55 stories by "Derek Mong"
It's hard to imagine what to expect at a cabaret debut from a television actor turned Broadway performer turned television game host. Jane Lynch"who some know as Sue Sylvester from the hit-t…
There are a lot of great shows in town this month. There's the fan-favorite The Book of Mormon, the charming and captivating Once, the grassroots Capital Fringe Festival (which just ended)"e…
Disney's high-octane Newsies of New York have pirouetted their way to Pennsylvania Avenue in the Washington, DC, premiere engagement of the Tony Award-winning smash hit musical Disney's NEWS…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts rolled out the red carpet on Sunday evening with a star-studded salute to the swing era of the 1930s and '40s. Under the direction of Gramm…
Hockadoo! After a few toe-tapping hours at The Warner Theatre with the cast of Memphis and their inspired singing and dancing, I still have no idea what "Hockadoo" means, but I know"without …
A magnificent stage usually filled with a full orchestra and a hundred-person chorus might feel empty with just a stool, a microphone, and a lone person, but not when Jay Leno is in control.…
Including everything from Sunday in the Park with George to Company to Into the Woods and everything in between, the work of  has graced the stages of Signature Theatre an astounding twen…
Haunting, chilling, and totally mesmerizing are just a few words that you could use to describe the second collaboration between legendary composer John Kander (Chicago and Cabaret) and accl…
There's no show quite like Spring Awakening, and the students at American University, directed by Amber Jackson, delivered a rousing performance of the beloved musical Thursday night at the …
Set during the Roaring Twenties in the heyday of prohibition, the Tony-winning musical Nice Work If You Can Get It is a celebration of the best of the iconic music of George and Ira Gershwin…
Many of the greatest things in life just better with time, and Signature Theatre's annual celebration of the holidays"Holiday Follies"is certainly no exception. Under the direction of Wa…
David Sedaris and his writing have a way of making a two-thousand seat theatre seem as intimate as your own living room, inviting the audience into the world of his hysterical ponderings and…
Summer Hummer: Ménage à Trois at Signature Theatre Benefits theatreWashington's Taking Care of Our Own  Summer Hummer: Ménage à Trois at Signature Theatre on Monday evening ma…
Matt Nathanson made it very clear Sunday night at The Filene Center at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts that he was not the opening act for Gavin DeGraw. Telling a story abou…
There's something magical that happens when you take ten talented male vocalists, put them in matching slim-fitting blazers, and get them to sing out loud in perfect harmony and a synchronou…
Wolf Trap bills them as a "piano-driven pop rock quartet with impassioned smash hits." Blurt magazine praises them for "the way they seek out views of the world"and not just about their own …
They say a truly great performer has the power to transform a song that you might have heard a million times before into a new experience"to take a classic and make it his or her own while s…
From the first downbeat of his powerhouse opening song, "It Only Takes One" off of his fourth album Wait, Tom Goss delivered a powerhouse performance to the very last note on Thursday night …
"Oh, What a Night!" There's something special that happens when you bring together four supremely talented men on a single stage, couple them with one of the nation's finest orchestras and c…
Nothing quite gets my juices going quite like a Stephen Schwartz musical. Wicked. Godspell. Pippin. But, combine a Stephen Schwartz musical with some of the top talent on Broadway, along wit…
What do you get when you mix 10 gallons of blue paint, 360 pounds of Jell-O, 15 pounds of Cap'n Crunch cereal, 30 boxes of Twinkie Lights, 550 feet of PVC piping, and 40 drum heads? A theatr…
The curtain rises on a dark stage, lit only by torches held by four dancers at the four corners of the stage, surrounding two dancers prancing and weaving about in coordinated, syncopated st…
Stepping into the Signature Theatre's MAX Theatre, you immediately realize that you are standing on a giant, weathered Union Jack"transported, perhaps a bit uneasily for some, into the eerie…
Elphaba, step aside! The high-flying cast of the Tony-award nominated best musical Bring It On: The Musical is defying gravity and launching itself to new heights"literally"and there's not a…
In the words of Maria, the hills are most definitely alive with the gorgeous sound of the stars of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington’s production of Von Trapped" a hilarious parody of…
