Signature Theatre
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Signature Theatre is a regional theatre company based in Arlington, Virginia.
Founded in 1990, Signature serves as a home for both emerging talents and established composers and librettists who are developing new works for the musical theatre. To date, the company has staged twenty-one world premiere productions, has received fifty Helen Hayes Awards and 209 nominations, and has been honored by the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.
Cameron Mackintosh, Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb are among the talents that have presented works here. Since 1991, Signature has enjoyed a long and successful relationship with Stephen Sondheim, producing thirteen of his musicals thus far.
The theatre company offers a number of programs beneficial to both writers and performing artists and the community. The New Play Festival develops new work by local and national writers. Signature in the Schools is a program designed for Arlington County high school students, culminating in an annual all-student production. Signature Sings Broadway in Ballston presents a series of free summer concerts. Signature in the City mounts productions in Washington, D.C.. Overtures, a two-week musical theatre course for performers age 15 and older, is held at the Kennedy Center. The Cabaret series features professional cabaret singers from Washington and New York City.
Past notable productions include Over and Over, Urinetown, Side Show, Grand Hotel, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and The Rink.
