After an exciting Kickoff Party, and weeks of active buying from bargain hunters, we checked in with Amy Austin, President and CEO of theatreWashington for an update heading into the last week Theatre Week’s last few days: “Buyers from over 40 states … over 6,000 tickets so far, an increase of 156% over last year’s […]
theatreWashington reveals two Helen Hayes Award honorees for 2019
We don’t know which of this year’s Helen Hayes Award nominees will receive the coveted Helen Hayes awards on Monday, May 13, but we do know this: Ally Theatre Company will receive the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company, and Jennifer L. Nelson will receive the 2019 Helen Hayes Tribute. Nelson’s tribute will […]
The Wiz (Ford’s Theatre) and Fly By Night (1st Stage) are most nominated 2018 Helen Hayes productions
Last night, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered in the National Theatre’s Helen Hayes Gallery for theatreWashington’s announcement of the nominees for the 35th Annual Helen Hayes Awards for work presented in 2018. The nominations were the work of 40 Helen Hayes judges, who considered 2,866 artistic elements of 208 eligible productions. The […]
Jojo Ruf, Welders’ co-founder, named Managing Director of Theater J
Jojo Ruf, a co-founder of the Welders Playwriting Collective and the Coordinating Producer of DC’s Women’s Voices Festival in 2015, will take the reins as the new Managing Director of Theater J, the company announced Wednesday. Ruf succeeds Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg , who left Theater J to take on identical responsibilities at Studio Theatre. Ruf’s career […]
DC Theatre in 2018.We answer your most burning questions
If you are a theater enthusiast (and we know you are), how busy could you have been in 2018? 464 productions = 38 days, and 16 hours If you watched all 464 shows, back to back, assuming they averaged 2 hours apiece, you would have spent 38 days and 16 hours in front of some stage somewhere. […]
Last chance for bargain tickets – Theatre Week closes this Sunday
The number one reason people give for not seeing live theatre: “Theatre’s just too expensive.” theatreWashington set out to overcome that barrier and build new and returning audiences. That commitment is now known as Theatre Week!, the only time of year when professional companies drop their ticket prices to $15 or $35. But those bargains, available […]
Theatre tickets for just $15 or $35? It must be Theatre Week
One of DC theatergoers’ favorite times of year is back, as theatreWashington presents the popular Theatre Week, Sept. 12 through Oct. 7, with 26 productions being staged throughout the region. Participating theatres will be offering something for everyone—musicals, dramas, comedies, and even theatre for young audiences, along with discounted tickets. “The idea is to raise […]
Watch important moments at Helen Hayes Awards with new DCTS video
Emily Priborkin’s video coverage of this year’s Helen Hayes Awards takes you to some of the celebration’s most moving moments including Felicia Curry’s moving acceptance for Lela & Co., the actresses from Fun Home on the importance of their award, GALA Theatre’s history-setting award for In the Heights, and the moment which Michael Kahn, in […]
Helen Hayes Awards 2018 photo album
Washington theatre’s most glamorous night out – The Helen Hayes Awards 2018, May 14, 2018 at The Anthem, as seen through the lens of Ryan Maxwell. Recognize anyone? Help us caption their photos (see below) Add a caption
Christopher Henley on the Helen Hayes Awards scene
Everything’s different; nothing’s changed Only maybe slightly rearranged So wrote Stephen Sondheim on the subject of marriage, but the lines apply just as easily to awards shows in general, and to the Helen Hayes Awards in particular.
Helen Hayes Awards 2018: DCTS reporting, interviews, video and after-party photos
Welcome to DC Theatre Scene’s coverage of Washington theatre’s biggest night of the year, the Helen Hayes Awards. Reporting from the festivities: Christopher Henley Photo album: Ryan Maxwell Video feature: Emily Priborkin Take Five! Stories from the nominees: Take Five! is a partnership between theatreWashington and DC Theatre Scene [ezcol_1half] Writers and Lyricists Actors in […]
Take 5! with Helen Hayes Award nominated choreographers
A choreographer paints with bodies in space and in so doing, brings high wattage to a theatrical work. Take Five! with Helen Hayes Award nominated choreographers Dell Howlett, Denis Jones, Dody DiSanto, Happenstance Theater, Jonathan Ezra Rubin, Karma Camp, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, Luis Salgado, Marcos Santana, Mark Minnick, Noah Schaefer, Parker Esse, Rachel Dolan, […]