play in Signature's ARK Theatre for live performances from April 26 – June 12, 2022.
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2022
Signature Theatre announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere production of The Upstairs Department, a play by Chelsea Marcantel (Airness, Everything is Wonderful), which will play in Signature's ARK Theatre for live performances from April 26 – June 12, 2022.
BWW Review: GRACE at Ford's Theatre
by David Friscic - April 01, 2022
Billed as the “New Musical”, the musical Grace is a soulful and heart-filled affirmation of a family hanging on to hope and love as their community changes and as the future propels them onwards. This new musical now playing at Ford’s Theatre is also about letting go of the past yet still honoring it while hanging in with grit and endurance. Grace is shot through with musical numbers that grab you by the gut (gloriously eclectic music and lyrics by Nolan Williams, Jr.) and a superb cast of talent that knocks this out of the park vocally and with finely-honed acting chops.
by David Friscic - April 01, 2022
Billed as the “New Musical”, the musical Grace is a soulful and heart-filled affirmation of a family hanging on to hope and love as their community changes and as the future propels them onwards. This new musical now playing at Ford’s Theatre is also about letting go of the past yet still honoring it while hanging in with grit and endurance. Grace is shot through with musical numbers that grab you by the gut (gloriously eclectic music and lyrics by Nolan Williams, Jr.) and a superb cast of talent that knocks this out of the park vocally and with finely-honed acting chops.
Ben Folds To Co-Host An Immersive A Capella Camp In D.C.
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
National Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor Ben Folds will join Planet Word, a DC-based interactive museum devoted to immersive language experiences, the NSO, and Camp A Cappella in co-hosting an immersive a cappella camp – entitled “DC Camp A Cappella Intensive” - for area a cappella groups on Tuesday, April 26th.
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
National Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor Ben Folds will join Planet Word, a DC-based interactive museum devoted to immersive language experiences, the NSO, and Camp A Cappella in co-hosting an immersive a cappella camp – entitled “DC Camp A Cappella Intensive” - for area a cappella groups on Tuesday, April 26th.
Prologue Theatre to Present Lauren Gunderson's THE REVOLUTIONISTS
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
Prologue Theatre is returning to the Atlas Performing Arts Center April 28 - May 22, 2022 with The Revolutionists, Lauren Gunderson's dive into the French Revolution and Reign of Terror telling the tale of four very real women. It is a true story that is also fiction, and also a play about a play.
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
Prologue Theatre is returning to the Atlas Performing Arts Center April 28 - May 22, 2022 with The Revolutionists, Lauren Gunderson's dive into the French Revolution and Reign of Terror telling the tale of four very real women. It is a true story that is also fiction, and also a play about a play.
National Geographic Live Announces The Return Of The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
Taking place April 4-9, an awe-inspiring slate of more than 20 short films, shot on location and spanning multiple countries and continents around the world, will be showcased across the six days of scheduled programming.
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
Taking place April 4-9, an awe-inspiring slate of more than 20 short films, shot on location and spanning multiple countries and continents around the world, will be showcased across the six days of scheduled programming.
BWW Review: HI, ARE YOU SINGLE? at Woolly Mammoth
by Tavish Young - March 31, 2022
Hi, Are You Single? is a one-man show that explores intimacy, hypocrisy, sex, and slow dancing with strangers. Written and performed by Ryan J. Haddad, the show exists at the intersection between queerness and living with a disability.
by Tavish Young - March 31, 2022
Hi, Are You Single? is a one-man show that explores intimacy, hypocrisy, sex, and slow dancing with strangers. Written and performed by Ryan J. Haddad, the show exists at the intersection between queerness and living with a disability.
Kennedy Center to Present REFRAMING THE NARRATIVE
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
In the spirit of Sankofa, in order to understand our present and ensure our future, we must know our past. Through Reframing the Narrative, June 14–19 with seven performances on the Opera House stage, the weeklong programming highlights and recognizes the extensive contribution of Black voices in ballet.
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2022
In the spirit of Sankofa, in order to understand our present and ensure our future, we must know our past. Through Reframing the Narrative, June 14–19 with seven performances on the Opera House stage, the weeklong programming highlights and recognizes the extensive contribution of Black voices in ballet.
BWW Review: ABT FORWARD at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - March 31, 2022
The Kennedy Center's 50th anniversary (whose celebrations have largely been pushed back a year due to the pandemic) coincides with the golden anniversary of the annual residency there of New York's American Ballet Theatre, whose first performance there came the day after the venerable Washington Performing Arts center opened in 1971.
by Roger Catlin - March 31, 2022
The Kennedy Center's 50th anniversary (whose celebrations have largely been pushed back a year due to the pandemic) coincides with the golden anniversary of the annual residency there of New York's American Ballet Theatre, whose first performance there came the day after the venerable Washington Performing Arts center opened in 1971.
DC Jazz Festival Announces Lineup
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2022
The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) today announced the initial lineup for the 18th Annual DC JazzFest, taking place August 31 - September 4. Featured artists include Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Cindy Blackman Santana Band, DCJF Artist-In-Residence Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band, Dianne Reeves, The Baylor Project, Emmet Cohen, and many more.
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2022
The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) today announced the initial lineup for the 18th Annual DC JazzFest, taking place August 31 - September 4. Featured artists include Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Cindy Blackman Santana Band, DCJF Artist-In-Residence Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band, Dianne Reeves, The Baylor Project, Emmet Cohen, and many more.
Survey Shows Washington, DC Regional Theatregoers Are Not Yet Ready To Remove Their Masks
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2022
Theatre Washington, the service organization for Washington, DC-area theatres, and Limelight Insights by Shugoll, a national marketing research company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, conducted an online survey about whether regional theatre-goers want the current mask and vaccination requirements in theatres to end on April 30, 2022 or subsequent months.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2022
Theatre Washington, the service organization for Washington, DC-area theatres, and Limelight Insights by Shugoll, a national marketing research company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, conducted an online survey about whether regional theatre-goers want the current mask and vaccination requirements in theatres to end on April 30, 2022 or subsequent months.
BWW News: Survey Shows Washington, DC Regional Theatre-goers Are Not Yet Ready to Remove Their Masks
by BWW Staff - March 29, 2022
Theatre Washington, the service organization for Washington, DC-area theatres, and Limelight Insights by Shugoll, a national marketing research company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, conducted an online survey about whether regional theatre-goers want the current mask and vaccination requirements in theatres to end on April 30, 2022. The study is based on 2,128 responses from DC area theatre-goers from March 14-March 17. Despite indoor mask and vaccination mandates terminating in many local jurisdictions, significantly more audience members respond negatively than positively about ending these requirements in theatres. Based on the survey results and in consultation with partner theatres, Theatre Washington has extended the Unified Mask and Vaccination Policy to April 30, 2022, and will be reviewing it further through the launch of the new season in August/September.
by BWW Staff - March 29, 2022
Theatre Washington, the service organization for Washington, DC-area theatres, and Limelight Insights by Shugoll, a national marketing research company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, conducted an online survey about whether regional theatre-goers want the current mask and vaccination requirements in theatres to end on April 30, 2022. The study is based on 2,128 responses from DC area theatre-goers from March 14-March 17. Despite indoor mask and vaccination mandates terminating in many local jurisdictions, significantly more audience members respond negatively than positively about ending these requirements in theatres. Based on the survey results and in consultation with partner theatres, Theatre Washington has extended the Unified Mask and Vaccination Policy to April 30, 2022, and will be reviewing it further through the launch of the new season in August/September.
Dark Horse Theatre Company Presents CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFOMATION
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2022
Dark Horse Theatre Company presents the Fauquier Premiere of Obie Award winning play Circle Mirror Transformation, written by Annie Baker and directed by Allison Turkel.
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2022
Dark Horse Theatre Company presents the Fauquier Premiere of Obie Award winning play Circle Mirror Transformation, written by Annie Baker and directed by Allison Turkel.
BWW Review: PRIVATE at Mosaic Theater Company
by David Friscic - March 28, 2022
The question of privacy and personal autonomy is a vital theme especially in these stress-filled and autocratic times but, the current offering at the Mosaic Theater Company of DC the play Private misses the mark. Though it is commendable that this play’s themes are explored, the dramatic impact of the play never shines through.
by David Friscic - March 28, 2022
The question of privacy and personal autonomy is a vital theme especially in these stress-filled and autocratic times but, the current offering at the Mosaic Theater Company of DC the play Private misses the mark. Though it is commendable that this play’s themes are explored, the dramatic impact of the play never shines through.
BWW Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Dara Homer - March 27, 2022
The Merchant of Venice is traditionally categorized as a comedy, but the character of Shylock anchors one of Shakespeare’s most maddening tragic arcs. Here, Shylock is played by the magnificent John Douglas Thompson, whose powerful interpretations of the character's frank yet contorted appeals for justice make this production unmissable.
by Dara Homer - March 27, 2022
The Merchant of Venice is traditionally categorized as a comedy, but the character of Shylock anchors one of Shakespeare’s most maddening tragic arcs. Here, Shylock is played by the magnificent John Douglas Thompson, whose powerful interpretations of the character's frank yet contorted appeals for justice make this production unmissable.
BWW Review: AMERICA'S REQUIEM: A KNEE ON THE NECK and Mozart's REQUIEM at Strathmore Music Center
by Alexander C. Kafka - March 27, 2022
Hailstork and Martin’s requiem is a grand, troubling, rich, and worthy work for an America still struggling to rise from its sometimes sordid history and violent predilections toward its lofty goals and promise.
by Alexander C. Kafka - March 27, 2022
Hailstork and Martin’s requiem is a grand, troubling, rich, and worthy work for an America still struggling to rise from its sometimes sordid history and violent predilections toward its lofty goals and promise.
BWW Review: RENT at The National Theatre
by Hannah Wing - March 27, 2022
RENT's 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, directed by Evan Ensign, is a reminder of the decades of love that this musical has brought to so many people, especially the LGBTQIA+ community.
by Hannah Wing - March 27, 2022
RENT's 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, directed by Evan Ensign, is a reminder of the decades of love that this musical has brought to so many people, especially the LGBTQIA+ community.
BWW Review: SEASICK at The REACH at Kennedy Center
by Elizabeth Seablom - March 26, 2022
Climate change and theatre..unlikely? Absolutely. Effective? Absolutely. This week I had the privilege of attending the US premiere of Alanna Mitchell's adaptation of a book she wrote titled Seasick. The performance was held in the REACH tent at the Kennedy Center and is a prolific piece documenting Mitchell's search for answers about the rising temperatures and acidity in our oceans and what that means for us as a species - pretty heavy stuff.
by Elizabeth Seablom - March 26, 2022
Climate change and theatre..unlikely? Absolutely. Effective? Absolutely. This week I had the privilege of attending the US premiere of Alanna Mitchell's adaptation of a book she wrote titled Seasick. The performance was held in the REACH tent at the Kennedy Center and is a prolific piece documenting Mitchell's search for answers about the rising temperatures and acidity in our oceans and what that means for us as a species - pretty heavy stuff.
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