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As editor and publisher of DC Theatre Scene, Lorraine Treanor has the best job in town, and makes it all happen from a log house in Waldorf, MD. She has produced plays and concerts in her hometown of Chicago, and twice in the Capital Fringe Festival. Her daughter Nina Norris is an artist working in Chicago. Life's a blast because writer Tim Treanor is her husband.
Angels, Hairspray among top local productions; Flint wins Favorite Actor
The 2009-2010 DC Theatre Scene Audience Choice Awards yielded some surprising results which tended to confirm the warm place which small theaters hold in the hearts of DC Theatre Scene readers. [Read more...]
Spies wanted for Checkmate!, a Cold War Themed Scavenger Hunt in Celebration of Signature’s Musical Chess [Read more...]
The Spooky Action Theater company which had been on production hiatus for two years except for two shows in Capital Fringe, announced that it will be mounting three productions in the 2010-2011 season from the new space, beginning in October, 2010. [Read more...]
Aug 18, 2010 — As the chance to register to vote in this year’s Audience Choice Awards draws to a close – deadline is tonight at midnight – we are getting a lot of questions from readers confused by our new voting procedure. Since we don’t want anyone to be disappointed, we’ll do our best to answer all questions here. [Read more...]
This year, DC Theatre Scene writers and staff have given 212 nominations to the work of 42 area theatre companies and 118 performers and an additional 25 nominations for touring, (non-resident produced shows) for professional productions which opened in the DC area from August 15, 2009-August 1, 2010 You will find the list of companies and their total nominations at the end of this article. [Read more...]
Question #3 in our series, getting ready for voting for the 2010 Audience Choice Awards. (In case you haven’t been following along, #1 is here, and #2 is here.)
This fun exercise was dreamed up by Steven McKnight:
Casting Challenge: Pick your favorite musical and play and cast the leads.
Here is the second in our series of questions thinking back over the past season as we get ready for the 2010 Audience Choice Awards.
Again, Steven McKnight came up with it.
Who were the most memorable characters you saw portrayed on a DC stage this season?
To get ready for the opening of the polls to choose the DCTS Audience Choice Awards, we thought we would ask a series of questions to help us all think back over the season. [Read more...]
DC Theatre Scene’s Audience Choice Awards, now in its fourth year, are the only awards to cover the Washington area’s professional theatrical season – which begins and ends in August – and which allows audiences to make the final decision as to who receives the final awards, based on nominations by the DCTS writers and staff. [Read more...]
American Theatre Wing Interviews