Alarm Will Sound presented a concert version of the opera The Hunger by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy at the Kennedy Center Wednesday night. It is a most curious mash of video interviews with esteemed contemporary economists and historians, biographical records from the mid-1800’s, singing in English and Gaelic, a 16-person orchestra on stage, and a pulsating […]
Backstage at the 2016 Helen Hayes Awards, the compilation video
DC Theatre Scene was invited to interview Helen Hayes Award recipients backstage at the Lincoln Theatre on Monday, May 23, 2016. Before heading there, Jill Kyle-Keith caught up with Helen Hayes judge Natalie Tucker.
Photos: Helen Hayes Awards dance party at the 9:30 Club
Photographer Ryan Maxwell catches the crowd at the at the 9:30 Club for the Helen Hayes Awards after party, Monday night, May 23, 2016.
2016 Helen Hayes Awards. Highlights from being there and thoughts the day after
What’s it going to be like this year? That was a question in the minds of many in the theatre community as last night’s Helen Hayes Awards ceremony approached.
2016 Helen Hayes Awards winners
There were some big surprises last night at the Helen Hayes Awards. Constellation’s bet on Avenue Q paid off big at the box office, and with the judges, earning it a top spot in number of awards for any production (7) along with Shakespeare Theatre’s Salomé.
Watch tonight as DCTS takes you backstage at the Helen Hayes Awards
Thanks to our exclusive arrangement with theatreWashington, DC Theatre Scene will have a video team at the Lincoln Theatre tonight, bringing you all the excitement of Washington theatre’s most glamorous night. We’ll take you from U Street to the lobby to backstage where we’ll get reactions from some of tonight’s 47 recipients right after receiving their award.
Honoring the Helen Hayes nominees: Kerri Rambow, actor, teacher and already a winner
It is an extraordinary thing to commit yourself to work in theater despite the long hours and low pay. Why do people do it? This is the last in our series highlighting this year’s Helen Hayes nominees: their work, their life, their art, their passion.
Honoring the Helen Hayes nominees: Craig Wallace, actor and director
It is an extraordinary thing to commit yourself to work in theater despite the long hours and low pay. Why do people do it? This is the third in our series highlighting this year’s Helen Hayes nominees: their work, their life, their art, their passion.
Honoring the Helen Hayes nominees: Anu Yadav, playmaker and performer
DCTS covers the 2016 Helen Hayes Awards It is an extraordinary thing to commit yourself to work in theater despite the long hours and low pay. Why do people do it? This is the second in our series highlighting this year’s Helen Hayes nominees: their work, their life, their art, their passion. It is fall, and […]
Honoring the Helen Hayes nominees: Matthew M. Nielson, Sound Design
It is an extraordinary thing to commit yourself to work in theater despite the long hours and low pay. Why do people do it? This is the first in a series highlighting this year’s Helen Hayes nominees: their work, their life, their art, their passion. Matthew M. Nielson has received four Helen Hayes awards for […]
Counting down to Helen Hayes Awards night, May 23rd
The votes have been counted, the spinner awards ordered, hopeful nominees are drafting their acceptance speeches. And somewhere, someone knows who will take home one or more of the 47 Helen Hayes awards for the 2015 season. All that’s left for those lucky enough to have their ticket to the Lincoln Theatre on Monday night, May 23rd, is […]