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The Sound of Music is a veritable old warhorse of the Broadway musical canon, and it has stood the test of the vicissitudes of time.

Nu Sass, an excellent part of DC's “off Broadway” since 2009, opens its season in a new space: it's accessible! it's clean! (and its entrance is actually on 11th St.

Cirque du Soliel’s LUZIA merges powerful artistry and adrenaline-fueled action punctuated with lush music, evocative scenery and a dreamy atmosphere for 125 minutes of pure entertainment.

Shakespeare Theatre Company is presenting Merry Wives.

At turns funny, suspenseful, and insightful, this standalone sequel to Centerstage’s highly-praised Miss Holmes will keep you guessing and gasping until the very end.

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

Shakespeare Theatre Company has shared casting for its holiday presentation of Guys and Dolls.

Mosaic's season opener pits a failing marriage against seventy-two hours confined in a hotel room.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will present a new adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Damn Yankees, running September 9 through November 9, 2025, in the iconic in-the-round Fichandler Stage, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Sergio Trujillo.

Compass Rose Theater has announced its 2025–26 season featuring Annie, Pride & Prejudice, Rent, and a 15th anniversary cabaret.

Traveling Players presents Carlo Goldoni's slapstick comedy, Servant of Two Masters.

Theater J has announced the final play of its 35th year of producing thought-provoking, dynamic, and impactful theater.

It’s an odd thing to consider, especially in a week that began with Labor Day.

Arena Stage has revealed the cast and creative team for Fremont Ave.

The Kiss of the Spider Woman, a 2-hour show presented in Spanish with English surtitles, runs through September 28.

Set in an Argentine prison, Kiss of the Spider Woman follows two cellmates as they struggle to overcome prejudices and preconceptions—Valentín, a revolutionary political prisoner, and Molina, a queer idealist who copes by escaping reality into film noir fantasies.

Drunk Dracula will stalk toward the stage in the latest incarnation of the beloved underground phenomenon, Drunk Shakespeare.

Lance Coadie Williams, originally announced as Falstaff in Merry Wives, will no longer appear in the show.

This North American premiere from Levi Holloway (Broadway’s Grey House) and Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett (Sleep No More) features illusions by Tony Award winner Chris Fisher (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).

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Today’s subject Christiane Noll is currently living her theatre life in a heavenly way to be sure.

Signature Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team for the DC premiere of Strategic Love Play, written by Miriam Battye.

Today’s subject Ana Villafañe is currently living her theatre life at Arena Stage preparing to begin performances of the newly revised version of Damn Yankees.

Today’s subject Kanysha Williams is currently living her theatre life onstage at Signature Theatre playing the role of Miss Mary in Play On!.