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Highlights include: 24 nominations for eight productions in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, four theatre companies nominated for the first time, and a 19% increase from last year in the number of overall productions recognized

2019 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

February 4, 2019 TRR News Theatre, Theatre News

Tonight, at a celebration honoring theatre excellence on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered in the National Theatre’s Helen Hayes Gallery for theatreWashington’s announcement of nominees for the 35th Annual Helen Hayes Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 13 at an event at the Anthem .

TICKETS ON SALE NOW - PERFORMANCES FEBRUARY 15-16, 2019 AT HIPPODROME THEATRE

Broadway’s Best Party Returns to BALTIMORE!

January 28, 2019 TRR News Theatre, Theatre News

Fifth Estate Entertainment is proud to announce the mind-blowing, face melting, nothin’ but a good time, audience favorite ROCK OF AGES will return to the stage with a tenth anniversary tour. Nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical, the all new production will play Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre as part of the 2018/19 CareFirst® BlueCross BlueShield Hippodrome Broadway Series from February 15-16, 2019.

Tickets are on sale now! To purchase, visit Ticketmaster.com, BaltimoreHippodrome.com, call 800-982-ARTS, or visit the Hippodrome Box Office located at 12 N Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD 21201 at the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore St. Discounted group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 443-703-2401 or contact Andrew Springer at Andrew.Springer@broadwayacrossamerica.com.

Theatre Revue: School of Rock at the National Theatre

School of Rock is Worth Staying Up Past Your Bedtime

January 19, 2019 Jaya Ghosh Theatre, Theatre Reviews

I started School of Rock wondering if they could turn down the volume, and perhaps if I’m a bit too old for this rock and roll (get off my lawn!). But by the end of the show, I was in the audience at the Battle of the Bands, yelling for an encore and whooping after the solo riffs – all on a school night.

Theatre Review: Matthew Bourne's Cinderella at the Kennedy Center Opera House

Cinderella, with an Identity Crisis

January 17, 2019 Jaya Ghosh Theatre, Theatre Reviews

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Cinderella causes us to question what makes a Cinderella story. Is it the evil step family, and subsequent escape from a life of servitude? Is it the fairy godmother that sends Cinderella to the Ball? Or is it the glass slipper that reunites Cinderella with her Prince?

What if a story has all those characteristics, but it’s not integral to the storytelling?

Shakespeare Theatre Company announces casting for Kate Hamill’s Adaptation of Vanity Fair

January 15, 2019 TRR News Theatre, Theatre News

Following the success of her Sense and Sensibility at the Folger Theatre in 2016, Wall Street Journal’s Playwright of the Year 2017 Kate Hamill, returns to D.C. with her adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic novel Vanity Fair. Hamill’s vibrant and colorful tale about society’s foibles is a co-production with San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater. Directed by Jessica Stone and featuring Rebekah Brockman as Becky Sharp, the production will run at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7^th Street, NW) from February 26 through March 31, 2019.

Miss Saigon Reminds Us There’s Hope

December 16, 2018 Michelle Jefferson Theatre, Theatre Reviews

After 17 years, the highly anticipated Cameron Mackintosh’s dynamite Broadway revival of Boubil and Schӧnberg’s legendary musical MISS SAIGON– at the Washington, D.C. Kennedy Center Opera House– is a sensational, relevant conscientious musical you do not want to miss!

Do not be worried if you think this classic has been tweaked, this touring version will please both avid fans and the unicorn-esque first-timer! With Broadway hits like “The Heat is On in Saigon,” “The Movie in Read more

A Corrosive Mix of Politics, Special Interests in Kings

November 27, 2018 TRR News Theatre, Theatre News

Kings

Created by Sarah Burgess
Directed by Marti Lyons
Runs December 12, 2018 – January 1, 2019

As the dust settles from midterm elections, with freshman members of Congress learning to navigate the maze of Capitol Hill 2.5 miles away, Studio Theatre presents its next Studio X production Kings written by Alexandria native Sarah Burgess and directed by Marti Lyons. With a deft hand at the fast talk and power dynamics of lawmaking and fundraising, Burgess’s swamp tour of Beltway powerbrokers that fuel her hometown. A Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist, Burgess quickly rose to notoriety exploring the cutthroat world of finance in her breakout play, Dry Power, at the Public Theater in New York, which starred Claire Danes, John Krasinski, and Hank Azaria.

Exclusive Interview with Beautiful star Sarah Bockel

Sarah Bockel Embodies Carol King in Beautiful

November 27, 2018 Dean Rogers Interviews, Theatre

On Today’s edition of INTERVUE, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical launches its DC run tonight at the National Theatre. For Chicago native, Sarah Bockel, to play the legendary singer-songwriter Carole King, it’s the role of a lifetime for not only she is performing King’s amazing hits but also showing us the story of this amazing woman for our Washingtonians to see.

Theatre Review: Anastasia at the Kennedy Center

Anastasia – All the Best Parts of the 90s Movie with the Magic of a Live Performance

November 3, 2018 Jaya Ghosh Theatre, Theatre Reviews

Anyone who knows me knows that I love the Kennedy Center. I find any possible excuse to go to an event there. The caliber of performers and shows they bring are always astounding – and don’t get me started on the free shows EVERY DAY of the year. I can say with full conviction that Anastasia was no different.

AMP by Strathmore Is The Place To Be!

Friends The Musical Parody @ AMP

October 20, 2018 Denise A. Theatre Reviews

Friends! The Musical Parody took a short residence at AMP Bethesda. Make a big note that this is a parody! Liberties are taken and sometimes that left the audience, when I saw it, confused.
Let me say that I LOVE “Friends” the TV show. I have seen the entire series multiple of multiple times and watch episodes everyday still. When I heard this was a show, I thought, “how did I not write this?” but seeing it, my experience leads me to think it was written by people who might not actually like that show. That’s why I say emphasis on “parody”.