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The energy at the historic Warner theatre was electric as a crowd of nearly two thousand celebrated the outstanding theatre of Washington at tonight’s 29th Helen Hayes Awards. Special honors went to Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), who received The Helen Hayes Tribute; Capital Fringe, who received The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership; and Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue, who received The John Aniello [...]
Crucial Questions, Critical Fault Lines, Necessary Conversations All drama is predicated on a question. The more incisive the inquiry, the more penetrating the drama. Ours is an artistic home where heat and light, respect and learning are being sewn into the fabric of a community quilt we’re creating together. We’re not hammering out position papers [...]
FOLGER THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2013/14 SEASON FILLED WITH SHAKESPEARE PLAYS Folger Theatre’s artistic producer Janet Alexander Griffin has announced the season for 2013/14. Building on its reputation for productions called “breathtakingly original” by The Washington Post, the theater will mount a full season of William Shakespeare, in honor of the author’s 450th birthday anniversary year. The season begins with the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Helen Hayes Award-winner Aaron Posner (The Taming [...]
The Howard County Arts Council’s 16th Annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County — a multi-faceted event showcasing and promoting the arts and raising funds in support of the arts, artists, and arts organizations in Howard County — was held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing [...]
Hit Shows in Rockville Musical Theatre’s 40th Season Nunsense A-Men! will be the year’s first production by Rockville Musical Theatre, central Montgomery County’s premiere community theater group. The comedy runs April 5-21, 2013 at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg’s Kentlands neighborhood. RMT’s spring production offers an all-male cast in a twist on the Off-Broadway hit [...]
Ellen Burstyn, acclaimed film, television, and stage actress, will be a special guest of the 29th Helen Hayes Awards on Monday, April 8 to help accept the this year’s Helen Hayes Tribute, presented to Actors’ Equity Association. Ms. Burstyn, a previous President of Actors’ Equity, will be joined by current President Nicholas Wyman in receiving the honor on the [...]
In wide-ranging programming that covers more than 2,000 performances of theater, dance, music of all kinds, and productions for young people, the Center continues its commitment, as the nation’s center for the performing arts, to producing and presenting the best of national and international arts. Below we feature the season for theatre, performances for young [...]
The prestigious Helen Hayes Tribute – presented every year at the Washington’s annual celebration of professional theatre, The Helen Hayes Awards – will be presented to Actors’ Equity Association, the union that serves and protects professional actors and stage managers nationwide, on the occasion of the organization’s 100th Anniversary. The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by the late Jaylee Mead, annually [...]
Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater Announces Shows for 2013/14 Season. THE CHURCH OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL RETURNS by Jay Huling. When incorrigible entrepreneur Josh Pocket finds himself in financial trouble, he cons his evangelical brother Jon into starting their own church. Josh and Jon are so successful they’re able to pay off most of their debts. This [...]
Pumpkin Theatre is excited to announce it has signed a multi-year contract with the Har Sinai Congregation, at 2905 Walnut Avenue Owings Mills, Maryland 21117, and will move there this summer. “This is a very exciting time for us”, says Jimi Kinstle, Pumpkin’s Producing Artistic Director, “Saint Timothy’s has been a wonderful partner for over [...]
Olney Theatre Center announces two programming changes to the 75th Anniversary Season. This fall, Olney Theatre Center will kick off the National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage. Following Rancho Mirage will be the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The King and I. “As the community around Olney Theatre Center gets ever-more diverse and [...]
Together with The Washington Post, theatreWashington is delighted to announce that Capital Fringe, the only major unjuried, self-producing, open-access Festival in the Washington area will receive The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community at the 29th Helen Hayes Awards on Monday April 8, 2013. The Capital Fringe mantra, “Connecting Adventurous Artists with Adventurous Audiences,” speaks volumes about what [...]
