Curating the DCTS Guide to Podcasts and Streaming Channels, I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time searching out content from the thousands of at-home viewing options now available that I imagine you, our diverse readership, would enjoy. This online sleuthing has led to some wonderful and varied discoveries: Patrick Stewart reading a sonnet a […]
“Everybody rise!” Stephen Sondheim’s greatest roles and the actors who played them
Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday is today. While tributes to his great musicals and greatest songs have been written, we are paying tribute to his greatest roles. The fifteen book musicals of his to reach Broadway have no fewer than 268 separate named characters – and lots more that are identified only by description such as […]
Theater’s going on(line). Streaming services let you stay home, relax and watch. Most of it’s free!
The threat of COVID-19 is shutting down theaters across the world, but it’s not killing theater – which is increasingly going online. There are two types of online theater now – the ongoing online sites that offer video-capture recordings of shows that were on stage, many on Broadway, but also Off-Broadway, and international performances. The […]
Shakespeare Theatre mock trial gives a speedy – and witty – hearing to The Trial of Peter Pan
Peter Pan, having swept the Darling children up into the sky with fairy dust, brought them to Neverland, a venue full of pirates and mermaids. There, along with the lost boys, they did battle with the worst of them. The children returned that very night with memories of fantastic adventures and resolved to live lives […]
2020 trends in Opera: DC area opera companies are confronting race, sex and gender discrimination
It was a rare pleasure to share the stage at the Smithsonian Institution’s S. Dillon Ripley Center less than a week ago with colleagues who are also in the business of reviewing the performing arts. I have always thought Washington would be better served and advance an even more robust and renowned theatre scene if […]
7 upcoming plays which are about to tell us where we lost our humanity and where we can find it again.
Tim Treanor was asked to recommend 7 plays for the lecture DC Theatre Season 2020 held January 14 in the Smithsonian’s S. Dillon Ripley Center. Since we’ve had several requests for his remarks, we publish it here, along with our thanks to the other critics Chris Klimek (Washington City Paper),Nicole Hertvik (DC Metro Theater Arts) […]
Robert Hooks and the pioneering DC Black Repertory Company
— This season, audiences have the chance to see plays about the African-American experience, written both by a new generation of writers and distinguished playwrights from the 20th century, on numerous stages. Invariably, the audiences are often predominantly white. One man had a grander vision, and for a time here in Washington, DC that vision […]
Best late night hangouts on DC’s SW Wharf
Looking for a place to gather with your fellow Fringe-goers after an evening show? Want somewhere where the “last call” arrives just a little bit later? Looking to spend less than a small fortune on drinks? The Wharf has plenty of places for you to enjoy haute-cuisine and stylish cocktails. For the more budget-conscious Fringe […]
Fringe button deals: best places to grab a quick snack or dine on DC’s SW wharf
Now that you have your shows lined up for the Capital Fringe Festival, the question is: where are you eating and drinking between shows? This year, Capital Fringe has made purchasing their Fringe button a non-requirement for seeing the shows. However, the price of the button (just $5) opens up a series of discounts at […]
Who SHOULD win The Tony Awards Sunday night and why
The 2018 Tony Awards will be presented Sunday, June 10 at 8pm (ET) on CBS. Despite the Broadway League’s crowing about the 2017-2018 season being “the highest-grossing and highest-attended season in Broadway recorded history”, the season was not the best.
The Kennedy Center Arts Summit 2018: imagining the ‘what if’s’ that could change everything
Deborah Rutter, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts announced the Citizen Artists Initiative in 2016, and she has been bringing together a group of talented young artists each year to engage community and break down the walls that continue to separate art making and opportunities as citizen-leaders in initiatives for social […]
DCTS’ best fake news: Trump buys naming rights to Kennedy Center and other heart-stopping stories
MEMO TO SELF DATE: March 31, 2018 RE: DCTS April Fools Story All right, dammit, think! It’s two hours from April Fools, and you haven’t thought up an April Fools prank for tomorrow’s DCTS. OK, how about this: “Porn Star sues President of the United States, Seeks to Void No-Tell Agreement.” Oh, wait…. OK, how […]
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