Les Miserables – movie review
Have you heard there’s a film version of “Les Misérables”? Just kidding; of course you have. For the last several months the media bombardment preceding the Christmas day opening of this movie musical...
View ArticleHow Roy Berkowitz’ Source short became a movie, and where to see it free this...
Sometimes a play seems to have a mind of its own, and like an independent child, leaves its warm nurturing nest, wins awards across the country, and, in this case, gets turned into a film. That’s what...
View ArticleIn the House, adaptation of Spanish play, comes to FilmfestDC
Movies arriving from overseas are the bread and butter of Filmfest DC, the annual tour of cinematic works Washingtonians would otherwise have little chance to see. The French drama “In the House,” one...
View ArticleNetflix renews Slings and Arrows in time for our summer viewing series
Fans of the hilarious Canadian TV series Slings and Arrows will be relieved to know that Netflix, which had planned to sunset it on June 1, has responded to howls of protest – including ours – and...
View ArticleAvengers director goes light and jazzy with Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon, a man whose name is synonymous with some of the most feverishly obsessed-over fantasy and science-fiction franchises of the last 20 years, is also a hardcore Shakespeare fan. In-between...
View Article9 reasons I’ll go to the movies
My friends know that I am a theatre nerd who sees an insane amount of live theatre. Unfair. I have interests beyond seeing live works of theatre. I also like to see films based on plays or featuring...
View ArticleInto the Woods filming begins
The movie adaptation of the beloved Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods began shooting on Wednesday in England. Already promotional stills and footage are appearing on the web to promote what...
View ArticleWin tickets to the National Theatre of London’s screening of The Habit of Art
DCTS has partnered with Angelika Mosaic Film Center in Fairfax, Virginia to offer you free tickets to the latest screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from around the world. We have 3 pairs of...
View ArticleAugust: Osage County pulled from Christmas release. Here’s the new date
The release date for the highly anticipated film adaptation of August: Osage County has been changed. The dark comedy about the highly dysfunctional Weston clan assembling in rural Oklahoma was due to...
View ArticleAugust: Osage County – a great play becomes a captivating movie
One of the daughters in Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County thanks God that we can’t see the future because if we could “we’d never get out of bed.” The future of August: Osage County is as clear as an...
View ArticleValentine’s treat: Broadway’s Romeo and Juliet hits area movie houses Feb 13...
The Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet has closed, but not before Screenvision and BroadwayHD recorded the December 8, 2013 performance. The partnership is now bringing that performance to movie...
View ArticleFirst look at the remake of Annie
The first trailer for the hotly-awaited reimagined and remixed version of the musical Annie is now available, revealing details about how screenwriters Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, and Emma...
View ArticleWin tickets to The Tempest starring Christopher Plummer, March 11
DCTS has partnered with Angelika Mosaic Film Center in Fairfax, Virginia to offer you free tickets to the latest screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from around the world. We have 3 pairs of...
View ArticleWin tickets to see Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me at West End Cinema
ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME is opening Friday, March 14 at the West End Cinema, 2301 M Street NW, Washington, DC. Update: Our passes are taken, but we encourage you to see this documentary about one of...
View ArticleElaine Stritch: Shoot Me – review
“I’m here!” Elaine Stritch proclaims in Chiemi Karasawa’s 2013 documentary ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME and she isn’t just whistling Sondheim. She takes a stand against the notion that old age is some sort...
View ArticleCenter Stage’s My America gets a July 4 release on Fandor
Independence Day will offer more than fireworks for theater lovers, as a screening of Center Stage’s acclaimed digital theater project My America will stream at Fandor.com on the Fourth of July, with a...
View ArticleRoman Polanski’s film: Venus in Fur
Never mess with a goddess. That’s the lesson of Venus in Fur, director Roman Polanski’s frisky and taut film adaptation of the 2010 play by David Ives that brought kink back to Broadway way before...
View ArticleThe Globe’s Twelfth Night comes to Angelika Pop-Up
On Thursday, September 18, at 7 PM, and Wednesday, September 24 at 2PM, Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market, 550 Penn Street NE, will present the filmed version of the Globe Theatre’s acclaimed 2012...
View ArticleWin free tickets to RSC’s Two Gentlemen of Verona at Angelika Mosaic
DCTS has partnered with Angelika Mosaic Film Center in Fairfax, Virginia to offer you free tickets to the latest screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from around the world. We have 3 pairs of...
View ArticleCorpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
A new feature documentary called Corpus Christi: Playing With Redemption follows a troupe of actors on a five-year journey performing Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi—which notoriously combusted in...
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