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‘Million Dollar Quartet’ at Wolf Trap

Wow, just wow! There is a reason why Million Dollar Quartet is a Tony Award-winning musical. It features a talented cast, amazing singing, and musicianship, incredible music, awesome dance moves by...

The American Century Theater Ends Its 20th and Final Season With the Play That Started it All: ‘Twelve Angry Men’ July 17-August 8, 2015 by Emily Morrison

The American Century Theater ends its twentieth and final season with the first play it produced in Arlington, VA:Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, directed by TACT Artistic Director and Co-Founder,...

In the Moment: ‘Arts Live Here -Tysons Tiles: Bringing Art to Tysons Corner’

Density, urbanization and perhaps, someday in the future, “cool” is coming to the new downtown “Tysons” in Fairfax County, Virginia. Over the decades there has been much talk about refreshing the now...

An Interview with Lori Muhlstein on Directing ‘The Meeting’ July 24-August 1, 2015 at The Clifton Town Hall

The Meeting is an original play by local playwright Greg Powell and directed by Lori Muhlstein. It will be performed by The Clifton Arts Council on Friday and Saturday evenings, July 24th, 25th, 31st...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #18: ‘Poe Whitman’ with Robert Michael Oliver

Robert Michael Oliver Returns to Capital Fringe with Poe Whitman A Repertoire of Two of America ‘s Literary Giants Following last year’s sold-out performances of Song of Myself: The Whitman Project,...

‘Blue Straggler’ at Source Festival

The Source Festival is a showcase of new works; not world premieres but workshops of 3 full-length works in progress (the 12 ten-minute plays are icing on the cake, so to speak). For example, last...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview # 17: ‘Out of Sync’ by Amanda DiMartini

Love and Depression powerfully collide in ‘Out of Sync’ “Sometimes love isn’t enough…and somehow you still have to keep going.” In a production seamlessly fusing text and movement, Doorway Arts...

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at Wolf Trap

Eight dancers paused on an open-air stage. The curtain is up. No music, yet. A rustle from a small, brown mass as far downstage as can be: a bird, flicking wings. One more sits near the other quarter...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #15: Motion X Dance DC’s ‘Altered Archives’ by Lindsay Benson Garrett

History has always affected the future. But what if we could reshape our past? Altered Archives World premiere at the 10th Annual Capital Fringe Festival July 11 – 25, 2015 Contemporary dance and...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #14: ‘Brothel’ by David Siegel

“Characters at the edge of life” is how Playwright, Director, and Producer Isa Seyran described his Capital Fringe offering, Brothel. The new play is to be more that a provocative Buzzfeed worthy,...

‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Coming to Wolf Trap This Weekend

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Is coming to Wolf Trap this weekend to the Filene Center Friday, June 26 at 8 pm Saturday, June 27 at 2 pm & 8 pm Sunday, June 28 at 2 pm & 8 pm Purchase Tickets here: Inspired...

Polish National Ballet at The Kennedy Center

Grey, almost nondescript costumes, would not seem powerful. A lightly lit modern painting, blue, then back to grey, would not seem striking. Eight dancers, re-entering in lines from upstage to...

Meet the Cast of Damascus Theatre Company’s ‘The Wedding Singer’: Part 5: Director & Choreographer Laurie Newton

In Part 5 of a series of interviews with the cast of Damascus Theatre Company’s The Wedding Singer, meet Laurie Newton. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you...

Audra McDonald with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap

Not even the heat and rising temperatures could keep the crowds away from Wolf Trap Monday night to hear the multi-talented Audra McDonald sing an extremely vigorous program. Both entertaining and...

New CDs from Washington Area Cellist Amit Peled and Pianist Thomas Pandolfi

It must be time for dessert! Two new recordings by prominent local classical artists coincidentally use the metaphor of desserts-after-a-meal in their concepts. They both provide delightful summertime...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #13 ‘Half Past What?’ by Casey Bauer

In a tiny apartment somewhere near the sea dairy comes on Mondays and staple guns on Sundays. A wheel turns outside the window and a traveling dentist knocks on the door. Two young women who call...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #12: ‘Stuff’ by John Feffer

It’s a rite of passage: dealing with all the stuff your parents leave behind when they die. What do you keep, and what do you give away? How much do you fight with your siblings over that brooch that...

In the Moment: Company Danzante Performs at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

Northern Virginia’s Company Danzante will perform at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts on June 26, 2015. Company Danzante will perform repertory by Co-Directors, Katherine...

‘Driving Miss Daisy’ at Other Voices Theatre

The touching and humorous production of Driving Miss Daisy, currently running at Other Voices Theatre, is well-worth the drive to the theater. A beautiful story of a prejudice turned into friendship...

DC Black Theatre Festival: ‘Finally Quiet in My Head’

Madness has been dramatized in theater at least since the ancient Greeks. The mind come loose from its moorings, the persona altered, a terror deep in the self—whether in life or on stage, this...

‘Whose Wives are They Anyway?’ Coming to Bowie Community Theatre July 17-August 2nd

In Bowie Community Theatre’s cool summer farce, David McGachen and John Baker have planned a weekend off before their new C.E.O. arrives on Monday. With their wives safely off on a shopping spree in...

‘Jack vs. Rapunzel: The Musical’ at Infinity Theatre Company

Infinity Children’s Theatre presents the world premiere of Jack vs. Rapunzel: The Musical, with book and lyrics by Co-Founder Alan Ostroff, and music by Clayton Colwell. The production is directed and...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #11: ‘Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign’

“It’s really important that we are able to hear our stories on the stage,” said Marie Byrd Sproul as we talked about the show she directed—Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3...

‘Fools’ at Parlor Room Theater

Fools, staged by Parlor Room Theater at Callan Theatre, is an entertaining romp through love and ignorance in a small Ukrainian village in the late 1800s. Though the play, written by Neil Simon and...

National Symphony Orchestra: ‘Back to the Future’ at Wolf Trap

On June 19, 2015, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts presented National Symphony Orchestra– Back to the Future. Music Director Christoph Eschenbach and Conductor Emil De Cou work with a...

‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ at Montgomery College’s Summer Dinner Theatre

As promised by the lead character, Pseudolus (Gregory Atkin), there is indeed “something for everyone” at Montgomery College’s Summer Dinner Theatre production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...

Comedy at the Kennedy Center: Kathy Griffin at The Kennedy Center

Guinness World Record-setter (with 23 stand-up specials), two-time Emmy and Grammy Award–winning comedian Kathy Griffin officially kicked off her 80-city tour last night at The Kennedy Center’s...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #10 ‘315’ by JP Sisneros

“From 1932 to 2004 an estimated number of 250 people jumped off the George Washington Bridge. From 2004 to 2010, an average of 6 people jumped. In 2011, 10 people, and 2012, 18 people. Which leaves us...

‘Garfield, The Musical With Cattitude’ at Adventure Theatre MTC

Garfield: The Musical With Cattitude Provides Plenty of Laughs for All Ages Adventure Theatre MTC serves up the charm for all ages with its original musical Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude,...

DC Black Theatre Festival: ‘Letters from Zora: In Her Own Words’

The Harlem Renaissance was magically rebirthed through Vanessa Bell Calloway’s phenomenal one-woman performance of Letters from Zora: In Her Own Words at the gala opening for the 6th Annual DC Black...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #10: ‘The Wedding Party’ by Megan Dominy

Sharp, funny, and irreverent, the world premiere of The Wedding Party will be invading this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival! Playwrights Megan Dominy and Mimsi Janis sat down with Director Abbie...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #9: ‘Cold As Death’

“People ask me ‘where do you find these plays?’ says Catherine Aselford, Artistic Director of Guillotine Theatre, “and I always wonder why they don’t ask me ‘why do you find these plays?’ I can’t help...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #7: Interviews with the Writer/Director/Producer and Cast of ‘Girl with Two Belly Buttons’: Part 3: Matthew Sutphin

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the writer, producer, and director and the cast of Girl with Two Belly Buttons, meet Matthew Sutphin. In Girl with Two Belly Buttons, Izzy, at age 60, is sick...

Lindsey Stirling at Wolf Trap

After the rain comes the rainbow—tonight the rainbow was Lindsey Stirling’s sublime performance at Wolf Trap following this afternoon’s thunder and hailstorms. With her own effervescent style, she won...

‘The Book of Mormon’ at The Kennedy Center

Two years ago I saw the touring production of The Book of Mormon at The Kennedy Center and was utterly blown away. I wrote a column at the time about the profound content of The Book of Mormon,...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #7: Interviews with the Writer/Director/Producer and Cast of ‘Girl with Two Belly Buttons’: Part 2: Kathryn Martin

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the writer, producer, and director and the cast of Girl with Two Belly Buttons, meet Kathryn Martin. In Girl with Two Belly Buttons, Izzy, at age 60, is sick...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #8: Red Knight Productions Presents: ‘Witches’ by Scott Courlander

The working title for this show was Witches are Bitches. However, after much deliberation, we decided that Witches are Bitches didn’t quite evoke the fairy tale tone, or the family friendly nature of...

Meet the Cast of Damascus Theatre Company’s ‘The Wedding Singer’: Part 4: Megan Mostow

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of Damascus Theatre Company’s The Wedding Singer, meet Megan Mostow. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you...

Meet the Cast of Damascus Theatre Company’s ‘The Wedding Singer’: Part 3: Tim Kurtzberg and Cam Sammartano

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Wedding Singer, meet Tim Kurtzberg & Cam Sammartano who play Robbie Hart’s bandmates Sammy and George in Damascus Theatre Company’s production...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #7: Interviews with the Writer/Director/Producer and Cast of ‘Girl with Two Belly Buttons’: Part 1: Jeryl Parade

In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the writer, producer, and director and the cast of Girl with Two Belly Buttons, meet Jeryl Parade. In Girl with Two Belly Buttons, Izzy, at age 60, is sick and...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #5: Jane Franklin Dance’s ‘Niche’ by Jane Franklin

Part of the 10th Annual Capital Fringe Festival July 9 – 26, 2015 CAFRITZ FOUNDATION THEATER, DANCE PLACE 3225 8th STREET, NE, IN WASHINGTON, DC July 15th at 7:45 pm July 17th at 8:45 pm July 18th at...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #6: Preview Article: ‘Girl Versus Corinth’ by Danny Baird and Michael Windsor

Medea’s back and she’s putting the pulse back in expulsion! The feminist revolution is in full swing, and Medea’s been resurrected by a band of feminist specters who are ready to riot grrrl. In Girl...

In The Moment: 2015 Capital Fringe Preview #4: ‘Our Lady of the Clouds’ by David Siegel

Be transported to the far-away of the mind. What better place to explore provocative magical realism as a performing art than at this year’s Fringe Festival. Letting one’s mind drift into a world...

‘The Little Prince’ at Creative Cauldron

Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace presents The Little Prince, based on the book by Antione de Saint Exupery, with music by Rick Cummins and book and lyrics by John Scoullar. Directors Denise Perrino and...

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #3: ‘Act Like a GRRRL’ by Rhonda Eldridge

Act Like a GRRRL (ALAG) is an autobiographical writing and performance program that inspires girls (ages 12-18) to write about their lives and transform their thoughts into monologues, dances and...

Meet the Director and Cast of Spooky Action Theater’s ‘Jarry Inside Out’: Part 3: Carla Briscoe

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the Director and cast of Spooky Action Theater’s Jarry Inside Out, meet actress Carla Briscoe. Why did you want to become a member of the cast of Jarry Inside...

At War With Ourselves – A Visual Response to the Racial Legacy of the Civil War

The first thing you notice are the spent bullet casings embedded in a spiral against the red and white stripes of the American Flag. Then you notice the pearls in the place of stars, “tears” according...

2015 Capital Fringe Festival-Preview #2: ‘Neda Wants to Die’ by Amanda Shaw

NEDA WANTS TO DIE by Luigi Laraia 10th Annual Capital Fringe Festival July 9 – 26, 2015 in Washington, DC Daring Play on Sexual Violence Explores Blurred Lines between Perpetrators and Victims Luigi...

‘(a love story)’ at Source Festival 2015

Sponsored by CulturalDC, the Source Festival presents 24 new plays over the course of three weeks that showcase the talents of a variety of artists from across the nation. These plays fall into three...

Dangereuse: ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot: An Ode to Joy in the Midst of Corruption’

WSC Avant Bard’s current production of Giraudoux’ The Madwoman of Chaillot, an entertaining tribute to the power of joy over despair, reminds us of the importance of the artist in an inevitably...