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Spring has sprung here in DC.

One of Leonard Bernstein's most iconic compositions will be paired with the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven's most celebrated work in "Bernstein and Beethoven: Part I" on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 8 p.

Funny how a few years can change a play, not because of the play itself, but because of social shifts around it.

The future of musical theater is looking pretty bright.

After a successful adventure in Germany as associate director/choreographer for Cirque Du Soleil's Paramour, Luis Salgado returns to GALA Hispanic Theatre to helm the new latinx adaptation of the iconic FAME, The Musical.

What happens when you combine a 'Trading Spaces' star with a madcap musical about trying to trade one's identity? Or a 'Drag Race' contestant with songs about the larger than life 'Mame'? It promises to be an incredible evening of entertainment as The American Pops Orchestra presents 'I Am What I Am

Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA, the education and family programming arm of the Keegan Theatre, continues its season of theatre for young people and families with THE RELUCTANT DRAGON, by Mary Hall Surface and directed by Ricky Drummond, opening May 11 and playing weekend mornings at 11:00 am at Keegan Theatre.

National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays, announces the continuation of its 88th Rolling World Premiere (RWP):  Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven by Reina Hardy.

It would have been interesting to hear the 1953 conversation between author Richard Wright and the upstart man of letters James Baldwin at the ex-pat literary nexus of Les Deux Magots in Paris.

Since 2003, today's subject, Jeremy Price has been living his theatre life making noise all over the world in the international percussion phenomenon, Stomp.

The Washington Bach Consort will be commended by the DC Council on Monday, May 6 at St.

Tickets are now on sale for the final show of Synetic Theater's 2018/19 Season, an all-new adaptation of Treasure Island.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company of Ann, Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor's (The Practice, Two and a Half Men) intimate, hilarious production based on the colorful and complex life of former Texas Governor Ann Richards.

Theater J, the nation's largest and most prominent Jewish theater, continues its signature Yiddish Theater Lab with readings of two plays in May.

JUNK is playing at Arena Stage in Washington DC through May 5, 2019.

Alice Walker's Pulitzer-winning The Color Purple is one of the greatest stories of the last 50 years, and its musical adaptation is one of the most magical Broadway experiences of the last 20 years.

Arena Stage's production of 'Junk' marks the Washington, DC area premiere of the critically acclaimed play, and, happily, Arena's production is more than up to the task of living up to the show's reputation.

Studio Theatre concludes its 40th Anniversary Season Main Series productions with the DC premiere of playwright Lucy Kirkwood's urgent and unsettling eco-thriller The Children, directed by Studio Artistic Director David Muse.

The Kennedy Center announces the July calendar of events for Millennium Stage, its free daily performance series featuring art and artists representing countless artistic styles.

In Scena Theatre's Beckett Trio, Part 2 identity and story are up for debate.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater recently opened the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar's (Arena's Disgraced) timely tale Junk.

There are certain things that really bother me in theater.

Arena Stage presents Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar's (Arena's Disgraced) timely tale Junk.

Despite its dated premise and overstuffed ensemble, Mariinsky Ballet's 'Le Corsaire' provides a delightful evening with some truly inspiring dance.

Feinstein is superb in concert at the Gordon Center for Performing Arts in Owings Mills, MD.