The 2020 Helen Hayes Awards, recognizing excellence on Washington-area stages for 2019, begins tonight with the first of seven nights of streamed presentations, capped off with a video celebration on September 25, 2020. All are free; the public is invited to register to view. Tonight’s award recipients will be noted here and announced on theatreWashington’s […]
The 2020 Helen Hayes Awards adapt, innovate and make history
How to hold an awards ceremony that has always been as much about bringing the community of theatre makers and theatre supporters together as it was about the awards themselves, during a pandemic? While other awards have settled for abbreviated online shows, The Helen Hayes Awards, now in its 36th year of recognizing excellence on […]
Romantics Anonymous, once headed to DC, to be livestreamed from Bristol Old Vic
Shakespeare Theatre Company announced today that the Wise Children production of Emma Rice’s Romantics Anonymous will be streamed live from Bristol Old Vic for five performances, September 22 – 26. The arrival of Rice’s chamber musical about love between two shy French chocolatiers, had been eagerly anticipated here. Fresh off its run at Bristol Old […]
Shutdown-induced space comedy, Rebecca and Bekka in Space, returns for Season 2
Rebecca and Becca in Space, the space comedy created during the coronavirus stay-at-home orders by Rebecca Wahls and Rebecca Ballinger, returns for Season 2 with a special launch party tonight at 5pm. In Season 1, it’s 2033. Rebecca (Wahls), alone on Space Station Beta and Becca (Ballinger), aboard her space ship, connect through a telecast […]
Creative Cauldron keeps performers working with live and virtual concerts
A few area theatre companies are beginning to offer live performances. One of them is Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, VA which is presenting its summer cabaret season for at-home viewing and live from Creative Cauldron’s new outdoor setting. The virtual viewings will be Thursdays starting at 8pm. Silver Spring singer/songwriter Chris Urquiaga kicks off […]
Find what you’ve been missing. This week’s recommends include Fringe, Fools, music and puppets
Foolish Fridays Faction of Fools Friday, Aug 7, 7pm Free Click to watch Faction of Fools, Washington’s commedia dell’Arte theater company, resumes its Foolish Fridays beginning tonight at 7 PM. Greg Benson, the host of Bar None Podcast, will host – or toast, the company says – the initial broadcast, which will focus on the […]
Rorschach’s Klecksography and the future of theatre
Subtitled “The Future of Theatre,” Rorschach Theatre’s annual Klecksography (Klex20) project comes along just as we are all pondering exactly what that future will be. Klecksography 2020 opens Sunday night, August 9 at 7pm. Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach called the childhood game he later developed into his inkblot test, Klecksography. For the past decade, Rorschach […]
Signature Theatre launches THE SIGNATURE SHOW on YouTube
There’s a new show in town, one shot straight from the heart of Signature Theatre to digitally connected musical theater fans everywhere. It’s called THE SIGNATURE SHOW and it’s free to view on YouTube. Episode 1 is available now. Editor James Gardner’s quick-cut montage sets up the fast paced half hour of clips, interviews and […]
DCTS recommended viewing starting July 31
This week we’re highlighting some local works, plus a few others we couldn’t pass up. And hang on, at the end, for a fun quiz. For a robust list of viewing beyond our area, we recommend TDF Stages Home. A Kids Play on Racism Starts August 1 Log in to Broadway On Demand and create […]
Quotidian Theatre’s closing its warehouse with a huge sale. Auction starts Aug 3
One distinction of a Quotidian Theatre production has always been its set pieces and props, expertly chosen and carefully placed in its single set rooms adding airs of authenticity to such notable productions as Conor McPherson’s The Veil and Chekhov’s Lady with the Little Dog. Leaving the theatre, if you think of that perfect garden seat […]
It’s tonight! Memorial Celebration of the life and legacy of Victor Shargai
We hope you can tune in to YouTube tonight as the Washington theatre community comes together in loving tribute to Victor Shargai, long-time leader of theatreWashington, and generous friend and benefactor to many artists and theatre companies. A champion of the wide spectrum of work done by Washington area artists, Shargai, who passed away on […]
DCTS recommends. Online viewing starting July 24
Victor Shargai Memorial Celebration Produced by theatreWashington July 27, 8pm Click to watch on YouTube Victor Shargai, generous benefactor, friend and advocate for theatre in the Washington DC area, passed away on December 24, 2019. His husband, Craig Pascal, invites everyone to a virtual Victor Shargai Memorial Celebration to honor the life and legacy of […]
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