Kennedy Center

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Andrea McArdle

Now playing a monthly cabaret residency, Andrea McArdle’s Broadway On Demand at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC’s West Bank Café on 42nd Street, the triple-threat Philadelphia native first secured...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with ‘PIRATES!’ Nathan Lucrezio

Now playing in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway production of PIRATES! The Penzance Musical, actor, singer, dancer Nathan Lucrezio continues extending his proverbial fifteen minutes of fame...

Composers, cast, and song list set for ‘Iconoclastic Voices’ at NYC’s Green Room 42

Produced by Iconoclast Theatre Collective and presented by The Green Room 42, Iconoclastic Voices, a one-night-only concert on Friday, April 25, starting at 7 pm, brings together a boundary-breaking...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Nicole Vanessa Ortiz

With her Forbidden Broadway debut in Merrily We Stole a Song, now playing Off-Broadway at Theater 555 on West 42nd Street, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, a native of Newark, NJ, continues to rack up her...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Max Sangerman

Queens resident and Indiana native Max Sangerman made his Broadway debut in the Fall of 2022, in the original cast of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, as a member of the show’s vibrant...

Nothing is sacred in the riotous Broadway revival of ‘Spamalot’ at the St. James Theatre

Adapted for the stage from the 1975 British hit film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a zany satire on the medieval legend of King Arthur, Spamalot, with book, lyrics, and music by Eric Idle (an...

An inside look at the making of a Broadway musical in ‘Bill Russell: My Side of the Show’ at NYC’s Birdland

In the one-night-only New York premiere of Bill Russell: My Side of the Show at Birdland Jazz Club on Monday, September 25, the Tony-nominated librettist and lyricist traced the development of his and...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Darius de Haas

Born and raised in a musical family on the South Side of Chicago, award-winning actor, singer, and recording artist Darius de Haas has far surpassed Andy Warhol’s proverbial “fifteen minutes of fame”...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with ‘Lizard Boy’ creator and star Justin Huertas

Award-winning multi-talented Seattle-based playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, and musician Justin Huertas is now expanding his Warholian “fifteen minutes of fame” with a critically acclaimed...

PBS series ‘Next at the Kennedy Center’ to feature screen premiere of ‘Doña Perón’ by NYC’s Ballet Hispánico

If you missed it live and in-person during the winter of 2022, the next installment of the new PBS primetime performing arts series Next at the Kennedy Center, a multi-year collaboration between the...

Will Swenson and the music of Neil Diamond dazzle in ‘A Beautiful Noise’ at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre

Jukebox bio-musicals have become a staple on Broadway, with an enthusiastic audience base of fans of the music and the stars that inspire them. The latest in the genre, now playing at the Broadhurst...

Upper West Side street-naming ceremony and upcoming performances at DC’s Kennedy Center for NYC’s Ballet Hispánico

Founded by National Medal of Arts recipient Tina Ramirez (1929-2022) in 1970, NYC’s Ballet Hispánico, based at 167 West 89th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, has provided training,...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with John Lloyd Young

Known and loved by fans everywhere for his multi-award-winning portrayal of the Four Seasons’ lead singer Frankie Valli in the original Broadway musical and Warner Bros. movie adaptation of Jersey...

One-night performance of ‘Lyrics From Lockdown’ live and livestreaming from NYC’s Apollo Theater

The award-winning theatrical hip-hop and multimedia production Lyrics From Lockdown, written and performed by renowned artist, writer, and activist Bryonn Bain, will play one historic performance to a...

DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Theater Productions

17 productions that wowed us as live theater returned.

Come for the songs in ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ at KenCen

And what songs they are! — classics on a par with anything in the American Songbook.

What’s so funny about John Oliver

The Emmy-winning political comic has a standup gig at Kennedy Center that’s nearly sold out.

‘…(Iphigenia)’ opera at Kennedy Center pushes musical boundaries

The creators have thrown away the rulebook. It’s not jazz exactly and certainly not classical contemporary.

Improvised Shakespeare Company at KenCen is absolutely stunning

Their combination of improvisational comedy, poetry, sketch comedy, and theater is bafflingly impressive.

Washington Arts Ensemble sees bright future after pandemic launch

The young chamber music group begun by two Juilliard alums has already sold out monthly performances.

Kennedy Center’s ‘Accoustic Rooster / Indigo Blume’ is a joyous smash hit

An amazing production filled with energy, courage, and hope.

in ‘Xenos’ at Kennedy Center, Akram Khan dances to the end of the world

A rumination on identity, memory, death, life, and regeneration — a portrait of humanity captive to demons.

Randy Preston crows about his songs in ‘Accoustic Rooster’ at KenCen

‘I put in as much music as I could because kids need to be exposed to as much good music as they can.’

At Kennedy Center, the WNO has fun being back home

In a concert called ‘Come Home: A Celebration of Return,’ the variety of styles and greatest hits was almost too much for the ear and heart to bear.

A charming story underbaked in ‘Waitress’ at Capital One Hall

Sara Bareilles’ engaging and emotional score remains a source of joy, but this non-Equity tour is a pale shadow of its Broadway counterpart.

NSO creates fine embroidery with Tortelier conducting

The entire program was united in evoking pastoral landscapes and idylls.

Yan Pascal Tortelier on conducting: ‘Art and beauty enlighten, elevate and open unexpected doors’

He returns to the National Symphony Orchestra’s podium for the first time in nearly three decades.

The National Symphony Orchestra meets its audience at The Anthem

Musicians ditched their concert dress for casual-cool wear more in tune with the industrial-chic locale.

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE takes a soul-infused journey from mercy to grace

At Kennedy Center, a rich triptych of works with historical underpinnings of the African American experience.

In ‘Hadestown’ at Kennedy Center, a wildly exciting theatrical carnival

Borrowing from Greek mythology, a musical of love, loss, and the power of dreams.

Explosively beautiful ‘Hadestown’ gets down at Kennedy Center

The music steals the show, but there is much, much more to enjoy.

Paul Taylor Dance Company opens Kennedy Center dance season with verve

Two familiar works ease us back into the theater on a high note.

Tune in to Kennedy Center’s big 50th birthday party Friday on PBS

Celebrating 50 years of the National Cultural Center, the evening is hosted by six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald.

Emergent Seed to showcase grant winners at Art All Night on Saturday

Free music, spoken word, and visual art in an unmatched setting.

That goofy guy Patton Oswalt kicks off Kennedy Center comedy season

He slayed the audience for over an hour and got a standing O.

‘Concert of Remembrance’ at Kennedy Center for a nation in need of healing

Patriotism and love of country were in the air as a unifying force to heal the past and lend hope to a future of inclusion and equality for all.

Kennedy Center flings open its doors for 50th anniversary

New season celebrates the performing arts as a unifying and healing force.

Kennedy Center opens a fantastic ‘Wind in the Door’ for kids

A heartwarming show with a powerful message based on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic.

Ragamala Dance Company to present free world premiere Sept. 11–12 at the REACH

Site-specific work imagines a metaphorical world of immortality.

Free ‘Concert of Remembrance’ at Kennedy Center September 10

National Symphony Orchestra program to commemorate 9/11, reflect on loss from COVID, and honor frontline workers.

Jane Franklin Dance to kick off season in art gallery August 27

A new dance by Roxann Morgan Rowley about resilience will be performed by dancers over 40.

Ford’s to present free ‘Come From Away’ concert at the Lincoln Memorial

The event September 10 commemorates the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Tony-winner Lillias White releases her first solo album ‘Get Yourself Some Happy!’ on Friday

Internationally acclaimed for her work on both the stage and screen, Brooklyn native Lillias White – who won a Tony Award for Best Featured Performance by an Actress in a Musical for Cy Coleman’s The...

Chamber Dance Project takes bold step back to normalcy

An evening of choreography titled ‘Tear the Edge,’ featuring four world premieres, comes to National Cathedral Sunday, July 18.

‘GMCW Turns 40’ celebrates equality, justice, and joy

GMCW turns 40 is a joyous, and bittersweet, survey of the breadth of the work of Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC. Photographs, newpaper clippings, and video footage of the Chorus singing, acting,...

NSO reunites with live audience after 15 months of silence

For the first time in more than a year, audiences lined up outside the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall to hear the National Symphony Orchestra perform last week. Musicians and their public were together...

Bowen McCauley Dance to take last bows, gives penultimate performance

As the dance world eases back to stages, Bowen McCauley Dance was among the first to dip a toe in to test the waters, dancing together on the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater stage before a very...

A summer of free weekend mini-festivals at Kennedy Center’s The REACH

Millennium Stage returns to the Kennedy Center with weekly, free, outdoor performance experiences curated by artists and organizations from around the DMV. Every Thursday to Saturday, May 27­­ to...

Brave Soul Collective to celebrate 15 years of Black Queer artistry

Local HIV/AIDS outreach and arts organization Brave Soul Collective (BSC) kicks off its 15th year and virtual performance season with BSCFifteen, a week-long artist residency at The Kennedy Center...

KenCen puts on puppet show and kids try it at home

I had the opportunity to watch Leonardo and Sam: The Terrible Monster and the Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World, Respectively with my daughters (aged 7 and 9). The show is adapted from two Mo...