Signature offers flexible subscription options for the 2022/23 season. The seminar will run from October 20 – NovemWe Shall Someday, a concert performance of an important new musical by Harrison David Rivers and Ted Shen will run from June 30 – JFinally, the SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Reading series, which promotes the work of DC area playwrights with free readings and discussions and is now under the leadership of recently appointed Director of Artistic Development Anika Chapin, will continue with dates and plays to be announced at a later time. Signature’s special events include the Signature Seminar: To Journey’s End with Into the Woods, a five-part behind-the-scenes seminar with the cast and creative team of Sondheim’s fairytale adventure. This year we delve into the songbooks of Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald and Joni Mitchell, and present a sequel to one of Signature’s most beloved Cabarets, Soul Divas Reprise, featuring songs made famous by vocal powerhouses from Aretha Franklin to Whitney Houston to Beyoncé and many in between.” Meadows are always sell-out audience favorites. “These concerts created by Director of Signature Cabarets Mark G. “We are delighted to also announce the return of Signature’s popular Cabaret Series,” said Managing Director Maggie Boland. Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner will helm the productions of No Place to Go and Into the Woods. Caldwell (Passing Strange) and Sarna Lapine ( Sweeney Todd). Signature also welcomes three new guest directors Shadi Ghaheri ( Selling Kabul), Raymond O. The 2022/23 Season will also mark recently appointed Associate Artistic Director Ethan Heard’s first Signature productions – he will direct Which Way to the Stage and Pacific Overtures. We will close out the ARK season with Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s Tony Award-winning rock musical Passing Strange which hasn’t been seen in DC since 2010.” Ethan Lipton’s No Place to Go is also receiving its area premiere and will feature a tour-de-force solo turn for one of the DMV’s favorite actors, Bobby Smith. “Sylvia Khoury’s Selling Kabul and Ana Nogueira’s Which Way to the Stage both had well-received premieres in New York this season and we are excited to produce them in their area premieres. “We’re also thrilled to feature several new voices in our ARK Theatre next season,” continued Gardiner. These three shows represent the diversity and range of Sondheim,” said Signature’s Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner. Signature Theatre would not be the same without Sondheim – he IS Signature’s ‘signature.’ This season, we are honoring the legend with the entire season in our MAX Theatre dedicated to his memory. The death of Stephen Sondheim was a blow to everyone in the theater community. “This past November, the world lost an icon. More information on the 2022/23 season is available at /Subscribe. The season will also feature two additional musicals, the DC premiere of Ethan Lipton’s No Place to Go (August 30 – October 16, 2022) and Passing Strange by Stew and Heidi Rodewald (April 25 – June 18, 2023) plus, two new plays making their DC premieres, Ana Nogueira’s Which Way to the Stage (Decem– January 22, 2023) and Sylvia Khoury’s Selling Kabul (February 21 – April 2, 2023). The 33 rd season will feature three more, bringing the total of Signature-produced Sondheim musicals to 34, with all new productions of Into the Woods (Novem– January 29, 2023), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (May 16 – July 9, 2023), and the rarely produced Pacific Overtures (March 7 – April 9, 2023). Signature has produced 31 Sondheim productions in its 32 season history – more than any other theater in North America. Arlington, VA – Signature Theatre announces its 33rd season today, which highlights the organization’s long-time relationship with the legendary Stephen Sondheim.
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