Tag: George Gershwin
Richard Seff Predicts The Tony Awards: Best Play and Musical and...
Many scribes have been offering opinions on who might win the Tony Awards this coming Sunday, June 7th, and for those of you who haven't...
‘The Great American Songbook’ by Columbia Pro Cantare at the Jim...
On Saturday May 2, 2015 the Columbia Pro Cantare choral group, lead by Conductor Frances Motyca Dawson, ended their 38th Season with The Great American...
Filichia on Friday: “Paris Makes Me Thorny” 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:
Paris Makes Me Thorny
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Read Richard Seff's...
‘An American in Paris’ at The Palace Theatre in New York...
"Fresh as paint" kept buzzing through my head as I sat, enthralled, as this latest "new musical based on a famous film" sang and...
Audra McDonald at the Music Center at Strathmore
The amazing vocal talent of Audra McDonald was a like a breath of the most enchanting spring air and perhaps the first real sign...
The President’s Own United States Marine Band: ‘Time Capsule 1945: The...
The main emotion I felt last night at Strathmore, while I watched The President’s Own United States Marine Band, was pride. These very talented musicians...
‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ at The Warner Theatre
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...
‘Pippin’ is Playing at The National Theatre: A Chat with John...
“Double, double toil and trouble.” They tell things to Macbeth that startle, surprise, scare and inspire him. And he moves through the story of...
DCMTA Scene Stealers-Week Ending 11/27/14-Part 1
Here is Part 1 of our new list of Scene Stealers honorees for the week ending 11/27/14.
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Brian Lyons-Burke as Henry Higgins in His Final...
‘Crazy for You’ at Blake High School
Will we ever get tired of the classic narrative, “boy meets girl—boy loses girl—boy gets girl”? Never! Especially when it’s presented as a singing,...
Pianist Thomas Pandolfi’s ‘One Singular Night’ at the Todd Performing Arts...
Standing alone on the stage of the Eastern Shore home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, pianist Thomas Pandolfi joked that no orchestra was magically...
An Interview With Washington, DC Piano Sensation Thomas Pandolfi About Classical...
If Thomas Pandolfi hasn’t done all that a pianist can do to present an exceptionally broad range of music to an engaged public, he...
Washington National Opera Presents: An Evening with Ailyn Pérez
Amore! Amour! Amor! The eagerly anticipated concert by the couple memorably dubbed by a leading British newspaper “the Jay-Z and Beyoncé of opera,” tenor...
Broadway Royalty Returns to Broadway: A Chat with John Rubinstein on...
Actor, director, teacher, and composer John Rubinstein has taken on the role of King Charlemagne in the critically acclaimed Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin until...
5 Top Scene Stealers of the Week-Week Ending 6/13/14
Here are our 6 (We have a tie) Top Scene Stealers for the week ending June 13, 2014.
Congrats to all our honorees!
A Special Scene Stealer...
Diane Schuur at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club
Two–time Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur showcased her blazing and versatile musical talent in a powerhouse, perfectly-pitched concert at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper...
Barbara Cook’s Spotlight: Megan Hilty at The Kennedy Center
Stage, film, and television star, Megan Hilty wowed the audience at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater last night with an eclectic concert that proved...
‘Let’s Fall in Love: Ann Hampton Callaway Sings Streisand, Songbook Classics,...
A Valentine’s Day treat was offered to all those who were lucky enough to attend celebrated jazz and cabaret artist Ann Hampton Callaway’s concert...
The Playwright’s Playground: Part 2 – ‘Process, Autobiography, and Responsibility: An...
Female theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of those involved in the theatre, yet the number of female playwrights being produced is...
‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ at National Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins
There are many ways of presenting blackness on stage and defining blackness, and the theater remains a venue in which to challenge, question, and...