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ARTfactory's Pied Piper Theatre will mark its 100th production with Oliver! at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, featuring over 55 youth performers in Lionel Bart's classic musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.

Sixteen characters are portrayed by the character of the narrator ----Constance Zaytoun---who carries the one-person play entitled A Good Day To Me Not To You now playing at the Arena Stage.

In a new article, Josef Palermo, an artist who served as the Kennedy Center’s first curator of visual arts, detailed his experience amidst the Trump administration's takeover of the institution.

The Creative Coalition will kick off White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend with its annual Night Before Dinner event on April 24 in Washington, D.

Theater J has revealed its 2026–2027 season, a five-production lineup including world and DC premieres, including Emily Feldman's American Girls, Michael Shayan's Avaaz and more.

Avant Bard will present GHOST LIMB by Marisela Treviño Orta, directed by Elena Velasco, at Gunston Arts Center Theatre Two in Arlington, VA.

The Mannequin, a play by Germaine de Staël, will be presented by We Happy Few Productions in Washington, D.

The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame (WSHOF) has revealed its 2026 season, featuring the 6th Anniversary Award Show & Induction Gala and the return of the exclusive Songwriting Mixer.

Faction of Fools’ production of the beloved piece chaperones fresh connotation to the prose via masked physical comedy.

Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts have revealed the headliners for the sixth annual musical theater collaboration, Broadway in the Park: Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley!

The Hylton Performing Arts Center has unveiled its 2026–27 season of performances, featuring a myriad of artistic acts and styles as part of its four main series: Hylton Presents, Hylton Family Series, Matinee Idylls, and American Roots Series.

World Ballet Company will present Swan Lake at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, VA, featuring a live orchestra performance of Tchaikovsky's score alongside over 150 hand-sewn costumes and hand-painted sets.

Young Americans, the thought-provoking and entertaining play by Lauren Yee about the American immigrant experience is currently in performances at 1st Stage through April 26.

Colombian singer and composer Andrés Cepeda will perform at New York's Beacon Theatre and Elizabeth, NJ's Ritz Theatre as part of his East Coast tour, supporting his fifteenth studio album Bogotá.

Signature Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team for the musical Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

What did our critic think of CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA at Washington Stage Guild?

Today’s subject Kokayi is currently living his theatre life as the composer of John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest at Mosaic Theater Company.

A tremendous cast breathes new life into this Broadway classic.

Ninety minutes of a play that detail the utter pompousness, redundancies, calls to “shelve” or postpone important actions, and the ignoring of vital new community comments, are only some of the bureaucratic and provincial rules, regulations, and idiocies of what can constitute The Minutes of a c

Today’s subject Phoenix Assata LaFreniere is currently living her theatre life on tour playing Dorothy in The Wiz.

Arena Stage will present the Voices of Now Festival, featuring four ensembles of middle and high school artists from across the DC region performing original works rooted in their lived experiences.

MONOLOGUE MADNESS DC marks its 15th anniversary on April 18 at Penn Social in Washington, DC, where 32 actors will compete in a single-elimination tournament for a $1,000 grand prize before a panel of casting professionals.

The GIRLBOSS SKETCH SHOW will take the stage April 10 at The DC Arts Center as part of the Woke Mob Comedy Festival, featuring troupes Bad Medicine, Grace and the Gang, Chaps, and The RENS, with a portion of ticket sales benefiting the DC Abortion Fund.

Selah Theatre Project will present Twelve Angry Jurors at Stone Branch Center for the Arts in Front Royal, VA, with immersive, non-traditional seating placing audiences inside the jury deliberation room.

There is no question that actress/singer/not of this world performer Felicia Curry is true DC theatre royalty.