Friday, July 29, 2016
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart.” – William Shakespeare, The …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28AMMonday, June 13, 2016
Now in its ninth year, the Source Festival aims to act as a starting ground for new work from artists, both new and seasoned, from all over the country. Through collaboration and a great dea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:57AMSaturday, June 11, 2016
It’s the beginning of Act I. The lights just start to go down, and everyone begins to settle into their seats for the next two hours. Nothing seems out of the ordinary, and all look forwar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49PMThursday, May 12, 2016
Lyssa is sitting in her living room with her father, Senator Alan Hughes. He reads to her a letter from their ancestor, General Ulysses S. Grant, to his own daughter Ellen Wrenshell. In the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:31AMMonday, May 2, 2016
Globally, it’s 1963 in South Africa, in the midst of the Apartheid, and also the same year as the Rivonia Trial. This is the event in which ten leaders of the African National Congress (in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:04AMFriday, April 29, 2016
The Northwest and Southwest sides of DC are filled with theatre and art. From the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Woolly Mammoth to Arena Stage and Studio Theatre, one never needs to look to…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:24PMTuesday, April 5, 2016
Southern jazz fills the theatre as the warm lights come up on a bedroom. A mix of yellow and pink shines through the windows at the back of the stage, transporting us to sunset on a hot, sum…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:25PMWednesday, March 2, 2016
General Othello breaks up a drunken duel. The crowd of cheering military men disperses, and all that remains are Iago, Othello’s trusted advisor, and Lieutenant Cassio, who was also the in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12AMSunday, January 31, 2016
There is a moment when Director and performer John Moletress and Jocelyn Kuritsky are dancing on stage left. Caridad Svich is singing her original song “Low Valley” on stage right. As …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:22PMSunday, January 17, 2016
In 1989, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor took home four Drama Desk Awards, and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Play. When the play returned to Broadway in 2010, the produc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:13AMMonday, December 21, 2015
There is a legend about the London premiere of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah involving King George II. The story says that he was so moved by the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ in Part…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:27AMMonday, December 14, 2015
As a fan of dance and ballet, I have seen a number of professional productions of The Nutcracker over the years, but this particular performance by the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre is going t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:45PMTuesday, October 27, 2015
Last night, Round House Theatre premiered their second play of the season, The Night Alive. As always, I read up on the play before attending, but no amount of research could have prepared m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:04PMMonday, October 19, 2015
I walked into the Gaithersburg Arts Barn for Aladdin JR as I often do when I review a play. I picked up my two tickets, went to my seat, and started to flip through my program. However, thi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33PMTuesday, October 6, 2015
As I walked into James Lee Community Center on the afternoon of Sunday, October 4, I filed into the theater with a rather large audience and opened my program to the director’s note, where…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:43PMOver the course of the fall of 2015, more than 50 DC area theater companies will participate in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, an event celebrating new works created by women. Throug…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:42AMSaturday, September 19, 2015
Over 50 DC theater companies have joined together this fall to showcase new work written by women. All the big names in the area ranging from Arena Stage and The Studio Theatre to Shakespear…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:41AMSunday, September 13, 2015
In Former British Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen’s June 2014 Guardian article on arts education, he provides a checklist for teaching artists to keep in mind. The list has ten ideas t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:26PMWednesday, July 29, 2015
The title of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is often considered a reference to “Epiphany,” or the twelfth night of the Christmas Celebration. Around Shakespeare’s time, this night was c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:57PMSunday, July 19, 2015
It is easy to become lost in the thriving theater scene of the Washington DC area. With all of the major houses producing top-notch works, it is hard to look past the grandeur of their produ…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:47PMFriday, July 10, 2015
Upon entering the Eastman Studio Theatre venue at Gallaudet University, I did not quite know how to respond as I was handed a book entitled Daybreak in Korea by Robert L. Sheldon. As I looke…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:21AMMonday, June 15, 2015
Sponsored by CulturalDC, the Source Festival presents 24 new plays over the course of three weeks that showcase the talents of a variety of artists from across the nation. These plays fall i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:33PMOn Saturday night, I walked into the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre with certain anticipations. As my third Victorian Lyric Opera Company production, I expected phenomenal singing, beautiful co…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:02AMSaturday, May 30, 2015
Last night, I found myself transported to 2063, a world in which Africa is one large united nation, the United States is welcoming the first gay president to the oval office, and the White H…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:17PMSaturday, December 27, 2014
Last night, The Keegan Theatre’s fourth annual production of An Irish Carol met a full house ready to experience the play’s impressive reputation. However this time, the Company has a fe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:35AMFriday, August 8, 2014
In 1980, Evita took home seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Tony Award winner Pat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:43PMThursday, August 7, 2014
On a warm Wednesday evening in the middle of summer at the Bethesda Jazz and Supper Club Greg Boyer clearly knows how to win over a crowd with his trombone and charm. With the help of Pianis…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:11PMSunday, July 27, 2014
Over the course of my college years, I have heard countless stories from alumni about their conflicted emotions upon returning to their alma mater. Across the board, I have found that while …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00PMFriday, July 11, 2014
(Best of the Capital Fringe) While I was in London a couple months ago, I attended a Punchdrunk Theatre Company production, and the play was like nothing I had seen before. Punchdrunk’s mo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:21PMSunday, June 15, 2014
At the 16th Academy Awards in 1944, Casablanca took home Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Music Score. While I had never before seen the film, all my life I had heard about t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49PMSaturday, September 7, 2013
I will admit, I found it a bit difficult to contain my excitement as I walked towards Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall for Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience …
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