8,108 stories from DC Theatre Scene
Subtitled "The Future of Theatre," Rorschach Theatre's annual Klecksography (Klex20) project comes along just as we are all pondering exactly what that future will be. Klecksography 2020 ope…
On Wednesday, August 5th at 8pm, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, will livestream "Black Trans Women at the Center: An Evening of Short Plays". The three new works will be: Sunshine by …
There's a new show in town, one shot straight from the heart of Signature Theatre to digitally connected musical theater fans everywhere. It's called THE SIGNATURE SHOW and it's free to view…
Into the valley of death rode the six hundred…no, no, no, that's not it at all. I'm looking for a poem to help me decide what to do " poetry is the oldest form of literature, after all, pr…
This week we're highlighting some local works, plus a few others we couldn't pass up. And hang on, at the end, for a fun quiz. For a robust list of viewing beyond our area, we recomm…
Jacqueline Youm, founder of one of DC's newest companies, JaYo Théâtre, is from Senegal, the daughter of an International Monetary Fund economist. Watch below as this talented performer,…
Since art, like life itself, constantly renews itself, new generations of artists arrive on stages, and in studios and publishing houses, whether we are ready for them or not. They are not d…
"Without the arts, without music, without dance, without drama, without photography, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings." " John Lewis The Honorable John Lew…
One distinction of a Quotidian Theatre production has always been its set pieces and props, expertly chosen and carefully placed in its single set rooms adding airs of authenticity to such n…
Adjusting to the changed circumstances brought on by COVID 19, Shakespeare Theatre's Academy for Classical Acting has moved its 2020 graduating class performances to online audio/radio. In t…
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 …
While a survey done by Shugoll Research shows that Washingtonians are chary about returning to theater while the coronavirus rages, one company is prepared to put live actors on the stage wi…
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 Washingto…
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 …
J. J. Johnson, who extends his talents as a DC stage actor (recently, Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of A Native Son) into film and and commercial work, now adds playwright to his resumé wi…
We have come to the end of Synetic Theater's series of short videos based on Giovanni's classic "in-the-time-of-the-plague" entertainments. Like one of those imported Masterpiece Theatre ser…
On Thursday, July 16, seven gender diverse artists and leaders in our theatre community gathered for a Roundtable to talk about the barriers that Black women, femmes, and nonbinary folx face…
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, …
Historically, Amadeus is baloney. Theatrically, it's a feast. Musically, the National Theatre's 2016 production of Peter Shaffer's 1979 play " a recording of which is being streamed onlin…
Boccaccio's world of The Decameron continues as cyber-theater for two more rounds of short videos by Synetic Theater's company members and close associates. Imbedded in the program is one…
In trying to capture the times of our modern plague, the sum of the Synetic artists who have made these short performance works have shown us life as it has been reduced: clowns in cramped s…
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 the…
On August 31, 1949, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt made her way to the SS Stavergerfjord to see off twenty-one Howard University students and faculty leaving on a European sojourn. All …
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 a…
The short videos from Synetic on this sixth day of content give us three worlds and stories through the language of dance. In classical ballet's repertoire there is no greater or more physic…
