Howard University showcases one-acts by four promising playwriting students
Collectively titled ‘Young Griots: New Works for the Stage,’ the program pointed encouragingly to the future of American storytelling. By GREGORY FORD
Howard University showcases one-acts by four promising playwriting students
Collectively titled ‘Young Griots: New Works for the Stage,’ the program pointed encouragingly to the future of American storytelling. By GREGORY FORD
A brilliantly staged ‘Persuasion’ at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Beautiful, humorous, lively, delicious, and romantic, the production is everything a Jane Austen fan could wish. By JENNIFER GEORGIA
Why I left the Kennedy Center
A former employee of the institution reflects on the tenuous position of arts workers under the Trump administration. By NATHAN PUGH
‘The Brothers Size’ in NYC continues the exploration of ‘We Are...
A revival of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s most famous work prompts a long-form essay that places two of his queer plays in conversation. By NATHAN PUGH
Why I left the Kennedy Center
A former employee of the institution reflects on the tenuous position of arts workers under the Trump administration. By NATHAN PUGH
After 27 years, CulturalDC announces sunset and legacy gifts
Legacy gifts include a half-million-dollar endowment to Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and a $250,000 gift to Theatre Alliance.
Calendar: Play Readings, Workshops, and Short-Run Theater Events in the DMV
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An epic ‘Ragtime’ for the ages at Broadway’s Lincoln Center Theater
Following its acclaimed 2024 concert staging with Encores! at New York City Center, the Broadway revival of the 1998 musical epic Ragtime, based on...
Chilling elegance and thrills in Prince William Little Theatre’s ‘Woman in...
The production is a triumph of suggestion over spectacle, of imagination over exposition. By GUEST AUTHOR
Bethesda Little Theatre’s new musical ‘French Cupcakes’ is delish
The show is written, directed, and performed with charm, panache, and whimsy for a chucklingly good time. By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON
An epic ‘Ragtime’ for the ages at Broadway’s Lincoln Center Theater
Following its acclaimed 2024 concert staging with Encores! at New York City Center, the Broadway revival of the 1998 musical epic Ragtime, based on...
After 27 years, CulturalDC announces sunset and legacy gifts
Legacy gifts include a half-million-dollar endowment to Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and a $250,000 gift to Theatre Alliance.