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The Department for Professionals Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) and affiliated arts, entertainment, and media unions applaud the expanded access to economic support for loss of work related to COVID-19 in the latest coronavirus aid bill, which is on its way to becoming law.

American Shakespeare Center announced today that in response to the COVID-19 forced suspension of activities, they will release four productions from their 2020 Actors' Renaissance Season and three productions from their National Tour for streaming through a ticketed system on the company's websit

American Pops Orchestra (APO), in light of the coronavirus pandemic, is stepping up to offer music to soothe nerves while supporting musicians and performers facing a loss of their incomes.

Theater suffered a huge loss this week when the playwright Terrence McNally died at 81, of complications of our current plague, the coronavirus.

Kennedy Center performances of Once on This Island, Soundtrack '63, and Washington National Opera's Porgy and Bess have been canceled, due to COVID-19.

Ford's Theatre Society is further altering its programming schedule through May 17, 2020.

Mosaic Theater Company has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances:

As the world reels from the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Washington theater communitya?"both institutions and individualsa?"alongside other entertainment and freelance industries, faces financial uncertainty in the weeks and months ahead.

In response to the novel coronavirus outbreak and CDC recommendations, all Round House Theatre performances for the rest of the 2019-2020 Season will be canceled.

According to DC Theatre Scene, Washington DC's council has passed a bill that could provide relief for theatre professionals who have lost work due to COVID-19.

Due to ongoing developments resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the national move to cancel group gatherings as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and District of Columbia Health Authorities, Arena Stage has made the difficult decision to suspend all remaining performances for i

Americans For the Arts are hosting webinars to help those in the arts community cope with the current health crisis.

The National Theatre in Washington DC has released a statement via Twitter regarding upcoming performances of The Last Ship.

It may have been unrealistic to open a new play amid the coronavirus pandemic, but 'The Realistic Joneses' did just that on Saturday at Spooky Action Theatre, a group whose name inspires no further confidence (it's named after Einstein's term for quantum entanglement - the ability of separate object

Eduardo Machado's Celia and Fidel, set at the beginning of the Mariel Boatlift crisis in 1980, explores the bravado, self-delusion, frustration and paranoia that were the hallmarks of Fidel Castro's rule over Cuba.

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The New York Times has reported that a comptroller at the Kirov Academy of Ballet misappropriated $1.

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Studio Theatre has suspended its production of Pass Over.

Out of the utmost caution for its friends and supporters regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, the Chamber Dance Project (CDP) canceled its biggest fundraiser of the year, the Anchors Away Gala set for March 29.

Forget the Cherry Blossoms, folks, they'll be gone before you know it.

National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum has announced it will temporarily close.

Theater Alliance has cancelled all remaining performances of This Bitter Earth.

Washington Stage Guild has postponed the opening of SAM AND DEDE.

Shemika Berry of Accokeek, Maryland gave a history lesson to the students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Washington, D.