Sometimes the most influential stories are those hidden in plain sight. The durable shells camouflaging their true essence abstain from cracking open for inspection until retrospection. Only…
When it comes to the Civil Rights Movement, a few names immediately come to mind: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and John Lewis. As their pictures aged and their stories were…
A quarrel for independence from a tyrannical regime via a political system that seems to perpetually piddle, twiddle, and resolve on important issues for the sake of saving diplomatic face m…
Legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong once said, "What we play is life." Music is emblematic of the existence we lead and that which surrounds us. Jazz music even more so. "Chez Joey" at A…
"Content is not connection, is not consensus, is not contentment." In a time where even the most diligent of brains have misplaced their ability to differentiate between social and parasocia…
Any self respecting theatre goer at one point has heard a song from or attended one of the many intoxicating productions over the years of "Guys and Dolls." The classic, musical fable of Bro…
Imagine everything you expect a classic Broadway musical to be: the glamor, the harmonies, the leave-you-breathless dancing, and of course a story that will touch your soul. "Some Like It Ho…
If we all hate online dating so much, why do we consistently force ourselves through the humiliation ritual? Deep down, when all is said and done, we just want to be remembered as a person w…
From the final battle at Hogwarts to the "expelliarmus" spells, the phenomenon of Harry Potter is a marvel. Though the story made its way into the cultural zeitgeist nearly three decades ago…
In the surfing world, triangulation keeps you from floating too far from where you're supposed to be. When you're in the water, you pick two points on the shore that won't move so you can al…
There is a monster inside all of us. The choices we make and the people we touch determine whether or not it comes to the surface. Monsters aren't born, they are a product of individual deci…
Omigod, omigod you guys…Elle Woods is back on stage in the DMV and it's, like, the most fun you will have at the theatre. From the moment the curtain rises, The Arlington Players' producti…
"Happiness is a place called Charlottesville." But what comes of that happiness when Charlottesville is plagued with the violence hundreds of white supremacists? "#Charlottesville" at The Ke…
Desire is the ultimate rebellion in a pseudo-aristocratic society that forces stifling, sometimes hypocritical norms onto its constituents. Whether it be the Gilded Age or yesterday, this me…
An average American will spend eighteen years of their life online, glued to a screen. It's an omnipotent tool that divulges instant information and connection but what is the human cost of …
 It's a dream theatregoers have to somehow end up in the middle of an out-of-the-blue dance number à la "The Music Man," "Oklahoma," "Brigadoon," or the like. Part of Kennedy Center's…
When you lose a son, what do you do? Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin "Guac" Oliver whose life tragically ended from a mass shooting at his Parkland School, hopes you never have to find out.…