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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Preview: InterAct Story Theatre Presents ‘One Gold Coin’ (‘Una moneda de oro’) 9/9-18, 2016 At Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center by Rick Westerkamp

This fall, InterAct Story Theatre revisits a favorite work in their repertoire of interactive plays for kids and families. Following up their successful 2015 production of The Hero of Everyt…

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Monday, August 1, 2016

Review: ‘Kitchen Sink Fest’ at Dance Place by Rick Westerkamp

The amount of possibility encapsulated in one minute is a daunting thing to think about, and I pondered such a thing as I waited for the sold out performance of Kitchen Sink Fest to begin on…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:08AM
Thursday, May 12, 2016

A Preview of RebollarDance’s ‘2077’ Premiering on The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on May 17th at 6 PM by Rick Westerkamp

RebollarDance, described by Erica Rebollar as “a modern dance collaborative where multi-genre artists can make innovative work,” has cooked up a truly unique evening of offerings for the…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:20PM
Sunday, February 7, 2016

Review: ‘The 33rd Annual Choreographers’ Showcase’ at The Clarice by Rick Westerkamp

The 33rd Annual Choreographers’ Showcase presented by The Clarice and The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and adjudicated by notable choreographers and te…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:35PM
Thursday, October 1, 2015

InterAct Story Theatre Presents the Inaugural Performance of the Wheaton Family Theatre This Saturday 10/3@11 am at Wheaton Public Library by Rick Westerkamp

This Saturday at 11 am, The Wheaton-based educational theatre company InterAct Story Theatre launches the inaugural performance of the Wheaton Family Theatre Series, at the Wheaton Public Li…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:31PM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

A Special 50% Off Deal for ‘The Hero of EVERYTHING’ for DCMTA Readers Good Through August 31st by Rick Westerkamp

50% Off Special Discount for DCMetroTheaterArts Readers For The Hero of Everything The Hero of EVERYTHING opens September 12th at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre -8641 Colesville Road…

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

‘The Hero of EVERYTHING’ Plays at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre 9/12-27, 2015 by Rick Westerkamp

InterAct Story Theatre is buzzing with excitement, preparing for a run of their acclaimed children’s play The Hero of EVERYTHING preparing to run at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre fro…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36AM
Friday, May 1, 2015

CityDance’s ‘DREAMscape’ is on May 9th at 8 pm at The Lincoln Theatre by Rick Westerkamp

Dance education, be it for the aspiring professional dancer or the recreational dancer, gives the student a myriad of gifts that apply to the technical field of dance, and various other aren…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:34PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Behind the Scenes of Young Playwrights’ Theater’s 2015 New Play Festival, Which Continues Tonight at GALA Hispanic Theatre at 7 PM by Rick Westerkamp

Young Playwrights’ Theater’s 2015 New Play Festival marks the culmination of the hard work of the student playwrights, whose works were selected for the festival, the professional actors…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54PM
Friday, March 20, 2015

‘MindFluctuations’ at Maida Withers Dance Construction Company by Rick Westerkamp

Last night, on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Lisner Auditorium, Maida Rust Withers, artists from Maida Withers Dance Construction Company (MWDCCo), and Composer/Musicians John Driscoll and S…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:25AM
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

‘Just Be’ at Revision Dance Company by Rick Westerkamp

On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 4 pm, the audience at Dance Place was treated to an enlightening and entertaining dance-video performance titled Just Be, by ReVision Dance Company, a reside…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:46PM
Sunday, February 8, 2015

‘Juiced’ at The Clarice by Rick Westerkamp

Tia Nina’s Juiced rocked the Dance Theatre at The Clarice for a solid hour on Saturday, February 7, 2015. This trio of fearless performers, Leah Curran Moon as J Van Stone, Ilana Silverste…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:55PM
Monday, January 26, 2015

Laura Benanti at The Barns at Wolf Trap by Rick Westerkamp

You know how it feels to reunite with a friend you haven’t seen in a while? I’m talking about a good friend, the kind of friend where you can let time go between meetings but you pick up…

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

The 32nd Annual Choreographer’s Showcase at The Clarice by Rick Westerkamp

The 32nd Annual Choreographer’s Showcase at The Clarice offered up an evening of dance ranging from the outwardly exuberant, to the internally nuanced, and emotions in between. The ev…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:19AM
Sunday, January 11, 2015

‘Ascendance’ at CityDance by Rick Westerkamp

This weekend in the CityDance Studio Theatre at Strathmore, CityDance Onstage Ignite presents Robert J. Priore‘s Ascendance. CityDance Onstage Ignite is a program geared toward showca…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:22AM
Monday, November 17, 2014

‘Join in the Dream’ at ClancyWorks at Dance Place by Rick Westerkamp

Join in the Dream featuring ClancyWorks Dance Company and Guest Choreographers, Deborah Riley and Susan Shields, performed this weekend at Dance Place, and provided a contemplative evening o…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:19PM
Friday, September 12, 2014

Nichole Canuso Dance Company’s ‘The Garden’ at The NextNOW Fest at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Rick Westerkamp

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, an incubator for arts of all kinds on the University of Maryland campus, is bustling with the NextNOW Fest, running through this Sunday, September 1…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:46AM

‘NextDANCE’ at The NextNOW Fest at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Rick Westerkamp

The NextNOW Festival at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has a wonderful line-up of performances running through this Sunday, September 14th at the gorgeous arts space on the Univers…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:39AM
Sunday, September 7, 2014

‘Colossal’ at Olney Theatre Center by Rick Westerkamp

In his curtain speech prior to the opening night performance of Andrew Hinderaker’s Colossal at Olney Theatre Centre, Artistic Director Jason Loewith mentioned ‘past, present, and fu…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:31AM
Friday, July 18, 2014

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Killer Quack’ by Rick Westerkamp

(The Best of the Capital Fringe) James Judd’s Killer Quack is one of those rare moments in the theatre that moves the audience along the spectrum of emotion. For fifty-five minutes, Ju…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:20PM
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘You, or Whatever I Can Get’ by Rick Westerkamp

(Best of the Capital Fringe)  On Wednesday, July 16, 2014,  the magic of live theatre was alive at the opening night performance of You, or Whatever I Can Get at the Baldacchino Tent Bar …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:29PM
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Intrigue, A Mystery on Marley…’ by Rick Westerkamp

Within in the first five minutes of draMAStic dance works’ production of Intrigue, a mystery on marley…, the audience hears a blood-curdling scream and sees a man in a chalk outline on t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:32PM

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘#albatross’ by Rick Westerkamp

(Best of the Capital Fringe) MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet, a DC-based company founded in 2010, presents #albatross in this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival, with a program of three works. T…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:06PM
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Old Man Never Let It Go’ by Rick Westerkamp

(Best of the Fringe!) If Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea strikes you as an interesting choice of subject for a movement theatre piece, you are where I was prior to seeing The Ol…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:07PM
Friday, April 25, 2014

The Washington Ballet: Tour-de-Force: Balanchine!’ at The Kennedy Center by Rick Westerkamp

The Washington Ballet: Tour-de-Force: Balanchine is a truly spectacular evening at the ballet, with something for everyone. This program has, in my opinion, a balance of classical and contem…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:48PM
Sunday, March 23, 2014

‘Tender Napalm’ at Signature Theatre by Rick Westerkamp

You know those moments in life that seem to transport you to another state of being, and feel like an out-of-body experience? How about those moments when it feels like the world is moving i…

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

‘Pleated’- MFA Thesis Concert by Stephanie Miracle at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Rick Westerkamp

  Walking into the Dance Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, I was excited to attend Pleated, Stephanie Miracle’s MFA Thesis Concert.  My excitement stemmed from my inte…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:35PM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

31st Annual Choreographers Showcase at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center by Rick Westerkamp by Rick Westerkamp

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center hosted the 31st Annual Choreographers’ Showcase this past weekend. The program welcomed seven modern dance works, which were all adjudicated by Sid…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:57AM
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

An Interview with La-Ti-Do’s DonMike Mendoza and Regie Cabico by Rick Westerkamp by Rick Westerkamp

On Monday nights for the past two years, the DC/MD/VA area’s artists and arts enthusiasts alike have been packing the Black Fox Lounge in DuPont Circle, eager to take in that week’s set …

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Friday, November 22, 2013

‘Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life’ at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater by Rick Westerkamp by Rick Westerkamp

At the top of the show, Maurice Hines said, “DC is fierce!” After experiencing Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life tonight at Arena Stage, I must say that it is Hines himself that is fi…

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Friday, November 15, 2013

DanceWorks Fall 2013 at The George Washington University by Rick Westerkamp by Rick Westerkamp

The structure of the George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance’s DanceWorks Fall 2013 concert is absolutely wonderful. The audience is welcomed into the concert with a f…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
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Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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