The Venezuelan playwright will succeed the late Hugo Medrano, who co-led the theater for nearly 50 years until his passing in May.

The 2023 Helen Hayes Awards brought the D.C. theater community back together in person for a major ceremony for the first time since 2019.

Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “Camelot,” and 1st Stage in Tysons were the night’s big winners.

The Helen Hayes Awards is revamping its process, meaning twice as many awards, but hopefully not an extra long awards ceremony.

Signature Theatre’s production of the Motown musical Dreamgirls and the Folger Theater’s production of The Taming of the Shrew took home the top prizes at last night’s Helen Hayes Awards.

Signature Theatre’s production of Hairspray and Synetic’s silent version of King Lear cleaned up at the 28th annual Helen Hayes Awards. Arena Stage’s Ruined won for outstanding resident play.

The actor Kevin Spacey will appear at the Helen Hayes Awards next month to receive a special award for his theater work and advocacy for public support for the arts.

TheatreWashington announced last night the nominations for the 28th Annual Helen Hayes Awards. Synetic Theater’s dazzling, wordless interpretation of King Lear led all shows with 15 nods.

“I’d like to thank the CVS on 7th Street for being open all hours after the show. I’d like to thank Chop’t Salad. I don’t know how they do it…”

If there were awards for funniest speech at the 27th annual Helen Hayes awards, Candide‘s Geoff Packard would have been a contender.

Crowds gather outside the marquee for the Helen Hayes Awards. It takes a Hines brother to unseat Irina Tsikurishvili. That was one of the surprises early in the night of the 26th annual Helen Hayes awards, held Monday night at the Warner Theater. Maurice Hines, brother of the late tap legend Gregory, took the trophy for Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, for MetroStage’s Cool Papa’s Party, despite perennial winner Tsikurishvili’s not one, not two, but…