Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Red Shoes comes to The Kennedy Center October 10 – 15, 2017. The Red Shoes rece…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:04PMSaturday, September 16, 2017
Moral dilemmas feed the dark humor of Bruce Graham’s Any Given Monday, directed by Jennifer Lyman. Marital infidelity, the loyalty of friendship, the eagerness of youth, and the logic of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:26PMMonday, September 11, 2017
Everybody loves a winner. The song “Maybe This Time” reminds one of the spark of hope in a new beginning, what it feels like to cross a path and find someone and find a home. How very si…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:04PMFriday, August 25, 2017
If you are eager to get away from the turbulent news cycle, August humidity, annoying traffic, a mostly undone to-do list, disorder in your immediate circle, or fractures at a global or micr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PMFriday, July 14, 2017
The post World War II Japanese dance theatre form, Butoh, is traditionally performed in white body make-up. Slow controlled movement, body tension and muscular involvement may rely on elabor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PMSunday, July 9, 2017
A cluttered desk, a twenty-minute appointment, a student and a teacher, and what ensues are cerebral twists and turns, well beyond the subdued, weightiness of departmental office hours. We i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:38PMSaturday, July 8, 2017
Large swatches of fabric move time forward or weave through space. The bold colors catch the eye. Confrontational dialogue sets characters in opposition while bodies remain static or surge f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:36AMMonday, June 12, 2017
A few facts are laid at your feet as you move through a couple of simple rooms. Black and white video on old portable television shows a boxing match, which is no match for the clutter. A pe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:23PMMonday, June 5, 2017
The open living room has a well-lived in look: easy chairs, love seat, kitchen nook off to the side, and plenty of collected knick-knacks. It’s a cozy setting for an adolescent argument, e…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:18PMSunday, June 4, 2017
The two men stand at opposite ends of an urban park, on a day that is a mere heartbeat away from the landmark midpoint in the calendar year. Summer and it is an evening to capture the heat t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:48PMSunday, May 21, 2017
In a simple bold setting, a man in a hurry is running late. He is answering his phone, head skewed at an angle to balance between shoulder and cheek. At the same time, he handles a slim file…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PMMonday, May 8, 2017
Welcome to the rehearsal hall. You are a student at a prestigious school for the performing arts. You have mastered your technique, but you are young. You have not thought through the circum…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:58PMSaturday, April 29, 2017
There’s the daily ordeal of truth, imaginary facts, and shifting identities. There is wealth and privilege and assumptions based on hearsay, without understanding. Within all of this lies …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:11AMSunday, April 23, 2017
Is it nature or nurture? Is it innate personality or fearless optimism? Is the ability to see the glass half full, the willingness to take a chance, the inclination to ask or speak your min…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52PMMonday, February 6, 2017
You observe a cozy setting, a two story structure slightly suggestive of institutional. There’s a gliding rocker and curtained windows that filter warm amber light, potted plants, scattere…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AMThey are longtime friends who share an apartment, a hearty back-and-forth, and a splendid repartee of tease, criticism, support and jealousy, and multiple emotions that swirl as individuals …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:51AMThursday, December 8, 2016
Tiered steps and four small café tables re-imagine the Spanish courtyard. With friendly interaction and wine, music and dancing, a cast of nine singers and two dancers introduce the eve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:02PMFriday, December 2, 2016
Three intersecting rings stand out in a circle of white, blindingly clear. The intersection reminds of other triumvirates, three powerful individuals, in an arrangement both formal and inf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:14PMSaturday, November 26, 2016
A complex rigging of interlocking cables, ropes and steel clamps is harnessed by a skeletal steel structure. The structure is at once minimal and abstract, intricate and unambiguous, to sugg…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56AMWednesday, November 2, 2016
The Migration Project: live performance art installation: An immersive visual experience and stories of relocation explore the push and pull of human flight The Migration Project (Push/Pull)…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:42PMSunday, October 30, 2016
For as long as I can remember, it was a movie I looked forward to watching on television each year. It scared me to death when I was little, but the colors, the characters, the opposition of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:14PMSaturday, October 15, 2016
A quick but firm handshake, a genuine embrace, a passing glance to own the room and most of all a nudge, wink and leaning in to make me feel welcome; I have met my first candidate and I have…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16AMMonday, October 10, 2016
The Logan Fringe Arts Space, now offering year-round programming, has launched a new annual series. Julianne Brienza, CEO/Founder of Capital Fringe, has a vision for experiment and the coura…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49PMSaturday, October 1, 2016
There’s a pulse, a simple rhythm. It is both complex syncopation that rushes on, and an inviting and relaxed embrace of the moment. The percussive energy of StepAfrika!, a professional com…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:09PMSaturday, September 17, 2016
You Have Made a Story on My Skin, created by the Production Team and led by writer/performer Rachel Hynes, uses personal stories to explore lingering memories and physical scars. This collab…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:36AMSunday, September 11, 2016
Peter’s Alley Theatre Productions opens its fifth season with Dinner With Friends, a 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Donald Margulies, directed by Kristofer Kauff. An intricate drama …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25AMSaturday, September 3, 2016
Scena Theatre opens the company’s 30th Anniversary Season with Report to an Academy, an emotionally powerful drama. Report to an Academy is based on the 1917 classic short story by Fran…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54AM 
