Congress has included a $15 billion grant package for performance and related arts, including theaters, in the $900 billion coronavirus relief package it passed on Monday. The program, called “Grants for Shuttered Venue Operators” in the new bill, will provide up to $10 million in grant money to beleaguered cultural institutions. Under the provisions of […]

After fifteen and a half years and more than ten thousand articles, DC Theatre Scene will cease publishing on December 31, 2020. After December 31, there will be no more reviews, no more articles, no more theater news. “We know this decision will affect many people, and I wish we could have continued to serve,” […]

The DC Theatre Community has been undergoing much transformation throughout the pandemic, beginning with the removal of powerful white men in positions of power. (The Washington Post even referred to it as a “Crisis”). Artists have been coming forward with stories of unsafe practices, mistreatment, predation, and abuse.  Then within the community’s whisper network, we […]

Before James Corden became known to American audiences as host of “The Late, Late Show,” he became a theatrical star in the Royal National Theatre’s 2011 production of One Man, Two Guvnors.  The production moved from the National Theatre to London’s West End before moving to Broadway the following year, and is this Friday night’s […]