BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at The Kennedy Center
by Pamela Roberts - December 19, 2021
Before stepping foot into the theatre, you’ve already experienced the best aspect of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – the extraordinary songs. The production, touring to the Kennedy Center through January 2, highlights the best of Carole King’s hits and reminds us of the tremendous range of her talent. Sadly, that narrative arc of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is at such a frantic pace and is so light on details it takes a fascinating true story of grit, luck, and talent and renders it a flat, bland, homogenized variety-show telling of King’s career.
by Pamela Roberts - December 19, 2021
Before stepping foot into the theatre, you’ve already experienced the best aspect of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – the extraordinary songs. The production, touring to the Kennedy Center through January 2, highlights the best of Carole King’s hits and reminds us of the tremendous range of her talent. Sadly, that narrative arc of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is at such a frantic pace and is so light on details it takes a fascinating true story of grit, luck, and talent and renders it a flat, bland, homogenized variety-show telling of King’s career.
Washington Stage Guild Will Present SAM AND DEDE, OR MY DINNER WITH ANDRE THE GIANT
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2021
The Washington Stage Guild at last brings to the stage the Washington premiere of Sam and Dede, or My Dinner with André the Giant by Gino DiIorio. Originally scheduled for our 2019-20 season, the production was halted and postponed indefinitely by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. We are delighted to be able to produce this fascinating play at last.
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2021
The Washington Stage Guild at last brings to the stage the Washington premiere of Sam and Dede, or My Dinner with André the Giant by Gino DiIorio. Originally scheduled for our 2019-20 season, the production was halted and postponed indefinitely by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. We are delighted to be able to produce this fascinating play at last.
The Live World Premiere Of Lisa Stephen Friday's TRANS AM
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2021
The Keegan Theatre has announced the live world premiere of Lisa Stephen Friday's one-woman rock musical TRANS AM, featuring the music of cult-favorite NYC glam rock band Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday and directed by Broadway's Fred Berman.
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2021
The Keegan Theatre has announced the live world premiere of Lisa Stephen Friday's one-woman rock musical TRANS AM, featuring the music of cult-favorite NYC glam rock band Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday and directed by Broadway's Fred Berman.
National Young Artist Competition Winners To Be Featured in VSO USA January Concert
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2021
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA will present the three gold medal winners from 2021’s National Young Artist Competition as they make their VSO debut on January 22-23, 2022 at Skyview Concert Hall and via live stream.
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2021
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA will present the three gold medal winners from 2021’s National Young Artist Competition as they make their VSO debut on January 22-23, 2022 at Skyview Concert Hall and via live stream.
Don't Miss The Kinsey Sicks in OY VEY IN A MANGER, a Special Holiday Engagement
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2021
Special Offer - Don’t miss The Kinsey Sicks in Oy Vey in a Manger, a Special Holiday Engagement, December 17 – 25 only, at Theater J in Dupont Circle
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2021
Special Offer - Don’t miss The Kinsey Sicks in Oy Vey in a Manger, a Special Holiday Engagement, December 17 – 25 only, at Theater J in Dupont Circle
BWW Review: THE WASHINGTON CHORUS A CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS at The Music Center At Strathmore / Kennedy Center Concert Hall
by Ken Kemp - December 17, 2021
A Candlelight Christmas is a warm and welcoming way to spend a holiday evening, with something for everyone to enjoy.
by Ken Kemp - December 17, 2021
A Candlelight Christmas is a warm and welcoming way to spend a holiday evening, with something for everyone to enjoy.
Casting for Ford's Theatre's THE MOUNTAINTOP Announced
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2021
Ford’s Theatre Society announced full casting and the design team for The Mountaintop by Katori Hall. Directed by Nicole A. Watson, the production features KenYatta Rogers (Ford’s Fences, Death of a Salesman) as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Shannon Dorsey (Ford’s A Christmas Carol 2018) as Camae.
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2021
Ford’s Theatre Society announced full casting and the design team for The Mountaintop by Katori Hall. Directed by Nicole A. Watson, the production features KenYatta Rogers (Ford’s Fences, Death of a Salesman) as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Shannon Dorsey (Ford’s A Christmas Carol 2018) as Camae.
Kennedy Center Cancels Performances of AIN'T TOO PROUD Due to COVID-19
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2021
The Kennedy Center has announced the cancellation of performances through December 28 of Ain't Too Proud.
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2021
The Kennedy Center has announced the cancellation of performances through December 28 of Ain't Too Proud.
Photos/Video: First Look at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Ford's Theatre
by BWW News Desk - December 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.
by BWW News Desk - December 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: NSO POPS: A HOLIDAY POPS WITH INGRID MICHAELSON
by David Friscic - December 13, 2021
The deservedly popular and talented writer and singer Ingrid Michaelson performed and sang with a panoply of vocal coloring in the recent Holiday concert NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops with Ingrid Michaelson.
by David Friscic - December 13, 2021
The deservedly popular and talented writer and singer Ingrid Michaelson performed and sang with a panoply of vocal coloring in the recent Holiday concert NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops with Ingrid Michaelson.
National Symphony Orchestra to Presents BEETHOVEN & AMERICAN MASTERS Festival
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2021
The NSO will present Beethoven & American Masters, a three-week festival featuring concerts that belatedly celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, the concerts pair symphonies by Beethoven with works by 20th-century American composers William Grant Still and George Walker.
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2021
The NSO will present Beethoven & American Masters, a three-week festival featuring concerts that belatedly celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, the concerts pair symphonies by Beethoven with works by 20th-century American composers William Grant Still and George Walker.
Vote For The 2021 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; Perisphere Theater's TIME IS ON OUR SIDE Leads Best Play!
by BWW Staff - December 13, 2021
Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
by BWW Staff - December 13, 2021
Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
BWW Review: AN IRISH CAROL at The Keegan Theatre
by Olivia Murray - December 12, 2021
This show explores the original story of A Christmas Carol through the lens of a Scrooge-like Irish pub owner who learns that it’s not too late to turn his life around.
by Olivia Murray - December 12, 2021
This show explores the original story of A Christmas Carol through the lens of a Scrooge-like Irish pub owner who learns that it’s not too late to turn his life around.
January And February 2022 Events At The Center For The Arts At George Mason University
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2021
January and February 2022 at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University returns with a jam-packed continuation of in-person programming for the 2021/2022 Great Performances at Mason and Family Series season as well as signature events from Mason's College of Visual and Performing Arts, and a special performance by Emmy and Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen Kristin Chenoweth.
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2021
January and February 2022 at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University returns with a jam-packed continuation of in-person programming for the 2021/2022 Great Performances at Mason and Family Series season as well as signature events from Mason's College of Visual and Performing Arts, and a special performance by Emmy and Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen Kristin Chenoweth.
BWW Review: THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY at Theater Lab/Kennedy Center
by Mary Lincer - December 10, 2021
Likest thou to laugh? Then get thee to the Theater Lab at the Kennedy Center through December 19 for The Improvised Shakespeare Company who returneth with 90 minutes of gallimaufry for mature groundlings only. The lads invent what viewers dealt/in Shakespeare's words, so timely felt/clad but in sword and in dance belt. In other words, five gentlemen are going to make you laugh for an hour and a half with no sets, no costumes, no props, no sound cues, no microphones, no play--just one suggestion from the audience plus every situation, complication, characterization, and implication in every play that Shakespeare ever wrote. See these players well bestowed, because they don't know whose line it is anyway.
by Mary Lincer - December 10, 2021
Likest thou to laugh? Then get thee to the Theater Lab at the Kennedy Center through December 19 for The Improvised Shakespeare Company who returneth with 90 minutes of gallimaufry for mature groundlings only. The lads invent what viewers dealt/in Shakespeare's words, so timely felt/clad but in sword and in dance belt. In other words, five gentlemen are going to make you laugh for an hour and a half with no sets, no costumes, no props, no sound cues, no microphones, no play--just one suggestion from the audience plus every situation, complication, characterization, and implication in every play that Shakespeare ever wrote. See these players well bestowed, because they don't know whose line it is anyway.
BWW Review: TOOTSIE at The National Theatre
by David Friscic - December 09, 2021
The musical Tootsie, now playing at the National Theater in Washington, DC, has exceptionally good intentions and flashes of show-biz brio but it tries to do too many disparate things at once. Of course, the cultural zeitgeist of the brilliant film is pervasive in the “mind’s eye” but that should ideally be of little concern with a musical that veers into making differing choices appropriate for the stage.
by David Friscic - December 09, 2021
The musical Tootsie, now playing at the National Theater in Washington, DC, has exceptionally good intentions and flashes of show-biz brio but it tries to do too many disparate things at once. Of course, the cultural zeitgeist of the brilliant film is pervasive in the “mind’s eye” but that should ideally be of little concern with a musical that veers into making differing choices appropriate for the stage.
BIRD: A SOLO SHOW is Coming to DC Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2021
BIRD: A Solo Show is coming from NYC to DC for one night only! Part stand-up, part theatre, part memoir. Our narrator, self-identified as Bird, attempts to grapple with her past trauma, she dissociates into metaphor-sometimes to humorous effect, sometimes with heartbreaking imagery and honesty-transforming her family members into animals.
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2021
BIRD: A Solo Show is coming from NYC to DC for one night only! Part stand-up, part theatre, part memoir. Our narrator, self-identified as Bird, attempts to grapple with her past trauma, she dissociates into metaphor-sometimes to humorous effect, sometimes with heartbreaking imagery and honesty-transforming her family members into animals.
Kennedy Center and First Peoples Fund Announce WE THE PEOPLES BEFORE
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2021
First Peoples Fund and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have announced We The Peoples Before, a festival of events designed to explore and expand deep truths and reflections about the history and experience of this country’s Native peoples.
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2021
First Peoples Fund and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have announced We The Peoples Before, a festival of events designed to explore and expand deep truths and reflections about the history and experience of this country’s Native peoples.
Events DC Launches Short Film Series With Theatre Washington Spotlighting DC's Outstanding Professional Theatre Community
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
Today, Events DC, the official convention and sports authority for the District of Columbia, announced a new partnership with Theatre Washington, an alliance of regional theatre companies and theatre-makers, on a series of short films spotlighting the richness and variety of the professional theatre community in Washington, DC.
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
Today, Events DC, the official convention and sports authority for the District of Columbia, announced a new partnership with Theatre Washington, an alliance of regional theatre companies and theatre-makers, on a series of short films spotlighting the richness and variety of the professional theatre community in Washington, DC.
Woolly Mammoth Announces Extension of Michael R. Jackson's A STRANGE LOOP
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has extended its engagement of A STRANGE LOOP, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, directed by Stephen Brackett, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, music directed by Rona Siddiqui, and produced in association with Playwrights Horizons and Page 73 Productions.
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has extended its engagement of A STRANGE LOOP, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, directed by Stephen Brackett, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, music directed by Rona Siddiqui, and produced in association with Playwrights Horizons and Page 73 Productions.
Join DC's hottest new theatre for a sprawling festival
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
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by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
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BWW Review: SARAH BRIGHTMAN: A CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY at Strathmore
by Elliot Lanes - December 08, 2021
World renowned singer/actress/killer soprano Sarah Brightman has a voice that is so angelic sounding it literally takes you to a higher power. Her current tour A Christmas Symphony is a prime example of Ms. Brightman’s ridiculously high and soaring vocal range.
by Elliot Lanes - December 08, 2021
World renowned singer/actress/killer soprano Sarah Brightman has a voice that is so angelic sounding it literally takes you to a higher power. Her current tour A Christmas Symphony is a prime example of Ms. Brightman’s ridiculously high and soaring vocal range.
NextStop Theatre Announces Schedule For Early 2022
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
Producing Artistic Director Evan Hoffmann has announced NextStop Theatre Company's new schedule of shows for the first half of 2022. The new schedule represents the gradual return and ongoing expansion of the organization's productions following the pandemic, as well as a continuation of their longstanding commitment to offering a diverse array of theatrical styles and stories, in and for the Northern Virginia community.
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2021
Producing Artistic Director Evan Hoffmann has announced NextStop Theatre Company's new schedule of shows for the first half of 2022. The new schedule represents the gradual return and ongoing expansion of the organization's productions following the pandemic, as well as a continuation of their longstanding commitment to offering a diverse array of theatrical styles and stories, in and for the Northern Virginia community.
BWW Review: MAN COVETS BIRD at Spooky Action Theater
by Olivia Murray - December 08, 2021
This production was packed full of excitement, self-reflection, celebration, and a small mimed bird reminding us of the moral of the story.
by Olivia Murray - December 08, 2021
This production was packed full of excitement, self-reflection, celebration, and a small mimed bird reminding us of the moral of the story.
Interview: Theatre Life with William T. Newman Jr.
by Elliot Lanes - December 07, 2021
Today’s subject William T. Newman Jr. is currently living his theatre life portraying the esteemed African-American playwright August Wilson in How I Learned What I Learned at WSC Avant Bard. The production marks the company’s return to LIVE performances and runs through December 19th at Gunston Arts Center in Theatre Two.
by Elliot Lanes - December 07, 2021
Today’s subject William T. Newman Jr. is currently living his theatre life portraying the esteemed African-American playwright August Wilson in How I Learned What I Learned at WSC Avant Bard. The production marks the company’s return to LIVE performances and runs through December 19th at Gunston Arts Center in Theatre Two.
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Guys and Dolls
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The Snowman™ and the Snowdog
Imagination Stage (11/22 - 1/4)
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Catch Me If You Can
Shenandoah Conservatory (2/26 - 3/1) | |
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How Shakespeare Saved My Life
Folger Shakespeare Library (6/9 - 7/5) | |
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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Olney Theatre Center (7/2 - 8/23) | |
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Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Musical
Three Notch Theatre (7/10 - 8/2) | |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Washington DC (2/21 - 2/21) | |
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A Good Day to Me Not to You
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (3/27 - 5/3) | |
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The Princess and The Pea: An Actors Theatre for Young Audiences Production
ARTfactory (2/28 - 3/7) | |
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White Christmas
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (11/5 - 12/28) | |
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