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Blog: SigWorks Q&A with Joe Calarco
INTERVIEW WITH SIGNATURE THEATRE DIRECTOR OF NEW WORKS JOE CALARCO Signature Theatre is very pleased to announce the creation of SigWorks. We thought…
Blog: SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Readings
SIGNATURE THEATRE LAUNCHES SIGWORKS: MONDAY NIGHT NEW PLAY READINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF AREA PLAYWRIGHTS. FREE Series Hosted at Alis Bar …
Blog: Signature Voice Competition - Submit Audition Video Now!
Are you the next Broadway or pop sensation? The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA is launching the first Signature Voice com…
Blog: In With the Interns Jimmy Smith
Signature Theatre is lucky enough to have a handful of incredibly bright and gifted interns working with us. We thought it would be fun to let you hea…
Blog: A Smart Performer is a Successful Performer
When it comes to training in the world of musical theater, performers never really stop learning and refining their craft. This is a business that dem…
News: Washington Post Q&A with Wesley Taylor
When Wesley Taylor wanted a break from the high-pressure New York theater scene, he didnt jet off to an island paradise or a grand European city. He…
Blog: Creating a Cabaret
Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the Kit-Cat Club! In a few short weeks we will open the doors on Signatures very own Cabaret here in the MAX Theatre. As we quickly approach opening night we thought it might be fun to explore the background behind this 1967 Tony Award winning musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
Blog: Grim Realities of the Age
The mood surrounding Kander and Ebbs Cabaret can best be described as a dance on the volcano. Such is the backdrop that Clifford Bradshaw finds himself in as he negotiates the seedy streets and sex soaked side alleys of Berlin in the 1920s and 30s. As Cliff maneuvers his life abroad, he is drawn to the Kit Kat Klub. Ultimately, the entertainment at the Kit Kat Klub serves Cliff not only as an escape from the events transpiring in and around Berlin, but as a commentary on the grim realities of the moment.
Blog: The Culture of Cabaret
Despite the general political and economic climate of Berlin in the 1920s, the citys cultural life thrived; expressionist art flourished, cinema b…
Blog: The World of Cabaret
Cabaret, and the material from which it stems, offers rather ominous looks into German life in the early 1930s. At the end of World War I, Germany was…