Adventurous? Looking for something fresh, uplifting, and yes, even heavenly in contemporary classical music with ethereal, hypnotic voices? There are two upcoming musical events in close-…
In these days of a re-igniting Cold War between Russia and the United States, those old grainy black-and-white films of a long thought dead dictator, Comrade Joseph "Uncle Joe" Stalin are be…
If we in the theater universe want to nurture new and emerging playwrights, I would think the earlier we are there for them, the more likely we can be helpful. Once again, The Hub Theatre is…
Ha! Minor role indeed. It's only Snug one of the Rude Mechanicals in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. But special fan's props are due to the gentle, shy Snug in the current Fol…
Round House Theatre has crafted a formidable artistic statement for Suzan-Lori Parks' inventive, no make that commanding, Father Comes Home from the War (Parts 1, 2 & 3). It is a quietly…
What now, two decades after the lives depicted in The Sisters Rosensweig? Certainly Theater J has produced a polished, lovingly curated production of Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosenswe…
Permit me this before my actual review of Lynn Nottage’s bold, brave play SWEAT which is receiving a splendidly searing, raw, and real production at Arena (Co-commissioned with the Ore…
"Opera is officially dead."Â So read the headline for Christopher Ingraham's Washington Post Wonkblog. And in "one chart" yet. Ah, yes big data says it all neatly and with great certitude…
Such a bubbling, darkly comic world in which to our abundant enlightenment, all that is solid melts into thin air. This is the Studio Theatre production of the vinegary urban domain devised …
What starts as a delightfully wacky lark of well-told tales perfectly suited for theater buffs of a certain age or for those who know Broadway's eccentricities through television shows such …
The cranes are up and building is moving afoot in the "new" Tysons in Fairfax County, Virginia. So, what will Tysons residents do for their near-by cultural arts fix and live performing a…
In Northern Virginia, two community centers have had long-standing and continuing activities commemorating the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. They are the McLean Community Center an…
Shake Loose, the new musical bound for Alexandria's MetroStage, aims to bear witness to a swirling whirlwind century of events in the lives African American people. Its purpose is "to br…
Matilda the Musical, now at the Kennedy Center Opera House, is for all the disrupters and agitators out there in the world no matter what age. It is an insurrection fueled by children …
Fabulous! Potent! Forceful! Tender! Let yourself fall in love again or for the first time with West Side Story. From the first note of the orchestra's prologue, then quickly met with the syn…
What a gorgeous, festive evening The American Pops, under the direction and the quietly flowing baton of Luke S. Frazier, gave the Lisner audience last night with their entertainin…
Synetic Theater continues to winningly upend The Bard's canon with its 12th production in the speechless, though far from silent, series that had its start in 2002 with Hamlet…the rest …
“Imagine a morning in late November. A coming of winter morning” are the opening mood-setting words in the resplendent, gentle WSC Avant Bard production of Holiday Memories by Tr…
The man with the famous blue raincoat who wrote many a reflective, if not prophetic song over the past decades will be arriving at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Northern V…
One of the most popular heartwarming family musicals, which is chock-full of youthful energy, charming songs and wise life-lessons, is coming to the Dulles Corridor. It is Next Stop Theatre'…
At the heart of Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet are his Old-Testament Job-like questioning of an unseen, unknown higher presence. Questions abound around the matter of why do we (and, of…
Dazzling. Indeed Pericles is quite dazzling in the contemporary creation from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival currently at the Folger Theatre. It possesses a radiance with its modern youthfu…
In collaboration with the Workhouse Museum and the History Committee Lecture series, the Workhouse Arts Center located in Lorton, VA will present an Inner Voices Lecture with Roach Brown.…
The major joy in writing this column comes from getting to know the up and coming creative artists in the DC area, especially since a whole new generation is sweeping into the area. One does…
What better theater piece to consider for an immersive, "locked-away" experience than Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit. For that alone, Nu Sass deserves and earns plaudits for its very nifty No Ex…