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BWW Video: Round House Theatre Premieres New Webseries Homebound
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2020
This first installment of Round House Theatre's Original Webseries Homebound is now live, with new episodes premiering every Monday through June 29. The 10-episode series is written by a different local playwright each week, and features 9 DC-area actors who would have performed on the Round House stage this spring.
American Shakespeare Center Adjusts to the Health Crisis By Bringing Content Online and More
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2020
The Washington post has reported that due to the fact that in person performances have been cancelled, the American Shakespeare center is adjusting to the new normal by bringing their content online and more.
BWW News: Four DC Broadway World Writers Who All Attend Catholic University on Dealing with Distance Learning
by Elliot Lanes - April 23, 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has been rough for everyone but one one of the groups of people that might be having the hardest time adjusting to a 'new normal' are students of all ages.  While there are ways to make learning fun for the younger set, high school and college students have to take things more seriously. Institutions of higher learning all over the country have gone digital and this includes The Catholic University of America (CUA) here is DC.
VIDEO: Frédéric Yonnet Will Perform a Couch Concert For the Kennedy Center on April 24
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2020
French-born jazz harmonica superstar & D.C. fixture Frédéric Yonnet offers an hourlong set of his soulful, inspired sound in the Kennedy Center's Friday artistic partner spotlight.
BWW News: Mission Partners Hosts Virtual Sunday Supper and a Show Benefitting The Theatre Lab
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2020
Mission Partners, a Bethesda based social impact communications firm, will host a Virtual Sunday Supper and a Show fundraiser to benefit The Theatre Lab on Sunday, April 26. Tickets are $15 and all proceeds will support The Theatre Lab -- Washington, D.C.'s largest and most comprehensive independent, nonprofit school for the dramatic arts.
Byrd Theatre Announces Virtual Screening Room
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2020
NBC12 has reported that the Byrd Theatre will present a virtual screening room to adapt to during the health crisis. 
Washington Concert Opera to Perform MAOMETTO II, I PURITANI and More in 2020/21 Season
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2020
Washington Concert Opera and Maestro Antony Walker have announced their 2020-21 lineup. With the hope that it will be safe to gather once again later this year, WCO plans to begin their new season on November 22, 2020 with the performance of Gioachino Rossini's Maometto II.
Shakespeare Theatre Company Invites Audiences To A Viewing Party Of The National Theatre's Production Of TWELFTH NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2020
Shakespeare Theatre Company invites audiences to celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday by attending a viewing party of the National Theatre of London's 2017 production of Twelfth Night on Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. EST.
VIDEO: Mark G. Meadows, Awa Sal Secka, and Erin Driscoll Talk Cabarets on SIGNATURE STRONG LIVE!
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2020
In the fourth episode of Signature Strong Live!, Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner is chatting about Signature's intimate cabarets.
American Shakespeare Center Extends Actors' Renaissance Season on BlkFrsTV and More
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2020
American Shakespeare Center has announced that their celebrated Actors' Renaissance Season is extended through May 10 via the company's streaming service, BlkFrsTV.
Arena Stage Announces Additional Virtual Programming
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2020
Arena Stage continues to engage the community with its education program, Voices of Now, working with middle and high school students online in addition to newly added dates to its Intermission series of virtual programming.
American Pops Orchestra Looks For The Voices Of Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2020
The next Michael Bublé or Idina Menzel could be discovered but it'll depend on the audience's votes when the American Pops Orchestra presents the third annual 'NextGen: Finding the Voices of Tomorrow.'
The Most Powerful Voice in DC Area Theatre Peter Marks on Covering the Arts When the Arts are Basically Shut Down
by Elliot Lanes - April 20, 2020
Towards the end of the musical A Chorus Line, the director/choreographer asks of his auditioning dancers 'What are you going to do when you can't dance anymore?' The COVID-19 outbreak has affected everybody without question. Social distancing, face masks, and quarantining ourselves have become the 'new normal.' It's anything but that!
Chamber Dance Project Presents Zoom History Of Ballet April 21
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2020
Chamber Dance Project (CDP), Washington's foremost contemporary ballet company, is harnessing creative uses of technology to prepare for its coming New Works 2020 season. Chamber Dance Project has introduced a?oeGet Closer to the Arta?"Virtual Chat Series,a?? free Zoom sessions that are taking place at 5 p.m. every Tuesday.
CatholicU Presents Shakespeare Virtually
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2020
a?oeTheater is about collaboration between actors, directors, designers, and stage crew,a?? says Eleanor Holdridge, associate professor and chair of the Department of Drama in the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art. a?oeIt is about what happens in the room.a??
VIDEO: Brother and Sister Perform Virtual Dance Routine
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2020
After high school freshman McKenzie Ennis's school play was cancelled, her school, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, asked for videos of the kids performing while at home.
Q-Fest Will Showcase D.C.-Area Playwrights in Online Readings
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2020
Adventure Theatre MTC, in partnership with District Dramatists and 4615 Theatre Company, has invited DC, Maryland, or Virginia writers to take part in a flash creation of new work for a series of online readings. Each script will contain 5 required elements.
Shakespeare Theatre Company Offers Its Adult Classes Online, Tuition Reduced
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2020
Shakespeare Theatre Company is offering its series of adult classes as online courses for the first-time to accommodate theatre students and professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Shakespeare Theatre Company Announces New Digital Programming THE SHAKESPEARE HOUR
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2020
Shakespeare Theatre Company is excited to announce The Shakespeare Hour, a month-long online tour through every corner of the Shakespeare universe (April 22 - May 13).
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Challenges Students to Show Their Talent on #WolfTrapVirtualStage
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2020
Where do high school performers go when their stage closes due to a pandemic? They get creative and take their performances online at #WolfTrapVirtualStage! That's the opportunity that Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is now offering to their high school grantees, whose April 27th performance at Wolf Trap's The Barns was cancelled.
Arts Barn Announces 2020-21 Season - THE FANTASTICKS, FROZEN JR., CLUE, and More!
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2020
Arts Barn has announced its upcoming 2020-21 season! Unless specified, performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, and Sundays at 2 PM. Online ticket sales will open 30 days prior to the event.
Round House Theatre Announces Full 2020-21 Season - QUIXOTE NUEVO, GOD OF CARNAGE, and More!
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2020
Round House Theatre has announced its 43rd Season, which includes six productions.
BWW News: Survey Finds Many DC Area Theatergoers Will Not Immediately Return To Theaters When They Reopen In The Wake Of The Coronavirus
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2020
Shugoll Research, a national marketing research company in Bethesda, Maryland, conducted an online survey with 2,762 DC area theatergoers on their intent to return to the theater when it reopens after the coronavirus pandemic. 
American Shakespeare Center's STREAMING ACTORS' RENAISSANCE SEASON Will Come to a Close
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2020
American Shakespeare Center's celebrated Actors' Renaissance Season, now streaming on the company's digital theatre platform BlkFrsTV, must end April 19 in accordance with broadcast agreements with the performers union, Actors' Equity Association.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre to Host VIRTUAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2020
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is hosting a Virtual Progressive Party on April 20th!

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