Tag: Jeanine Tesori
McLean Community Players’ ‘Shrek’ brims ‘ogre’ with charm and talent
The twisted fairy tale musical bursts with energy and a giant, green heart. By JEFFREY WALKER
Quirky hit ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ at the National is hilarious and heartbreaking
The lovably oddball Tony-winning musical features a uniformly excellent cast. By AMY KOTKIN
Dominion Stage does full justice to remarkable musical ‘Fun Home’
The show is a theatrical rarity that centers the experience not simply of lesbians in general but of butch lesbians in particular. By BOB ASHBY
A spectacular staging of a political fantasia in ‘Soft Power’ at...
The unquestionable star of the musical is Grace Yoo, whose hilarious Hillary Clinton is nothing like the one Americans know but is unforgettable. By D.R. LEWIS
WNO’s brilliant new opera ‘Grounded’ lifts off at Kennedy Center
Renowned composer Jeanine Tesori’s latest work is a Washington National Opera co-pro with the Met, where it will open the season next year. By SUSAN GALBRAITH
A rousing coming-of-age musical is right on time in ‘Fun Home’...
The superb acting will resonate with LGBTQ and straight audiences alike.
Gloriously impassioned, ‘Blue’ at Kennedy Center centers Black lives
The thrilling new opera defies the idea that there should be no space for global-majority folks to control the telling of their own stories.
‘We’ve sweated blood for this work’: Briana Hunter on performing in...
As the acclaimed opera opens at Kennedy Center, the mezzo-soprano who plays the mother of a slain Black son talks about going to a place beyond grief.
Free preview: New opera ‘Blue’ by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson
Now available online in a recording and documentary, their acclaimed new work written in response to the senseless murder of Black people.