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Over the 400-plus years of its existence, Shakespeare’s most youthful tragedy has been adapted to a wide range of settings and circumstances. Most familiar, perhaps, is the blockbuster musical West ...
Jonathan Del Palmer, Stan Kang, and Justine ‘Icy’ Moral in ‘Kim’s Convenience’ at Olney Theatre Center. Photo by Margot Schulman. But a convenience store is nothing without loyal customers, whose ...
Interviews and Features Playwright Dave Harris hopes ‘we can language our way through this’ A probing and startling interview with the writer behind DC productions of 'Exception to the Rule' at Studio ...
Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the lineup of its upcoming 2024/25 season. Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick makes his STC debut in Babbitt, a new adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s ...
At the beginning of Western civilization, in ancient Greece, playwrights would produce serious theater works that addressed issues of such importance to the well-being of the state that the ...
Yesenia Iglesias (Marlowe) and Chris Genebach (Danny) in ‘The Garbologists.’ Photo courtesy of Theater Alliance. The regional debut of The Garbologists uses an expertly designed set and strong acting ...
Sun Mee Chomet, actor and playwright, longs to see her birth mother’s face “to see someone who looks like me.” As a transracial adoptee from Korea, she has carried this ache to connect with her birth ...
Reviews STC’s outstanding ‘Macbeth’ is stellar — from humor to horror Director Simon Godwin and a remarkable cast breathe new, humanizing life into this familiar tale about the dehumanizing effects of ...
Reviews ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ opens hearts with humor at Workhouse Arts Center Transcendent themes about love, community, and the comforting humanity of pain anchor this brave show in a hopeful ...
Fabiolla De Silva (Mistress Meg Page), Shaquille Stewart (Sir John Falstaff), and Emily Zinski (Mistress Alice Ford) appearing in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor.’ ...
Reviews Driving new drama ‘Data’ at Arena Stage digs into ethics of big tech Playwright Matthew Libby’s cautionary tale plays out in a harsh, inhuman world.
Michael Shayan in ‘Avaaz.’ Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography. Avaaz delivers a dual memoir in a format that is richly theatrical and warmly educational about a culture we don’t see enough of in ...