Launch Of Major New Play Festival With Two World Premieres,
D.C. Premiere Of New Jocelyn Bioh Play,
Gala With Broadway Leading Lady Kelli O
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hara, And Regional Premieres
Artistic Director Ryan Rilette and Managing Director Ed Zakreski are thrilled to announce the full six-show lineup for Round House Theatre’s 44th Season. Following a historic season of digital performances including the Drama League-nominated festival “The Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration & Influence” and the world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s “The Catastrophist” Round House is excited to welcome audiences back into its Bethesda theatre for live, in-person productions with a slate of shows designed to transport them around the world.
Making Every Second Count in Plays Too Short to Miss
Theater shrank to tiny proportions during the pandemic. Sometimes that’s a big plus.
Mia Katigbak, left, and Bernard White in Caryl Churchill’s new, very short play, “What If If Only.”Credit.Peter Kim
June 15, 2021, 6:27 p.m. ET
Forever ago, in March 2020, a press agent handed me tickets before a show and said, “Ninety minutes, no intermission, thank God.”
But those days of durational drama are gone. The pandemic has been whittling down running times as if attention spans, like paper towels, were running short. Even “Angels in America” caught the disease, showing up online in October at 50 minutes instead of the customary seven hours.
Theater to Stream: Pride Goes Online
Highlights include the latest edition of “Broadway Bares,” Jackie Sibblies Drury’s “Marys Seacole” and a new play by Caryl Churchill.
This year’s edition of the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fund-raiser “Broadway Bares” will be virtual, with a dozen new videos and 170 dancers.Credit.Nina Westervelt, via Broadway Cares
June 9, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET
Let rainbow-festooned theater and cabaret take over your computer, tablet or television this month: With streaming, you can now bask in Pride from home.
You have to love any event featuring a hair team like the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fund-raiser “Broadway Bares,” which has been bringing on the saucy and the naughty since 1992. A return to form is expected in 2022, but for now, this year’s edition, “Twerk From Home,” will be virtual, promising a dozen new videos and 170 scantily clad dancers.
Andy’s Summer Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Jared Mezzocchi knew how important the Wilton summer theater company was to the kids who call it home between June and August.He just had to find a different way to foster that creative energy in.