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 […]
When will DC audiences return? What changes do they support? Shugoll Research revisits its audience survey
A new survey from Shugoll Research shows that area theatergoers are even more reluctant to return to theater in the face of the coronavirus than they were when the survey was conducted last April. The new survey, which Shugoll conducted between June 25 and 30, shows that audiences will come back later than previously thought […]
Arena Stage starts its 5-play season, January, 2021.
Arena Stage, whose ten-play season was cancelled earlier this year by coronavirus, has announced that it intends to restage in 2021 three of the plays it lost this year. To that contingent, Arena will add a world premiere musical, and stage another musical which it had already slated for the 2020-2021 program year. Arena’s first […]
Recommended watching and listening for this week
We hope you will take time to watch DC Theatre Scene’s first virtual discussion, held Friday night. An honest, personal sharing of the affects of racism on these important members of our theatre community. (Click image to view on Facebook.) Our recommended performances for this week start with three locally produced events. Desiderium by Ricky […]
Tonight: DCTS live streams Gender-Diverse Black Theatre Leadership Roundtable
Tonight, DC Theatre Scene holds its first live streamed event, starting at 7pm, on the DCTS Facebook page. The last few months have been hard in the theatre community, with many reckonings and revelations. While it has been a time of transformation, it has been particularly difficult on BIPOC women, femmes and nonbinary folx, who […]
First live performances in the area start July 25 at ASC. Here’s how they’re making it happen.
American Shakespeare Center joins only a few companies in the country to have obtained permission from authorities for live performances this summer. ASC will perform Othello and Twelfth Night in rep, starting July 25. Calling it their “SafeStart” season, the company developed protocols in strict accordance with VA Commonwealth, VDH and CDC guidelines to protect […]
Mosaic cancels Fall season; Ari Roth takes a sabbatical
DC’s Mosaic Theater Company will not produce its Fall schedule of plays, Board Chair Bill Tompkins announced in a press release which DC Theatre Scene received today. “Conditions remain too uncertain for a resumption of in-person performances at this time. Like so many other arts organizations, we have to do what’s best for the whole […]
Tune in and listen up. This week’s list of recommended shows and podcasts
Ride Share by Reginald Edmund Produced by Black Lives Black Words International Project July 9 – 12 $16.96 Click for tickets Ride Share follows an young African American Uber Driver as a series of events begins to threaten his very humanity. Accompanied by his dark rider, a specter passenger that steers him forward as he […]
First Equity-approved shows open this summer in the Berkshires. Any hope for DC area?
Actors Equity has greenlighted two live productions in the Berkshires this summer. While there have been some non-Equity performances around the country, this is the first approved by the union of 51,000 actors and stage managers since the COVID-19 shutdowns in March. “We’re not trying to stop people from doing theater, but we are trying […]
Baltimore Center Stage’s season starts Jan 2021 with new plays and remodeled Head Theatre
Will the disruptions we are experiencing in this annus horribilis catapult us into a new world next year? If so, Baltimore Center Stage will be ready for it, with three world premieres and a new take on the play most associated with traditional Americana slated for the first half of calendar year 2021. Baltimore Center […]
Stories that reveal who we are. Digital theatre to watch this week
Not all the fireworks are in the air. These theatrical works blaze as brightly and linger longer. Hamilton Disney Plus $6.99 for one month subscription Click to subscribe The original Broadway cast, filmed June 2016, including Lin-Manual Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson; Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler; Leslie […]
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