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Most people know of Helen Keller, but not everyone knows how her inspiring story came to be.

Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin has announced A Broadway Christmas Carol, created by Kathy Feininger, will return to MetroStage for a fourth season for the holidays tonight, Nov.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will take the stage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company this holiday season.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will take the stage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company this holiday season.

Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Stephanie Cutter - Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Caroline "Kim" Taylor - Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Margaret Russell - Gene

Solid acting of an ultimately compelling script, with adequate direction from Hub's Artistic Director Helen Pafumi, and several nice design elements make this production worthy of some notice.

The Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO) under the direction of Jeff Lindberg is excited and honored to have been chosen to perform at the 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala on December 8, 2013 in Washington, D.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater ushers in the 2013/14 Kogod Cradle Series with workshop performances of the local ensemble-driven company dog & pony dc's newest show Toast, a participatory theatrical performance that asks the question: how is devising a play like developing new t

I Can Cook, Too! makes its official debut at 7:30 pm tonight, November 18 at the Beacon Bar & Grill (1615 Rhode Island, NW, Washington DC) as part of theatreWashington's monthly Show Tunes & Cocktails event, featuring musical theatre star Donna Migliaccio and pianist Glenn Pearson.

Today, November 18, 2013, at 7pm, Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) premieres New Writers Now! - Save the Day, a free reading of outstanding new plays in the ballroom of the Josephine Butler Parks Center (2437 15th St.

If your appetite for Shakespeare's history plays was whetted by PBS's recent series "The Hollow Crown," be of good cheer; King John is now receiving a solid production by the WSC Avant Bard.

There are few shows I've been able to see from their early stages.

The Kennedy Center, under the auspices of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), presents a free, five-night ASCAP Centennial Celebration on the Millennium Stage today, November 16 through the 18th and 20-21, 2013.

Prestigious artist, pianist and national media personality, Christopher O'Riley, comes to The Alden in McLean for a single performance of 'Out of My Hands' tonight, Nov.

The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 35th Rolling World Premiere: Steve Yockey's Pluto will receive three productions through the Network's Continued Life of New

theatreWashington today announced the release of I Can Cook, Too! a cookbook that gathers more than 100 recipes from the Washington region's professional theatre artists, technicians, administrators, and leading patrons in support of Taking Care of Our Own, a fund that provides emergency assistance

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Lifelong performer and Tony Award nominee Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Eubie!) captivates audiences with stories, songs and smooth choreography for his return to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater with Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life.

Most people know of Helen Keller, but not everyone knows how her inspiring story came to be.

Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin has announced A Broadway Christmas Carol, created by Kathy Feininger, will return to MetroStage for a fourth season for the holidays Nov.

After a record number of nominations and careful proofing by our local editors for eligibility, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Awards.

Lifelong performer and Tony Award nominee Maurice Hines(Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Eubie!) captivates audiences with stories, songs and smooth choreography for his return to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater with Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life.

NextStop Theatre Company's 2013-2014 season continues with the holiday repertory performances of Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol and The 12 Dates of Christmas Performances begin on December 3rd and 4th, respectively, at the Industrial Strength Theatre in Herndon.

Into Shakespeare Theatre's stately Lansburgh Theatre comes a performance so powerful, so unrestrained, so visceral as to rip the bloody roots of power from the earth and hold them dripping above our astonished heads.

The John F.