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Coming of age and learning hard lessons in ‘Sump’n Like Wings’ at NYC’s Theatre Row
Mint Theater Company’s NYC premiere of the 1925 coming-of-age story Sump’n Like Wings by Lynn Riggs – whose Green Grow the Lilacs, written in 1930, and first produced in 1931, served as the basis for ...
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‘Big Fish’ makes big splash in small pond at Other Voices Theatre
In a deceptively plain package, the musical celebrates the power of storytelling and song. Big Fish is a tall tale about a bit of a strange bird. Based on a 1998 novel, Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic ...
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A rousing production of renegade ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ from IN Series
It’s tempting to see this 1937 opera as dated, but the parallels to today’s reboot of totalitarian impulses are hard to miss. Few productions in American musical theater history can claim as thrilling ...
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Groovy good times roll in ‘Sister Act’ by 2nd Star Productions
Crisp music direction and a crack orchestra complement the powerful voices of the cast. Sister Act is a sassy and sweet, disco-flavored treat. Based on the hit 1992 movie starring Whoopie Goldberg, it ...
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Calendar: Play Readings, Workshops, and Short-Run Theater Events in the DMV
Check back regularly for the most up-to-date information about workshops, readings, and short-run/single-performance events. Play readings and workshops offer a chance to see exciting new work at ...
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Anxiety, terror, and camp in Rorschach Theatre’s uncanny ‘Sleeping Giant’
Director Jenny McConnell Frederick conjures up a frightful dreamscape attuned to playwright Steve Yockey’s bizarre and grimly comic tonality. It was on the Orange Line into DC — a favorite of all ...
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New oral history reveals influential Arena Stage founder Zelda Fichandler
Biographer Mary B. Robinson chronicles the many facets of the legend behind one of the flagships of American theater. In 1950, Zelda Fichandler founded Washington, DC’s Arena Stage with her George ...
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Rorschach Theatre announces 2024/25 season
Explosive new season immerses audiences in adventures both new and reimagined. Rorschach Theatre is thrilled to announce its 2024/25 season! For 25 years, the award-winning and nationally recognized ...
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Attorney’s conflict between his professional ambition and his Native American heritage in ‘Distant Thunder’ at Off-Broadway’s A.R.T./New York
Presented by Amas Musical Theatre, in association with Tall Tree Productions, and making its NYC debut in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at A.R.T., Distant Thunder, with a book by Lynne ...
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Broadway star Lea Salonga delights ‘ARTS by George!’ audience at GMU
At George Mason University’s Center for the Arts' annual benefit, the renowned diva of the theater was witty and down-to-earth charming. ARTS by George! is George Mason University’s annual fundraiser ...
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Uproariously zany and riotously raunchy high-camp musical farce ‘The Big Gay Jamboree’ at Off-Broadway’s Orpheum Theater
When a very hungover Stacey wakes up from a night of blacking out after downing eighteen shots of Jägermeister, she finds herself Off-Broadway, on stage before a live audience, in a 1940s Golden Age ...
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AI triumphs in ‘McNeal’ at Broadway’s Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center
Acclaimed novelist Jacob McNeal, an unlikeable, narcissistic liar, cheat, and mentally unstable substance abuser, who dismisses his personal transgressions, professional plagiarism, and lack of ethics ...