Matt Conner

Review: SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE at Creative Cauldron

Few American composers have been as influential as Stephen Sondheim, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 91. His large catalogue, with subjects and settings that vary from a modern single man navigating social relationships among his married friends to a murderous pie-shop keeper in Victorian London, to an amalgam of fairy tales, is widely performed and much beloved around the world.

Creative Cauldron Announces 2024-25 Season And Transition To Its New Home

Creative Cauldron reveals its 2024-25 season lineup and details its move to a new location in Falls Church, VA, promising an exciting array of performances and community engagement.

Creative Cauldron Announces 2024 Summer Concert Series!

Creative Cauldron has announced its 2024 Summer Concert Series in Falls Church, VA, featuring a diverse lineup of performances to celebrate the season.

THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA Comes to Creative Cauldron in March

Creative Cauldron's 2023-24 season will continue with an adaptation of the classic story by Hans Christian Anderson, The Princess and The Pea.

Spotlight: WORKING at Creative Cauldron

Creative Cauldron launches Working a musical adaptation of the Best-Selling Studs Terkel book about American Workers. Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the school teacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason and the housewife, just to name a few.

WORKING Comes to Creative Cauldron in February

 In February, Creative Cauldron will mount a production of Working, a musical based on the Studs Terkel Book: Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. Learn more about the production here!

Creative Cauldron Celebrates the Holidays with Annual Cabaret Series and DRAG THE HALLS Holiday Cabaret Fundraiser

Creative Cauldron’s Annual holiday cabaret series, produced by Associate Artistic Director, Matt Conner, features performances by veterans of past Cauldron performances and cabarets, and some talented newcomers.

Creative Cauldron Presents Holiday Favorite MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS

Creative Cauldron rings in the holidays with a remount of one of its most popular shows,  Madeline's Christmas.

Creative Cauldron Presents Learning Theater Musical Adaptation of THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO/LAS AVENTURAS DE PINOCHO

Creative Cauldron's 2023-24 season continues with the family friendly show, The Adventures of Pinocchio/Las Aventuras de Pinocho.

BWW Q&A: Mayu Molina Lehmann & Alfonso Molina of MONARCH: A Mexican-American Musical at Creative Cauldron

Monarch: A Mexican American Musical written by Alexandria, VA writer, Mayu Molina Lehmann and award-winning Mexican composer, Alfonso Molina, first premiered in 2022 at the Los Angeles Theater Center. Monarch is co-directed by Mayu Molina Lehmann and Creative Cauldron Assistant Artistic Director, Matt Conner.

MONARCH: A MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSICAL Comes to Creative Cauldron

Monarch: A Mexican American Musical written by Alexandria, VA writer, Mayu Molina Lehmann and award-winning Mexican composer, Alfonso Molina, comes to Creative Cauldron in October. Learn more about the musical and how to purchase tickets here!

Creative Cauldron Sets 2023-24 Season, Final Season at Pearson Square Location

The 2023-24 Season will mark Creative Cauldron’s final season at its current home in Pearson Square, before moving to a new black box theater in the Broad and Washington project.

Kennedy Center GUYS AND DOLLS, Kevin Chamberlin, And More Win Helen Hayes Awards

This evening, the 2023 Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Esteemed Washington theatre artists Naomi Jacobson, Erika Rose, Holly Twyford, and Christopher Michael Richardson hosted an evening showcasing the vibrant and diverse community of professional theatre artists in the Washington region.

POTUS, 9 TO 5, and More Set For Virginia Repertory Theatre's 2023-24 Season

Virginia Repertory Theatre has announced the musicals, plays and special presentations for its 2023-2024 Signature Season at the November Theatre downtown, the Barksdale Season at Hanover Tavern, the Children’s Season at the Virginia Rep Center for Arts and Education as well as the Theatre Gym studio space.

Del Barber Shines On New LP 'Almanac' Out Today Via Acronym Records

“I want my work to be seen as subtle by definition,” says three-time Juno Award nominee Del Barber. “I want my statements to come across as questions rather than decrees or opinions.” Barber's way of seeing the world and his place within it takes center stage on his brand new album, Almanac. If Barber's previous release, Stray Dogs: Collected B-Sides Vol. 1 felt like the end of one of life's seasons, Almanac doggedly led him into the next. With his aforementioned mission statement of sorts, Barber wrote the twelve songs which make up Almanac from a new perspective. “Some of these songs are descriptions of my world through my own eyes; a way of songwriting I've never felt I've done well until now.” The final result, his eighth full-length album, is a thoughtful, gratitude-filled display of songcraft. “Writing Almanac felt like I had another chance,” says Barber. “It felt like spring.”

2023-24 Season Revealed at Creative Cauldron

 The 2023-24 Season will mark Creative Cauldron’s final season at its current home in Pearson Square, before moving to a new black box theater in the Broad and Washington project.  Learn more about the lineup here!

Interview: Theatre Life with Sophia Manicone

Today’s subject Sophia Manicone is currently living her theatre life on Broadway playing Iola Stover in the acclaimed revival of Parade. The show’s limited engagement, which stars Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, runs through August sixth at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The production marks Sophia’s Broadway debut after playing this same role at New York City Center a few months prior.

Stillpointe Theater Presents NEVERMORE This Spring

Stillpointe is celebrating our Spooktacular 13th season, and I wanted to reach out and personally invite you to come and enjoy a haunting evening where stories become real as you follow Edgar Allen Poe through his life and loves.

Creative Cauldron Brings Learning Theater Musical Adaptation of THE SNOW QUEEN To the Stage!

Creative Cauldron's 2022-23 season continues with the all-ages musical comedy, The Snow Queen, adapted from the same Hans Christen Anderson tale that inspired Disney's Frozen and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasquale, Ali Ewoldt And More Nominated for Helen Hayes Awards

Nominations have been announced for the 37th Helen Hayes Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 22. Nominees include productions from Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, GALA Hispanic Theatre and more.