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News: Stephen Sondheim talks about Road Show, opening at Signature Theatre - DCTheatre…
Road Show by Stephen Sondheim begins performances next week at Signature Theatre. Mark Horowitz caught up with Mr. Sondheim this past weekend to talk …
News: In uncovering tensions, productions expose humor and society’s fears - The Washi…
“Drama’s vitallest expression is the common day / That arise and set about us,” wrote the 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson — words t…
News: Signature names librettist John Weidman as Sondheim Award winner - The Washingto…
In a move sure to thrill fans of both Stephen Sondheim and Elmo, Signature Theatre has named librettist John Weidman the winner of its 2016 Sondheim A…
News: Who’s an American? The current crop of musicals may have the best answer. - The …
“Immigrant!” Anita sneers, playfully but dismissively, at her lover, Bernardo, in the run-up to “West Side Story’s” glorious Act 1 number, …
News: Signature, Disney join forces on new musical version of ‘Freaky Friday’ - The Wa…
In a deal that rockets Signature Theatre into a whole new producing orbit, the Arlington company will team up this fall with the Walt Disney Co. to pr…
News: Natascia Diaz approaches ‘West Side Story’s’ Anita with passion - The Washington…
And then there was the time Natascia Diaz danced for Jerome Robbins. She was still a kid, only a few years out of Carnegie Mellon’s drama program. …
News: The Night West Side Story Opened in Washington - WETA Boundary Stones
When West Side Story premiered in the summer of 1957, Felicia Montealegre wanted to be in Washington. Felicia, wife of composer Leonard Bernstein, ha…
News: Designing the world for Signature’s West Side Story: Misha Kachman talks set des…
One of the most ambitious shows being put on in DC this winter is the oversized blockbuster musical West Side Story produced by Signature Theatre. Jus…
News: ‘West Side’ challenge: Staging a 1957 gang fight to thrill 2015 audiences - The …
… The choreography of a knife fight is obviously very different from that of a gunfight — and dance moves are crucial to any production of “West…
News: Signature Theatre adds show about Broadways George Rose - The Washington Post
George Roses life included Tony Awards in the 1970s and 1980s for the musicals My Fair Lady and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. His death came v…