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Liz Filios Takes on Shakespeare in ‘As You Like It’ at Lantern Theater Company...
A multiple Barrymore Award winner, Liz Filios has twice been recognized as Best Actress in a Musical for her lead roles in Midsummer at Inis...
Review: ‘New York City Ballet Program A’ at The Kennedy Center
The Yankees of ballet are in top-notch form after a successful winter season in Manhattan.
Someone recently asked me why I favored the New York...
An Interview with ‘Collaborators’ Playwright John Hodge by Roberta Alves
Playwright John Hodge fills us in on his play Collaborators which has just extended through March 13th at Spooky Action Theater.
How did a film script...
Meet the Cast of Laurel Mill Playhouse’s ‘Man of La Mancha’: Part 2: Alan...
In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Laurel Mill Playhouse’s Man of La Mancha, meet Alan Barnett.
Joel: Please introduce yourself...
Review: ‘Othello’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company
General Othello breaks up a drunken duel. The crowd of cheering military men disperses, and all that remains are Iago, Othello’s trusted advisor, and...
Review: ‘Jerry Blavat: Salute to Street Corner Harmony’ at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia
It’s easy to see that Philadelphia native Jerry Blavat loves bringing his favorite music back to town, and in turn the city of Philadelphia...
Review: ‘The Silver Age in Russian Poetry in Music’ at the Russian Chamber Art...
The musical imagery of the material presented by Washington’s Russian Chamber Art Society is so distinctive that its substantial audiences actually crave the work...
Review: ‘Ladybug Girl & Bumblebee Boy: The Musical’ at Hylton Performing Arts Center
Hylton Performing Arts Center’s Hylton Family Series presented a one-day showing of Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy, the Musical. The musical, produced by Bay...
Review: ‘Baltimore’ at The University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies...
I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December
Of all the things that happened there
That’s all that I remember.
-- Countee Cullen, “The Incident”
It’s interesting...
Review: Pianist András Schiff with Washington Performing Arts at Strathmore
If there is a spiritual content to music – music by itself, no lyrics, just abstract sound – then many listeners down through history...
Erik Ransom Discusses his Staged Reading of ‘More Than All the World’ on March...
Known for his bold cutting-edge artistry and glam-rock/drag personae, Erik Ransom commands the stage as a singer, musician, and actor, and behind the scenes...
Review: Aaron Reeder in ‘Beyond the Lights: Discovering Sammy Davis, Jr.’ at The Anacostia...
On Saturday, February 27, 2016, a fortunate group of people were treated to Baritone Aaron Reeder’s one-man show Beyond the Lights: Discovering Sammy Davis,...
Review: ‘Word Becomes Flesh’ & ‘for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow...
There is a critical conversation going on in Anacostia right now that may be one of the most urgent and honest exchanges between black...
Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at The Puppet Company
The Puppet Company presents Beauty and the Beast, with script by Terry Snyder and adapted for the Puppet Co. by Eric Brooks and Ora...
Review: Pianist Steven Osborne Plays Rachmaninoff at the Phillips Collection
Given a choice between the intellectual and the emotional, most concert-goers, in their heart of hearts, will want to hear something that moves them....
Jane Franklin Dance’s ‘Wash Over You Part I and 2.0’ at Intersections on 3/5...
Movement and Theatre in Stop Motion
https://youtu.be/zZsfVuZkuJA
Saturday March 5, 2016 at 2 pm
Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE, Washington DC
Tickets...
Behind the Scenes of Arts Collective @HCC’s Workshop Production of ‘House’: Part 1: Playwright/Director...
In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the Playwright/Director and cast of Arts Colective@HCC's play House, meet Playwright/Director Daniel Johnston.
Joel: Please introduce yourself.
Daniel: My...
Review: ‘The Dancing Princesses’ at Creative Cauldron
Creative Cauldron presents The Dancing Princesses, a Learning Theater production adapted by Ellen Selby and Laura Connors Hull, with music by Matt Conner and...
Review: ‘An Evening with Groucho’ at Hylton Performing Arts Center
"Groucho, please don't die!" a woman is said to have begged the great comedian near the end of his seventy or so years in...
Review: ‘Treasure Island’ at Encore Stage & Studio
Encore Stage & Studio first began in 1967 as The Children’s Theatre of Arlington and has produced over 175 shows. Their most recent production...