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Review submitted by Zoe Benton of Tuscarora High School. Would you sell your soul to the devil to help your favorite baseball team win? Joe Boyd would, becoming the new, younger Joe Hardy as…
Review submitted by Eamon Raftery-Sweeney of South Lakes High School. A Greek wedding. Three dads. Swedish pop group ABBA. If you mix all three of these and sprinkle in a bit of charm, you g…
Professional Irish Dance Teacher Maureen Berry joins us today to talk about her history with the craft as well as some exciting upcoming projects!!Â
Review submitted by Chris Polio of Northwest High School. Music can bring family together, and can represent the connection between people. St. Andrew's Episcopal school reimagined the story…
Review submitted by Sarah Bourgeois of Westfield High School. A brightly glowing spirit ascends from the heavens at the prayers of an entire town for one man. He's alone, clinging to the rai…
By Ross Heath Of the National Chamber Ensemble's roster of exceptional musicians, three artists, Leonid Sushansky (violin and artistic director), Sean Neidlinger (cello), and Carlos Cesar Ro…
By Daniel Rinehart Britches and Hose Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors begins with a boisterous crowd scene. Then suddenly a great lord and a prisone…
By Rob Cuevas The current production of Oleanna by Providence Players of Fairfax, hosted at Italian Café in Falls Church, VA, is the perfect night out for both delicious Italian cuisine and…
By Pamela O'Reilly The weather in Northern Virginia is miserable again; thank goodness for the Sterling Playmakers' rendition of The Philadelphia Story, Philip Barry's humorous look at the g…
By Andy Arnold Bowie Community Theatre has a hit on its hands with Deborah Brevoort's The Women of Lockerbie. The play, which opened March 1, explores international affairs, and the depths o…
by Beth Amann, Managing Director, Monumental Theatre Company Do you have a little one that you want to introduce to the magic of theater? We have the perfect show for you! Monumental Theatre…
By Tracy Danoff The Kreeger Theater inside the Bender JCC of Greater Washington was buzzing with excitement. In the minutes before the show started, adults and children alike were enthusiast…
Review submitted by Julie Newman of St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School. In Northwood High School’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy For…
In a 2008 poll of the world's leading music critics by Gramophone Magazine, the Amsterdam-based Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) was selected as the greatest in the world. Luckily, the or…
At some point in their careers, most concert pianists tackle some, if not all, of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. Many pianists also commission new music for their instrument by living compose…
Roll the Dice: Enjoy ACCT's Production of Guys and Dolls Jr. By Cynthia Westham I hadn't heard "I love you a bushel and a peck" since my mother sang it to me as a child until l…
When Step Afrika! began performing nearly 25 years ago, founder C. Brian Williams couldn't have imagined his now-famous dance company would bring the art of step to audiences around the worl…
By Andy Arnold If you fancy a trip to Broadway to see a play, a less expensive offering is the Vagabond Players’ adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. It's playing …
Raheem Devaughn. Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Erykah Badu: Soul vocalist and Strathmore Artist in Residence Dante' Pope has performed or shared the stage with them all. From …
by PJ Trautwein There are rare times in life when very special dreams do come true. This happened for me with Agne G's Christmas Concert at my church, Epiphany Lutheran Church, Ellicott City…
South African jazz singer Vuyo Sotashe returns to Strathmore this week on December 14 and 15 to perform holiday standards with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis. Follo…
Now in its sixth year, The DC Center's DC Queer Theatre Festival delivers on its promise to unleash and celebrate underrepresented voices and diversity. After evaluating over thirty submissi…
By Julie Janson If you are looking for some holiday merriment that is fun for all ages, dance and sing your way over to Adventure Theatre's Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas. This musical…
This November, as Americans prepare for Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday season, arts organizations across the Washington area will commemorate a more somber occasion: the 100th ann…
By Ezra Tozian Editor's note: In Avant Bard's production of Illyria, or What You Will"freely adapted from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Jonelle Walker and Mitchell Hébert"the character of …