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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has named Darren Edward Johnston as Associate Artistic Director of Commercial Strategy and Partnership.

Watch a first look video of NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE at Round House Theatre, a magical world premiere created by Aaron Posner and master illusionist Dendy.

Yes, Rent opened on Broadway thirty years ago.

Today’s subject Kara-Tameika Watkins is currently living her theatre onstage at Olney Theatre Center in the World Premiere Musical Little Miss Perfect.

Caridad Martinez will join The Washington School of Ballet’s 2026 Summer Intensive as guest faculty.

My Body My Festival will return May 28, 2026 to the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.

Theater J will present Jonathan Spector’s Tony Award-winning EUREKA DAY from March 11 through April 5, 2026.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has awarded grants to 13 teachers at public high schools and middle schools in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC to fund theater, music, and dance projects in their classrooms.

Chez Joey is now running at Arena Stage.

Virginia’s Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will honor star of stage and screen Vanessa Williams with the company’s fifteenth Stephen Sondheim Award.

The 2026 Helen Hayes Award nominations have been announced, recognizing outstanding achievement in Washington-area professional theatre.

As part of their self-ascribed “year of world premieres,” Olney Theatre Center is debuting the profoundly peppy, wonderfully messy, coming-of-age celebration Little Miss Perfect, written by Joriah Kwamé.

Today’s subject Bill Irwin is possibly one of the most versatile and flexible performers still working in the performing arts today.

Master illusionist Dendy gives you the gift of a stone in your shoe.

1st Stage in Tysons, VA will present BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY February 26–March 15, 2026, following the passing of cast member William T.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presented the American Voice Award to District of Columbia City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, as part of the Opening Night celebration for Chez Joey.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' comedy Appropriate gets an intimate production in Olney Theatre Center's 148-seat Multiz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, directed by the theatre's artistic director, Jason Loewith.

“So I’ve got a story to tell you.

The Keegan Theatre has announced the World Premiere of MIDICULOUS, an interactive Choose-Your-Own-Adventure play for teens by acclaimed DC artists and Keegan favorites Drew Anderson and Dwayne Lawson-Brown.

Arena Stage will present a New Play Festival from February 27 to March 1, 2026, featuring works by notable playwrights to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

Krapp’s Last Tape is Scena Theatre’s contribution to a mini-Beckett festival that has popped up in our midst this past week, and it’s a poignant reminder of how Beckett foresaw demise—his, ours, everyone’s—with a combination of wry humor, and a resignation that sometimes borders on relie

An embarrassment of theatrical riches, bordering on sensory, stimulating overload, is on display in an exceptionally bold and satisfying reimagining of the very influential musical Pal Joey—now reconceived as Chez Joey.

Ford’s Theatre has unveiled its 2026–2027 season, featuring the Ford’s Theatre return of the Tony Award-winning Come From Away, directed by Kevin McAllister, and more.

What did our critic think of SNAPSHOTS: A MUSICAL SCRAPBOOK at Creative Caudron Stage?

With TAMBO & BONES, Spooky Action Theatre takes on a satirical and biting piece that refuses to play by the rules, whether it be of narrative, of genre, or of comfort.