May 22, 2020 Arena Stage Free View below or view later Arena Stage adds filmmaker to its accomplishments with May 22, 2020, a filmed docudrama, directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith, which captures one day in the life of our region. Playwrights, including Audrey Cefaly and Psalmeyene 24, interviewed ten D.C.-Maryland-Virginia people ranging […]
Signature Theatre announces Eric Schaeffer departure amidst allegations of sexual assault
Arlington’s Signature Theatre announced today that Eric Schaeffer, the co-founder and only Artistic Director the company has ever had, will retire from that position and leave the company on June 30. Schaeffer’s retirement comes on the heels of sexual assault charges by two actors, Thomas Keegan and Joe Carlson. Keegan claimed that Schaeffer grabbed his […]
Watch Hamilton movie trailer ahead of its July 3 premiere on Disney+
The film version of the Broadway musical phenom, Hamilton, will premiere on streaming service Disney+ starting July 3. Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda first posted the trailer on his Twitter account Sunday, with the note: “May you always be satisfied.” Originally scheduled for a theatrical release in 2021, the film captures live Broadway performances over several […]
Juneteenth celebrations: Antonyo Awards, Alvin Ailey, IN Series and a nationwide new play reading
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that a regiment of Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and the emancipation of the enslaved peoples of Texas. On January 1, 1980, Texas became the first state to declare Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day and Freedom […]
5 performances to watch this weekend
Twilight: Los Angeles Great Performances, PBS Free Click to view In response to the national crisis in the aftermath of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (Brunswick, GA), Breonna Taylor (Louisville, KY), and George Floyd (Minneapolis, MN) THIRTEEN’s Great Performances resumes free streaming of Marc Levin’s film adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith’s play Twilight: Los Angeles, originally aired […]
As a result of Gov. Hogan’s directive, Maryland theatres announce cancelled 2020 shows
Bethesda’s Round House Theatre has elected to cancel the 2020 portion of its live theater schedule, the company announced on Tuesday. “Governor Hogan’s Roadmap to Recovery outlines a phased process for reopening Maryland. As Round House falls into the final phase of that plan, it has become increasingly clear that we will be unable to […]
DC Theatre community gathers for Black Lives Matter vigil, photos and video
70 days. 10 weeks. 2 months. 1,680 hours. 100,800 minutes. 6,048,000 seconds. No. This is not the lyric sheet to some RENT musical remix. This is the amount of time that stood between Theatre as we knew it and one very sweet moment of reuniting on June 8, 2020. On April 1, 2020 at 12:01am, […]
Billie Krishawn hands out help while photographing the Black Lives Movement on the streets of DC.
Billie Krishawn is a DC area actor and photographer whose work will soon appear on our pages. This weekend she is back on the streets, adding to her extensive photo coverage of the Black Lives Matter protests on the streets of Washington, DC. As the protests have grown and shifted, she has expanded her work […]
DC theatres open lobbies as safe spaces for Black Lives Matter protestors
Update: Source and The 9:30 Club become the latest venues to open their doors to protestors. With thousands of people planned to gather in DC this weekend to protest police brutality, a number of theaters have joined the #OpenYourLobby movement and announced that they will open their lobbies and bathrooms to allow protestors to rest […]
Statement from DC Theatre Scene on the murder of George Floyd
DC Theatre Scene stands in solidarity with all people fighting for racial justice in this country. We stand in witness to the righteous anger and despair brought on by the killing of George Floyd last week and the many deaths which preceded his. But standing in silent witness is not enough. We each must do […]
5 exceptional shows to watch free this weekend
Macbeth Folger Theatre Through July 1, 2020 Click for details I lapped this one up like cream – Folger Theatre’s rebroadcast of Macbeth as reimagined by the gifted magician Teller and Aaron Posner reminded me of how mystical and good-scary this play could be and the performances were so vivid it felt like 3-D. – Jayne […]
When will theatres reopen? Actors Equity lays out its core conditions
Hope that Washington DC area stages will be able to produce a fall season this year has dimmed with the release by Actors’ Equity Association of the four core principles which would need to be met for its members to return to live performance. The announcement was made at a press conference held over Zoom […]
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