'Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live and active cultures!)' — Julia Izumi’s play about Japanese American identity — is powerful. “To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.” ...

Recognizing work from 165 eligible productions, awards were given in 41 categories. 41st Helen Hayes Awards at The Anthem in Washington, DC, May 19, 2025. DCTA photo. On May 19, 2025, the 41st Helen ...

July festival will feature 9 full-run productions and 7 one-night-only shows by local artists, from first-time playwrights to established producers. District Fringe is proud to announce the artists ...

Teo's production at Folger is about the complexity and layers of love and all the ways in which love goes beyond gender. Shakespeare would love it. And audiences will too, once they cotton to the fact ...

Rajiv Joseph's slam-dunk exploration of friendship and fandom runs May 28-June 22 at Round House. “Rajiv Joseph has written a wonderfully funny, heartfelt, and timely love letter to male friendship.

Gender fluidity, kink culture, unconventionality in all its forms — this production, directed by Mei Ann Teo, is a feast for the senses. Twelfth Night at the Folger is so innovative that you might ...

Short bio or role description. [the_ad_placement id=”sidebar-ads-home-blog-top”] [the_ad_placement id=”sidebar-ads-home-blog-top”] [the_ad_placement id ...

The production will leave you feeling like you’ve just had several glasses of champagne. Molière (1622–1673), whose work was celebrated at the glittering court of the Sun King Louis XIV, was a ...

A probing and startling interview with the writer behind DC productions of 'Exception to the Rule' at Studio and 'Incendiary' at Woolly Mammoth. There comes a point in every Dave Harris play when the ...

Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical musical is a reminder of what we tragically lost too soon. It is astonishing to think that Jonathan Larson, the visionary composer, the voice of a new ...

Whether for first-time viewers or longtime Sondheim fans, the singing here is not to be missed. Based on Smiles of a Summer Night, the great Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman’s only comedy, A ...

In a co-presentation with Mosaic Theater, the Tony-winning actor-turned-playwright talks about embracing his roots as a Middle Eastern Jew. Is he Arab? Israeli? American? Jewish? Is he a product of ...