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As the daughter of legendary Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, and sister of Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft has been in the spotlight since birth. And that was just the start of his "fifteen minutes of fame" rehearsal cycle. In…

No one else could tell, but from the waist down we were dancing in our seats during the Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show at the Kennedy Center's decorative opera house. Getting jiggy is apparently what the Irish do. Indeed,…

Lights, camera, KiKi Layne is back in action! Although you might know the actress from her roles in movies like If Beale Street Could Talk and The old guard, Layne rediscovers the joys of performing at the theatre. She currently plays in…

Lights, camera, KiKi Layne is back in action! Although you might know the actress from her roles in movies like If Beale Street Could Talk and The old guard, Layne rediscovers the joys of performing at the theatre. She currently plays in…

"Everyone is invited to put their name in the bag to share a real five-minute personal story on the theme, however you interpret it," said organizer Jeanné Sparks.The theme this time is habits, she noted.On Friday, Story Slam participants…

In November 2021, Circus Omnium – the innovative circus dedicated to inclusivity and diversity – was set to open a seven-week run under a marquee in Tysons, Virginia. A slate of circus acts was announced, to be performed by an…

Emily Paige and Jake Bieniewicz as Eurydice and Orpheus. (Courtesy of Jason Flannery, Director of Eurydice) By Mia Kerner After months of preparation, the GRCC Players present the myth of Orpheus through the perspective…

1 POSTS Michael St. Andress is truly an asset to the DC Metro Area and is well-liked by local governments, businesses, education,…

Washington Improv Theater (WIT) is looking for a new home for its classes, programming and live performances. After learning of an unexpected lease termination this week, WIT will move out of his 14-year-old home in Sources…

Ukraine. COVID. Climate change. A world of refugees. Authoritarians abroad and at home. Tragedies of today and tomorrow. But, at the Signature Theater, comedy tonight, in the form of She loves Me, music even sweeter than…

Back row, left to right, Joel Miller, Ruben Muller, Timothy Kupjack. Middle row, left to right, DeAnna Gonzales, Lacey Bingham. Front row, left to right, Elisa River Stacey, Margie Maes, Maria Teresa Herrera, Diana Segara.…

"The black box theatrics that snuck into the white cube." This is how the three-person art collective My Barbarian described itself art forum. The three are masters of their "Showcore" concept, which the Whitney Museum of American Art…

Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of Temptations Fox Theater from March 8 to 13 The electrifying new Broadway hit musical follows The Temptations' extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.…

Audible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, has just released a new list of original sound theater titles, to continue to bring the theatrical experience to a global audience, as part of…

Few college majors are as affected as University of Miami theater students by the COVID-19 pandemic. Navigating how to operate safely in the midst of a global health crisis poses a plethora of challenges. Next spring, UM's…

The Globe Openstage production of The importance of being serious is a delicious blend of classic comedy and modern technology. Shot entirely on Zoom, with each actor appearing in their own "square", it allows Oscar Wilde's…

from Arlington Avant-Bard Theater directed by Lauren Gunderson Ada and the engine as the company's second mainline show of its 32nd season. At the helm is Megan Behm, who directed the resounding success of Avant Bard A…

The title of Tanya Barfield's play blue door stems “from a belief in the Gullah culture that if you paint your door blue, you ward off evil spirits,” she said. These ghostly spirits, as she understands them, were "the white…

Maryland Ballet Theater Momentum is a collection of six short pieces highlighting the various traditions and innovations in dance, as well as the talents of the company. Performed at Maryland Hall's lower-level Bowen Theater,…

If you use the theater as an escape, attend a play called A delicious quarantine right now might seem crazy. Too close to home? Clever or silly marketing ploy? What were players in the Reston community thinking? ! Turns…

The Studio Theater illuminated its new exterior signage on Tuesday evening, February 22, 2022, to commemorate the completion of its $20 million building renovation. which includes an upgraded HVAC system and state-of-the-art…

By COLLETTE CAPRARA FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR Families who take the opportunity to experience Fredericksburg Christian Youth Theater's "Newsies" will be swept away…

Editor's note: DCMTA's recent op-ed urging continued COVID safety policies at local theaters - "Now is not the time for theaters to drop mask and vax requirements” – had an overwhelmingly positive response. We follow it up…

The Annapolis Colonial Players continue their season with The lost Boy, a half-fantasy, half-reality exploration of Peter Pan the tumultuous story of author JM Barrie. The play, written by Ronald Gabriel Paolillo and directed…

In response to the ongoing effects of the pandemic on the theater industry, DC-based singer/songwriter Juliet Lloyd has released a new single and music video, "Ghost Light," featuring moving lyrics about surviving the lockdown:…

'Music of the Night' event will pay tribute to Dolores WilkenfeldCongregation Emanu El Sisterhood will hold its annual fundraiser for all to enjoy. “Music of the Night – A Bit of Purim, a Lot of Broadway,” a masked affair, will honor…

SEATTLE — A powerful new play at the Seattle Repertory Theater shines a light on a largely unsung black leader and her courageous fight for the right to vote.The play "Fannie" tells the story of a Mississippi sharecropper named Fannie Lou…

The Arts Incubator Short Play Fest will feature five new plays that explore how we connect. picture of the Irvington Theater) After a terrific inaugural festival in 2021, the Irvington Theater is thrilled to once…

Valentine's Day is Monday and love is in the air, with two star-studded online events coming straight to your door from New York. One is an open-mic Zoom celebration; the other an in-person concert which will also be streamed…

Theater Communications Group (TCG) – the national theater organization, founded in 1961, and the largest independent publisher of dramatic literature in North America – announced that the TCG Book Game Collection is now live on…

Non-profit arts advocacy organization Embracing Arlington Arts (EAA) is widely known in the theater community for its weekly "Embracing Arlington Arts Talks" podcasts featuring artists, actors, theater leaders, dignitaries…

Phoenix Best as Mary (center) with the Nazarene Girls – Adelina Mitchell as Ruth (left), Chani Wereley as Esther (back) and Jade Jones as Jessica (right) – in "AD 16". Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography. Photo credit:…

The constraint or the house behind—the poignant play making its DC debut at Theater J is loosely based on a scandal that rocked the literary and theatrical worlds in the 1950s. The scandal concerned The Diary of Anne Frank, a…

Theater Washington - along with its Board of Directors, Advancement Committee and Craig Pascal - has opened nominations for a new award honoring beloved DC-area theater champion Victor Shargai. For more than 50 years, Shargai…

Concept art for Harkins Cine Grill Paradise Valley (Courtesy image) Arizona-based exhibitor Harkins Theaters plans to launch a new restaurant…

1 of 10: Pequot Lakes plays Amy and her characters.JPG Marcia Stanton, left,…

Several anti-vaccine protesters have been arrested after staging a 'sit-in' protest at a movie theater in New York City.About 10 people were arrested Monday night for a protest against the city's coronavirus vaccination mandate, according…

teacher. Dr. Hülya Nutku Play Writing Competition Applications Continue Organized by the City Theaters of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality (İzBBŞT), Prof. Dr. Applications are continuing for the Hülya Nutku Play Writing…

With freezing weather predicting more storms to come and Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow this Groundhog Day, predicting another six weeks of winter, it's a good time to warm up and warm up at night and catch up on a bedtime…

All it takes is a bar or two of their songs – “Mrs. Robinson”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Scarborough Fair” – and memories are evoked. The national tour of The Simon & Garfunkel story stopped at DC's National Theater…

It's a rare gift to see a play so well written and performed so effectively that you feel like you've seen it performed in a dark cave and still feel its impact. world builders, written by Johnna Adams and presented by Prologue…

Bad Seed addresses timeless issues. What really makes a bad person? Do people do harmful things because of nature? Or is it the result of their environment? The Rockville Little Theater production of Maxwell Anderson Bad…

Herbelin, who took the lead last fall, said Saturday's open house will show the variety of ways to connect with the 42-year-old's theater offerings. “Come and learn how you can play with us. That's what it's all about,” he said in an…

Flutist, composer and native singer of DC Alex Burger threads generations of voices through his debut album And she spoke. Focused on sharing the stories of women – from poets and activists to composers and songwriters – the…

The Shakespeare Theater Company production of Our city — originally scheduled for February 17 to March 22, 2022 — has been postponed. The show, directed by Associate Artistic Director Alan Paul and featuring a cast of…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Due to an increase in positive cases in South Lake Tahoe, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District is temporarily limiting sports and the performing arts. “Our priority is to keep our schools open five days a week for…

Three times a week, performers and staff at Maryland's Olney Theater Center head to the "COVID Testing Center," a small room on the theater's large campus that was hastily converted for that use when the omicron variant…

WINDBER, Pa. — Cleanup work is still underway inside Windber's Arcadia…

Signature Theater is delighted to announce that special arrangements have been made to broadcast Everyone Rise: Signature remembers Stephen Sondheim free for a limited period of 72 hours. Everyone Rise: Signature remembers…

EAST LONGMEADOW – Deputy Director of Leisure Services Kristine Foster was looking for a different type of program to offer to young people in the town. "We run great sports programs," Foster said, but the recreation department was…

The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington DC (GMCW) announces the hiring of Andre Coleman as the organization's first Director of Development. He will be responsible for managing and implementing the development plan and partnering…

Ford's Theater has canceled all Katori Hall performances The top of the mountainfrom January 21 to February 13, 2022, in response to the continued increase in COVID-19 cases in the DC area. On The top of the mountain : On April…

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a star-studded lineup of Broadway and Kennedy Center favorites that will reunite for two performances only on February 11 and 12, 2022 at the Kennedy Center Opera…

With cases of the highly contagious omicron variant COVID rising throughout the DC metro area, including breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated cast, Dominion Stage has decided to reschedule its production of the musical…

DC-area actors will have the opportunity to simultaneously audition for dozens of directors and casting agents over two days in February. The 2022 Actors Center Monologue auditions will take place in person on Monday, February…

December is usually a peak time for Broadway show ticket sales, followed by a post-holiday dip in January-February. But this season, with the unprecedented spread of variant COVID-19 Omicron infections, December 2021 has seen…

As the year draws to a close, we asked the DCMTA writers to reflect on the productions that stood out to them in 2021. Here are the community theater productions that resonated with our authors this year. Melvin D. Smith as…

"Angel Street" tells the story of a woman slowly driven mad by her malevolent husband.Through her own strength and the interaction of others, she is finally free to make her own decisions.Auditions are scheduled for Olympic Theater Arts'…

For the first in-person production of their 2021-22 season, Imagination Stage presents Corduroy in its East Coast premiere. The adorable children's game was adapted by Barry Kornhauser from the two books Corduroy and A…

There are many classic Christmas tales that are put together every year for tradition and nostalgia. But this year, Creative Cauldron focused on a lesser-known story, Christmas Angel, for their holiday production. The show is…

frighten – a heartbreaking film written and starring by an ex-cop and based on Capital Fringe’s acclaimed stage production – premiering Friday, December 17, 2021 on the free online streaming platform Tube. Starring Cannes Film…

The Landless Theater Company's artistic direction team, Andrew and Melissa Baughman, embarked on a new project this season: they've formed a comedy group called The Bingle Jells in the spirit of Weird Al and Dr. Demento, and…

Opera in the 21st century has been radicalized and reinvented by new artists and musical languages, but nothing quite prepared me for the fever dream of…(Iphigenia), a new work based on Euripides' tale of probable infanticide.…

This is my first time experiencing the Improvised Shakespeare Company, and as I sit down to write a review of their performance, I have to be honest - I'm almost speechless. Watching this band perform feels like witnessing a…

NextStop Theater has announced five shows for the first half of 2022. The new schedule represents the company's gradual return and continued expansion post-pandemic productions, as well as a continuation of their long-standing…

The "live radio game" is now live. Olympic Theater Arts' "A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play" airs until December 19, with performance times set at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, December 10-11 and 17-18, and 2 p.m. on…

To survive the holidays, multitasking and time management are essential. Choosing holiday entertainment, then, how effective is it to spend just 90 minutes wrapped up in a medley of #BHC (Beloved Holiday Classics). NextStop…

Carly Pearce performs at the CMA Theater in Nashville. Photo: Alexa Campbell Carly Pearce graced the CMA Theater stage at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Thursday night (December 2) and reminded Nashville why she is the CMA…

Imagination Stage will once again welcome the public for in-person performances in December from Corduroy (December 11 – January 23), followed by hot air balloon (January 15 – February 20), P.Nokio (February 23 – April 10),…

Stephen Sondheim's passing is an unimaginable loss to the theater community. And for over thirty years, his music and lyrics have filled Signature spaces with unimaginable joy. There never has been and never will be anyone…

In tribute to Stephen Sondheim, who passed away on November 26, 2021 at the age of 91, we are republishing this essay with videos about one of the many great songs he left us - and its new meaning now. —Editors Stephen…

Chicago, IL, November 25, 2021 --(PR.com)-- After a year without concerts, BOOM CRACK! Dance Company is back and bringing a new high-energy production to Chicago audiences. Known for its distinct style that breaks the boundaries of…

CARBONDALE - Get ready to take a trip back in time and find that little has changed between family lifestyles in the mid-1920s and a century later when 'Hay Fever' hits the stage at the McLeod Theater early December.The…

David Wilcox does not do things by halves. Wilcox, the longtime artistic director of the Long Beach Ballet, was unable to put on his "Nutcracker" last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the 39th edition of the holiday favorite…

Catch 'Hay Fever' - Students from SIU Carbondale's School of Drama and Dance are taking a break from the upcoming production, 'Hay Fever,' from December 2-5 at the McLeod Theatre. From left, actors…

Carol Aebersol had a little Christmas elf named Fisbee, whom her mother told her she would tell Santa if she was naughty or nice. She shared the same story with her own children, Chanda and Christa, and they decided it was a tradition that…

On Tuesday, November 16, 2021, Chicago, as it nears 10,000and performance on Broadway, celebrated 25 years of "Razzle Dazzle" with a special anniversary celebration. Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, the iconic show won six…

The comedy "Bright Ideas" asks the question, "How far would you go for your child?" » SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State University's University Theater will perform the comedy "Bright Ideas" for its fall dinner theater…

“Where are you Bob? » His continued search for a fellow AWOL is just one of many hardships facing reservations clerk Sam Callahan, left alone with phones ringing incessantly in the cluttered basement office of a hyper…

Emo. The word itself is loaded - beautiful and expressive for those who get it, nerve-wracking and dramatic for those who don't. By definition, "emo" is short for "emotion", and as a musical genre, there's no more apt way to describe it.…

'Enchanting Elgar, the English Romantic' at the National Chamber Ensemble. Photo by Larry Ries. Edward Elgar has the distinction of being one of the greatest British composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From…

Creative Cauldron Presents Aesop's fables, a production featuring hand-picked students in their Learning Theater Studio. This talented young ensemble is led by Laura Connors Hall, who also adapted this precious piece…

Cymbeline has long been considered a Shakespearean mess, with plot convolutions that take “suspension of disbelief” to new heights and enough characters and disguises to populate a streaming miniseries. Samuel Johnson hated…

After an acclaimed and hugely popular year of virtual storytelling, 4615 Theater (winner of the 2020 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre) will return to the stage in December with the Housewarming Theater…

After an extensive nationwide search, DC's Mosaic Theater Company has found its new Artistic Director closer to home. The company is proud to announce Reginald L. Douglas as its new artistic director. Douglas is a DC-based…

Imagination Stage at Bethesda launches its play, 10 seconds, at a November 18 premiere at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC. Honorary chairs for the event are Mayor Muriel Bowser,…

The National Chamber Ensemble is delighted to announce the return of live performances for the 2021-2022 season. The season starts on Saturday November 6 at 7:30 p.m. with Enchanting Elgar, the English Romantic. NCE is…

"Keep company with those who seek the truth, flee those who have found it."—Václav Havel Judging the story is something that some people don't tend to think about. Either they don't care, they are sure that it will be…

For his return to the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra this week after three decades of absence, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier performed an impressionist program gilded with finesse and elegance. Replacement of…

As Ithaca College Go ahead With the second phase of the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process, some members of the campus community are concerned about the impact of moving the Department of Theater…