Tag: Martin Luther King
Review: ‘Let Freedom Ring!’ MLK Celebration Featuring Vanessa Williams at the...
The 16th Annual Let Freedom Ring! Celebration honors the life, legacy, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hundreds of people from all...
Review: ‘The Mountaintop’ at People’s Light & Theatre Company
The Mountaintop is a fantasia rooted in one of the most tragic events of the twentieth century. Set on the final night in the...
2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Review: ‘Notes of a Native Song’
“This isn’t the Ken Burns musical documentary on James Baldwin,” said Stew about two-thirds of the way through his latest show, Notes of a...
Review: ‘All the Way’ at Arena Stage
Lyndon Baines Johnson, popularly known as “LBJ,” was one of our best presidents, and also one of our worst. Truly a study in contrasts,...
‘Javon Jackson and Sax Appeal’ at the KC Jazz Club at...
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...
Aretha Franklin at The Music Center at Strathmore
Diamond-studded diva dazzles at The Strathmore
The house was packed Wednesday night at Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda, MD. It was crammed with a diverse, ready...
‘Africa Umoja’ at the National Theatre
The energy of Africa Umoja virtually leapt off the stage. At times, the performer’s enthusiasm was nearly matched by the shout-outs, ululations, whistling, foot...
The Playwright’s Playground: Legacies and Storytelling – An Interview with Playwright...
Will Power is an award-winning playwright and performer, rapper, and international educator. Currently on the faculty at The Meadows School of the Arts/SMU, Power...
‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ at Arena Stage at The Mead...
Love is in the Air
The best way to describe the new Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at Arena Stage is this: if you...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘RFK’ by John Stoltenberg
RFK is a triumph.
A Capital Fringe production from Philadelphia’s New City Stage, it’s a powerfully moving flashback for anyone who remembers Robert F. Kennedy’s life and times, and...
2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘RFK’ by Russ Widdall
Actor Russ Widdall on being Bobby
I was born in 1965.
That year is identified as both the end of the Baby Boom and the beginning...
Susan Hadary on ‘Walter P. Carter: Champion for Change’ by Teresa...
"The Martin Luther King of Maryland"
Walter P. Carter was a central figure in ending segregation in Baltimore, Maryland. As chairman of C.O.R.E. (Congress of...