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Step Afrika!’s three-day Step Classic celebration concluded with a bang
The award-winning dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping ended the weekend with a grand finale. On Sunday evening, February 16, Step Afrika! brought the nation’s best step teams together ...
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A lot of talk, a lot of time, and a lot of baring offer no feminist solutions in ‘Liberation’ Off-Broadway at Roundabout
Roundabout Theatre Company’s world-premiere of Liberation by playwright Bess Wohl addresses the efforts and failures of the Women’s Movement over the 50+ years since 1970, in a meta-theatrical go-back ...
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Pride and ambition conflict with Socialist ideals in the Mint’s NYC premiere of ‘Garside’s Career’ at Theatre Row
After Garside’s Career, a cautionary tale of the ill effects of pride and ambition by English playwright Harold Brighouse, made its successful US debut with an extended run in Boston in 1919, it was ...
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‘Waitress’ at Olney Theatre Center serves huge helpings of heart and happiness
Sparks of love and connection highlight this joyous musical celebrating the power of inner strength and female friendship. Waitress is based on the 2007 film by Adrienne Shelly about a poor waitress ...
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Rorschach Theatre’s ‘The Figs’ tells a bizarre fable about an obsessed king
More than unexpected at every turn, the play is an adventurous romp that combines familiar fairy tale elements with the strange and uncanny. Throughout history, kings have pillaged and ravaged lands ...
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Avant Bard to take on Shakespeare’s most formidable queen in ‘The Margriad’
The electrifying new play follows Queen Margaret of Anjou — a warrior, a survivor — through her rise to power and downfall. Power. Betrayal. War. Revenge. Avant Bard Theatre proudly presents The ...
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Special offers and activities for ‘Kids’ Night on Broadway’ returning on March 4
Since 1996, more than 200,000 kids and teens have attended Broadway shows. Kids’ Night on Broadway – a year-round national audience development program of The Broadway League, presented by The New ...
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Dorian Harewood previews ‘Songs from the Brill Building’ at NYC’s 54 Below
Following his Tony, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award-nominated return to Broadway in The Notebook after a 45-year hiatus, acclaimed stage and screen star, voice actor and singer Dorian Harewood is ...
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Found sisterhood finds a new home in ‘Steel Magnolias’ at Creative Cauldron
Brightening Miss Truvy’s Beauty Salon is a clear reminder of the bonds that sustain us through troubling times. Draped in the bright pastels of a bygone era, Truvy’s Salon is a charming little corner ...
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Witty script and slapstick in MET’s ‘The Commedia Princess and the Pea’
The cast’s high-energy physical acting skills are exemplary throughout this enjoyable Maryland Ensemble Theatre production. In the Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) production of The Commedia Princess ...
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A riveting ensemble performs ‘Dance Nation’ at American University
Highlighting the lives of pre-teen competitive dancers, the play grapples with the transformations that accompany women’s bodies in adolescence. Uncomfortable and important. These two words echoed in ...
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‘Portraits of Freedom’ honor African/Black history at AmaZing Theatre Company
Monologues performed by Pierre Walters use artful storytelling to shine lights on significant characters and historical moments. Per the AmaZing Theatre Company’s homepage, “Portraits of Freedom is ...