76 stories by "Leslie Weisman"
The Irish are legendary storytellers, and Conor McPherson's play, one of his earliest, is a rollicking but thought-provoking tale of adventurous misadventure, told as a rotating round (and r…
The words "family reunion" are bound to evoke mixed memories, no matter whose family it is. That said, I'd wager there are few whose mixture is as experientially eclectic"and as psychologica…
If Hamlet as a character is historically"and enduringly"shrouded in fog, the scene that greets us as we enter Lumina Studio Theatre's production of Shakespeare's eponymous play is more than …
No, she is not. But in the year "1400, either more or less exactly," per playwright Christopher Fry's prefiguratively imprecise formulation, written in the aftermath of the, for many, apocal…
Even today, a trip from Moscow to Hollywood is not one to be taken on the spur of the moment. What must it have meant for those in the early years of the last century, artists and musicians …
The Russian Chamber Art Society (RCAS) has become the go-to organization for those in the know in the DC area when it comes to rarely heard"and rewardingly performed"works from the Russian c…
"Part mystery, part romantic comedy, part moral fable, Our Mutual Friend justly earns its place among Dickens's most brilliant novels." With these words, Directors Kelly Newman O'Connor and …
It's eleven o'clock. Do you know where your children are? A question we've become accustomed to, it's meant to both prod us and reassure us that the "village" is looking out for us, and for …
All the world's a stage, and much of life's a circus. Shakespeare may not have said the second part, but his whirlwind, identity-switching, gender-bending, who's-on-first 1602 comedy Twelfth…
Say "Tchaikovsky," and as Christmas creeps ever closer, be it excitingly or inexorably, visions of sugar plums, graceful ballerinas in sparkles and white tulle, and softly falling faux snow …
It's not often that theatergoers have the rug of common assumptions pulled out from under them and enjoy both the trip and"as the dust and a few loose threads settle to the ground beside the…
Amore! Amour! Amor! The eagerly anticipated concert by the couple memorably dubbed by a leading British newspaper "the Jay-Z and Beyoncé of opera," tenor Stephen Costello and soprano Ailyn …
You can easily miss him. Lying on the floor in dim light, dressed in grey, still as death, he is easily overlooked. It is the young woman, her dark blond hair held back with a tortoise-shell…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Who, indeed, has come to play? Five women in ten choreographic (no less compelling, for being non-cinematic) captures, their bodies conveying emotional captu…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Six actors: three men, three women, all in all black"t's, tanks, slacks, shoes, leggings"sitting, standing, walking upon; bounding, flipping, dancing across a sq…
Stephen Mead is no stranger to Fringe"or to one-man shows: his "Dark. Powerful. Mysterious. Magnetic. Suspenseful" performance in Murder on the Bare Stage, as lauded last year by DCMTA's Ver…
Soprano Andrea Rost, whose career began in European opera houses, must have felt at home in the Warner's lavishly appointed, gilded and crystal-chandeliered art deco interior, the stage'…
Rarely do we see the poetically evocative adjective "arabesque" outside the ballet. So being invited to "An Arabesque Event" held an irresistible charm. As it turned out, the title was more …
What's the best place to enjoy a scrumptious lunch surrounded by ever-changing exhibits by local artists, while hearing celebrated actors and writers engage each other in stimulating, illumi…
If you have a child or grandchild you'd like to introduce to ballet, does The Washington Ballet has a show for you. Artistic Director Septime Webre’s Peter Pan is a cherry lollipop …
 SUBJECT: What You Know There are known knowns. There are known unknowns. There are unknown unknowns. But there are also unknown knowns"that is to say, things that you think you know tha…
"The Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre entrance temporarily closed for emergency work until Monday, March 31." For anyone familiar with the legendary lockout that threatened to strand several hun…
In his third and final Explore the Arts lecture at The Kennedy Center's Terrace Gallery on great composers serendipitously born in years lending themselves to anniversary celebrations in …
The Washington Chorus, marking the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth with a series of concerts, offered the sixth on Sunday evening, with a program of arias, scenes and choruses…
Sunday afternoon's recital at The Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, the Alexander Kasza-Kasser Concert, was a musically and intellectually adventurous expedition that testified absorbingly t…
