If a pop singer was ever gutsy and gusty at the same time it is Carrie Manolakos. She can belt out long notes and switch in a nanosecond to a tone that ends with a breathy whisper"or vice ve…
The crowd sat back and exhaled a soft "ahhh" at the opening notes of "Un Amor," or "One Love" at the Gipsy Kings concert Thursday night at Wolf Trap. To see the lead vocalist Nicolas Reyes i…
South Carolina, 1949. Fifteen-year-old Alice is about to graduate from high school. When she was 7, her parents had promised her to a man who was old enough to be her grandfather, a little-k…
The Muppets are making fun of us according to a panel of experts at Strathmore. "People don't really know what to expect with a puppet," said Molly Ross, founder of Nana Projects, a multi…
America the Beautiful by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by the earnest and lively American conductor Emil de Cou soared at Wolf Trap. First of all, what a great place. It is so ni…
This is the first in a series of links that will be updated regularly. If you know of any other links on accessible arts, please put them in the comment box below. Accessible: Performances a…
Synesthesia: Sign-Interpreted Performances for July and August by Yvonne French Thursday, July 25th Mandy Harvey Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center Sign-Interpreted and Captioned: Thursd…
General Ulysses S. Grant returned to Washington on Sunday not seven blocks from where he was once turned away from the Willard Hotel when he was in town to visit President Abraham Lincoln. T…
In this 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Washington, D.C., is lucky to have storyteller “Country Joe” Rosier create living histories of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S.…
Don't miss this show when it next comes to town. It is quite an aural and visual experience and the people are great! The National Symphony Orchestra teamed up with video game composers for …
In Ambassador Theater’s The Third Breast you are transported from an idyllic commune into a militaristic cult. The harrowing journey is the hallmark of thought-provoking theater. It…
Highly suggested: watch a Stanley Kubrick film marathon and then go to Kubrilesque, a mash-up his movies, which include The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, and Eyes Wide Shut. But youR…
A group of young adults in Flying Muskrat Theatre Company in Falls Church has produced three thought-provoking one-act plays: a sad futuristic tale, an absurdist love story, and a collage of…
Smithsonian Folklife Festival is Accessible for People Who Have Disabilities The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is accessible for people who: ' are blind or have low-vision ' are deaf or h…
Ass Chronicles is a booty call and a call to booty power Playwright Empress Joyner was inspired by The Vagina Monologues, for which she was cast in New York. Her own play starts with R…
The Metropolitan Washington Ear, Inc., announced that it will provide audio description of  One Night with Janis Joplin, back by popular demand after opening last fall. One Night with …
Sitting in the wings of many plays, operas, and musicals is a mysterious person known as the audio describer. Before the show begins, they start describing the scenery through a small transm…
Blithe Spirit at 1st Stage in Tysons is a guilty pleasure on two levels. First, it lets you take a peek at paranormal stereotyping and second, it lets you glimpse how different a first and s…
The 4th Annual DC Black Theatre Festival will present In Sight and Sound: Live De(a)f Poetry II. The unique use of the word “De(a)f” reflects that half of the artists will be dea…
Scripts due June 1 for Playwright Discovery Competition Middle and high school students are invited to explore the disability experience"-in their own life, the lives of others, or by cre…
Show Boat at Nationals Park Featured Open Captioning Before Opera in the Outfield (the fifth in the M&M'S® “Opera in the Outfield” series) presented a live simulc…
In 1897, American writer Henry James got writer’s cramp and hired Theodora Bosanquet to take dictation on the newly invented typewriter in an arrangement that spanned the last eight ye…
Get a ticket and fly over to Rep Stage in Columbia, MD, for Boeing Boeing, a completely enjoyable bedroom farce. Boeing Boeing premiered in Paris in 1960 where it ran for 19 years and …
“Awesome.” If there is one word to sum up McLean High School Theatre Company’s production  of RENT School Edition it is awesome, according to audience member David Pa…
Anyone who wants a rare chance to absorb something cool and entrancing should go to Deafhood Monologues this Friday, April 5th at Atlas Performing Arts Center. All 14 actors are deaf. They w…