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VIDEO: First Look At STUART LITTLE At Stages Theatre Company

Stages Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the loveable classic Stuart Little! See video from the production!
Nominations Announced for the 2018 Helen Hayes Awards; MEAN GIRLS, FUN HOME, and More!

The nominees for the 2018 Helen Hayes Awards were announced on February 5, 2018. One of the country's most prestigious cultural honors, The Helen Hayes Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in professional theatre throughout the Washington metropolitan area. The National Theatre's Helen Hayes Gallery set the scene for the announcement of nominees in 47 categories for artistic excellence, and the theatre companies eligible for the 2017 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company. The recipient of the 2018 Helen Hayes Tribute will be announced shortly.
BWW Review: Experimental STILL LIFE WITH ROCKET at Theater Alliance

At its core, Mollye Maxner's 'Still Life with Rocket' is one of those complex, emotional theatrical dramas that grow out of an uneasy reunion, where cracks in the family unit become increasingly and tragically clear. After its secrets are revealed, there's a climax from which no one can return.
Regional Roundup: Top 10 Stories This Week Around the Broadway World - 6/17; SPRING AWAKENING in Pittsburgh, LEGALLY BLONDE in Sacramento and More!

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Pittsburgh, Sacramento, South Africa and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include SPRING AWAKENING in Pittsburgh, LEGALLY BLONDE at California Music Circus, and A VOICE I CANNOT SILENCE in South Africa, just to name a few.
BWW Review: GOING TO A PLACE WHERE YOU ALREADY ARE a Touch of Heaven at Theater Alliance

At stake for both couples in Going to a Place is the fundamental question: are we good people? And even if we tell ourselves over and over again that we're jerks, that we have no soul and not one scintilla of empathy for anyone but ourselves, could it be that we're still decent people after all? Sometimes the shock lies not so much in our cynicism but in the realization that the pose is a lie, and that goodness and soul were always there, in our hearts, from the git-go.
The Rainbow Theatre Project to Stage Tennessee Williams' SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER

The Rainbow Theatre Project's Generation Q Staged Reading Series is back in the new year with a presentation of Tennessee Williams' harrowing Southern Gothic classic, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER. It will be paired with a reading of a short-play by Dr. Samantha McDermitt, JUSTICE DISORDERED. The readings take place Monday, February 22, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at Source in the District.
Frank Britton to Return for Final Performances in THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT at Forum Theatre, 6/12

Frank Britton will return in the role of Pontius PIlate in THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, for the final 5 performances beginning Thursday and Friday. It was announced that he sustained injuries in an attack on Tuesday, May 30th, and is now recovering.
Forum Theatre to Present THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, 5/22-6/14

Forum Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season continues with the return of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by John Vreeke, May 22 - June 14, 2014.
Off-Broadway's TIL DIVORCE DO US PART Plays Final Performance on 4/13

TIL DIVORCE DO US PART: THE MUSICAL, will conclude its 10-week engagement at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street in Union Square) after the matinee on Sunday, April 13th, prior to a national tour, which is soon to be announced. Mark Waldrop is the director with concept, lyrics and choreography by Ruthe Ponturo and music by John Thomas Fischer. The musical comedy revue opened to acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Among the raves, The New York Times exclaimed: 'The show is buoyant and high spirited. Revenge is truly sweet!' The New Yorker acclaimed: 'Laugh-Out-Loud Funny!' and New York Magazine called Til Divorce Do Us Part: The Musical 'a wacky and clever musical comedy.' For tickets call (212) 239-6200 or visit www.telecharge.com
TIL DIVORCE DO US PART Will End Run at DR2 Theatre on 4/13

TIL DIVORCE DO US PART: THE MUSICAL, will conclude its 10-week engagement at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street in Union Square) after the matinee on Sunday, April 13th, prior to a national tour, which is soon to be announced. Mark Waldrop is the director with concept, lyrics and choreography by Ruthe Ponturo and music by John Thomas Fischer. The musical comedy revue opened to acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Among the raves, The New York Times exclaimed: 'The show is buoyant and high spirited. Revenge is truly sweet!' The New Yorker acclaimed: 'Laugh-Out-Loud Funny!' and New York Magazine called Til Divorce Do Us Part: The Musical 'a wacky and clever musical comedy.' For tickets call (212) 239-6200 or visit www.telecharge.com
TIL DIVORCE DO US PART: THE MUSICAL Gives Valentine's Presents to Its Entire Audience Today

TIL DIVORCE DO US PART: THE MUSICAL, which began previews on Friday, February 7th will be giving Valentine's presents to the entire audience tonight, February 14th at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street- in Union Square).
TIL DIVORCE DO US PART: THE MUSICAL to Give Valentine's Presents to Its Entire Audience, 2/14

TIL DIVORCE DO US PART: THE MUSICAL, which begins previews on Friday, February 7th will be giving Valentine's presents to the entire audience on Friday, February 14th at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street- in Union Square). The producers of the show felt that everyone deserves to feel loved and appreciated. After all, the musical comedy is based on the real-life story of a woman who wrote this show while going through her own divorce from a Broadway producer, who left her for a much younger woman.
BWW Reviews: Forum Theatre Launches 'Forum for All' with Poetic AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP

Forum Theatre launches its daringly democratic 'Forum for All' pay-what-you-can-at-every-show initiative with AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP, a poetic and timely portrait of the immigrant experience in the USA
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP Opens Forum Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season Tonight

Forum Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season will begin with Agnes Under The Big Top, from playwright Aditi Brennan Kapil and directed by Forum's Artistic Director, Michael Dove (Holly Down in Heaven, Church, Mad Forest, Scorched, Angels In America: Perestroika) tonight, September 5 - September 28, 2013.
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP to Open Forum Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season, 9/5-28

Forum Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season will begin with Agnes Under The Big Top, from playwright Aditi Brennan Kapil and directed by Forum's Artistic Director, Michael Dove (Holly Down in Heaven, Church, Mad Forest, Scorched, Angels In America: Perestroika) September 5 - September 28, 2013.
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP, GIDION'S KNOT and More Set for Forum Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season

Forum Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season has begun! The 2013-2014 season will features two world premieres, two regional premieres, and the return of an acclaimed Forum production. For the fifth year in a row, Forum will be in residence at Round House Theatre Silver Spring.
A Theatre Lover's Guide to DC/Capital Area Theatres â€" June 2011 Offerings

The humidity is starting to climb and it's what we call around here -- 'corn weather'. But in the air-conditioned theatres in the Nation's Capital there is a harvest of new shows opening. So if you're here visiting the monuments and the Smithsonian museums, get out of the heat and come see a play or a musical.
Forum Theatre Presents BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA, 6/2-25

Rounding out the 2010-2011 Forum Theatre season is Charles L. Mee's bobrauschenbergamerica, a wild and whimsical road trip through our country
A Theatre Lover's Guide to DC/Capital Area Theatres â€" April 2010 Offerings

As the Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on April 5th honors performances and productions from the past year, DC theatergoers will be hearing two gorgeous scores by Jason Robert Brown and Jeanine Tesori, and seeing a new opera about a boxer, a splashing pool on stage, Tyne Daley as diva Maria Callas, Maurice Hines tapping his way on the Lincoln Theatre stage, Mrs. Robinson seducing Benjamin, a red balloon thrilling young audiences, Harvey Fierstein wishing he was a rich man, tales and songs from a Scottish Jewish composer, a new children's show with lots of princesses, a little musical with the title in [ ], a triumphant mounting of a short-lived Broadway musical, and a wordless Kafka classic performed in Georgian style. The crocuses, cherry blossoms, and azaleas will be in full bloom, as the nation's capital will be awash in beautiful colors. It's the perfect time to visit and see some great shows in our DC area theatres.
The American Century Theater Brings Albee's SEASCAPE To Arlington 7/30-8/22

Edward Albee is generally regarded as America's greatest living playwright. He is also one of its bravest and most versatile, and none of his plays proves this more than the 1975 drama Seascape, presented by The American Century Theater, July 30 through August 22, at the Theater II, Gunston Arts Center, 2700 S. Lang St,, Arlington.

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