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Matchmaker! Matchmaker! Meet Tevye’s 5 Daughters at Arena Stage: Part 1: Dorea Schmidt

In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the daughters of Tevye in Arena Stage’s Fiddler on the Roof, meet Dorea Schmidt. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers, and tell them where they may have...

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC Presents ‘Love Stinks!’ at Atlas on November 15th at 5 & 8 PM by Craig Cipollini

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC presents a funny look at the world of love and dating! We’ve all kissed a few frogs in our time – right? Join the Gay Men’s Chorus as select soloists will sing...

At Studio Theatre Keith Alan Baker Ends Tenure as Managing Director and Artistic Director of 2ndStage; Meridith Burkus Appointed New Managing Director

STUDIO THEATRE ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP CHANGE • Keith Alan Baker ends tenure as Managing Director and Artistic Director, 2ndStage • Meridith Burkus appointed new Managing Director Studio Theatre Board...

The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig at Washington Performing Arts

You have a right to be skeptical when a symphony orchestra claims to have a unique sound. Down through the centuries most composers of symphonic music have given specific directions about what...

Meet the Cast of ‘Translations’ at the Masqueraders at The United States Naval Academy–Part 2: Chris Hudson

This is the first in a series of interviews with the cast of The Masqueraders production of Translation. Meet Chris Hudson. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and tell them what other shows you...

The 2014 MetroCooking Show Promises To Have All The Right Ingredients by Cary Pollak

On Saturday and Sunday, November 8th and 9th the MetroCooking Show will make its ninth appearance in the nation’s capitol at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and each year it has outdone...

‘Playing Poe: The Man, the Mustache’ By Elliott Kashner

After being cast to play Edgar Allan Poe, the central figure in Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe from Molotov Theatre Group (opening tomorrow night, November 6th), I started developing my plan to become...

Spine: ‘Julius Caesar, “et tu Brute?” and You’

Shakespeare, the humanist; Shakespeare, the poet; Shakespeare, the political playwright; Shakespeare, the fatalist. Before he passed away, my 87-year-old father used to quiz members of the younger...

‘As You Like It’ at the Shakespeare Theatre Company

As You Like It is a celebration of love; love as we hope it will be, love as it often is, and love as a harbinger of growth and redemption. The Shakespeare Theatre’s As You Like It is a veritable...

In the Moment: “Julius Caesar’ at Folger Theatre

Let’s be provocative in this column. Let’s imagine a world where the debates within Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar are not between ambitious political people like Brutus, Mark Anthony, Cassius, and...

Free Tickets to ‘There is a Happiness that Morning Is’ At WSC Avant Bard-Enter Now!

WSC AVANT BARD is Giving Away 5 Pairs of tickets for anytime in their run TO THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS Lusted. Then busted. A comedy in couplets. Back...

The Choral Arts Society of Washington Performs ‘Bach’s Mass in B Minor’ at The Kennedy Center

The Choral Arts Society of Washington brought forth a momentous occasion to The Kennedy Center Concert Hall on yesterday afternoon with their undertaking of Johann Sebastian Bach’s legacy masterpiece,...

‘Julius Caesar’ at Folger Theatre

Folger Theatre launches its 2014-15 season with a strikingly imaginative production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, a play whose contradictions and cruelties mirror the bewildering politics...

‘How We Got On’ at Forum Theatre

How We Got On, a brilliant new play from Forum Theatre by playwright Idris Goodwin, tells the story of three kids in 1988 who fall in love with rap and hip hop and set out to make a record together....

‘Not Enuf Lifetimes’ at The Welders at Atlas Performing Arts Center

There is a shortlist of great American plays about hopes and dreams, wrenching and emotionally exacting dramas exposing the anguish when righteous aspiration is tragically not enough. Arthur Miller’s...

‘La bohème’ at Washington National Opera

Young love is in the air, lifted there by a host of young performers in the Washington National Opera’s new production of La bohème. Most of the cast and crew are making their WNO debut. Many are...

Barbara Cook’s Spotlight: Faith Prince: Have a Little Faith at The Kennedy Center

Tony Award winner and Broadway virtuoso and Tony Award winner Faith Prince beguiled and dazzled the audience at her concert entitled Have a Little Faith at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. Ms....

‘Urinetown The Musical’ at The George Washington University

George Washington University’s Department of Theatre & Dance and the Department of Music have joined forces to create a production of Urinetown The Musical that is simply a pisser! You must pee-lieve...

An Interview with Scena Theatre’s ‘Handbag’ Director Robert McNamara and Cast Members Anne Nottage, Amanda Forstrom, and Haely Jardas

I had the honor of interviewing Director Robert McNamara and cast members Anne Nottage, Amanda Forstrom, and Haely Jardas from Scena Theatre’s Handbag, which begins performances tonight. Michael:...

Hot Nights Halloween interviews at ‘Hot Nights Halloween Spectacular’ at Bier Baron Tomorrow Night

If you wear sexy costumes all year round you’ve got to really “raise the stakes” at Halloween. I chatted with Hot Night Productions Hot Todd Lincoln and Chérie Nuit and their guest artists from New...

Enter by Monday, November 3rd at 2 PM to Win a Free Pair of Tickets (15 Pairs to Give Away) to Dakshina’s ‘Fall Festival of South Asian Music and Dance’

Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company is offering 15 Free pairs of tickets to DC’s 11th Annual Fall Festival of South Asian Music and Dance November 6-8, 2014, at 8 pm At Shakespeare Theatre...

‘Nightfall: Inside the Minds of Madmen – And Molotov’ By Mark Kamie

Eric Coble’s Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe instantly sparked my imagination upon the first read. Some early ideas Nightfall inspired: Furies of Greek mythology, dream plays, Antony Hegarty’s music,...

‘Visble Language’ at WSC Avant Bard

This weekend at Gallaudet’s Eastman Studio Theatre WSC Avant Bard and Gallaudet University Theatre and Dance Program opened their world premiere, historically based musical, Visible Language. Aside...

Spine: ‘Whose War? Our War? Their War?’

The National Civil War Project presents the work of “a multi-city, multi-year collaboration between four universities and five performing arts organizations to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the...

‘Rage’ at Ambassador Theater

Michele Riml’s Rage made its US premiere this week at Flashpoint’s Mead Theatre Lab. A production of Ambassador Theater, directed by Joe Banno, Rage explores the dynamics of adolescent rage from a...

2014 Washington, DC RuleBreaker Award Honoring Creative Genius and Arts Advocate Charlie Fink Tomorrow Night at Woolly Mammoth

No Rules Theatre Company proudly honors Charlie Fink with the 2014 RuleBreaker Award. Tomorrow night No Rules Theatre Company honors a man who I admire so much-Charlie Fink. I don’t know anyone as...

‘Our War’ at Arena Stage at The Mead Center for American Theater

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Our War, an unforgettable production, explores the present-day echoes and historical memories of the Civil War, in a series of monologues which are really like one-act...

The Reel Deal: Watch Kyle Osborne’s Movie Review Video of ‘Kill the Messenger’

Kill the Messenger website. Here are the Washington DC area showtimes for Kill the Messenger. LINKS Kyle Osborne’s Video Movie Review of Gone Girl. Kyle Osborne’s Video Movie Review of The Equalizer....

Top Scene Stealers of the Week Ending 10/24/14

Here are our new group of Scene Stealers. Congrats to all our honorees! ______ Linda Baird as Lucia Singing “Time Stood Still” and “Invisible” in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at American...

Meet the Cast of ‘Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown’ at American University: Meet Drew Copeland

In our series of interviews with the director and cast of American University’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, meet cast member Drew Copeland. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and...

‘Beijing Dance Theater’ at The Kennedy Center

Chinese dancers meander through the grass without a GPS It can be a long ride home to Baltimore from the Kennedy Center, especially on a rainy night. After last evening’s Wild Grass presentation by...

Meet the Cast of ‘Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown’ at American University: Meet Jesse D. Saywell

In our series of interviews with the director and cast of American University’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, meet cast member Jesse D. Saywell. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers...

‘WORDLESS!’ at Lisner Auditorium

There was a cool visiting professor in town the other evening. You know the one, in his 60’s, an ex-hippie, still in the prime of life. He came with a vibrant presentation of a topic of great personal...

Meet the Cast of ‘Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown’ at American University: Meet Patrick Kavanagh

In our series of interviews with the director and cast of American University’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, meet cast member Patrick Kavanagh. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers...

Molotov Hellraiser Benefit on November 7, 2014 From 8:30 PM-???

November 7: The Hellraiser Fundraiser! $20 At Millie & Al’s (2440 18th Street, NW) Attention Hellraisers and Molotov Minions! Block out Friday November 7, 8:30-????? PM at Millie & Al’s (see address...

‘Girls Night: The Musical’ at The Warner Theatre

Girls Night: The Musical, an off-Broadway show, described as Desperate Housewives meet Mamma Mia with Sex in the City bawdiness, made its Washington, DC premiere at the Warner Theatre Friday night,...

Meet the Cast of ‘Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown’ at American University: Meet Sarah Yoney

In our series of interviews with the director and cast of American University’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, meet cast member Sarah Yoney. Joel: Introduce yourself to our readers and...

Cinema Speak with Sydney-Chanele: Holding Up A Mirror – An Interview with Justin Simien, Director of ‘Dear White People’

Since the age of nine, Justin Simien knew that he wanted to be a filmmaker. Years later after attending college at Chapman University in Orange County, California and working several Industry jobs as...

Molotov’s “Nightfall” Picks Up Where “Normal” Left Off – And Then Some by Alex Zavistovich

If you liked Molotov Theatre Group’s Helen Hayes Awards Recommended © production of Normal, you’ll love Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe by Eric Coble. The show opens November 6th. This past summer, my...

‘The Wolfe Twins’ at The Studio Theatre

Crying Wolf; ‘The Wolfe Twins’ at Studio Theatre The Wolfe Twins, by Rachel Bonds, is a World Premiere by Studio Lab, which features scaled-back productions of provocative new plays. First-rate acting...

‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ at The Puppet Co.

The Puppet Co. presents The Three Billy Goats Gruff, a classic children’s tale brought to life with impressive marionettes, written by Len, Pat and Christopher Piper and directed by Allan Stevens....

‘Grounded’ at Everyman Theatre

Everyman Theatre soars high with the Baltimore debut of Grounded, gluing audience members to their seats with an absorbing, emotionally-brimming, one-woman drama by multiple award-winning American...

‘La Vida Breve (A Brief Life)’ & ‘Viva Zarzuela’ at the In Series

Have you ever seen a show and heard something you know you’ve heard before and thought, “That’s from an opera?” So it was with La Vida Breve, the In Series charming production of this iconic but...

‘Carousel’ at Catholic University’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music

Carousel was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s favorite musical and Catholic University returns it to its glory days with a full orchestra, a big cast, and talented stars. It’s one of the reasons I love...

‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf is a play written by Ntozake Shange in choreopoem, or a piece combining dance, music, and poetry. This form of artistic...

‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at Pallas Theatre Collective

Shakespeare’s Shrew is always a challenge. Misogynistic in sentiment, slapstickishly machismo in design, its story of how to tame a headstrong, stubborn woman couldn’t be more ethically risky,...

‘Vanishing Point’ at The George Washington University

The George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance is presenting the world premiere of Vanishing Point. This production has a clear purpose well beyond providing students the opportunity...

‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – A New Musical’ at American University

Talent on the Verge American University’s Department of Performing Arts is currently presenting the Washington DC premier of the Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Although...

The Playwright’s Playground: Legacies and Storytelling – An Interview with Playwright Will Power of ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’

Will Power is an award-winning playwright and performer, rapper, and international educator. Currently on the faculty at The Meadows School of the Arts/SMU, Power is also the Andrew W. Mellon...

Spooky Action Theater Announces Their 2014-2015 Season with 2 World Premieres by Roberta Alves

A Season of World Premieres Spooky Action Travels to New York and Paris, Back and Forth in Time Last of the Whyos by Barbara Wiechmann Directed by Rebecca Holderness Feb 5 – Mar 1, 2015 Featuring...