‘Shear Madness’ is closing. Long live ‘Shear Madness.’
As the comedic whodunit closes after 39 years at the Kennedy Center, generations of artists reflect on how the show improved their lives. By NICOLE HERTVIK
Jacob Ming-Trent on his ‘bold and raucous ride through the past’...
A real-talk interview with the author and star of ‘How Shakespeare Saved My Life,' onstage June 9 to July 5. By MARC FJOR
Chris D’Angelo: From local community theater to the ‘Jeopardy!’ stage
Meet the DC-area actor and director who is the current champion on the long-running TV game show. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS
At these DC bars, theater kids rule the day (for a...
The enduring spirit of musical theater lives on in local showtune nights. By. D.R. LEWIS
What We’re Building Next
A note from ELGIN MARTIN, Executive Director, DC Theater Arts
A critic revisits his review of ‘The Shark Is Broken’ at...
Reflecting on his experiences of the MET production and the Broadway production, the author comes to a moving realization. By GEOFFREY MELADA
Stephen Schwartz on mentoring: changing young artists for good
The Academy Award–winning composer came to town to support Young Artists of America as they performed his musical ‘The Prince of Egypt.’ By NICOLE HERTVIK
With ‘Aguardiente’ at GALA, Luis Salgado adds ‘playwright’ to his résumé
The famed director/choreographer and the lead actor Samuel Garnica introduce their new musical about the courage to create something new. By JULIA TUCKER
How Theater Works: Sound Design
Helen Hayes Award–winning sound designer KENNY NEAL answers the question ‘But what does a sound designer actually do?’
As sweeping layoffs diminish WaPo theater coverage, critics reckon with what’s...
Writers trace a decades-long shift toward metrics and cost-cutting that has steadily eroded arts coverage at The Washington Post. By TENIOLA AYOOLA
On the poetry and politics of ‘Pressure!’ at ExPats Theatre
Translator/director Karin Rosnizeck and Austrian playwright Arad Dabiri reflect on the play's origins, language, and emotional core. By NICOLE HERTVIK
Kyra Belle Johnson and Fergie L. Philippe on playing Belle and...
The stars of ‘Beauty and the Beast' now at the National share their experience creating ‘that place of childlike wonder.’ By JULIA TUCKER
IN Series’ ‘Passion Plays’ reclaim an ancient art form for a...
The Passion may be one of Western theater’s oldest surviving forms — but in this festival of three premieres, it feels less like a relic and more like a reckoning. By GREGORY FORD
How the makers of ‘Midiculous’ chose their adventure at Keegan Theatre
The renowned DC writing duo Drew Anderson and Dwayne Lawson-Brown disclose ‘the Bugs Bunny formula’ in their new show for middle schoolers. By JULIA TUCKER
DC Theater Arts is doubling down on local theater
An urgent message from ELGIN MARTIN, executive director, in response to what has happened at The Kennedy Center and The Washington Post.
STC celebrates fifth year of Staged Reading and Dramaturgy Program with...
Guest writer LEEANÉT NOBLE reflects on her experience developing the program and directing this year’s reading.
New DMV theater organization Playing Against stages readings to fight fascism
The organization’s first reading of 2026 — 'The Joy of Theatre' — will take place this Monday, February 23. By NICOLE HERTVIK
It’s All Doom and Gloom
I tried, I really tried, to think of something positive to say in the wake of this week’s Kennedy Center and WaPo news. By NICOLE HERTVIK
Looking forward to the end times with Howard Shalwitz and Ali...
Spunky seniors face catastrophes with joy in ‘The World to Come’ at Woolly Mammoth. The director and playwright tell why. By CELIA WREN
Taffety Punk’s barroom ‘Beowulf’ returns by popular demand
Marcus Kid narrates the riveting heroic saga in a pop-up bar at Capital Hill Arts Workshop from February 12 to 28.