Tweeting “And there goes the last ten years of my life,” Charlene V. Smith, Artistic Director of Brave Spirits Theatre, announced the cancelation of the company’s Shakespeare’s Histories. Performing Shakespeare’s eight history plays, in rep, in two years, was an epic undertaking, and for Brave Spirits, its first few months of the run were successful, […]
Editor position now available at DC Theatre Scene
DC Theatre Scene, Inc. has opened a search for a new Editor. Now in its 15th year, DC Theatre Scene has published nearly 10,000 articles covering Washington area’s theatre scene as it grew from an emerging regional presence of barely 30 producing companies into a theatre scene with more than 80 companies who draw from […]
GALA Hispanic Theatre to open for live performances in October
On Thursday, October 29, GALA Hispanic Theatre in Columbia Heights will most likely become the first DC area theatre company to open its doors for indoor performances since the pandemic caused shutdowns in March. The company begins its 45th season with the comedy El Perro del Hortelano (The Dog in the Manger) by Lope de […]
As the world catches up with his work, Meshaun Labrone inks film production deal for SPOOK and Power! Stokely Carmichael
As theatre companies create virtual versions of stage performances, multi-talented DC artist Meshaun Labrone has signed a partnership with film producers to turn two stage plays into fully enhanced films, aimed directly at world wide audiences via a brand name streaming service. Labrone has signed a production deal with Flying Scoop Productions for his most […]
2020 Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Lead performer, Play – Helen, Direction, Musical, and Choreography, Play
This is it! The last of the live Zoom presentations of the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the audience. Closing in on the last of the virtual presentations of the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the Zoom audience. Free Zoom event. Sign in by 2pm today Tune […]
Lynn Nottage writes for an audience of one while waiting for Broadway stages to open
Lynn Nottage, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (Ruined, Sweat), returns to Theatre for One, the company which gave new meaning to “intimate theatre” with its one actor/one audience member live performances started a decade ago. Theatre for One’s series Here We Are , presents eight live mini-works for free, including Nottage’s What Are The Things […]
2020 Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding New Play or Musical, Choreography and Direction of a Play
Closing in on the last of the virtual presentations of the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the Zoom audience. Tune in tonight to learn who will clear room on a shelf for a 2020 Helen Hayes Award. If you can’t be in the audience, find real time announcements on theatreWashington’s […]
2020 Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Sound Design and Supporting Performer (Helen)
Night five of seven streamed presentations of the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the Zoom audience. Tune in tonight to meet 21 nominees and learn who will clear room on a shelf for a 2020 Helen Hayes Award. If you can’t be in the audience, find real time announcements […]
2020 Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Set Design, Lead Performer in a Play (Hayes) and in a Musical (Hayes)
Night four of seven streamed presentation of the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the Zoom audience. Tune in tonight to meet 35 nominees and learn which six will clear room on a shelf for a 2020 Helen Hayes Award. If you can’t be in the audience, find real time […]
Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Supporting Performer – Musical (Helen), Costume Design, Adaptation, Play or Musical
Five Helen Hayes Awards will be handed out tonight in this, the third of seven nights of streamed presentations for the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the Zoom audience. So who will forever be known as a 2020 Helen Hayes Award recipient? If you can’t be in the audience, […]
Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Supporting Performer – Play (Hayes), Visiting Performer, Musical Direction
Justin Weaks and Regina Aquino host tonight’s 2020 Helen Hayes Awards, the second of seven nights of streamed presentations, capped off with a video celebration on September 25, 2020. The public is invited to become part of the Zoom audience. If you can’t be in the audience, check out the announcements in real time on […]
Music for the Movement: Why Othello cast sings “Glory” at American Shakespeare Center
Before the opening and at the end of intermission of every performance at American Shakespeare Center, actors turn musicians to serenade the audience. Usually a rousing, fun time, at the start of Othello, the mood shifts when Brandon Carter and Topher Embrey step forward to lead the ensemble in “Glory” by John Legend and Common. […]