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GALA’s ‘Botiquin de Boleros Columbia Heights’ dazzles and delights

6 days ago | dctheaterarts.org | Daniella Ignacio

The magic of audience participation is that you never quite know what to expect. In an early moment at GALA Hispanic Theatre’s Botiquin de Boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia Heights Bolero Bar), it appears that it’s going just as they’d thought: One audience member takes the mic for an impressive rendition of Daniel Caesar’s “Best Part,” with the band perfectly grooving along.
A powerhouse production of August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ plays at 1st Stage

1 week ago | dctheaterarts.org | Caroline Bock |August Wilson

Cursed. The Friday night review date I was assigned predicted rain — what actually occurred, about 15 minutes into August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson at 1st Stage, was massive downpours that drowned out the actors, shook the roof, sent emergency alerts buzzing to our phones, cut the electricity, and canceled the performance.
Celebrate NYC Pride Weekend early with these three top picks

3 weeks ago | dctheaterarts.org | Deb Miller

The official Pride Weekend in NYC begins on Friday, June 27, with a full TBA line-up for Pride in Times Square and the annual Pride March on Sunday, June 29, starting at 26th Street and 5th Avenue at 11 am, with this year’s theme, “Rise Up: Pride in Protest,” honoring the legacy of the first Pride March in 1970, which commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and PrideFest in Greenwich Village, the annual LGBTQIA+ street fair, from 14th Street and 4th Avenue to Astor...
Encore Stage & Studio's 'Wizard of Oz' is a solid bet for family entertainment - DC Theater Arts

3 weeks ago | dctheaterarts.org | Julia Amis

Enjoying live theater as a family is great, but there’s a particular magic when children experience their peers perform.
Off Broadway Alliance Awards announced for 2025

3 weeks ago | dctheaterarts.org | Deb Miller

This afternoon, the Off Broadway Alliance – an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals – announced the winners of the 14th Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and non-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2024-2025 season, in five competitive categories (Best New Musical, Best New Play, Best Revival, Best Solo Performance, and Best Unique Theatrical Experience), in addition to the 2025...
Non-stop hilarity in Red Bull’s new adaptation of Molière's ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages

3 weeks ago | dctheaterarts.org | Deb Miller

In keeping with its mission of bringing rarely seen classic plays to life for a present-day audience, Red Bull Theater’s current Off-Broadway offering at New World Stages is a limited engagement of Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of Molière’s final play, The Imaginary Invalid, freshly translated by Mirabelle Ordinaire.
Winners of the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway

3 weeks ago | dctheaterarts.org | Deb Miller

In tonight’s ceremony at NYU Skirball, co-hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess, the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards, for shows that opened between April 26, 2024-April 27, 2025, were presented in 31 competitive categories, along with previously announced special honors.
15 Questions in 15 Minutes with record-breaking Tony winner Kara Young

1 month ago | dctheaterarts.org | Deb Miller

Born and raised in Harlem, Kara Young, whose parents immigrated to NYC from Belize, has not only smashed the clock on her proverbial “fifteen minutes of fame,” she has also just broken the Broadway record as the first Black actress to be nominated for a Tony Award in four consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025), and has already received one, along with Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel, and Obie Awards.
Olney's new musical 'Senior Class' features a talented cast but needs work

1 month ago | dctheaterarts.org | Nicole Hertvik

Staging a new musical is no small feat for a regional theater, carrying significant financial and creative risk but also opening the thrilling possibility of putting one’s unique stamp on the American stage. It’s the high-stakes creative blank slate that makes artists giddy with the possibility of injecting something new and fresh into the world.
Enjoy Broadway at home with these new TV and album releases

1 month ago | dctheaterarts.org | Deb Miller

Recent and upcoming releases in TV and audio recording formats of four multi-award-nominated Broadway shows of the 2024-25 season are making performances of two plays available for viewing at home and the scores and songs of two musicals accessible for listening, if you weren’t able to make it to the theater to see them live, or if you loved them and can’t wait to revisit them again and again.