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Mexodus
Mexodus
5/16 - 6/9/2024


History meets hip-hop in this groundbreaking theatrical experience that explores the often-untold stories of enslaved people in the United States who sought freedom in Mexico, ...


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Review: Mosaic Theater Company's World Premiere of Nancy


by Hannah R. Wing - April 04, 2024

Nancy is a compelling satirical play with themes which still resonate today as Indigenous communities in the U.S. (and around the world) fight to get their land back, advocate for environmental justice, and improve the lives of people within their communities....

Prologue Theatre to Present MARJORIE PRIME by Jordan Harrison This Spring


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 29, 2024

Prologue Theatre will return to the Atlas Performing Arts Center this spring. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets. ...

MIGRAAAAANTS! Comes to ExPats Theatre


by Stephi Wild - February 29, 2024

Discover the latest production by ExPats Theatre, MIGRAAAAANTS! OR THERE'S TOO MANY OF US IN THIS DAMN BOAT, a stage play by Romanian-French playwright Matéi Visniec. Opening night is on March 16th at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, DC....

Baltimore Center Stage And Mosaic Theater Company Present MEXODUS A World Premiere Hip-Hop Remix Musical


by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2024

Baltimore Center Stage and Mosaic Theater Company are partnering to present the world premiere of a new musical that explores the Underground Railroad that went South into Mexico....

Mosaic Theater Company To Honor Dan Logan And Jane Lang At The Spark 2024 Benefit Celebration, February 10


by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2024

Mosaic Theater Company honors co-founder Dan Logan and Jane Lang at The Spark 2024 Benefit Celebration on February 10....

SPAMALOT, SWEPT AWAY And More Nominated for 2024 Helen Hayes Awards


by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2024

Tonight, at a celebration honoring outstanding theatre on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center for Theatre Washington's announcement of nominees for the 40th Helen Hayes Awards. ...

Recipient of the 2024 Victor Shargai Leadership Award Revealed


by Stephi Wild - January 11, 2024

The recipient of the 2024 Victor Shargai Leadership Award has been announced as Rebecca Medrano, collaborative leader, co-founder, and executive director of GALA Hispanic Theatre, the National Center for Latino Performing Arts. ...

BroadwayWorld's Holiday Guide: Must-See Shows on the East Coast


by Team BWW - December 08, 2023

As the festive season sweeps across the country bringing holiday cheer, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to present our selection of must-see shows for December. Check out our east coast picks!...

Support East Coast Regional Theaters on Giving Tuesday


by Joshua Wright - November 28, 2023

In the vibrant spirit of generosity that defines Giving Tuesday, BroadwayWorld is proud to shine a spotlight on the remarkable campaigns launched by theaters across the United States, Canada, and Australia. Check out campaigns from the East Coast....

REVIEW: SOLAS NUA: THE HONEY TRAP At the Atlas Performing Arts Center


by Jackson Malmgren - November 08, 2023

How do individuals and communities heal after decades of violence? THE HONEY TRAP, a world premiere presented by Solas Nua, focuses on one night in Belfast during The Troubles and how the events that transpire that night forever change the lives of diametrically opposed young adults....

Past Shows

Nancy
Nancy
3/28 - 4/21/2024


It’s 1985 in Washington, DC and two women are trying to steer their futures—Nancy Reagan from the White House, orchestrating her husband “Ronnie’s” political career ...

Atlas Presents: Sounds of Silence Film Series: Bare Knees - 1928


With live musical accompaniment by pianist Andrew Earle Simpson. This film is on loan from and preserved by the Library of Congress. "Bare Knees" is ...

ISM II
ISM II
11/29 - 12/17/2023


ISM II, conceived and directed by Michelle Banks, is another episode of the original ISM created by the VOCA Ensemble. The new VOCA Ensemble of ...

Atlas Presents: Navidad Flamenca (Flamenco Holidays)


Come celebrate the Holidays with us! Create a new tradition celebrating the holidays the Spanish way. This festive program will take you on a journey ...

Atlas Presents: Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra - A Bohemian Christmas


Celebrate the holidays with performances of cool classics by Shorty Rogers, Thad Jones, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, Stan Kenton, and a handful of arrangements by BCJO ...

Atlas Presents: Sounds of Silence Film Series: The Merry Widow - 1925


With live musical accompaniment by pianist Andrew Earle Simpson. "The Merry Widow" is a romantic drama/black comedy that was a critical and box office success ...

Confederates
Confederates
10/26 - 11/19/2023


Sara is an enslaved rebel turned Union spy. Sandra is a tenured professor at a modern-day university. Despite living 160 years apart, their parallel struggles ...

Capital City Symphony: One Week
Capital City Symphony: One Week
11/11 - 11/12/2023


It’s time for CCS’s annual interactive family concert. The performance begins with local composer Charlie Barnett’s energetic and participatory Give Me the Orchestra, which introduces ...

Atlas Presents: Cafe Flamenco


Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Café Flamenco. This popular, cabaret-style event features traditional flamenco dance and live music performed by dancers from Furia Flamenca Dance ...

ExPats Theatre: Scorched
ExPats Theatre: Scorched
9/23 - 10/15/2023


After their mother’s death, the adult twins Simon and Janine are asked to search for their father and brother in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. ...

Breaking Ground: The Other Side of the Hallway


__The Other Side of the Hallway__ follows a group of LGBTQIA+ students of color in a job placement community college program trying to navigate how ...

Monsters of the American Cinema


When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late ...

The Cake
The Cake
2/2 - 2/26/2023


Della makes cakes, not judgment calls – those she leaves to her husband, Tim. But when the girl she helped raise comes back home to ...

The Revolutionists
The Revolutionists
4/28 - 5/22/2022


Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and ...

World Builders
World Builders
1/27 - 2/20/2022


Max and Whitney are participating in a clinical drug trial attempting to treat their schizoid personality disorder - attempting to turn into functioning members of ...

A Fairy Queen
A Fairy Queen
12/4 - 12/5/2021


Start your holiday season with laughter and magic! Shakespeare's immortal Midsummer Night's Dream mingles with music by Henry Purcell in a performance in the style ...


On September 12, 2001, Waverly prepares for a blind date at her Minneapolis apartment, absently-mindedly watching television in the background. When her date arrives, the ...


Anyone who has ever looked for love knows the dilemma: Do you make a safe, sensible match? Or take a risk on an exciting someone ...

Eureka Day
12/4


At Eureka Day School, a progressive charter school in Berkeley, all points of view are respected, all voices heard. After all, these parents only want ...

Theory
10/23


Norman Yeung; dir: Victoria Murray Baatin....

Specific Gravity
Specific Gravity
2/25 - 2/26/2017


The Circus Collective of San Diego fuses contemporary circus with a social consciousness in their new project that aims to raise awareness for displaced persons ...

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