Dec 31, 2009 — Potomac Stages.com, which for press and theatregoers alike has been an invaluable source of data on Washington area theatre since 2001, announced Wednesday that, after eight years and 2,200 reviews,  it would cease posting as of January 1, 2010. [Read more...]

We have found no better wish for the New Year than that from poet/lyricist Fran Landesman. [Read more...]

The Kennedy Center’s revival of Ragtime, which Broadway producers picked up with most of its cast intact for a run at the Neil Simon, giving Washington performers Tracy Lynn Olivera, Dan Manning,  and Donna Migliaccio their first Broadway credits, will close after a disappointing run of 57 performances on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010. Peter Marks has more details here.

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Ragtime interviews:
director Marcia Milgrom Dodge
producer Roy Furman
actors Christiane Noll and Robert Petkoff
composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Washington Shakespeare invites you to usher out 2009 with some of Washington’s favorite actors doing scenes by Shakespeare and others.  Fox 5′s Sue Palka will be joined by Ian Armstrong, Sara Barker, Frank Britton, Christopher Buchanan, Zoe Cowan, [Read more...]

Dec 23, 2009 — Deborah Kirby, who founded Journeymen Theater five years ago, has announced the closing of her company. Kirby, whose work examined Christianity through the lens of theatre, [Read more...]