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Feb 01, 2024

Howard Students Work On Woolly Mammoth Theatre’s Show About HBCU Dance Team Culture

The downtown D.C. theater company is putting on the world premiere of the play, “The Sensational Sea-Minkettes.”

Jan 22, 2024

Bank Returns $250,000 To GALA Hispanic Theatre After Account Hack

“Upon careful review we’re pleased to honor this claim and credit our client with its lost funds,” Citibank said in a statement.

Sep 22, 2023

11 D.C.-Area Theater Performances We’re Excited For This Fall

This new season’s theater offerings include feel-good musicals, Shakespeare revisions, and scary stories just in time for Halloween.

Jun 21, 2023

Unexpected Stage Company Is Closing The Curtains After 13 Years Of Theater In Montgomery County

The independent theater company’s founders reflect on more than a decade of creative programs and performances in Montgomery County.

May 01, 2023

May Is For Musicals: Check Out These Shows Opening At D.C.-Area Theaters This Month

See “In the Heights” in Herndon, a world premiere commissioned by Studio Theatre that deals with themes of gentrification, or a musical about Audrey Hepburn around D.C. theaters this month.

Apr 04, 2023

See Or Skip: Three Shows We Saw At D.C.-Area Theaters This Month

Our critics weigh in on a new superhero-themed hip-hop musical, a modern take on fairy tales, and a new run of part of the seminal work “Angels in America.”

Apr 03, 2023

April Theater In Bloom: Catch These Shows Opening At D.C.-Area Theaters This Month

There’s a world premiere of a play about podcasting, Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center, and readings of several new works from Keegan Theatre debuting around D.C.’s theater scene this month.

Mar 15, 2023

See Or Skip: Two Shows We Saw At D.C.-Area Theaters In March

One critic loved “Clyde’s” at Studio Theatre; another took in an experimental, if at times confusing, take on “Julius Caesar” (just in time for Ides of March).

Feb 28, 2023

March (Theater) Madness: 33 Shows To See Around D.C. This Month

March’s theater calendar in the D.C. area is absolutely packed, with more than two dozen shows debuting.

Feb 21, 2023

See Or Skip: Two More Shows We Saw At D.C.-Area Theaters In February

But don’t worry, you still have plenty of time to catch “Kinky Boots” in March.

 
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