Tag: George Mason University Center for the Arts
Powerhouse Renée Elise Goldsberry caps ‘ARTS by George!’ at GMU
At George Mason University’s Center for the Arts' annual benefit, the 'Hamilton' star showed off her incredible versatility and range. By DANA ROBERTS
A rousing ‘Luther’s Trumpet’ at GMU takes a provocative look at...
"A true believer is never comfortable in his faith," says Martin Luther in Luther's Trumpet. Director Rick Davis brings this rousing drama, written by...
Grammy-winning percussionists to rap on entrepreneurship and racial justice
As we in the performing arts continue to struggle with finances and other resources in the aftershock of COVID-19, with no end in sight,...
From these ‘Rags,’ riches at George Mason University
Congratulations DC-area theatergoers! A new version of a major musical is being performed at George Mason University this weekend. It has legs and there...
George Mason University Center for the Arts Announces its 2019-2020 Season
The Center for the Arts at George Mason University has announced the 2019/2020 season of Great Performances at Mason, its annual series featuring leading national and...
Review: ‘Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ at George Mason...
Big River is the musical adapted from the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. With music and lyrics by Roger Miller...
Review: ‘The Mountaintop’ by L.A. Theatre Works at George Mason University
On April 3, 1968, a rainy night in Memphis, Tennessee, in a dingy hotel, there was a man working on a speech. This man...
In the Moment: ‘The 100th Meridian Project’ at George Mason University
Climate change is a sharp pointed object in the current 2016 political season. The language strewn about is often hot and more often than...
In the Moment: George Mason’s Center for the Arts Announces its...
Next season’s Great Performances series at the Center for the Arts was recently announced to hearty applause at a lovely evening event on the...
‘La Traviata’ at Virginia Opera
In a fitting capstone to Virginia Opera’s 40th anniversary season, the Virginia Opera, in conjunction with Des Moines Metro Opera, presents a thrilling production of...
In the Moment: Walnut Street Theatre’s Touring Company Brings ‘A Life...
America's oldest theatre, Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, PA, also has a touring company component. The touring company is a regular presence at the George Mason...
‘In the Moment’: Aquila Theatre’s ‘The Tempest’ Visits George Mason University’s...
Bringing "the greatest works to the greatest number," the nationally recognized Aquila Theatre, will bring its touring stage production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest to...
‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ at Virginia Opera Company
Strictly speaking, I really shouldn’t like Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. I like theatre that is dark, shocking, provocative… I’m more comfortable at Capital...
‘In the Heat of the Night’ at L.A. Theatre Works at...
L.A. Theatre Works delivered a searing, disturbing, and flat-out brilliant rendition of In the Heat of the Night – John Ball’s sizzling 1965 noir...
‘Sweeney Todd’ at Virginia Opera Company
Fog was already filling the vast Concert Hall at the George Mason University Center for the Arts when I settled in to watch the...
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company at George Mason University’s Center for the...
According to Jackson Pollock, “Art isn’t finished until someone sees it.” Similarly, Lar Lubovitch expressed verbally and through choreography that “Dance doesn’t find meaning...
‘Into the Woods’ at George Mason University by Audrey Thornton
Hang on to your seats everyone! Bring your best belly laugh and strongest applause -- you are in for a treat when the final...
‘Into the Woods’ Brittany Martz, Jacob Lash, Kate Merryman, and Miranda...
Journey into the woods as we meet four cast members - Brittany Martz, Kate Merryman, Jacob Lash, and Miranda Carver - of George Mason University's...