Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, which celebrates its 25^th anniversary this year, got some extra sparklers when The Tony Awards selected it to receive the 2012 Regional Theatre Award. [Read more...]

Nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards, announced at 8:30am this morning, included three productions of special interest to Washington theatregoers. In the Best Revival of a Musical category, Follies, the Eric Schaeffer directed musical, has 8 nominations. Performers seen in that production when it premiered at The Kennedy Center, who are now vying for Tonys, are Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines and Danny Burstein. Bernadette Peters, although not nominated for Follies, will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award. [Read more...]

- Local playwright John Morogiello (most famous in DC  for Irish Authors Held Hostage) is one of three American playwrights being produced this month in Vienna, Austria. The other two are Tennessee Williams, and Eugene O’Neill. Here’s his account of the European premiere of Engaging Shaw. - [Read more...]

Rapunzel, starring Felicia Curry as the feisty teenage heroine, has earned an extra week at Imagination Stage, and will now close May 26th.

Jayne Blanchard described the musical, written by the two creators of the Emmy Award-winning television show “Friends”, as ” replete with light, tuneful ditties with witty lyrics that remind you of Into the Woods without the angst.”

Tickets are $10 to $22, and may be purchased online at the Imagination Stage Web site, at their box office, or by phone at 301-280-1660. Group rates are available.
Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave, Bethesda, MD
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Over the past seventeen years, the Young Playwrights’ Theater has reached over 8,000 elementary, middle and high school students throughout the greater D.C. area with free, in-depth playwriting and literacy workshops. During that time they have professionally produced 240 plays and performed for more than 83,000 people while employing over 600 area theatre artists.  [Read more...]

theatreWashington has created its first annual theatreWeek, April 23 – 29th, with events for adults and children, all sponsored by the Washington Post. [Read more...]