Monumental Will Produce TICK, TICK...BOOM! in July
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2022
Monumental Theatre Company will return to in-person performance this July with Jonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM!. The story follows an aspiring composer, Jon, in New York City in 1990 who worries he made the wrong career choice as he approaches his 30th birthday.
FRIENDS PARODY (THE ONE WITH THE PUPPETS) to Premiere at Theatre Row This November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2021
Rockefeller Productions will ‘PIVOT!’ from their current record-breaking musical, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh, to offer another audience favorite - the debut of Friends Parody (The One with the Puppets) written by Doug Kmiotek and directed by Michael Hull. The show will make its World Premiere on Friday, November 5, 2021, at Theatre Row.
BWW Review: AIDA at Axelrod Performing Arts Center Addresses The True Meaning of Love and Sacrifice
by Erica Handel - Jun 4, 2019
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida is now being performed at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center this June to the delight of its audiences. Aida first opened on Broadway in 2000 and ran for four years. The Broadway production starred Adam Pascal, Heather Headley, and Sherie Rene Scott in the lead roles. The highly acclaimed show was nominated for five Tony Awards, and won four out of five, including Best Original Score. The Aida cast recording also won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album.
BWW Review: FAME THE MUSICAL at Gala Hispanic Theatre
by Charles Shubow - May 16, 2019
Luis Salgado is quickly becoming known as an acclaimed director and choreographer. He has just returned from Germany where he served as Associate DirectorChoreographer for Cirque du Solieil's PARAMOUR. Two years ago he directed and choreographed the Helen Hayes winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS at the GALA Hispanic Theatre. He is now returning to GALA with his own version of FAME, The Musical.
Ace Young Stars In AIDA At The Axelrod
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2019
Ace Young of American Idol fame will star in the Axelrod PAC's new production of "Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA" running May 31-June 16.
Luis Salgado Returns To GALA Hispanic Theatre To Helm The New Latinx Adaptation Of FAME
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2019
After a successful adventure in Germany as associate director/choreographer for Cirque Du Soleil's Paramour, Luis Salgado returns to GALA Hispanic Theatre to helm the new latinx adaptation of the iconic FAME, The Musical. Conceived and developed by David De Silva, the shows Book writer is a cuban artista named Jose Fernandez.
BWW Reviews: OIL at Olney Theatre Center - It's an American Premiere
by Charles Shubow - Mar 11, 2019
Let me start this review with a comment by Olney's Artistic Director, Jason Loewith's comment in the program. 'After all my years in this business, many of them championing playwrights and new plays, it takes a lot to knock my socks off. I can count on two hands the experiences that reshaped by understanding of live theater and its possibilities. The world premiere of Ella Hickson's OIL in London two years was one of them. It is a blazingly, ambitious, as intellectually thrilling, as emotionally resonant as most the great works I've seen this century.'
Annie Dorsen's THE SLOW ROOM to Play Performance Space New York
by BWW
News Desk - Sep 27, 2018
Performance Space New York kicks off its second themed season of performances and events-the Posthuman Series-with the world premiere of Annie Dorsen's The Slow Room (September 27-29). Dorsen has taken the idea of technological theater further than most artists.
Annie Dorsen's THE SLOW ROOM to Play Performance Space New York
by Julie Musbach - Sep 4, 2018
Performance Space New York kicks off its second themed season of performances and events-the Posthuman Series-with the world premiere of Annie Dorsen's The Slow Room (September 27-29). Dorsen has taken the idea of technological theater further than most artists.
MEAN GIRLS and More Take Home 2018 Helen Hayes Awards!
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2018
This evening, the 34th Annual Helen Hayes Awards celebrated Washington's diverse and vital theatre community with a gala event at The Anthem, recognizing 258 Helen Hayes Award nominees and 48 award recipients drawn from 202 eligible productions presented at 64 theatres in 2017. GALA Hispanic Theatre's Spanish-language production of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes' In The Heights received nine awards, putting them at the top of a list of 20 theatres receiving Helen Hayes Awards this year.
VIDEO: Axelrod's RAGTIME Opens Tomorrow
by Julie Musbach - Mar 2, 2018
"At the turn of the century, worlds will collide in America!" The Axelrod Performing Arts Center begins its inaugural season as a professional theater with Luis Salgado's beautiful new staging of Ragtime the Musical. See the video of the Axelrod company in final rehearsals below!
FAMILIAR Extends Through March 11 at Wooly Mammoth
by Julie Musbach - Feb 23, 2018
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces the third production of its 2017-2018 season, Familiar. Written by Danai Gurira and directed by Theatre J artistic director Adam Immerwahr, Familiar will run from February 5 to March 11, 2018.