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World Stages: International Theatre Festival- ‘Harmsaga’ at The Kennedy Center

Sydney-Chanele Dawkins 2014-03-17

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

Behind the Scenes at “Normal” Part 2: Brian McDermott: ‘Bow Ties and Other Knotty Problems’

Guest Author 2014-03-16

OK. Confession time. I’ve never tied a bow tie. Bow tie tying is a strange little thing that I had managed to avoid until appearing in Normal, from Molotov Theatre Group, which runs through March...

World Stages: International Theatre Festival – ‘Incendios’ at The Kennedy Center

Sydney-Chanele Dawkins 2014-03-16

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

‘Von Trapped’ at Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington

Derek Mong 2014-03-15

In the words of Maria, the hills are most definitely alive with the gorgeous sound of the stars of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s production of Von Trapped– a hilarious parody of the iconic 1959...

DCMetroTheaterArts Turns 2 Today!

Joel Markowitz 2014-03-14

DCMetroTheaterArts turns two today! Thanks to everyone in the theater, arts, and music communities for all your support. And most of all, thanks to the DCMTA writers who have put in many miles...

World Stages: International Theatre Festival – ‘Rupert’ at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Sydney-Chanele Dawkins 2014-03-13

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at the Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

World Stages: International Theatre Festival -‘The Suit’ at The Kennedy Center

Sydney-Chanele Dawkins 2014-03-12

The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today’s most exciting theatrical visionaries presenting an...

‘The Weirdo Show’- A Modern Midway and a Really Weird Video!

Lucrezia Borzia 2014-03-12

The Weirdo Show has the feeling of an old carnival midway, which is no surprise as it’s produced by local sideshow performer and afficionado, Kellan Hancock (aka Charlie Artful). The show’s host,...

Cristina Colmena’s Look at Love Arithmetic in ‘Happily Ever After’ at Ambassador Theater

Eliza Anna Falk 2014-03-12

For Better or Worse? – Cristina Colmena’s Look at Love Arithmetic in Happily Ever After ‘Till death do us part’ – is the dream worth dreaming? Valentine’s Day is as good a time as any to reflect on...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 5: Heather McDonald

Joel Markowitz 2014-03-11

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

‘Water by the Spoonful’ at The Studio Theatre

John Stoltenberg 2014-03-10

Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful is set in 2009 and takes place mainly in Philadelphia but also travels to San Diego, Japan, and Puerto Rico. Two characters hold the...

‘Normal’ at Molotov Theatre Group

John Stoltenberg 2014-03-10

Molotov Theatre Group has an uncanny knack for converting its tiny black-box nook into an auditorium-scale operating theater for surgical dissection of the dark side of human nature. With its new...

Barbara Cook’s Spotlight: Brian d’Arcy James at The Kennedy Center

David Friscic 2014-03-08

With precise control and an air of cosmopolitan confidence, the prolific Brian d’Arcy James captivated The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in his unique concert Friday night. Careening through a set...

‘Urinetown’ at Act Two @ Levine’s Pre-Professional Program

Terry Byrne 2014-03-08

Do you suppose composer Mark Hollamann and writer Greg Kotis got the loo-dicrous idea for Urinetown while waiting in line for the facilities during intermission at the theater? The campy, satirical...

Dudley Saunders performs’ In These Boxes’ Tomorrow, Saturday, March 8th at BloomBars

Lucrezia Blozia 2014-03-07

LA singer/songwriter Dudley Saunders’ IN THESE BOXES is an uncommon – and uncanny – mix of live music, narratives and video art that explores the human need to keep the dead from disappearing by...

TrueTheatergoers’ TheaterThoughts: Spring NYC Season, Rate Your Shows & Win $100 in Tickets & Predict Helen Hayes Awards & Win $200 by John and Stephen Hauge

Guest Author 2014-03-07

Every week we will be sharing John and Stephen Hauge’s TheaterThoughts from their popular site TrueTheatergoer. “From John Hauge: “My brother Stephen and I created the TrueTheatergoer.com website in...

Nibbles And Sips Around Town: José Andrés Kicks Off Oyamel’s Tequila & Mescal Festival

Jordan Wright 2014-03-07

The Greatest Mexican Fiesta in DC James Beard Award-winning Chef José Andrés and his partner Rob Wilder are at it again with the seventh annual Oyamel Cocina Mexicana’s Tequila & Mezcal Festival...

Tonight at 8:45 & 11 PM: House of Sweetbottom: Blues and Burlesque at The Black Cat

Lucrezia Blozia 2014-03-07

“The blues and the jazz are … original, American music. And that’s what the burlesque entertainers used.” – Dixie Evans (1926 – 2013), “The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque”, founder of the Miss Exotic...

Tonight Through Sunday-‘Playwrights’ Arena’ Showcase’ at Arena Stage

Joel Markowitz 2014-03-06

MARCH 6 – 9, 2014 Norman Allen, Randy Baker, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Heather McDonald, Danielle Mohlman and Shawn Northrip—the six members of the inaugural Playwrights’ Arena playwriting group will...

‘Dollars for Dainty’ at The Black Cat

Lucrezia Blozia 2014-03-06

On the last day of January, a group of big-hearted burlesquers got together for two shows at the Black Cat to raise money for GWU’s LGBT Health Program. The GW LGBT Health Certificate is the only...

GMCW Presents ‘Von Trapped’ on 3/14-16 at Lisner Auditorium

Guest Author 2014-03-06

Gay Men’s Chorus presents Von Trapped Our zany spoof of The Sound of Music Join the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC for this smart, gay parody of The Sound of Music. Joining the Chorus will be the...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 4: Danielle Mohlman

Joel Markowitz 2014-03-06

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

‘Mamma Mia!’ at The National Theatre

Anne Tsang 2014-03-05

The music of ABBA never fails to get toes tapping and listeners dancing. Last night at The National Theater was no different. Mamma Mia! is the ultimate love story written by Catherine Johnson, around...

The Washington Chorus: ‘The Essential Verdi’ at The Kennedy Center

Leslie Weisman 2014-03-05

The Washington Chorus, marking the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth with a series of concerts, offered the sixth on Sunday evening, with a program of arias, scenes and choruses from his...

The Kennedy Center Announces Over 2,000 Performances in 2014-2015

Guest Author 2014-03-04

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces its 2014–2015 Season 2014 with More Than 2,000 Performances of Theater, Dance, and Music of All Kinds Highlights include: Iberian Suite:...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 2: Shawn Northrip

Joel Markowitz 2014-03-04

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

Washington Performing Arts Society/Young Concert Artists: Julia Bullock, Soprano, With Renate Rohlfing, Piano by Leslie Weisman

Leslie Weisman 2014-03-04

Sunday afternoon’s recital at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, the Alexander Kasza-Kasser Concert in the Young Concert Series, was a musically and intellectually adventurous expedition that...

‘Rock of Ages’ at The Warner Theatre by Diane Jackson Schnoor

Diane Jackson Schnoor 2014-03-03

On Sunday afternoon, Washington theatre goers packed the Warner Theatre for the headbanging, sex, drugs, and rock and roll debauchery that is the non-Equity tour of Rock of Ages. The plot doesn’t...

Act Two @ Levine Presents ‘Urinetown’ March 7-9th at Woolly Mammoth Rehearsal Hall

Guest Author 2014-03-02

The Pre-Professional Program of Act Two @ Levine is proud to present Urinetown One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years,Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and...

‘The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin’ at Howard University by Ramona Harper

Ramona Harper 2014-03-01

The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Howard University Department of Theatre Arts’ current musical production, is a champagne toast to keeping it real. Authenticity and self-acceptance are...

Meet the Playwrights of Arena Stage’s ‘Playwrights’ Arena’: Part 1: Jacqueline E. Lawton

Joel Markowitz 2014-02-28

The Playwrights’ Arena a new play initiative developed by the American Voices New Play Institute. Centering on a small collaborative group of local playwrights dedicated to the support and development...

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Announces its 2014-2015 Season

Guest Author 2014-02-28

From Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Their 2014-2015 Season: Let Them Eat Cake!, a season of revolutionary ideas and radical theatre The apocryphal quip by Marie Antoinette—“Let them eat cake!”—sparks...

Vocal Arts DC Presents: Hei-Kyung Hong, Soprano, in Recital at The Kennedy Center by Leslie Weisman

Leslie Weisman 2014-02-28

The Kennedy Center’s 500-plus-seat Terrace Theater was filled nearly to capacity Wednesday night for soprano Hei-Kyung Hong’s recital of German and Korean art songs, the latter as cherished by and...

A Molotov Show without Blood? Behind the Grand Guignol Scenes of ‘Normal’ by Alex Zavistovich

Guest Author 2014-02-27

Some audience members who come to see Molotov Theatre Group’s new production Normal from March 6-30, 2013 may be surprised to hear that not an ounce of blood is actually spilled on stage. It’s true –...

Pointless Theatre Company To Be Awarded The John Aniello Award at Helen Hayes Awards on April 21st

Joel M. 2014-02-27

There was some wonderful news yesterday from theatreWashington that the 2014 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company will be presented to Pointless Theatre – “an ensemble of young...

Arena Stage Announces its 2014-2015 Season

Joel Markowitz 2014-02-26

ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER ANNOUNCES ITS 65TH SEASON FEATURING FIVE WORLD PREMIERES, TWO MUSICALS, THREE COMEDIES AND A 25-WRITER COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR PROJECT...

The Kennedy Center and Pro Musica Hebraica Present: An Evening of Jewish Music and Poetry: Evgeny Kissin at The Kennedy Center by Bev Fleisher

Bev Fleisher 2014-02-26

Pro Musica Hebraica ended its seventh season in the packed Kennedy Center Concert Hall with a moving evening of music and poetry, both rendered exquisite by pianist and lover of Yiddish poetry, Evgeny...

TONIGHT at 7:30 PM: The Rainbow Theatre Project presents ‘Say You Love Satan’ at Source by Anna Russell

Guest Author 2014-02-24

THE RAINBOW THEATRE PROJECT PRESENTS SAY YOU LOVE SATAN AT SOURCE TONIGHT – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 7:30 PM Attendees promised a helluva good time at this devilishly-funny free event! The Rainbow...

‘Back to Methuselah’ at Washington Stage Guild by Amanda Gunther

Amanda Gunther 2014-02-24

If imagination is the beginning of creation, imagine a world where human beings could choose the length of their lives, creating for themselves an eternity of knowledge and power. Would you choose to...

Friday, February 28th From 7-9 PM: ‘FAHBAHROUS’ With Don Michael Mendoza at The Black Fox Lounge

Joel Markowitz 2014-02-24

THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 FROM 7-9 PM FAHBAHROUS At The Black Fox Lounge 1723 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20009 Admission: $10 With EventBrite Reservation OR $15 general Admission...

‘Moby-Dick’ at Washington National Opera by Jessica Vaughan

Jessica Vaughan 2014-02-23

Board the Pequod for the East coast premier of Moby-Dick, a new, dynamic opera from composer Jackie Heggie and his frequent collaborator, librettist Gene Scheer. Herman Melville’s classic novel makes...

‘Rent’ at American University by Bev Fleisher

Bev Fleisher 2014-02-23

Jonathan Larson, who wrote the original book, music and lyrics for Rent, summarized the musical in one sentence: ‘Rent is about a community and about celebrating life in the face of death and AIDS at...

‘Godspell’ at The Catholic University of America by Jessica Vaughan

Jessica Vaughan 2014-02-22

Long before Stephen Schwartz wrote about a wicked witch, he took on the Book of Matthew in the controversial and revolutionary musical Godspell. The musical was updated for a 2012 Broadway revival...

An Interview with Eric Greene, Talise Trevigne, and Matthew Worth on The Opera ‘Moby-Dick’ at Washington National Opera by Teal Ruland

Teal Ruland 2014-02-22

Jake Heggie’s whale of an opera, Moby-Dick, makes its east coast premiere at The Kennedy Center this evening at the Washington National Opera. Based on the famous 19th-century novel by Herman Melville...