Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Red Shoes comes to The Kennedy Center October 10 – 15, 2017. The Red Shoes rece…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:04PMMoral dilemmas feed the dark humor of Bruce Graham’s Any Given Monday, directed by Jennifer Lyman. Marital infidelity, the loyalty of friendship, the eagerness of youth, and the logic of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:26PMEverybody loves a winner. The song “Maybe This Time” reminds one of the spark of hope in a new beginning, what it feels like to cross a path and find someone and find a home. How very si…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:04PMIf you are eager to get away from the turbulent news cycle, August humidity, annoying traffic, a mostly undone to-do list, disorder in your immediate circle, or fractures at a global or micr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PMThe post World War II Japanese dance theatre form, Butoh, is traditionally performed in white body make-up. Slow controlled movement, body tension and muscular involvement may rely on elabor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PMA cluttered desk, a twenty-minute appointment, a student and a teacher, and what ensues are cerebral twists and turns, well beyond the subdued, weightiness of departmental office hours. We i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:38PMLarge swatches of fabric move time forward or weave through space. The bold colors catch the eye. Confrontational dialogue sets characters in opposition while bodies remain static or surge f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:36AMA few facts are laid at your feet as you move through a couple of simple rooms. Black and white video on old portable television shows a boxing match, which is no match for the clutter. A pe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:23PMThe open living room has a well-lived in look: easy chairs, love seat, kitchen nook off to the side, and plenty of collected knick-knacks. It’s a cozy setting for an adolescent argument, e…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:18PMThe two men stand at opposite ends of an urban park, on a day that is a mere heartbeat away from the landmark midpoint in the calendar year. Summer and it is an evening to capture the heat t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:48PMIn a simple bold setting, a man in a hurry is running late. He is answering his phone, head skewed at an angle to balance between shoulder and cheek. At the same time, he handles a slim file…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PMWelcome to the rehearsal hall. You are a student at a prestigious school for the performing arts. You have mastered your technique, but you are young. You have not thought through the circum…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:58PMThere’s the daily ordeal of truth, imaginary facts, and shifting identities. There is wealth and privilege and assumptions based on hearsay, without understanding. Within all of this lies …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:11AMIs it nature or nurture? Is it innate personality or fearless optimism? Is the ability to see the glass half full, the willingness to take a chance, the inclination to ask or speak your min…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52PMYou observe a cozy setting, a two story structure slightly suggestive of institutional. There’s a gliding rocker and curtained windows that filter warm amber light, potted plants, scattere…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AMThey are longtime friends who share an apartment, a hearty back-and-forth, and a splendid repartee of tease, criticism, support and jealousy, and multiple emotions that swirl as individuals …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:51AMTiered steps and four small café tables re-imagine the Spanish courtyard. With friendly interaction and wine, music and dancing, a cast of nine singers and two dancers introduce the eve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:02PMThree intersecting rings stand out in a circle of white, blindingly clear. The intersection reminds of other triumvirates, three powerful individuals, in an arrangement both formal and inf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:14PMA complex rigging of interlocking cables, ropes and steel clamps is harnessed by a skeletal steel structure. The structure is at once minimal and abstract, intricate and unambiguous, to sugg…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56AMThe Migration Project: live performance art installation: An immersive visual experience and stories of relocation explore the push and pull of human flight The Migration Project (Push/Pull)…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:42PMFor as long as I can remember, it was a movie I looked forward to watching on television each year. It scared me to death when I was little, but the colors, the characters, the opposition of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:14PMA quick but firm handshake, a genuine embrace, a passing glance to own the room and most of all a nudge, wink and leaning in to make me feel welcome; I have met my first candidate and I have…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16AMThe Logan Fringe Arts Space, now offering year-round programming, has launched a new annual series. Julianne Brienza, CEO/Founder of Capital Fringe, has a vision for experiment and the coura…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49PMThere’s a pulse, a simple rhythm. It is both complex syncopation that rushes on, and an inviting and relaxed embrace of the moment. The percussive energy of StepAfrika!, a professional com…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:09PMYou Have Made a Story on My Skin, created by the Production Team and led by writer/performer Rachel Hynes, uses personal stories to explore lingering memories and physical scars. This collab…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:36AMPeter’s Alley Theatre Productions opens its fifth season with Dinner With Friends, a 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Donald Margulies, directed by Kristofer Kauff. An intricate drama …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25AMScena Theatre opens the company’s 30th Anniversary Season with Report to an Academy, an emotionally powerful drama. Report to an Academy is based on the 1917 classic short story by Fran…
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