Theater & Dance

Shanta Thake, 41, is a longtime top official of off-Broadway’s Public Theater.

The new mandates will affect 21 shows running between now and Oct. 31.

“Pass Over,” the first play coming back, is one of many productions examining a variety of mitigation efforts — including a vaccination mandate.

“Ailey,” which opens nationwide in theaters Aug. 6, premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival.

Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company are teaming up with Broadway producers, with all three shows running during the holiday season.

In a long career in jazz, on Broadway and on television, he won Tony and Emmy awards.

“Come From Away” comes back to D.C. in a unique one-night concert version, free to all.

The streaming production, shot across various locations in the D.C. area, overcomes some technical mishaps with ambitious staging and a top-notch cast.

Mr. Robinson was a prolific stage actor and had supporting parts in series such as “Buffalo Bill,” “Love & War,” “Home Improvement,” “The Game” and “Hart of Dixie.”

The 37-year-old succeeds founder Eric Schaeffer, who retired in the wake of harassment allegations. He will be the youngest leader of a major Washington-area theater.

With covid cases on the decline, a capital of the arts is finding its mojo again, with a big slate of shows returning in record time.

Newfangled storytelling is the name of the game, as theater emerges from the pandemic shutdown.

Mohegan playwright Madeline Sayet’s solo performance, finely captured on screen, raises poignant questions about colonialism and cultural genocide.

“Springsteen on Broadway,” a master showman’s amalgam of great music and emotional storytelling, is the first show back after the coronavirus shutdown.

The renowned dance festival in the Berkshires goes all outdoors to stage its first performances in 15 months.