Thursday, October 2, 2014
Revisiting Chéri – and a Baltimore visionary The venerable Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts turned avant-garde last night with the return of modern dance maven, Martha Clark, and h…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:15PMFriday, September 26, 2014
It’s a bittersweet homecoming for Evita stars The final stop on the Evita tour at The Kennedy Center is bittersweet for hometown stars, Sean MacLaughlin (Juan Peron) and Caroline Bowman …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:54PMTuesday, September 16, 2014
Monday morning’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s (CSC) new digs in downtown Baltimore was unique. No phony large scissors but rather a Lieutenant Governor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:02PMThursday, August 28, 2014
Dancers face the wilderness in Pacific Northwest Celebration at Wolf Trap. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is a lovely place to spend a late summer evening. The setting is se…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:15PMTuesday, July 22, 2014
(The Best of the Capital Fringe) The Tap Dance Kid meets Batman with some fancy footwork Ratta-ta-tap. The masked man moves across the floor. A-shoom, he leaps into the air. His fluid arms a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:34PMFriday, July 11, 2014
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Robert Michael Oliver is a tour-de-force in his one-man show It’s got to be tough to do a solo show, opening night at 9 p.m. on a sultry summer night, but rema…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:59PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Ellouise Schoettler enlightens us in her one-woman show. US history provided little to inform us about the role of women in “The Great War.” However, Ellouis…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:21AMWednesday, May 21, 2014
The Bolshoi sweeps into The Kennedy Center with dreamy ‘Giselle’: Catching up with ballet’s romantic masterwork Any time you have David Hallberg on a ballet bill, you are guaranteed a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:50PMThursday, May 8, 2014
New Moves: symphony + dance delights both dance fans and music aficionados. Give a MacArthur “Genius” award to the person who came up with the idea to merge music and dance in the Natio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:11PMWednesday, April 16, 2014
A trio of new and old works prove American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is A-ok and it felt like William Shakespeare was smiling in the dark when the American Ballet Theatre presented Frederick Asht…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:26PMWednesday, April 2, 2014
NYCB shows its ballet gems at the Kennedy Center Be still my heart. The New York City Ballet is back at the Kennedy Center, and best of all, dancing Jewels, George Balanchine’s full-len…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:25PMMonday, March 3, 2014
Local dancers shake off the winter blahs Even people who don’t normally like modern dance love watching the works of Joan Nicholas-Walker. There’s something very smart and seductive abou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:08PMWednesday, February 5, 2014
Alvin Ailey American Dance Celebrates Rich Heritage at the Kennedy Center Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater “came home” to the Kennedy Center last night, dancing a program of familiar w…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:29PMFriday, January 31, 2014
DC Ballet shakes up expectations Yes, even classical ballerinas let their hair down once in a while. They relish tossing off those stiff upper body movements and tapping their feet to a sync…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:32PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Swooning over the first “Swan” Like those fabled swallows renowned for returning to Capistrano each spring, swans settle regularly in our area this time of year. Back in the heyday of cl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:46PMMonday, December 2, 2013
TONIGHT at 7:30 PM at Howard Community College’s Smith Theatre A Labor of Love’s A Silver Anniversary Cabaret will star local and Broadway stars who are there to raise money f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:46AMSunday, December 1, 2013
Tomorrow night at 7:30 PM at Howard Community College’s Smith Theatre A Labor of Love’s A Silver Anniversary Cabaret will star local and Broadway stars who are there to raise …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AMWednesday, November 13, 2013
Bourne takes a big bite out of ballet tradition in his Gothic Fairy Tale ‘Sleeping Beauty.’ There are many descriptive words to describe Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty at The Kenned…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:39PMThursday, November 7, 2013
Farrell gets good times rolling at The Kennedy Center Hold onto your hat and step lively. The ballet season at The Kennedy Center finally gets into the gusty days of fall with a whirlwind of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:06AMSaturday, November 2, 2013
Dorfman mines comic gold in his junkyard dance Anyone who ever yawned through a pretentious ballet or heaved a sign of relief when a particularly ominous modern dance finally ended can bre…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30PMFriday, November 1, 2013
The Washington Ballet gave us the willies in a haunting production of Giselle on All Hallow’s Eve. Dressed in midnight black, artistic director Septime Webre bounded onto The Kennedy Cente…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:01PMMonday, October 7, 2013
Multi-talented Jason Downs deliberates ‘Why Am I Not Famous?’ Howard County Community College alum/actor/singer recently discussed his touring production of Why Am I Not Famous,” sla…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:06PMFriday, July 19, 2013
Quarrat Ann Kadwani is a tour-de-force in her one-woman show It’s got to be tough to do a solo show, opening night at 10 p.m. on a sultry summer night, but remarkable, energetic, and seemi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:36PMWednesday, July 17, 2013
‘A Romeo to die for’ Be still my heart! On a sultry summer night, just like Juliet (a feisty Raven Bonniwell), this writer fell in love with Romeo (Sean Huddock) in the We Happy Few…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:21AMSaturday, July 13, 2013
Madam Ambassador offers inside-the-beltway humor It helps if you are a “political junkie” or, at least, up to date on our State Department appointments to fully appreciate Madam Ambassa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:11AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Don’t turn your head away from ‘heady collectables’ or you’ll miss some terrific dancing Here’s a “heads-up” on a not-to-be-missed show during the Capital Fringe Festival. Head…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:47AMSunday, June 9, 2013
Ballet Across America III-Program C: As American As Apple Pie Hoist the flags. Toss the balloons. Throw some confetti, too. The third installment of Ballet Across America III (wrapping u…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:09PMFriday, June 7, 2013
Ballet Across America III-Program B: Cheers for the Home team, the Washington Ballet While George Balanchine was again celebrated in Ballet Across America III at The Kennedy Center Opera…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:17PMWednesday, June 5, 2013
Ballet Across America III-Program A: Opening Night: A Trio of Top Troupes Takes The Stage For the return of Ballet Across America at The Kennedy Center Opera House, last night’s audi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:48PMSaturday, May 11, 2013
Whisk mom to the Washington Ballet for a heady trip of Hemingway Forget flowers. Candy is passé. What most mothers want on their special day is to be taken someplace special. This weekend y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:40PMSunday, May 5, 2013
Meredith Monk: shaking off the old notions It’s often difficult to shake off the pre-conceived notions and expectations of what a particular dance concert is going to be like. I am not …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:07PM 
