A Big Bertolt Brecht Biography

We are weeks away from the opening of Signature Theatre's production of Bretolt Brecht's, The Threepenny Opera. To better help ourselves, our cast / crew, and our patrons, we thought it would be useful to explore the man himself and a bit of his biography and the background surrounding the show.  “Art is not a mirror held up to reality...

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Beaches Off Book - Iris Rainer Dart

Signature Theatre's latest and greatest world premiere musical, Beaches, features book and lyrics written by the novel's original author, Iris Rainer Dart. Earlier in the year, the Director of Education, David Zobell had the pleasure of sitting down with Iris during one of Signature's Off Book sessions at the Shirlington Library. Take a look and...

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The Reviews for Hero Worship Are In.

With Hero Worship going into its final day of performances this coming Monday the 17th, we thought it couldn’t hurt to talk ourselves up some. What follows is a snippet of some of the feedback we have received. Hero Worship (2014). Photo by Dennis Deloria “What a terrific evening of theatre!  Joe Calarco has given these talented students...

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Hero Worship - Words From the Writer

As you may know, Signature in the Schools Hero Worship is slated to have its first public performance this evening at 8:00 pm. We on staff in the Education Department at Signature Theatre thought it would be interesting to hear from the writer of the show himself, Joe Calarco, and his ideas, thoughts, and reasons for this show and this program as...

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