Last night at The Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA I was privy to one of the most energetic and just all out fun concerts I have ever been to (and I have been to A LOT of them!). One…
On a Hot Scorching July night, Jennifer Nettles, one half of the Grammy-award winning duo, Sugarland, set the stage on fire! While the night temperature did lower significantly, due to the a…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Point…Blank…Period, created by Tramaine Brathwaite and written along with Ryiesha Simms and Devynne Stevenson is a hilarious, heartwarming, look into that ev…
Wouldn't it be great if we could all have some stellar, successful person be our own personal mentor? That's what Annie (Catie Carlton) and Tinley (Larissa Kruesi, also one of the two playwr…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Homeboy Thanksgiving, written by Jose Zarate and directed by Rhiannon Cooper is a story of the healing nature of family and friendship. Ernesto (Silas Gordon Bri…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Even before the show starts, Stone Tape Party, written by Danny Rovin and directed by Angela Pirko, immerses the audience in the vivacity that is the house where…
Everything I Do is a musical, loosely adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman by playwright and composer John Becker. Just as the tagline in the promos for the show say, "You've …
Last night at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, I got to be in the presence of the amazing, legendary Diana Ross. Ross, named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful femal…
Someone once said "revenge is sweet." In the case of CulturalDC's Source Festival show Revenge, not only is revenge sweet, but it is hilarious, thought-provoking, and at times a little frigh…
The music of the ABBA never fails to get toes tapping and listeners dancing. Last night at The National Theater was no different. Mamma Mia! is the ultimate love story written by Catherin…
The opening number of Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, "Comedy Tonight," …
I'm sure you've heard about the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast incident in the 1930s, where H.G. Wells' novel was adapted for a radio broadcast read by Orson Welles and caused ch…
I can't think of anything better than a beautiful fall-like night in the middle of the summer, picnicking on the lawn of the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, the company of a good friend, and the…
There is no doubt that technology is a large part of many of our lives. Have you ever left the house and forgotten your smartphone? I have, and I start having withdrawal symptoms just thinki…
When you hear that a theater company is performing Shakespeare's Macbeth, you probably think to yourself "Oh yea…I know Macbeth. How will this be any different from all the other times I'v…
Just like in The Temptations song "The Way You Do the Things You Do," I sure did love the way the Temptations and The Four Tops did the things they do last night at the Filene Center at Wolf…
It was a scorcher last night at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap…and I'm not just referring to the heat. Counting Crows and The Wallflowers put on a hot, hot, hot show! The night started off…
What's better than the sound of rock and roll music and catchy familiar lyrics? Rock and roll music with a British accent, of course! Last night at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Billy Idol…
The amazing Melissa Etheridge kicked off her 2013 Summer Tour last night at The Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA with a rousing performance of the free-spirited, rocking and rolli…
On the Cusp, the series of 10-minute plays inspired by the full length play, Perfect Arrangements, is a batch of amusingly funny stories about beginnings and how they shape us. In A Unicorn …
Its that time of year again! Summer in DC means theater festival time! First up, is CulturalDC's three-week long Source Festival, now celebrating its sixth year. Afterward, the series of 10-…
I am so impressed by the stellar quality of Community Theatre in this area, and I am happy to say that Vienna Theatre Company's production of The Hallelujah Girls, produced by Bill Mullins a…
Shakespeare's Coriolanus is one of his least popular plays"its language lacks the normal Shakespeare smoothness, it’s violent and bloody, it’s long, and there are a lot of scenes…
Given the current political climate, The Victorian Lyric Opera Company's performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's political satire Iolanthe seems particularly apropos. The operetta, now playing…
On a chilly night in December 1956, kismet brought together four music legends Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley for an incredible jam session that would live on …