Baltimore native Tanea Renee delivers a riveting performance as Billie Holiday in a production extended by popular demand. By MALCOLM LEWIS BARNES
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:27PMWith a “One Night Only” opportunity to shine, DC native and Duke Ellington graduate YahZarah showcased her five-octave range as she teamed with a four-member ensemble to cover 30 of Aret…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:17PMThe musical tribute to Whitney Houston included poignant personal stories of how her spirit touched young LGBTQ lives.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:17PMThe visionary executive producer goes behind the scenes and reveals his dreams for 'Live on Stage' Black content.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:02PMWhat raises the rafters is the show's rousing gospel standards, and what makes it work like a charm is the authentic cast of vibrant church ladies.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:29PMPlaywright and Director Iyona Blake offers a vibrant, unvarnished view of the Black feminist experience with mental health.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:59PMAnd this earnest performance by one of the country’s oldest community theater groups begs for a post-show conversation about it.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:51PMA raw and authentic stage adaptation of the 1991 indie movie mega-hit.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:50PMThe production brought full circle the theater department’s power to groom and produce world-class talent.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:58AMSpot-on dance choreography and compelling vocals keep the musical moving at a breakneck pace.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:11AMA popular triumph in London, Natasha Gordon’s beautiful debut play centers on a Jamaican funerary tradition of celebration and reverence.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 01:53PMGALA Hispanic Theatre’s groundbreaking new season was topped off November 5, 2021, by a full-house opening of Salvador performed by Flamenco Aparicio Dance Company as part one of the two…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30PMAt the newly renovated venue on the campus of Montgomery Community College, the audience was demanding an encore and dancing in the aisles.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PMPearl Cleage’s groundbreaking play features pioneering Black women overcoming daunting odds.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:41AMThe prominent community theater takes a swing at August Wilson's big-league drama.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AMHer High Priestess of the Sax persona with a Miles Davis sense of cool riveted the pumped-up crowd.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50PMSeptember 4 and 5, an eclectic multi-musician lineup from mid-day to midnight.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:41PMBut the flow was not there.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21PMThe Baltimore native was special guest vocalist with Pieces of a Dream on opening weekend and brought down the house.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:59AMThe lyrical legend shared the stage with an international cast of magical musicians.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:20PMA perfectly cool evening of Broadway hits backed by the National Symphony Orchestra.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:54PMOn the 50th anniversary of the landmark National Park Service music-and-entertainment center, DC’s Official Music takes center stage.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:40PMGALA Hispanic Theatre’s Ella es tango (She Is Tango) is the tale of two centuries of music, dance, and female liberation from the origins of Tango as a macho form of entertainment, for th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:57AMDirector Psalmayene 24 and actor-poet Justin Weaks join forces again in Flow, bridging the gap between Old Skool rappers and new age Flowetry performers to trace the tragic footsteps of seve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:40PMJosé Torres-Tama's genre-bending sci-fi Latino noir satirizes the absurd status of immigrants as “extraterrestrials.” The post GALA presents stunning one-man ‘Aliens, Immigrants &…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:24PMThe Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota, Florida, took its latest production outside under a balmy 82 degree evening with a full moon glowing over the marquee and offered a 90-minute …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:01PMAs the trendsetting run of Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer came to a rousing close on March 3, Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards and Managing Director Linda DiGabriele…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:29AMAsolo Repertory Theatre’s innovative community engagement forum, IllumiNation, was created in 2015 to explore the social, political, and cultural themes threaded through Asolo Rep’s thea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:47AMSarasota, Florida’s Asolo Rep continues its 2021 outdoor season with the Rolling World Premiere of Mississippi native Cheryl L. West’s Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Ori…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:06PMThe Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota, Florida, took advantage of balmy 75-degree evenings to perform a special Valentine’s weekend open-air concert series titled Light Up the Nig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:44PMThe Commitment March on Washington Friday, August 28, capped off a summer of social justice protest and marked the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream“ spe…
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