Gin Dance Company (GDC) is a Metropolitan DC/Northern Virginia based performing arts modern dance company. Founded in Reston, Virginia in 2011 by Artistic Director Shu-Chen Cuff, GDC perform…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:51PMFirst things first. One should not miss a chance to discover, or for some re-discover, a rarely produced Stephen Sondheim work. This is especially true for an appealing musical production …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:07AMDeath abounds in The Maid’s Tragedy. Be prepared for an avenging angel with a message and actions against the vicious power of a King and lascivious misogynist cultural values in Brave Spi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PMAdventurous? Looking for something fresh, uplifting, and yes, even heavenly in contemporary classical music with ethereal, hypnotic voices? There are two upcoming musical events in close-by…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:46PMIn these days of a re-igniting Cold War between Russia and the United States, those old grainy black-and-white films of a long thought dead dictator, Comrade Joseph “Uncle Joe” Stalin ar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:03PMIf we in the theater universe want to nurture new and emerging playwrights, I would think the earlier we are there for them, the more likely we can be helpful. Once again, The Hub Theatre is…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMHa! Minor role indeed. It’s only Snug one of the Rude Mechanicals in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But special fan’s props are due to the gentle, shy Snug in the current…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AMRound House Theatre has crafted a formidable artistic statement for Suzan-Lori Parks’ inventive, no make that commanding, Father Comes Home from the War (Parts 1, 2 & 3). It is a quiet…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45PMWhat now, two decades after the lives depicted in The Sisters Rosensweig? Certainly Theater J has produced a polished, lovingly curated production of Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosens…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMPermit me this before my actual review of Lynn Nottage’s bold, brave play SWEAT which is receiving a splendidly searing, raw, and real production at Arena (Co-commissioned with the Ore…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:18PM“Opera is officially dead.” So read the headline for Christopher Ingraham’s Washington Post Wonkblog. And in “one chart” yet. Ah, yes big data says it all neatly and with great c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25PMSuch a bubbling, darkly comic world in which to our abundant enlightenment, all that is solid melts into thin air. This is the Studio Theatre production of the vinegary urban domain devised …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:46PMWhat starts as a delightfully wacky lark of well-told tales perfectly suited for theater buffs of a certain age or for those who know Broadway’s eccentricities through television shows suc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:34PMThe cranes are up and building is moving afoot in the “new” Tysons in Fairfax County, Virginia. So, what will Tysons residents do for their near-by cultural arts fix and live performing…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:39AMIn Northern Virginia, two community centers have had long-standing and continuing activities commemorating the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. They are the McLean Community Center and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30PMShake Loose, the new musical bound for Alexandria’s MetroStage, aims to bear witness to a swirling whirlwind century of events in the lives African American people. Its purpose is “to …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:25PMMatilda the Musical, now at the Kennedy Center Opera House, is for all the disrupters and agitators out there in the world no matter what age. It is an insurrection fueled by children who …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:59AMFabulous! Potent! Forceful! Tender! Let yourself fall in love again or for the first time with West Side Story. From the first note of the orchestra’s prologue, then quickly met with the s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:10PMWhat a gorgeous, festive evening The American Pops, under the direction and the quietly flowing baton of Luke S. Frazier, gave the Lisner audience last night with their entertaining and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:43PMSynetic Theater continues to winningly upend The Bard’s canon with its 12th production in the speechless, though far from silent, series that had its start in 2002 with Hamlet…the rest …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:08AM“Imagine a morning in late November. A coming of winter morning” are the opening mood-setting words in the resplendent, gentle WSC Avant Bard production of Holiday Memories by Tr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:43PMThe man with the famous blue raincoat who wrote many a reflective, if not prophetic song over the past decades will be arriving at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Northern V…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50AMOne of the most popular heartwarming family musicals, which is chock-full of youthful energy, charming songs and wise life-lessons, is coming to the Dulles Corridor. It is Next Stop Theatre�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:36PMAt the heart of Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet are his Old-Testament Job-like questioning of an unseen, unknown higher presence. Questions abound around the matter of why do we (and, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:50PMDazzling. Indeed Pericles is quite dazzling in the contemporary creation from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival currently at the Folger Theatre. It possesses a radiance with its modern youthfu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00PMIn collaboration with the Workhouse Museum and the History Committee Lecture series, the Workhouse Arts Center located in Lorton, VA will present an Inner Voices Lecture with Roach Brown. B…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMThe major joy in writing this column comes from getting to know the up and coming creative artists in the DC area, especially since a whole new generation is sweeping into the area. One does…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00AMWhat better theater piece to consider for an immersive, “locked-away” experience than Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. For that alone, Nu Sass deserves and earns plaudits for its very nifty…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:22PMUnexplored Interior (This is Rwanda: The Beginning and End of the Earth), the production launching the inaugural season of Mosaic Theater Company of DC, met Founding Artistic Director Ari Ro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:39PMThere are many ways to commemorate Veteran’s Day and the over 21 million veterans of military service. Attending a live theater performance about Medal of Honor recipients is certainly…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:34AMA terrific opportunity awaits those of us who enjoy delving deeper to examine the lives of actors that enthralled us over their careers. The upcoming occasion features author William Madiso…
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