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Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre Center
by Tavish Young - December 10, 2024
Quiet, cozy, and a little spooky, A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas, is a longstanding tradition for many, and could be a new one for local theatergoers. It's timeless, satiating, and teaches a classic Christmas lesson. While always timeless, its themes of gratitude, thankfulness, and ki...
First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Washington, DC Awards
by BWW Awards - December 02, 2024
Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
Review: DISNEY FROZEN at Olney Theatre Center
by Ken Kemp - November 05, 2024
A Broadway quality show that is perfect for introducing young children to the magic of live theatre. There's magic in the air, as Olney Theatre Center kicks off the holiday musical season with a production of Disney's Frozen that is nothing short of spectacular....
Review: EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND at Olney Theatre Center
by Elliot Lanes - October 07, 2024
Solo theatrical pieces are probably among the hardest sells to an audience because there is only one performer keeping you interested in the subject. These theatrical offerings require a delicate balance between educating and entertaining audiences. Olney Theatre Center’s current attraction, Eisenho...
Video: 'Democracy' from SOFT POWER At Signature Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - August 06, 2024
Go inside Signature Theatre's DC premiere of Soft Power with a performance of the song 'Democracy'. Watch the video!...
Exclusive: 'I'm With Her' from Signature Theatre's Revised SOFT POWER
by Joshua Wright - July 24, 2024
BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at the cast of Signature Theatre's DC premiere of Soft Power in rehearsal. Soft Power is a musical fantasia with music by Jeanine Tesori (Kimberly Akimbo, Fun Home) and book and lyrics by David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face)....
Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROL KING MUSICAL at Olney Theatre Center
by Ken Kemp - July 10, 2024
The fascinating story of one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century, flawless presented by a sublimely talented cast....
Stephanie J. Block, Rob McClure, and More Receive 2024 Helen Hayes Awards
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2024
On May 20, 2024, the 40th Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Learn more about the winners here!...
SPAMALOT, SWEPT AWAY And More Nominated for 2024 Helen Hayes Awards
by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2024
Tonight, at a celebration honoring outstanding theatre on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center for Theatre Washington's announcement of nominees for the 40th Helen Hayes Awards.
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Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Olney Theatre Center
by Ken Kemp - November 21, 2023
This production of Fiddler - a fresh take on a beloved musical - is thought provoking, and perfectly pitched. Guaranteed to delight viewers of all ages!...
Past Shows
BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
7/3 - 8/25/2024
Before Carole King became the legendary singer-songwriter who helped define an era, she was a 16-year-old Brooklyn kid named Carole Klein trying to sell her ...
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
11/24 - 12/31/2023
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Paul Morella’s stunning solo rendition of Charles Dickens’s classic tale that represents everything great about the holiday. This is A ...
Fiddler on the Roof
11/8 - 12/31/2023
Tradition! The word itself is synonymous with this most classic of American musicals, set in the tiny shtetl of Anatevka. People all over the world ...
The Brothers Paranormal
9/27 - 10/29/2023
Prepare to be thrilled, chilled, and moved! For Halloween, Olney Theatre is home to a modern horror story of family, migration, and the spirits that ...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
12/16 - 12/31/2022
There isnt a venue in the country with more holiday spirit than Olney Theatre Center or should we say holiday spirits? Because were embracing the ...
Dance Nation
9/28 - 10/30/2022
The pre-teen dance team from Liverpool, Ohio is primed for competition, but in Clare Barrons explosive script the stakes are much higher than just a ...
The Music Man
6/17 - 7/24/2022
Our revolutionary retelling of this Golden Age classic is sure to be the talk of the DMV - and beyond - in the coming season. ...
The Joy That Carries You
5/11 - 6/12/2022
A drama about an interracial couple in crisis by local playwriting team Awa Sal Secka and Dani Stoller (Signature's Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes) that ...
Imagination Stage's Mother Goose at Olney Theatre Center
4/23 - 4/24/2022
The Olney Performance Series is a new, year-round program that provides a permanent home on our campus for jazz, cabaret, spoken word, and theatre for ...
Brigadoon
4/8 - 4/10/2022
Part of the Applause Concert SeriesNew Yorker Tommy Albright unexpectedly arrives at mysterious Scottish Highland village of Brigadoon, which only appears for one day every ...
Pippin
4/1 - 4/3/2022
Part of the Applause Concert SeriesWeve got magic to do over one special weekend in April! This classic musical about a young man in search ...
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
11/5 - 1/2/2022
Be our guest for the holidays as the classic animated story comes to life on the Olney Theatre Mainstage. Its a tale as old as ...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
11/26 - 1/2/2022
Starring Mason Alexander Park as Hedwig! The revolutionary punk-rock sensation comes to Olney Theatre Center. In the crossfire of cold wars and culture wars, Hedwig ...
A Christmas Carol
11/26 - 12/26/2021
It wouldn't be the holidays without Olney's favorite Christmas tradition. Paul Morellas captivating solo performance of the Dickens classic keeps audiences coming back season after ...
The Thanksgiving Play
9/29 - 10/31/2021
The countrys most-produced comedy of 2019 arrives in the DMV courtesy of Olney Theatre Center to open our 2021-22 season! This hilarious sendup of white ...
Ink
9/1 - 10/3/2021
Penobscot Theatre is thrilled to present the world premiere of Ink. This is the true story of Mary Rowlandson, a preacher’s wife taken by the ...
One Year Later: Revisiting The Amateurs with playwright Jordan Harrison and the cast
3/15 - 2/15/2021
The loss of live theatre was made more poignant at OTC when our production of The Amateurs, a play about making theatre in the midst ...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
11/4 - 12/27/2020
Olney Theatre Center text by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask...
The Humans
1/29 - 3/1/2020
Winner of the 2016 Tony Award® for Best Play. Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s ...
The Diary of Anne Frank (Kesselman)
10/8 - 12/6/2019
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman Olney Theatre Center...
The Crucible
9/25 - 5/19/2019
A dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. An ...
FINIAN'S RAINBOW
3/15
The show had its Broadway premiere in 1947, which ran for 725 performances and won three Tony Awards, including one for star David Wayne and ...
ON THE TOWN
6/23 - 7/22/2018
On the Town bursts onto the stage with infectious energy, celebrating the carefree spirit of three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York ...
MY FAIR LADY
6/21 - 7/23/2017
Videos
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Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Imagination Stage (12/11 - 2/8) | |
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Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS
Constellation Theatre Company (2/6 - 6/1) | |
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All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
STC's Klein Theatre (12/6 - 12/29) | |
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Leopoldstadt
Shakespeare Theatre Company (11/30 - 12/29) | |
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Mountain Stage hosted by Kathy Mattea
Hylton Performing Arts Center (4/6 - 4/6) | |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents The Foreigner
Bender JCC of Greater Washington (4/25 - 5/4) | |
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American Festival Pops Orchestra: Armed Forces Day Celebration
Hylton Performing Arts Center (5/17 - 5/17) | |
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Shucked
National Theatre (2/25 - 3/2) | |
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Leopoldstadt
Harman Hall - Shakespeare Theatre Company (11/30 - 12/29) | |
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