Edgewood founder Dale A. Mott and NEWorks Productions announced that two industry readings of the upcoming musical “Grace” will be held on Aug. 24 at Alvin Ailey Studios. “Grace” celebrates the little ...

Grace, a new musical aiming to land on Broadway or a big national tour, has gone back to development at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts after a first run of public performances last year.

Nova Y. Payton in Grace at Ford’s – Photo: André Chung It’s a rare occasion at the theater, even for critics, to witness a legitimately show-stopping number. But even before Nova Y. Payton finished ...

The prodigiously gifted Nova Y. Payton, long a powerhouse mainstay of musical theater in Washington, gets her Whitney Houston-style moment at long last. It comes midway through “Grace,” the ...