Signature Theatre is a regional theater company based in Arlington, Virginia. Signature is renowned for reinventing classic musicals and inventing new voices. Founded in 1990, Signature serves as a home for both emerging talents and established composers and librettists who are developing new works for musical theater. The Theatre is especially well known for its productions of Broadway-quality musicals and daring new plays performed in an intimate space.

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  • Signature Theatre is a regional theater company based in Arlington, Virginia. Signature is renowned for reinventing classic musicals and inventing new voices. Founded in 1990, Signature serves as a home for both emerging talents and established composers and librettists who are developing new works for musical theater. The Theatre is especially well known for its productions of Broadway-quality musicals and daring new plays performed in an intimate space. Now approaching its 20th season under the leadership of Artistic Director Eric D. Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland, the company has staged 25 world premiere productions, has received 59 Helen Hayes Awards and 234 nominations, and has been honored by the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation. In 2009, upon recommendation from the American Theatre Critics Association, Signature was the recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award. 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 relationship with Stephen Sondheim, producing 18 of his musicals, revues and concerts. In addition to its dedication to quality professional theater, the company offers a number of programs beneficial to both writers and performing artists, and to 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, DC. Overtures, a two-week musical theater course for performers age 15 and older, is held to encourage young musical theatre performers in the area. The Cabaret series features professional cabaret singers from Washington and New York City. In 2007, Signature moved into a new $16 million theater complex just minutes from Washington, DC in the urban Arlington area of The Village at Shirlington. Its two unique state-of-the-art black box theaters are home to theatrical work that attracts more than 80,000 patrons annually.
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  • Eric Schaeffer
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  • Signature Theatre is a regional theater company based in Arlington, Virginia. Signature is renowned for reinventing classic musicals and inventing new voices. Founded in 1990, Signature serves as a home for both emerging talents and established composers and librettists who are developing new works for musical theater. The Theatre is especially well known for its productions of Broadway-quality musicals and daring new plays performed in an intimate space.
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  • Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia)
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