Saturday, June 25, 2016
It’s hard to imagine what to expect at a cabaret debut from a television actor turned Broadway performer turned television game host. Jane Lynch—who some know as Sue Sylvester from the h…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23PMFriday, July 31, 2015
There are a lot of great shows in town this month. There’s the fan-favorite The Book of Mormon, the charming and captivating Once, the grassroots Capital Fringe Festival (which just ended)…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:14AMWednesday, June 10, 2015
Disney’s high-octane Newsies of New York have pirouetted their way to Pennsylvania Avenue in the Washington, DC, premiere engagement of the Tony Award-winning smash hit musical Disney’s …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24AMMonday, May 4, 2015
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts rolled out the red carpet on Sunday evening with a star-studded salute to the swing era of the 1930s and ‘40s. Under the direction of Gra…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21AMSaturday, May 2, 2015
Hockadoo! After a few toe-tapping hours at The Warner Theatre with the cast of Memphis and their inspired singing and dancing, I still have no idea what “Hockadoo” means, but I know—wi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:48AMThursday, April 9, 2015
A magnificent stage usually filled with a full orchestra and a hundred-person chorus might feel empty with just a stool, a microphone, and a lone person, but not when Jay Leno is in control.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:51AMSunday, April 5, 2015
Including everything from Sunday in the Park with George to Company to Into the Woods and everything in between, the work of has graced the stages of Signature Theatre an astounding twenty…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:58AMSunday, March 1, 2015
Haunting, chilling, and totally mesmerizing are just a few words that you could use to describe the second collaboration between legendary composer John Kander (Chicago and Cabaret) and accl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:59AMFriday, February 13, 2015
There’s no show quite like Spring Awakening, and the students at American University, directed by Amber Jackson, delivered a rousing performance of the beloved musical Thursday night at th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31PMSaturday, January 31, 2015
Set during the Roaring Twenties in the heyday of prohibition, the Tony-winning musical Nice Work If You Can Get It is a celebration of the best of the iconic music of George and Ira Gershwin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:11PMSunday, December 14, 2014
Many of the greatest things in life just better with time, and Signature Theatre’s annual celebration of the holidays—Holiday Follies—is certainly no exception. Under the direction o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:11AMSaturday, October 18, 2014
David Sedaris and his writing have a way of making a two-thousand seat theatre seem as intimate as your own living room, inviting the audience into the world of his hysterical ponderings and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:48PMTuesday, August 19, 2014
Summer Hummer: Ménage à Trois at Signature Theatre Benefits theatreWashington’s Taking Care of Our Own Summer Hummer: Ménage à Trois at Signature Theatre on Monday evening made Ca…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50PMMonday, August 11, 2014
Matt Nathanson made it very clear Sunday night at The Filene Center at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts that he was not the opening act for Gavin DeGraw. Telling a story abou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:12AMFriday, July 18, 2014
There’s something magical that happens when you take ten talented male vocalists, put them in matching slim-fitting blazers, and get them to sing out loud in perfect harmony and a synchron…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00AMThursday, July 17, 2014
Wolf Trap bills them as a “piano-driven pop rock quartet with impassioned smash hits.” Blurt magazine praises them for “the way they seek out views of the world—and not just about th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:51AMMonday, July 14, 2014
They say a truly great performer has the power to transform a song that you might have heard a million times before into a new experience—to take a classic and make it his or her own while…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:37AMFriday, July 11, 2014
From the first downbeat of his powerhouse opening song, “It Only Takes One” off of his fourth album Wait, Tom Goss delivered a powerhouse performance to the very last note on Thursday ni…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:23AMSaturday, June 28, 2014
“Oh, What a Night!” There’s something special that happens when you bring together four supremely talented men on a single stage, couple them with one of the nation’s finest orchestr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:34AMTuesday, May 20, 2014
Nothing quite gets my juices going quite like a Stephen Schwartz musical. Wicked. Godspell. Pippin. But, combine a Stephen Schwartz musical with some of the top talent on Broadway, along wit…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:10AMWednesday, May 7, 2014
What do you get when you mix 10 gallons of blue paint, 360 pounds of Jell-O, 15 pounds of Cap’n Crunch cereal, 30 boxes of Twinkie Lights, 550 feet of PVC piping, and 40 drum heads? A thea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30AMFriday, May 2, 2014
The curtain rises on a dark stage, lit only by torches held by four dancers at the four corners of the stage, surrounding two dancers prancing and weaving about in coordinated, syncopated st…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:38PMTuesday, April 29, 2014
Stepping into the Signature Theatre’s MAX Theatre, you immediately realize that you are standing on a giant, weathered Union Jack—transported, perhaps a bit uneasily for some, into the e…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01AMSunday, March 30, 2014
Elphaba, step aside! The high-flying cast of the Tony-award nominated best musical Bring It On: The Musical is defying gravity and launching itself to new heights—literally—and there’s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15AMSaturday, March 15, 2014
In the words of Maria, the hills are most definitely alive with the gorgeous sound of the stars of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s production of Von Trapped– a hilarious parod…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:44AMThursday, February 27, 2014
Clearly, I was born in the wrong decade. The Lost Songs of Broadway: 1980s at Signature Theatre had me tapping my toes and slapping my thighs all night as three of Signature’s powerhouse …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:01AMThursday, February 20, 2014
“This is a rock concert! There’s not going to be any of that ‘Good Morning Baltimore’ stuff tonight!” True to her word, Helen Hayes Award-winning artist Carolyn Cole took to the st…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:06AMThursday, February 13, 2014
It’s a cold, blustery winter night on the eve of a major storm, but, the air was warm with love and affection at the Signature Theatre Wednesday night as the powerhouse Broadway couple Che…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12PMSunday, December 22, 2013
Everything’s coming up sunshine and Santa Claus at Signature Theatre. Hands down-—Signature Theatre’s Gypsy is the best musical I have seen this year. Signature Theatre pulls out …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:48AMWednesday, December 18, 2013
Who needs the star atop the Christmas tree when you can have three stars center-stage? (Company), Austin Colby (Crossing and Spin) and Maria Egler (Crossing) commanded the stage at the ARK …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:14AMThursday, December 12, 2013
The weather outside may be frightful, but Matt Conner’s peppy, rich piano playing and his group of eclectic friends makes certain that you knew nothing of it. In an hour-long cabaret-style…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:52PM 
