HAUNTING, URGENT, AND SPEAKS VOLUMES Priyanka Shetty’s #Charlottesville, currently running at the Keegan Theatre, is a searing and deeply personal exploration of one of the darkest moment…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:05PMFORBIDDEN LOVE AND THE GILDED AGE GLOW IN ARENA’S DAZZLING PRODUCTION, BUT THE AGE OF INNOCENCE LINGERS Playwright Karen Zacarías (Destiny of Desire which premiered at Arena in 2015, Nati…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:08AMMORE THAN JUST A REVIVAL, THIS INTIMATE IN THE HEIGHTS IS A JOYFUL TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY AND DREAMS Before Hamilton changed the face of Broadway, there was In the Heights—Lin-Manuel Miranda…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:46AMURINE LUCK WITH THIS NUMBER ONE MUSICAL Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter splashes onto Arena Stage’s Kreeger Theater with a gleeful irreverence that belies its emotional depth. Adapted fr…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:27PMDID TITUSS EXCITE US? AND HOW! You may know Tituss Burgess best for his scene-stealing performances in 30 Rock, Schmigadoon! and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as well as his star turns on B…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:25PMIT’S A SCHMIGAHIT! Adapting from his Apple TV+ series that satirized and saluted the glories of old timey musicals like Oklahoma! and Carousel, co-creator and writer Cinco Paul brings his …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:06PMDEATH IS ALIVE AND BETTER THAN WELL Ken Ludwig’s stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile premiered to a packed house at Arena Stage, with the playwright himself attendi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AMSURE, LET SILCON VALLEY DO ITS JOB WITH THE GOVERNMENT – WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Along with The Other Americans, Arena Stage is offering yet another world premiere. A highly relevant corporat…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:40PMNORM SETS THE STANDARD An Intimate Evening with Norm Lewis at The Barns last night was a magical journey through his musical theater career, brimming with charm, humor, and breathtaking voca…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:47PMS-T-U-P-E-N-D-O-U-S AND S-I-D-E-S-P-L-I-T-T-I-N-G The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful and unconventional musical comedy that debuted in 2005. With music and lyrics by …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:52PMDOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE, DOUBLE YOUR FUN The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare’s earliest and most farcical comedies, centered around themes of mistaken identity and slapstick hu…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:58AMA FABULOUS FEVER DREAM Soft Power at Signature Theatre is a meta-theatrical production that begins with a semi-autobiographical portrayal of David Henry Hwang, who, following a near-fatal in…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AMNINE IS A TEN AT THE KEN CEN In Nine, the musical adaptation of Federico Fellini’s 1963 film 8½ now playing at the Kennedy Center, Guido Contini, a renowned Italian film director of the…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMKATERINA MCCRIMMON IS INDEED THE GREATEST STAR Funny Girl is a beloved musical that first premiered on Broadway in 1964, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and a book by Isobel…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:58PMDAZZLED BY THE STARS UNDER THE STARS Last night, Signature Theatre and the Wolf Trap Center for the Arts (the only national park dedicated to presenting the performing arts) collaborated aga…
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