Saturday, November 8, 2014
Port City Playhouse’s production of Sara Ruhl’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, In the Next Room, is filled with incredible actors, a clever set, and gorgeous Victorian time period…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:47PMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Tuesday night, October 14, 2014, a packed crowd listened to DC’s native son, Henry Rollins (aka Garfield). He shared his insights about the DC punk rock scene in the early 80s, where he p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:37AMSaturday, September 27, 2014
Patti LuPone is in town for her performance tonight at ‘Arts By George‘ at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts.. Last night she was interviewed Q&A style by A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:22PMMonday, August 18, 2014
Jonny Lang Rocks The Historic State Theatre Before we delve into Jonny Lang though, the talented, opening band Runaway Saints from Nashville, Tennessee via Rhode Island did a great job warmi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:46AMSunday, August 17, 2014
Blues guitarist and singer Jonny Lang has had a blessed life. He was a musical child prodigy. He gets to make a living playing music, has a loving wife and four kids, and gets to travel the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21AMWednesday, July 16, 2014
Moses Kamai is the Director and Organizer of the Northern Virginia Ukulele Society, for the past 5 and a half years in Reston, Virginia. He organizes, plans, teaches, and performs with m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:48AMMonday, July 14, 2014
Joiceville is directed and written by Rodrigo G. Pool Arce, composed by Justin Paschalides, and stars Rodrigo G. Pool Arce, Will MacLeod and Carrie Helton Parsons. This is The Office on s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:50AMSunday, July 13, 2014
When I first arrived to the theater, I met family members and friends of the playwight. Apparently he attended UVA, like me, so I was digging the Wahoowa spirit in the house. Desire Moment…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33PMSaturday, July 12, 2014
(Best of the Capital Fringe) This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss? is written and performed powerfully and hilariously by Ronna J Levy and directed by Kel Haney. Originally conceived in Matt Ho…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:12AMThursday, June 26, 2014
Ben Folds Rocks the Suburbs with the NSO at Wolf Trap Ben Folds grew up playing drums and was always inspired by the orchestra. His lush music received a new spin by playing with the Natio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33PMMonday, May 26, 2014
The GI Film Festival wound up its week long film festival yesterday. Films started at 10 a.m. and finished at 7 p.m. The first block was the Transitioning Short Block: a collection of shor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16PMSunday, May 25, 2014
Saturday night the GI Film Festival continued its weeklong run at the Old Town Theater with huge VIPs in attendance. GIFF welcomed actor Adam Driver of the HBO Hit Girls and soon starring i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15PMSaturday, May 24, 2014
Last night The GI Film Festival showed two film block segments at the Old Town Theater in Alexandria, Virginia. The first features were: When Hollywood Went to War and Travis: A Soldie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:47PMMonday, May 19, 2014
The GI Film Festival (GIFF)-nicknamed ‘Sundance for the Troops’-is back in the DC area for the eighth year. GIFF showcases the military’s stories authentically through film whi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:13PMFriday, April 25, 2014
There was a special treat in Bethesda this week for regular listeners of NPR – to celebrate 25 years of Marketplace from American Public Media, host Kai Ryssdal and the Marketplace tea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:40PMSunday, April 13, 2014
Seeing one of Jazz’ masters like Branford Marsalis perform is one of life’s greatest pleasures. I had the honor of watching jazz great Marsalis at George Mason Performing Arts Center Sa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:10PMFriday, April 4, 2014
Acoustic Show with Matt Nathanson and Opening Act Noah Guthrie By Marlene Hall Thursday night at the George Mason University’s Performing Arts, Matt Nathanson performed with his partner …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:59PMMonday, March 24, 2014
Saturday night at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium was the inaugural Stand for the Troops’ Rescue Coalition Benefit Concert with the George Washington University Office …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:42PMThursday, February 20, 2014
Kevin McDonald is from the famed Canadian, sketch comedy group Kids in the Hall. He is back again in DC, February 22d at 10:00 am to teach a sold-out sketch writing workshop at The Comedy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:04AMTuesday, December 31, 2013
Margot MacDonald is an acclaimed loop pedal vocalist and songwriter based in DC who recently celebrated the release of her fourth album, Canvas. She is in excellent company with loop ped…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMFriday, December 13, 2013
Tony Award winner and Baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell and the NSO Pops got the crowd into the holiday spirit with his show Happy Holidays! With Brian Stokes Mitchell, conducted with gusto by …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:38AMMonday, November 25, 2013
For the first time ever, The Kennedy Center along with world renowned soprano singer Renée Fleming with partial sponsorship by Ann and Tom Friedman put together the American Voices Festiv…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:01AMTuesday, November 19, 2013
Scott Kurt is a local musician – make that a hard working local musician – who is on his way up to the big leagues. He has opened for Huey Lewis and the News at Wolf Trap this su…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:28PMMonday, November 4, 2013
Sergeant First Class Julie Angelis Boehler is the Principal Timpanist of The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own.” In 2003, she became the first female Timpanist to ser…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMThursday, October 3, 2013
Musician and guitar teacher Gregg Hammond works with the nonprofit Guitars Not Guns in Washington, DC. According to Guitars Not Guns the theme of Guitars Not Guns is “Changing the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16AMFriday, September 20, 2013
Before there was Daft Punk, Deadmau5, and Paul van Dyk, there was The Pet Shop Boys. Last night the Pet Shop Boys, lead singer Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe turned Strathmore int…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:04PMWednesday, September 11, 2013
Last night at Jiffy Lube Live, Depeche Mode gave its sold out crowd of devotees a show to remember in support of its new CD Delta Machine. This wasn’t just a concert – it was a spi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:57PMSaturday, August 24, 2013
Last night, Matthew Sweet rocked the house with his “sweet” music. It brought me back to the 1990s. I could definitely hear the influence of REM in his music. Matthew Sweet is on a 9-sto…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:36PMWednesday, August 21, 2013
I finally saw The Cult perform on their Electric 13 Tour last night in support of their Choice of Weapon album to a capacity crowd at the new Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00PMSaturday, August 17, 2013
Arcturus Theater Company’s production of Suzanne Bradbeer’s Full Bloom is a story about a teenager, named Phoebe (Kyra Soleil) who is coming of age and whose life is parallel…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:15AMThursday, August 15, 2013
Wolf Trap was a soggy, fun, musical summer night with opening act Scott Kurt and main act Huey Lewis and the News. Scott Kurt is a DC area musician who played a 30-minute set. It was just hi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30PM 
