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  • Review: Margaret Cho: ‘Fresh Off the Bloat’ at Warner Theatre

    Gina Jun 2017-10-18

    Aptly named this year as one of the “50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time” by Rolling Stone magazine, five-time Grammy and Emmy nominated comedian, actress, and activist Margaret Cho returned to Warner...

  • Review: ‘Red Bull Flying Bach’ at The Warner Theatre

    William Powell 2017-01-07

    Not a soft drink, not a circus, Red Bull Flying Bach, with music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, and conducted by Christoph Hagel, and choreographed by Yui Kawaguchi (contemporary dance) and Vartan...

  • Review: Brian Regan at The Warner Theatre

    Tiffany Draut 2016-05-20

    With the nonstop laughter tonight coming from the Warner Theatre in DC, it was easy to tell that Brian Regan had brought his comedy tour to town! Playing through Saturday, May 21, 2016, Brian Regan’s...

  • ‘The Nutcracker’ at The Washington Ballet at The Warner Theatre

    Gina Jun 2015-12-06

    Resplendent visions of sugarplums danced both on the Warner Theatre stage and in the heads of hundreds of hardy multi-generational audience members Friday evening when the Washington Ballet...

  • Wanda Sykes at The Warner Theatre

    Gina Jun 2015-11-11

    Four-time Emmy award-winning comedian, actor, writer, producer and DC-area native Wanda Sykes returned to The Warner Theatre last weekend with her signature sarcastic and straight-to-the-point comedy,...

  • ‘Margaret Cho: The PsyCHO Tour’ at Warner Theatre

    Gina Jun 2015-10-12

    Renowned three-time Grammy and Emmy-nominated comedian, actress and singer Margaret Cho tackled tough timely topics like police brutality, female empowerment, death and racism in The PsyCHO Tour, her...

  • ‘Memphis’ at The Warner Theatre

    Derek Mong 2015-05-02

    Hockadoo! After a few toe-tapping hours at The Warner Theatre with the cast of Memphis and their inspired singing and dancing, I still have no idea what “Hockadoo” means, but I know—without a...

  • ‘Anything Goes’ at The Warner Theatre

    Gina Jun 2015-02-26

    The national tour of Anything Goes, the Broadway revival of Cole Porter’s theatrical masterpiece made its premiere at the The Warner Theatre last night, demonstrating that the long-established...

  • ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ at The Warner Theatre

    Derek Mong 2015-01-31

    Set during the Roaring Twenties in the heyday of prohibition, the Tony-winning musical Nice Work If You Can Get It is a celebration of the best of the iconic music of George and Ira Gershwin. A...

  • ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at The Warner Theatre

    Tiffany Draut 2015-01-07

    It is truly a favorite “tale as old as time” on display at the Warner Theatre this week as NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, from now through January 11th. The favorite Disney musical...

  • ‘Girls Night: The Musical’ at The Warner Theatre

    Gina Jun 2014-10-22

    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,...

  • Mike Epps’ ‘After Dark Tour’ at The Warner Theatre

    Sydney-Chanele Dawkins 2014-10-12

    What you see is what you get when it comes to Mike Epps doing standup comedy. On October 10 and 11, 2014, Epps performed for DC audiences his brand of “comedy for the grown and sexy” in his After Dark...

  • ‘Menopause The Musical’ at The Warner Theatre

    Francine Schwartz 2014-06-15

    If a musical about not being able to the pay the rent or a plant that eats people can make it big, a musical about Menopause is following in a great tradition. It’s long run demonstrates it’s enduring...

  • ‘We Will Rock You’ at The Warner Theatre

    Vanessa Terzaghi 2014-06-04

    Guaranteed to blow your mind and your senses, We Will Rock You appeals to the rebel in all of us. Written and directed by Ben Elton with music and lyrics by Queen, We Will Rock You will astonish you...

  • Andrea Rost, Soprano: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Independent Hungary Gala Concert at The Warner Theatre

    Leslie Weisman 2014-06-02

    Soprano Andrea Rost, whose career began in European opera houses, must have felt at home in the Warner’s lavishly appointed, gilded and crystal-chandeliered art deco interior, the stage’s ornate...

  • Hungarian Opera Star Andrea Rost Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain Tomorrow at 5:30 PM at the Warner

    Guest Author 2014-05-28

    Andrea Rost performs Tomorrow Night, May 29th at 5:30 PM at the Warner for the Hungarian American Coalition gala celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain and of a free and...

  • ‘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...

  • Hall and Oates at Warner Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

    Sydney-Chanele Dawkins 2013-10-03

    A few years ago I saw Hall & Oates at Warner Theatre and while the details of that evening have faded, the emotion and fond memories of the night have not. Full of energy, great sound, and the...

  • Actors’ Equity to be Honored at The Helen Hayes Awards on April 8th

    Guest Author 2013-03-27

    Actors’ Equity Association to Receive Helen Hayes Tribute at the 29th Helen Hayes Awards, Monday April 8 The prestigious Helen Hayes Tribute – presented every year at the Washington’s annual...

  • ‘Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries’ at The Warner Theatre by Grace Kim

    Grace Kim 2013-02-17

    Ahhh Scooby-Doo, such a classic cartoon that always has a way of making me feel nostalgic for those carefree childhood days when Saturday mornings were devoted to hours of cartoons watching. Is there...

  • Tomorrow at 8 PM: The legendary Tony Bennett @ The Warner Theatre, ‘A must see experience’ by Don Wehner

    Guest Author 2013-01-25

    The biggest party of the weekend, with the legendary, Tony Bennett TOMORROW NIGHT: SATURDAY, JANUARY 26TH AT 8 PM At The Warner Theatre “Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap, he has...

  • Tony Bennett’s ‘Inaugural Week Celebration’ Saturday, January 26th at 8 PM at The Warner Theatre by Don Wehner

    Guest Author 2013-01-17

    ON SALE NOW! Upfront Inc. PRESENTS A ONE NIGHT ONLY PERFORMANCE BY MULTIPLE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER TONY BENNETT “Inaugural Week Celebration” Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 8 pm at The Warner Theatre “Tony...

  • ‘The Nutcracker’ at The Washington Ballet by Carolyn Kelemen

    Carolyn Kelemen 2012-12-02

    Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker gets the jump on holiday cheer! Lavish or plain, with live music or canned, The Nutcracker is a ballet for and about kids. These were my thoughts as I sat in the...

  • ‘Menopause The Musical’ at The Warner Theatre by Anne Tsang

    Anne Tsang 2012-08-16

    Menopause The Musical (with lyrics and story by Jeanie Linders) playing at The Warner Theatre is an uproariously funny story about four woman who meet one fateful day over the lingerie sale bin at the...

  • A Group Picture of the 2012 Helen Hayes Nominees by Joel Markowitz

    Joel Markowitz 2012-04-10

    Last night a reception was held at Rivers at the Watergate in Washington, DC to honor this year’s Helen Hayes Awards nominees. It was a wonderful event filled with lots of schmoozing, many pats on the...

  • ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ at The Warner Theatre by Natalie McCabe

    Natalie McCabe 2012-03-14

    “I’m not dead yet!” is whispered, shouted, and sung throughout Phoenix Entertainment’s very much alive and engaging touring production of the Tony Award-winning 2005 Best Musical, now visiting DC for...

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