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‘The Playwright’s Playground Series’: Jacqueline E. Lawton Part 3 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome to the new in-depth interview series ‘The Playwright’s Playground‘ – highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of...

NSO Pops with Trey Anastasio at The Kennedy Center by Max Johnson

To the uninitiated, like me, the phanaticism of Phish phans can be puzzling. While it might be easy to write this band off as overly simplistic, true devotees know Phish for their epic improvisations,...

‘Synesthesia’: Scripts Due June 1 for VSA Playwright Discovery Competition by Yvonne French

Scripts due June 1 for Playwright Discovery Competition Middle and high school students are invited to explore the disability experience–-in their own life, the lives of others, or by creating...

‘The Playwright’s Playground Series’: Jacqueline E. Lawton Part 2 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome to the new in-depth interview series ‘The Playwright’s Playground’ – highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of...

18th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at The Kennedy Center by Francine Schwartz

Dee Dee Bridgewater, the host of NPR’s award winning weekly syndicated show, JazzSet, was the celebrant of the 18th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center Terrace...

‘NSO Pops: ‘The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz’ at The Kennedy Center by Tiffany Draut

Thursday, May 16, 2013 was the opening performance of the NSO’s concert The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz, with four of Broadway’s best singers performing some of Schwartz’s...

‘The Playwright’s Playground Series’: Jacqueline E. Lawton Part 1 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome to the new in-depth interview series The Playwright’s Playground Series, highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female theatre artists make up over fifty percent...

‘Bobby McFerrin: spirityouall’ at The Kennedy Center by Audrey Thornton

Anyone fortunate enough to be within range of Bobby McFerrin’s rich voice in his final U.S. performance before embarking on a full summer international tour, in The Kennedy Center for the Performing...

‘WPAS & The Choral Arts Society of DC’s ‘Broadway’s Show-Stoppers with Brian Stokes Mitchell’ by Jessica Vaughan

Broadway legend and Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell and the Choral Arts Society of Washington wowed a Mother’s Day crowd with a feel-good repertoire of Broadway and instant classics at The...

Adam Pascal at The Barbara Cook Spotlight Series at The Kennedy Center by David Friscic

Adam Pascal, Broadway singing and acting sensation of such past hits as Rent, Aida, and Cabaret, walked out on to the stage of The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater and held the audience in the palm of...

‘Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises’ at The Washington Ballet at The Kennedy Center by Carolyn Kelemen

Whisk mom to the Washington Ballet for a heady trip of Hemingway Forget flowers. Candy is passé. What most mothers want on their special day is to be taken someplace special. This weekend you couldn’t...

‘Monica Bill Barnes and Company’ at The Kennedy Center by Mike Spain

Monica Bill Barnes and company know how to make the audience laugh. Sometimes the comedy is at the dancers’ expense. Other times it is through an array of tricks. They pull material from vaudeville,...

Special Discount for Brian Stokes Mitchell This Sunday @5 at Kennedy Center

A SPECIAL OFFER FOR DCMTA READERS: Buy your tickets now! AND WAIVE THE TICKETING FEES WITH CODE: Broadway Tickets are available through WPAS Ticket Services at (202) 785-WPAS (9727) and online at...

‘My Fair Lady in Concert’ at The Kennedy Center by Jessica Vaughan

The stars were out in force for the Kennedy Center’s 21st Annual Spring Gala. On the program was My Fair Lady In Concert sung by some of Broadway and the West End’s biggest names like Jonathan Pryce,...

‘Actéon’ at Opera Lafayette by Flora Scott

I attended Opera Lafayette’s Actéon at The Kennedy Center and the production opened with lovely excerpts from Les Fetes de L’Hymen et de L’Amour; ou Les Dieux d’Egypte (1747) in the first half of the...

Special Offer for Brian Stokes Mitchell’s ‘Broadway’s Show-Stoppers’ @ Kennedy Center on Sunday, May 12th @5 PM

A SPECIAL OFFER FOR DCMTA READERS: Buy your tickets now! AND WAIVE THE TICKETING FEES WITH CODE: Broadway Tickets are available through WPAS Ticket Services at (202) 785-WPAS (9727) and online at...

Aaron Reeder on Appearing in ‘Showboat’ in Chicago and in DC at Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center

Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s Classical Musical at Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center. This is not my first time on the Boat. Back in 2009, I was part of Signature Theatre’s...

Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell’s ‘Broadway’s Show-Stoppers’ at The Kennedy Center on Sunday, May 12th @5 PM

What a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day as Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell performs a concert filled with Broadway’s Show-Stoppers at The Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall on Sunday, May 12th...

‘Reaching the NextStop’ Part 2: NextStop Theatre Company’s First Season Season Schedule by Evan Hoffmann

I am pleased to announce the first professional season for NextStop Theatre Company. We have developed an exciting season that is focused on the idea of re-imagining ‘possible’ – Unorthodox approaches...

‘The New Orleans Bingo! Show’ at The Kennedy Center by Terry Byrne

April is “The Music of New Orleans” Month at The Kennedy Center, and it takes a big tent to accommodate the eclectic artistic styles of the Crescent City. That explains the circus atmosphere of the...

American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Le Corsaire’ at The Kennedy Center by Carolyn Kelemen

American Ballet Theatre puts on a swashbuckling show at the Kennedy Center The American Ballet Theatre, currently dancing at the Kennedy Center, turned 75 in 2012, which is a remarkable achievement no...

American Ballet Theatre Mixed Repertory Program at The Kennedy Center by Carolyn Kelemen

ABT springs into dance Perhaps it was the blossoming cherry blossoms nearby. Or the promise of full spring which always brings a fresh look to art. Or that we’re so hungry for dance that takes us to...

Supersized Jazz Club: ‘Fats Waller Dance Party’ at The Kennedy Center by Audrey Thornton

Curiosity enticed me out to The Kennedy Center on Friday, April 5, 2013 for the 9:30 p.m. performance of Artistic Advisor for Jazz, Jason Moran’s tribute to the jazz music of Fats Waller, billed as...

‘New York City Ballet Program B’ at The Kennedy Center by Colleen Sproull

New York City Ballet knocks it out of the park again with an elegant, exciting, contemporary performance for New York City Ballet Program B at The Kennedy Center’s Opera House. The production opens...

‘New York City Ballet Program A’ at The Kennedy Center by Colleen Sproull

A full house at the gorgeous Kennedy Center Opera House anxiously awaited the opening of New York City Ballet Program A tonight. Tchaikovsky’s unbeatable score, played triumphantly by New York City...

‘Duke Ellington School of the Arts presents An Evening with Patti LaBelle’ by Mike Spain

Patti LaBelle performed at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall last night., as part of the Performance Series of Legends to benefit the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. The concert is the school’s...

The New York City Ballet Comes to The Kennedy Center 3/26-31 & Interview with Dana Jacobson by Carolyn Kelemen

Do I hear a waltz? A waltz is a waltz is a waltz unless, of course, it’s the New York City Ballet dancing the beautiful Vienna Waltzes this weekend at The Kennedy Center. Then it’s something special!...

Patti LaBelle @The Kennedy Center Tonight @7:30 PM For Duke Ellington School of the Arts Benefit By Mike Spain

The legendary award-winning singer Patti LaBelle is coming to The Kennedy Center for a special benefit concert tonight March 25, 2013. The concert for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in...

‘Jason Invisible’ at The Kennedy Center by Yvonne French

Jason Invisible is a cross between Sesame Street and an A.A. meeting with all the best parts of each playing across the sweet face of lead actor Mark Halpern, especially his slowly dawning looks of...

‘Cinderella’ at The Washington Ballet at The Kennedy Center by Colleen Sproull

The Washington Ballet’s production of Cinderella at the Kennedy Center is fun for the whole family. All the elements of storytelling combine, with incredibly impressive scenic design by James Kronzer...

‘Passion’ by GöteborgsOperans Danskompani at Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center by Colleen Sproull

Passion, as performed by the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, transformed the Eisenhower Theatre at The Kennedy Center as part of Nordic Cool 2013. An amazing performance well worth your while features...

Tero Saarinen Company at Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center by Colleen Sproull

Tero Saarinen Company‘s completely sold-out performance for Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. With artistic direction, choreography, and a thrilling...

‘The 2013 Dance Connect Commissioning Project Showcase’ at INTERSECTIONS at Atlas by Rick Westerkamp

This past December, Dance Metro DC, a community building and sustaining organization centered on dance, awarded five choreographers (Sarah J. Ewing, Laurel Victoria Gray, Sara Pearson, Dr. Janaki...

‘Norma’ at Washington National Opera by Jessica Vaughan

Washington National Opera mounts a dazzling production of Bellini’s Norma. American soprano Angela Meade makes her debut with WNO. Norma is the role of a lifetime; the Everest of female opera roles,...

Elaine Paige at The Birchmere by Doug Poms

Musical Theatre lovers in the DC area were given a big treat on this past Thursday evening when Elaine Paige made an appearance at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, as part of her first American...

‘Fanny and Alexander’ at Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

An audacious four-hour stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning feature film – Fanny and Alexander by Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theater highlights the Nordic Cool 2013 Festival in its U.S....

/CLOSE/R by EDGEWORKS Dance Theater at INTERSECTIONS at Atlas by Rick Westerkamp

As the audience filed into the Sprenger Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts Center at INTERSECTIONS, Helanius J. Wilkins was already nonchalantly performing upstage, facing away from the audience....

The Kennedy Center’s 2013-2014 Theatre Schedule: 6 Musicals & New ‘Side Show’ & Int’l Theater Festival

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced its 2013-2014 THEATER SEASON: -A new Kennedy Center production of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell’s Side Show -Touring productions of Sister...

‘Manon Lescaut’ at Washington National Opera by Tiffany Draut

Washington National Opera’s revival of John Pascoe’s production of Manon Lescaut, Puccini’s passionate opera, had a thrilling opening tonight at the Kennedy Center. Patricia Racette triumphed in her...

Hedda Gabler at Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The Kennedy Center’s Nordic Cool 2013 Festival’s month long programming offerings of a variety of Scandinavian art have been the tip of the iceberg . . . until now! Nothing may be cooler than the...

Meet The Guest Soloists of YAA & MCYO’s ‘Madama Butterly & Miss Saigon’ on 3/10@4 at Strathmore by Rolando Sanz

Meet the performers and guest soloists of Young Artists of America and Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras’ production of Madama Butterfly and Miss Saigon which will be performed at The Music Center at...

‘Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano’ at Nordic Cool 2013 by Keith Tittermary

The arts in Washington, DC are an ever-evolving landscape. Being in the political center of the country we sometimes underestimate the resources that organizations have to present some of the greatest...

‘Metamorphosis’ at Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center by Colleen Sproull

Metamorphosis: The transformation from one form to another. This is the core of the thought-provoking dark comedy Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka. Gregor Samsa (Gísli Örn Gardarsson) wakes one...

‘Sleeping Beauty Dreams’ at The Kennedy Center by Flora Scott

Sleeping Beauty Dreams, a puppet show performed by Marionetas de la Esquina of Mexico, at The Kennedy Center’s Family Theater is a true treat for the little and big ones alike. It’s a delightful...

‘Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’ at The Kennedy Center by Carolyn Kelemen

Watching Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform is a spiritual experience. Beauty, power, and strength reach out from the stage to grab hold of an audience. Now, more than ever, it’s time to...

‘Les Miserables – the Film – Revisited’ by John Harding

Watching yet another of my theater friends join the barricades over the filmed version of Les Misérables, I decided it was time for a fresh viewing. Was it really a failed take on the international...

‘The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration’ at The Kennedy Center by Mike Spain

The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration concert at The Kennedy Center Friday night brought together six talented jazz musicians and an overabundance of pure joy and fun. If the...

The Kennedy Center Announces Expansion Project To Add Education, Public Access, & Rehearsal Space by John R. Dow

David M. Rubenstein, Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, today announced an expansion project to be constructed south of the existing facility. The project will include...

‘Terri White at Barbara Cook’s Spotlight’ at The Kennedy Center by David Friscic

Terri White, Broadway musical favorite and recent star of The Kennedy Center’s production of Follies and the recent Broadway production of Finian’s Rainbow, held the audience in the palm of her hand...

National Ballet of Canada’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ at The Kennedy Center by Carolyn Kelemen

Canadian dancers chase away winter blahs Washington area folks are dealing with the winter doldrums and the concern about RGIII’s surgically repaired knee. If you’re looking for some daylight, hurry...