(Nov. 2 1:49 PM) - Extended again! A critical sensation! Not to be missed! Due to overwhelming demand, The Studio Theatre is pleased to announce the second extension of Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt's "brilliant" and "remarkable" Adding Machine: A Musical! The show has been extended again and is now playing through November 15! Get your tickets today! Just call (202) 332-3300 or go online to www.studiotheatre.org.
(Nov. 2 10:21 AM) - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is spending SEASON 30, its 30th season of producing provocative new plays in the nation's capital, looking forward to the future of 30 more years. Programs and events during the course of SEASON 30 include exploring new ways to engage with audiences and the DC community at large in keeping with Woolly's mission to "ignite an explosive engagement between theatre artists and the community."
(Nov. 1 1:30 AM) - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts calendar of events for the fall months has just been released. All events are subject to change without notice.
(Nov. 1 1:30 AM) - Landless Theatre Presents Evil Dead: The Musical runs through November 1 $25/ $20 DCAC Members at the door For tickets: www.landlesstheatrecompany.org
(Nov. 1 1:00 AM) - "Tuna Does Vegas" the new installment from the legendary "Greater Tuna" creative team, rolls into Washington, DC for its premiere at the Warner Theatre (513 13th Street NW between E and F Streets) for a strictly limited engagement of 5 performances only from October 29th through November 1st.
(Nov. 1 12:30 AM) - Shenan Arts announces auditions for its production of Cotton Patch Gospel will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m..
(Oct. 31 4:06 PM) - Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann, has embarked on its U.S. Tour. The production, which played the Sydney Theatre from 1 September to 10 October 2009, featuring STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, is now in previews at run at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington from October 29th to November 21st 2009 - with an opening night of October 31 - and Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM), New York from November 27th to December 20th 2009. The Washington D.C. engagement is now completely sold out.
(Oct. 30 4:46 PM) - Virginia Stage Company (VSC) presents the second play in its 2009-2010 season, a new modern adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless Romeo and Juliet in //romeo&juliet/ running October 20 through November 8 at the Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk.
(Oct. 30 4:16 PM) - Arena Stage presents an innovative take on the world's longest-running musical, The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Director Amanda Dehnert (Oregon Shakespeare Festival‘s All's Well That Ends Well and Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Cabaret) and famed set designer Eugene Lee (Tony Award for Broadway's Wicked, Candide, Sweeney Todd) take a spin on this timeless love story by staging it in Rocky Point, an abandoned amusement park in Rhode Island. This whimsical twist on the classic musical is full of buoyant humor, charming music and incredible magic that will thrill audiences of all ages. The Fantasticks runs November 20, 2009 - January 10, 2010 at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre, with an official opening on Friday, November 27, 2009.
(Oct. 30 12:46 PM) - Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann, has embarked on its U.S. Tour. The production, which played the Sydney Theatre from 1 September to 10 October 2009, featuring STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, is now in previews at run at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington from October 29th to November 21st 2009 - with an opening night of October 31 - and Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM), New York from November 27th to December 20th 2009. The Washington D.C. engagement is now completely sold out.
(Oct. 30 11:05 AM) - Tickets will go on sale Friday, Nov. 6 for the Charlotte premiere engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Belk Theater March 31 - April 18, 2010.
(Oct. 30 10:53 AM) - Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann, has embarked on its U.S. Tour. The production, which played the Sydney Theatre from 1 September to 10 October 2009, featuring STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, is now in previews at run at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington from October 29th to November 21st 2009 - with an opening night of October 31 - and Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM), New York from November 27th to December 20th 2009. The Washington D.C. engagement is now completely sold out.
(Oct. 30 1:30 AM) - Natascia Diaz will feature a musical performance at the 2009 Adventure Theatre Gala on October 30. The evening begins in Historic Glen Echo Park with a Pre-Gala reception at 7 pm in the Cuddle Up, followed by a Buffet Dinner in the Bumper Car Pavilion.
(Oct. 30 12:30 AM) - Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Plácido Domingo, presents Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff in seven performances, October 10 to 30 at the Kennedy Center Opera House.
(Oct. 29 1:30 AM) - The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present a one-night-only performance of Sir Ian McKellen's one-man show A KNIGHT IN HARMAN HALL on October 29. This benefit performance follows Sir Ian's acceptance of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre as part of the Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala on Sunday, October 25.
(Oct. 29 12:30 AM) - Sydney Theatre Company's forthcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann, is to tour to the United States. The production which will play at Sydney Theatre from 1 September to 10 October 2009, featuring STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, and will run at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington from 29 October to 21 November 2009 and Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM), New York from 27 November to 20 December 2009.
(Oct. 29 12:30 AM) - "Tuna Does Vegas" the new installment from the legendary "Greater Tuna" creative team, rolls into Washington, DC for its premiere at the Warner Theatre (513 13th Street NW between E and F Streets) for a strictly limited engagement of 5 performances only from October 29th through November 1st.
(Oct. 28 2:51 PM) - The Washington DC leg of the THE 101 DALMATIANS MUSICAL National Tour has been postponed until October 12 through 17, 2010. The tour's website states "The engagement of The 101 Dalmatians Musical in Washington DC has been postponed to October 12 - 17, 2010 at the Warner Theatre due to publicity demands and routing issues surrounding the launch of its National Tour. The producers look forward to playing the market in Fall 2010." The tour was set to play DC October 12 through 17, 2009.
Brighton Beach Memoirs and Promises, Promises both receive their first Broadway revival this season. Which of these Neil Simon hits would you most like to see get its first Broadway revival?