Tag: Jazz

Creator Henry Ragan enlightens us on In a Day of Dreary: A horror play. Joel: In the marketing, In a Day of Dreary is described as...

Johnny Mathis, iconic and legendary vocalist of love songs, jazz, tin pan alley, Brazilian music, holiday music and the Great American Songbook, celebrated his...

On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Georgetown University will welcome acclaimed pianist Bruce Levingston, one of the country’s leading figures in contemporary classical music, for...

Dance, Music, & Theater Comes to Manassas, VA The Hylton Performing Arts Center announces its 2016-2017 season, a fantastic line-up of music, dance, theater and...

Monica Bill Barnes & Company Serving Up Food for Thought … and Cake In life some things that are easy look hard and others that...

One of the most powerful musical dramas of the 20th century has just opened at The Kennedy Center, home of the Washington National Opera, for...

In the scorching, emotional and honest opera of man in search of redemption, the opera--Lost in the Stars, now playing as part of the Washington...

Shake Loose, the new musical bound for Alexandria’s MetroStage, aims to bear witness to a swirling whirlwind century of events in the lives African...

With Sax Appeal, no other "appeal" is necessary. The soul is satisfied. What happens when you bring four world-class saxophone players, a phenomenal pianist, a...

Dorado Schmitt and the Django Festival All-Stars came to The Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater last night. And for a beautiful 80 minutes, the terror of...

Metropolitan Youth Theatre, an entirely student-run theatre company based in Lorton, Virginia, showcased major young adult talents of the DC Metro area with their...

They say that art is the decoration of space, but music is the decoration of time. More than mere decoration, though, music captures time,...

I met John Lee after a set at Tryst Café. His band The Electric Trio is phenomenal. I especially appreciated their jazz cover of...

What’s not to like about Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s presentation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona? The playwright has had some good reviews. So, too, has...

“There are two kinds of music, good music and the other kind,” big band leader, composer and D.C. native son Duke Ellington famously said....

"One of the most enduring features of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the sense that both the characters and the audience take a...

Am I on the Great White Way or am I really sitting in a theater in Bowie, MD? This is what I was thinking...

Meet Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club's Proprietor Rick Brown You grew up in the DC area. What was the DC area jazz scene like  when...

Award-winning bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent explained onstage at the Hylton Performing Arts Center Saturday night that they usually model themselves after The Statler...

The South African Isango Ensemble makes a joyful noise with soaring, full of life signature flair performing catchy rhythms, and singing beautiful melodies fusing...