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Filichia on Friday: ‘Let’s COPE Again, Like We Did Last Century’ by Peter Filichia

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In the Moment: Reston Community Center Presents ‘If Music Be the Food of Love’ on 2/24 & Washington Chorus Presents ‘New Music for a New Age’ on 2/28 at National Presbyterian Church

Adventurous? Looking for something fresh, uplifting, and yes, even heavenly in contemporary classical music with ethereal, hypnotic voices? There are two upcoming musical events in close-by venues to...

Filichia on Friday: ‘There’s a Little CABIN at Encores!’

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Magic Time! ‘Backstage with the Women of ‘The Sisters Rosensweig’ at Theater J’

When I recently read Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig, which opened in 1992, I sensed it was written in response to the women’s movement at the time. Wasserstein’s 1988 The Heidi Chronicles,...

Filichia on Friday: ‘Reaching the Other Ninety Percent’

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Catching Up: Filichia on Friday: ‘The 2016 Broadway University Mid-Term Examination Answers’

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Catching Up: Filichia on Friday: ‘More on Season In, Season Out’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘January’s Leftovers and February’s Brainteaser’

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In the Moment: Theater J’s ‘The Sisters Rosensweig’

What now, two decades after the lives depicted in The Sisters Rosensweig? Certainly Theater J has produced a polished, lovingly curated production of Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig. The...

Review: ‘The Sisters Rosensweig’ at Theater J

There’s a strange sound erupting from the JCC most nights. The source is not burlesque or stand-up comedy—although there are elements of both—but a brand new production of Wendy Wasserstein’s...

Filichia on Friday: ‘December’s Leftovers and January’s Brainteaser’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘Broadway’s People of the Year’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘Two Vintage Plays; Two New Hits’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘It’s the Most Ticket Scarce Time of the Year’

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‘Stars of David: Story to Song’ at Theater J

Stars of David: Story to Song—a rapturously beautiful concert musical now in a limited engagement at Theater J—is a unique blend of thrilling singing and insightful biography. Illuminating incidents...

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2015 #2: Best Musicals in Professional Theatres

The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts is honored to announce that their 2015 Best Musicals at Professional Theatres honors go to: The Addams Family at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre. The Addams Family at...

Filichia on Friday: ‘It’s the Most Ticket Scarce Time of the Year’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘Steven Gross Has 7,655 Songs For You’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘November’s Leftovers and December’s Brainteaser’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘Duddy Kravitz: The Other Best Musical of 2015’

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In the Moment: Reflections on ‘Sons of the Prophet’ at Theater J

At the heart of Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet are his Old-Testament Job-like questioning of an unseen, unknown higher presence. Questions abound around the matter of why do we (and, of course,...

‘Sons of the Prophet’ at Theater J

Theater J’s first triumph of the season was Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ semi-autobiographical Queens Girl in the World. Its second is also loosely autobiographical: Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet—a...

Filichia on Friday: ‘From Reams with Love: HELLO, DOLLY’!

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Filichia on Friday: ‘We Can Always Go Back to Before ‘

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Filichia on Friday: ‘Revisiting The Boys in The Band’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘Seating Plans’

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Adam Immerwahr Named the New Artistic Director of Theater J

Adam Immerwahr has been named the new Artistic Director of Theater J. He is currently the Associate Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, N.J. He will begin this new position at...

Filichia on Friday: ‘Remembering The Rothschilds’ Hillard Elkins’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘The Return of The Rothschilds — & Sons’

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Magic Time!: Women’s Voices Theater Festival: ‘Queens Girl in the World’ at Theater J

Theater J has just extended the run of Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ semi-autobiographical Queens Girl in the World through October 18, and my viewing of the play last night left no doubt in my mind about...

Filichia on Friday: ‘September’s Leftovers and October’s Brainteaser’

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The Women’s Voices Theater Festival: ‘Queens Girl in the World’ at Theater J

Find my place in the world is a major question at the center of Queens Girl in the World now playing at Theater J. It is a beautifully engaging, semi-autobiographical personal and political memory...

Filichia on Friday: ‘The Other THE SEASON’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘My Favorite Story from the Summer’

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A Report from Page-to-Stage: Theater J’s ‘Falling Out of Time’ and ‘Love Godfrey/Love George’

Theater J offered a first look at its adaptation of Falling Out of Time, David Grossman’s powerful saga of parental loss, at this year’s Page-to-Stage Festival held at The Kennedy Center last weekend....

Filichia on Friday: ‘The 2015 Broadway University Entrance Exam Answers’

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Meet the Director and Cast of ‘Kiss Me Kate’ at NextStop Theatre Company: Part 3: Emily Levey

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of Kiss Me Kate at NextStop Theatre Company, meet Emily Levey. Where have local audiences seen you on the stage? I’ve had the good fortune to perform...

The Women’s Voices Theater Festival: Jennie Berman Eng’s ‘Whenever You’re Near Me I Feel Sick’ Opens September 17, 2015

Did the one who got away really get away? Does the right match come down to timing, or compatibility, or courage to take a leap? In this tale of a friendship-turned love affair, two friends from...

Filichia on Friday: ‘August’s Leftovers and September’s Brainteaser’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘Give Us Liberty Smith!’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘The 2015 Broadway University Entrance Exam’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘The Wiz That the Wiz Was and Is’

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: The Wiz That the Wiz Was and Is August 7, 2015:...

Filichia on Friday: ‘July’s Leftovers and August’s Brainteaser’ by Peter Filichia

It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: July 31, 2015: July’s Leftovers and August’s...

Filichia on Friday: ‘It’s Kristin’s Birthday!’ by Peter Filichia

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Filichia on Friday: ‘June’s Leftovers and July’s Brainteaser’

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Filichia on Friday: ‘A Classic(s) Saturday’ by Peter Filichia

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Filichia on Friday: “Hail to Thee, North Shore Music Theatre!’

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‘The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife’ at Theater J

A hit Broadway comedy, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, rounds out Theater J’s 2014–2015 season in a production smartly directed by Eleanor Holdridge. Written in a mainstream mode by Charles...

Filichia on Friday: ‘Welcome 2015-2016!’ (‘Merman’s Apprentice’ coming to Birdland on June 17th at 7 PM!)

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Filichia on Friday: ‘May’s Leftovers and June’s Brainteaser’ by Peter Filichia

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