Review: ‘Scarborough Fair: A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel’ at Bristol...
Whenever a musical group has the name “brothers” or “sisters” (as in “Smothers” or “Andrews”) you can expect a tight, controlled sound with seamlessly...
Review: ‘New York – The Melting Pot’ at Soulpepper on 42nd...
The first in Soulpepper Theatre Company’s three-part musical celebration of the history of diversity in New York - The Melting Pot pays tribute...
Review: The Kinsey Sicks in ‘Things You Shouldn’t Say’ at Theater...
There’s virtually nothing a drag queen won’t say, or do, in public or private, say the Kinsey Sicks. The San Francisco-based beauty shop quartet...
Review: ‘The Summer Club: 3rd Anniversary Special’ at Venice Island Performing...
Back at Manayunk’s Venice Island Performing Arts Center, The Summer Club celebrated its third anniversary on a very hot night with an even hotter...
Review: PBS Presents ‘A Capitol Fourth’
Every year PBS puts on a spectacular show with A Capitol Fourth and has the most talented people involved performing and behind the scenes. This...
Review: Sheryl Crow at Wolf Trap
In support of her latest album, aptly entitled Be Myself, nine-time Grammy Award-winning, singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow returned to Wolf Trap. The sold-out crowd at...
Review: ‘Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure’ at Imagination Stage
Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure follows the timeless Lewis Carroll tale, with all the memorable characters we know and love, but with a...
Review: ‘The Summer Club’ at Venice Island Performing Arts Center
In his banter with the audience during last night’s musical homage to Swing, Big Bands, and ‘The Rat Pack’ at Manayunk’s Venice Island Performing...
New Records: Listening to the Music of 3 Tony-Nominated Shows
New Records is a new column that discusses recordings of theatrical shows. It’s a companion to the theater reviews that appear here on DC Theater...
Review: LiveConnections Presents Elizabeth Zharoff + Xavier Foley at World Cafe...
LiveConnections Presents ended its sixth season with soprano Elizabeth Zharoff and double bassist Xavier Foley. This season was devoted to pairing musicians in order...
Report: ‘A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy’ at The Kennedy...
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (The Kennedy Center) paid elegant tribute to the legacy of its namesake in A JFK...
Review: ‘The Dollar Princess’ at Concert Operetta Theater
Leo Fall’s music is not likely to return to Broadway. It did, however, provide pleasant vocal opportunities for gifted young singers of the Concert...
Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Performs Mahler’s Longest — and Greatest —...
Although not frequently performed, the Symphony No. 3 is Gustav Mahler's most encompassing work, the piece which best exemplifies his life and career. Yannick Nézet-Séguin led...
Review: ‘Come Together: A Celebration of John Lennon’ at The Kennedy Center
At a time when we can only imagine a world without walls of division and exclusion, the Annual Kennedy Center’s Spring Gala concert, Come...
Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Presents Leonard Bernstein’s First Major Composition
Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 was the major undertaking at The Philadelphia Orchestra’s concerts of May 3, 5 and 6, 2017. Yannick Nézet-Séguin led...
Review: ‘Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs’ at The Kennedy Center
Wearing his heart on his sleeve throughout, entertainer extraordinaire Alan Cumming (Tony-award winner for Cabaret, regular on the hit television series The Good Wife,...
Review: ‘Russians in Paris’ at the Russian Chamber Art Society
The French and the Russians evoke very different images in the American mind, but they have one thing in common: an affinity for each...
Review: ‘Passion & Struggle’ at The In Series
Poetry can be the seed of music, and music the seed of love. Music may even be used as a form of protest---and ultimately...
Review: NSO Pops: LeAnn Rimes at The Kennedy Center
International multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter LeAnn Rimes returned to DC Friday night, joining the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at The...
Review: ‘Adam & Anthony Live’ at Strathmore
Suppose your two best friends were really talented and you invited them over to sing and tell stories and a few of your other...