Today Ally Theatre Company announced its third season of production with a slate of three shows all of which will play at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier, Maryland.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces its 2019-2020 season, which features an energizing array of plays by new voices and Woolly veterans. The premiere season curated by Artistic Director María Manuela Goyanes spotlights the work of Jackie Sibblies Drury, Aleshea Harris, Anne Washburn, Paola Lázaro, and Mike Lew, and deepens Woolly’s relationship and storytelling potential with legendary comedy troupe The Second City.
The producers of Hello, Dolly!, the Tony Award–winning Best Musical Revival, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announce casting for the Washington, D.C. run of the national tour starring Tony Award–winning Broadway legend
Betty Buckley. Hello, Dolly! begins performances at the Kennedy Center Opera House on June 4, 2019 and plays through July 7, 2019. Tickets, currently on sale, are available in person at the Kennedy Center box office, by visiting www.kennedy-center.org, or by calling 467-4600 or (800) 444-1324.
Ally Theatre Company presents Welcome to Sis’s a new play by Doug Robinson and directed by Angelisa Gillyard which will play for one weekend only at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier, MD.
Welcome to Sis’s is the culmination of Ally Theatre Company’s contribution to the Mapping Racism Project whose mission to reveal the hidden architecture of segregation in Prince George’s County is done in part through examining and exposing the use of restrictive deed covenants in the creation of new housing.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company of Ann, Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor’s (The Practice, Two and a Half Men) intimate, hilarious production based on the colorful and complex life of former Texas Governor Ann Richards. “Frank, funny and warm” (New York Times), Ann is a captivating tribute to Richards’ life as an activist, politician, and feminist champion. This one-woman play takes a revealing look at the impassioned woman who enriched the lives of her followers, friends and family. Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven, Ann is a co-production with Dallas Theater Center and runs July 11 – August 11, 2019 in the Kreeger Theater and October 15 – November 10 in Dallas.
On today’s edition of THE INTERVUE, A Bronx Tale the musical is making its round to the National Theatre for a one-week engagement starting Today through the 31st! My guest today is a DC Native and a graduate of AMDA. You may have seen her in the touring productions of “Dreamgirls” and “Rock of Ages” and now we have her back in the DMV! Let’s give a warm homecoming welcome to Ashley McManus!
Second only to Barbie, American Girl dolls enchant girls, parents, and grandparents with Broadway-esque live stage show at The Music Center at Strathmore.
One way to get a young audience out on a cold rainy night is to highlight an 18-inch doll and book series and bring it to life through music, song, and dance. The American Girl Live tour produced by Mills Entertainment and Mattel, Inc. came to the Strathmore Music Center in North Bethesda, Maryland, this past weekend for two shows.
A BRONX TALE, the streetwise Broadway musical based on the one-man show and now classic film, will make its Washington, D.C. premiere at the National Theatre for one week only from March 26 through 31, 2019.
Tickets may be purchased at TheNationalDC.com, in person at the National Theatre Box Office (weekdays from noon to 6:00 PM), or by calling 1-800-514-3849. The National Theatre is located at 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in downtown Washington, D.C.
The Tenth Anniversary Tour of Rock of Ages, brought the Hippodrome to it’s feet! For those of you who have never seen “Rock of Ages” the stage show, this is not the same premise as the movie of the same name. Yes, a lot is the same, but there are vast differences. Characters and plot lines, but who really cares about that when you’re rocking out to killer 80’s tunes!? This show is fun from beginning to end. It’s rocktastic!
Nell Gwynn is the tale of one of the first female actresses in Shakespearean times, and her journey from orange seller, to actress, to mistress of King Charles II, and back to the theater. It’s a lighthearted, feel good performance, that’ll have you laughing out loud while celebrating the eponymous heroine.
