The seven shows hosted by the National Theatre next season will be either straight from New York or heading there.
Archives for May 2018
Helen Hayes Awards 2018 photo album
Washington theatre’s most glamorous night out – The Helen Hayes Awards 2018, May 14, 2018 at The Anthem, as seen through the lens of Ryan Maxwell. Recognize anyone? Help us caption their photos (see below) Add a caption
Christopher Henley on the Helen Hayes Awards scene
Everything’s different; nothing’s changed Only maybe slightly rearranged So wrote Stephen Sondheim on the subject of marriage, but the lines apply just as easily to awards shows in general, and to the Helen Hayes Awards in particular.
Review: Palindrome: Sphere and Pentz at Baltimore Theatre Project
Two musicians, two stories: “Palindrome,” Rapid Lemon’s latest piece, is actually two one-acts, linked by themes of music and madness. Both pieces take their titles from the middle names of the main characters: Sphere follows Thelonious Sphere Monk as he examines his life in a fictional therapist’s office; Pentz visits Marvin Pentz Gaye both before […]
Review: Burst, new play from Parlor Room Theater
Amy Leigh Horan’s new play Burst is tough to watch — and at the same time, engrossing to watch — precisely because it feels so real.
The Frederick Douglass Project sails but never stops to weigh anchor
On opening night of The Frederick Douglass Project, lightning cracked the sky over the Anacostia River and wind-blown rain snapped the flaps of the stage tent at The Yards Marina. Solas Nua, known for putting on site-specific productions, has chosen the perfect spot to serve up an Irish story in a new light: the stage […]
Feedspot awards DC Theatre Scene best theatre blog of 2018
We are very excited to be named among Feedspot’s 30 Best Blogs for 2018, listed along with The Washingtonian, blog friends Eater DC and Kid-Friendly DC, and travel, eatery and fashion blogs we’ll be checking out soon. They all write to remind everyone what a great area we live in. We’re proud to stand as […]
Kander & Ebb’s musical The Scottsboro Boys uses minstrel show to throw harsh light on our light on the justice system then and now
The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers who were accused of raping two white American women on a train near Alabama in 1931. The boys were falsely accused of the crime, hastily tried and sentenced to death in one of the most outrageous disregards of due process in history. The landmark set of legal cases deriving from this incident dealt with […]
Helen Hayes Awards 2018: DCTS reporting, interviews, video and after-party photos
Welcome to DC Theatre Scene’s coverage of Washington theatre’s biggest night of the year, the Helen Hayes Awards. Reporting from the festivities: Christopher Henley Photo album: Ryan Maxwell Video feature: Emily Priborkin Take Five! Stories from the nominees: Take Five! is a partnership between theatreWashington and DC Theatre Scene The 2018 Helen Hayes Award nominees […]
Long Days Journey Into Night Review: Jeremy Irons at BAM
By the end of the Broadway revival of Long Days Journey Into Night two years ago, when Jessica Lange as mother Mary Tyrone rejoins her family, she is an ethereal ghost, her mind and body numbed by the morphine to which she is addicted. Now, at the same moment on stage in Brooklyn, Lesley Manville’s […]
Review: The Undeniable Sound of Right Now at Keegan Theatre
Montagues and Capulets. Vampires and werewolves. Rock musicians and DJs? The conflict between the latter is the proxy war at the center of Laura Eason’s The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, currently running at Keegan Theatre. And while some delightful bits of design and acting strike the right chord, ultimately, they’re undermined by a script […]
Take Five! with Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Production nominees
And now the nominees for the Helen Hayes Awards honoring Outstanding Plays, Musicals and Theatre for Young Audiences Responding Alex Levy, Arena Stage, Eric Schaeffer, Jason Loewith, Michael Kahn, Michelle Kozlak, Rick Hammerly, Ryan Rilette, Susan Marie Rhea and Toby Orenstein for A Little Night Music and Crazy for You, Crazy for You, Drumming with Dishes, […]
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