Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Ntozake Shange’s music-drama, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf [“for colored girls”] (1976), comprises a seminal work of poetry, music, and improv…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39AMTuesday, February 2, 2016
Shake Loose: A Musical Night of Blues Moods & Icons Hang on to your seats, guys and gals! Over three dozen songs – twelve never sung before at MetroStage – and a libretto comprise a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43AMMonday, December 15, 2014
As a treat for the entire family, or an early Christmas gift, there is none better than C.S. Lewis’ classic tale of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe now playing at Providence Players …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31PMSunday, January 26, 2014
Veteran director Vincent Worthington, who also serves as Set Designer and Lighing Designer of Pied Piper Theatre, masterfully lead Piped Piper Theatre’s first musical production at th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:05PMTuesday, January 21, 2014
From the first scene to the last, Aquila Theatre’s riveting posthumous production of Ray Bradbury’s 1953 play, Fahrenheit 451 was superb; the best I have seen in casting, design, lightin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05AMMonday, November 18, 2013
Marvelous—such a musical treat! Three fantastic acts, all for the price of one admission. Blues with a world perspective greeted patrons on Friday evening, November 15, 2013 at George Maso…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:08AMSunday, October 20, 2013
Happy Birthday, Dianne! Wow! What a performance on Friday, October 18, 2013 at Strathmore! Whether fans came to bask in your signature Latin style of nearly forty years, your effortless scat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05AMMonday, September 9, 2013
Dancing in the Wings, a musical by Debbie Allen, returns again to the Hylton Performing Arts Center on George Mason University’s Manassas Campus. Adapted from the 2000 book by Debbie Allen…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMTuesday, July 23, 2013
Some people, events, and songs are timeless as in the case of Bye Bye Birdie, a musical based on real life rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley’s 1958 induction into the U.S. Army. A fun…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:19AMThursday, July 18, 2013
Three-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, poet, and actress, Jill Scott appeared at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center on July 15, 2013. Greeted by Washington’s humid 90 degree weather, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:32PMWednesday, June 5, 2013
The musical high priests of ‘Cosmic Consciousness’ Earth, Wind & Fire played June 4, 2013 to a sold-out audience in The Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia. Spanning the m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:20PMTuesday, May 14, 2013
Anyone fortunate enough to be within range of Bobby McFerrin’s rich voice in his final U.S. performance before embarking on a full summer international tour, in The Kennedy Center for the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:07PMFriday, May 3, 2013
True to author Harold Pinter’s many talented literary works and dark psychological themes, the opening night of No Man’s Land on May 2, 2013, in the WSC Avant Bard’s new space at Theat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:02PMFriday, April 26, 2013
Continuing a long tradition of top notch performances, The Barns at Wolf Trap featured the compositions of contemporary jazz pianist Joe Sample on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. Even…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:27AMSunday, April 7, 2013
Curiosity enticed me out to The Kennedy Center on Friday, April 5, 2013 for the 9:30 p.m. performance of Artistic Advisor for Jazz, Jason Moran’s tribute to the jazz music of Fats Waller, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:31AMSunday, March 31, 2013
In keeping with its blues-drenched hand-clapping theme, the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra (MJO), delivered another festive evening of big band tunes at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2013, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:50PMThursday, March 7, 2013
The life and music of D.C.’s own native son, Marvin Gaye (Keith Washington), one of the most gifted musical talents of the twenty-first century, came alive for a few brief hours at The War…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:39PMSunday, March 3, 2013
Virginia Opera’s third installment in their 2013 American series, A Streetcar Named Desire, an opera in three acts premiered at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts on Friday, M…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50AMMonday, February 18, 2013
There is no annual holiday celebration in Louisiana without Mardi Gras! According to historians, Mardi Gras, a one-day prelude to Lent dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
Kudos to another sold-out season performance of The Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS). For the third year, the societies commanded a musical…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19AMMonday, January 28, 2013
The world premier of the musical Ladies Swing the Blues, book and lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II and music by William Knowles, was presented on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at MetroStage in Alexan…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:20PMSaturday, January 26, 2013
A dynamic, new ensemble directed by Tommy Igoe (Drums); Nick Marchione, August Haas, Mat Jodrell, and Brandon Lee (Trumpets); Dave Bargeron, Mark Miller and James Borowski (Trombones); Natha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:24PMThursday, January 24, 2013
If you were fortunate enough to catch the last performance of Sing the Truth’s legendary tour at The Music Center at Strathmore on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., you were part of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:47PMTuesday, January 22, 2013
Savion Glover, artist, actor, choreographer and tap dance superstar extraordinaire, is widely known to everyone, young or old, who loves tap. His latest offering, SoLe Sanctuary offers audie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:40PMTuesday, December 18, 2012
An appreciative Washington, D.C. metro audience overflowing with young little people and their parents and grandparents, too, were treated to tales of Christmases’ past, performed in a 60 …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:15PMSaturday, December 15, 2012
A Celebration of African American Holiday Traditions Through Music and Spoken Word The premiere was, as they say, “all that.” Before an appreciative fully engaged audience Director a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:57PMSunday, December 2, 2012
Nearly twenty-five years to the day of passage of H.CON. RES 57 (12/4/87) officially designating jazz as a rare and valuable national American treasure and art form, the George Mason Univers…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30PMSunday, November 18, 2012
If you have two hours to spare this beautiful Sunday afternoon, and want to enjoy a world-class venue in a beautiful performing arts space, hurry to reserve your family seats at the Hylton P…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PMMonday, November 5, 2012
Equus, Peter Shaffer’s 1973 Tony Award-winning psychological drama, inspired in part by a true story, tells the story of over-worked middle-aged psychiatrist Tel Monks (Dr. Dysart) and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PMSunday, October 28, 2012
Hang on to your seats everyone! Bring your best belly laugh and strongest applause — you are in for a treat when the final musical presentation of Into the Woods takes center stage tod…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:57AM 
