In the Moment: ‘The Way of the World’ at Folger Theatre...
There’s lots to like about Theresa Rebeck’s The Way of the World just as my DC Theater Arts colleague Sophia Howes points out in...
In the Moment: Interviews with Women’s Voices Theater Festival playwrights –...
This is the first part of a multi-part series of interviews with Women’s Voices Theater Festival playwrights. In this series, I asked the same...
In the Moment: Helen Murray, Artistic Director of The Hub Theatre...
The DC performing arts scene will be losing one of its visionary artistic directors this summer. Hub Theatre’s artistic director Helen Murray will be moving...
In the Moment: ‘Passport to the World Festival’ at The Creative...
In the midst of its ninth year producing and presenting live theater and music at its ArtSpace Fall Church venue, the Creative Cauldron has...
In the Moment: Arts Council of Fairfax County Announces 2018 grant...
As we well know, funding for the arts from all levels of government sources are under assault. Government funding is either static, or in...
In the Moment: The National Symphony Orchestra at The Hamilton Live...
Ready to un-compartmentalize your music tastes? Open to thinking differently about what some may call stodgy "High Art" for the well-fixed? Ready to have...
In the Moment: Interview with Stage Manager Paul D. Michnewicz
One of the questions I often receive from theater-goers surrounds the mystery of what a stage manager does for a live theater production. The...
In the Moment: ‘Crazy for You’ at Signature Theatre
What a giddy, joyful afterimage of mouthwatering kinetic alchemy. Under the confident direction of chemistry-setter Mathew Gardiner, Signature Theatre has produced an irresistible Crazy...
In the Moment: Arena Stage and USO “Annual Military Thanksgiving”
It is a season of thanksgiving and spending time with family and friends. But, untold numbers of D.C. and Baltimore area military families spend the...
In the Moment: Interview with Theater Photographer Teresa Castracane
Often, images of a theatrical production help establish the initial interest and expectations for a potential audience. Photographs can draw an audience into a...
In the Moment: Interview with Desiree Sanchez, Executive Artistic Director, Aquila...
Shedding new light on Hamlet by William Shakespeare is what Aquila Theatre aims to do with its upcoming production at Fairfax’s Center for the...
In the Moment: Billie Krishawn and ‘Emilie’ at Avant Bard
Avant Bard’s Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight with Sara Barker in the role of the whip-smart 18th century very real...
In the Moment: ‘ReDiscovery Series’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company
It was a festive, most satisfying evening of high-end arts entertainment and education. And it was totally free. What was it? It was a...
In the Moment: Interview with Lighting Designer Andrew F. Griffin
Folger’s production of Antony and Cleopatra directed by Robert Richmond has garnered its rightful share of critical acclaim. Its lighting design is a critical...
In the Moment: ‘Jazz4Justice’ at Center for the Arts
Hardy, inspiring community engagement is vital for the continuing health of the performing arts. That is a given. With challenging times for arts funding;...
In the Moment: ‘Are you now or have you ever been…’...
As I took in, with a notably racially diverse audience, MetroStage’s top-notch, tense, musically revealing production, Are you now or have you ever been…, so...
In the Moment: ‘The Mistress Cycle’ at Creative Cauldron
Illuminating what has been in the shadows, or usually whispered about, Creative Cauldron has provided a delicately rendered musical about the harsh realities women...
Review: ‘Bernstein on Broadway’ at The Kennedy Center
It was a glorious evening for Leonard Bernstein and musical theater fans at The Kennedy Center. It was the exceptional, one-night-only opening to the...
In the Moment: Matt Haimovitz Brings Mobile Music to Northern Virginia
In these days of the end of the brick-and-mortar retail shops, and in these times when new audiences are less likely to purchase subscriptions...
In the Moment: ‘Iola’s Letter: The Memphis Crusade of Ida B....
So here we are in late 2017. And in the past several months, nooses have appeared in the Washington DC area, on the campus...