Sunday, March 15, 2015
The seeming “spontaneity,” humor, and freshness of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC‘s (GMCW) repertoire and their current concert When You Wish, which is being presente…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24AMTuesday, March 10, 2015
A cascade of frothy, kitschy, verbally intricate, and highly theatrical songs pervaded the intimate atmosphere of the Bier Baron Tavern in Washington, DC as the innovative Rainbow Theatre Pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:11AMSaturday, February 28, 2015
A penetrating and extremely lucid psychological austerity permeates the current production of the Washington National Opera’s (WNO) Dialogues of the Carmelites by composer and librettist F…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:49PMSaturday, February 14, 2015
The lithe and dynamic Tony Award -winning (The Color Purple) Broadway musical star (Once on This Island, IF/Then), LaChanze, proved herself to be almost a volcanic, spontaneous force of natu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:35PMFriday, February 13, 2015
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington‘s (GMCW) swinging, rhythmic, acapella-oriented Potomac Fever Musical Group and the stellar more traditionally chorale group, the Rock Creek Singer…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:32AMSaturday, January 10, 2015
With a vigorous veneer of Broadway polish and a subtle touch of “down-home” country warm –heartedness, acclaimed singer/actor (Broadway, television’s Smash and Nashville) Will Chase …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:46AMMonday, December 8, 2014
Rockin’ the Holidays, the current Christmas holiday offering from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW), is a winner on all levels: vocally, technically and artistically. The j…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00PMSaturday, December 6, 2014
The original star of the Broadway smash hit Annie, Andrea McArdle, has grown into a mature and super-talented singer who can belt with the best of them. At The Kennedy Center’s Barbara Coo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:19AMMonday, November 24, 2014
A hilarious, unique and a “no-holds barred” approach to satire was offered to an appreciative audience in the creative and subversive comedy WTF Happened to Baby Sister?. Presented by t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:53AMSaturday, November 1, 2014
Tony Award winner and Broadway virtuoso and Tony Award winner Faith Prince beguiled and dazzled the audience at her concert entitled Have a Little Faith at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:22PMMonday, September 22, 2014
A mystical and lushly romantic journey down the Amazon River is only the beginning of the fully absorbing and richly textured production of the current offering of the Washington National Op…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32AMMonday, August 18, 2014
Like the pointillist dots that fill the canvas of Georges Seurat’s masterful painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, each element of Signature Theatre’s stunning pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:23AMMonday, July 21, 2014
Brian Childers IS the exact personification of Danny Kaye in the wonderfully amusing and slightly manic current production at The American Century Theater (TACT), An Evening with Danny Kaye.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:30AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
There are horrific and spellbinding moments aplenty to savor in Studio Theatre’s SecondStage current production of the alternately beloved and reviled camp, cult classic musical Carrie. Ba…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:55AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Come Look at the Freaks!” intones the carnival barker at the opening of the unique and musically eclectic and beloved cult musical Side Show and you cannot look away. Now playing at The Ke…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:45PMSaturday, June 7, 2014
Two–time Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur showcased her blazing and versatile musical talent in a powerhouse, perfectly-pitched concert at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on Frid…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:27AMSunday, June 1, 2014
The American Century Theater (TACT) has offered the DC Metro theatergoer a chance to see a classic rarely produced play, Abby Mann’s Judgment at Nuremberg, and they have succeeded in prese…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:29PMMonday, May 19, 2014
The respected and accomplished Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. (GMCW) certainly progressed through the canon of “gay-friendly” songs (i.e.: songs written by Gay writers, songs ado…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:14AMTuesday, May 6, 2014
In playwright Motti Lerner’s provocative and relevant play, The Admission, now playing at The Studio Theatre (as originally produced by Theater J), the question of when does the personal b…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:17AMSaturday, May 3, 2014
Stage, film, and television star, Megan Hilty wowed the audience at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater last night with an eclectic concert that proved that Hilty is the sort of striking …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:08AMMonday, April 28, 2014
Quotidian Theatre Company’s production of Brian Friel’s play Faith Healer is a superlative exploration of the theme of the fallibility of memory versus reality. This intimate play consis…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:47AMTuesday, April 15, 2014
There’s more than a flickering of interesting technique and stimulating acting in the production (U.S.Premiere) of the play Moth by playwright Declan Greene currently playing at Studio The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:16AMTuesday, March 25, 2014
I was very pleased to attend the recent musical offering of the esteemed Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, (GMCW), Von Trapped, which was presented on March 14-16, 2014 at The George Was…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:44AMSaturday, March 8, 2014
With precise control and an air of cosmopolitan confidence, the prolific Brian d’Arcy James captivated The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in his unique concert Friday night. Careenin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:17PMSunday, February 23, 2014
I had never seen a production of Spring Awakening before so I was thrilled to attend the current production now playing at the highly –esteemed Kensington Arts Theatre(though, indeed, I ha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:12PMFriday, February 21, 2014
If you were going to create a time capsule to preserve a glorious musical theatre partnership, you need look no further than Mandy and Patti in Concert now playing at The Kennedy Center’s …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:45PMSaturday, February 15, 2014
A Valentine’s Day treat was offered to all those who were lucky enough to attend celebrated jazz and cabaret artist Ann Hampton Callaway’s concert Let’s Fall in Love: Ann Hampton C…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:49AMMonday, February 3, 2014
The Keegan Theatre’s current production of Gore Vidal’s political drama The Best Man is solid entertainment in the best sense of the word. Never having read the play or having seen any p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:27AMFriday, January 17, 2014
The epic journey of the civil rights movement, the political struggles of the times, and the fruitless hatred of humankind towards those they do not understand are beautifully realized –an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50PMWednesday, January 15, 2014
The American Century Theater (TACT), a stalwart presence in the DC area theatre community, is now presenting the stage adaptation by Eric Simonson of Mark Harris’ novel (the second in a se…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:07AMWednesday, December 4, 2013
Like a pride of carnivorous lions, the Lyons family is aggressively on the prowl for laughs (underneath the pain) In playwright Nicky Silver’s The Lyons now playing at Bethesda’s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:38AM 
