Albert Evans, trailblazing New York City Ballet dancer, dies at 46 by Sarah Kaufman

The New York City Ballet is reeling from the untimely death of one of its stars: Albert Evans, 46, a retired principal dancer and a current ballet master. Evans, tall and dignified with a pl…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 5:45pm on June 23, 2015☆⚑

Which 'Inside Out' scene made you cry the most?

Everyone knows Pixar animated films are adult sobfests disguised as kids' movies, so I braced myself when I went to a screening of "Inside Out." Little did I know my tears wou…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:52pm on June 22, 2015☆⚑

'Bombshell' for real?

So "Bombshell" really may be a thing.The musical-within-a-musical on NBC's defunct "Smash" is now being developed by the network as a full-fledged stage musical. This may eventually mark the…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:52pm on June 22, 2015☆⚑

"Bombshell" For Real? by Peter Marks

So "Bombshell" really may be a thing.The musical-within-a-musical on NBC's defunct "Smash" is now being developed by the network as a full-fledged stage musical. This may eventually mark the…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:18pm on June 22, 2015☆⚑

Who Are the New Welders? by Peter Marks

The playwrights who banded together in 2013 to form The Welders built an unusual mandate into their company's story: term limits.  Not by setting an expiration date for the overall concep…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:30pm on June 22, 2015☆⚑

Giving a young set designer her props

Scenic designer Paige Hathaway remembers the epiphany that led to the 31 skulls in her attic-style set for "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" at Folger Theatre. She was sitting in rehea…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:24pm on June 19, 2015☆⚑

Giving a young set designer her props by Celia Wren

Scenic designer Paige Hathaway remembers the epiphany that led to the 31 skulls in her attic-style set for "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" at Folger Theatre. She was sitting in rehea…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:05pm on June 19, 2015☆⚑

A journey of many steps leads to Washington by Celia Wren

Luz San Miguel and Davit Hovhannisyan know about journeys. Born in Madrid and in Yerevan, Armenia, respectively, the two are leading dancers with the Milwaukee Ballet. This summer, they are …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:52pm on June 19, 2015☆⚑

Polish National Ballet takes steps to prove 'we are a changing society' by Sarah Kaufman

The Polish National Ballet is making its Washington debut this week, but its neoclassical style may look familiar to longtime dancegoers. Its artistic director, Krzysztof Pastor, was a resid…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:52pm on June 19, 2015☆⚑

'Body/Soul' and heart, in dances of the many shades of love by Sarah Kaufman

"All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love," wrote Isadora Duncan. The revolutionary's romanticism was on view in "Body/Soul," a program by Word Dance The…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:03pm on June 18, 2015☆⚑

War drama hits home

In one of the most memorable moments in "Occupied Territories," a flawed but often arresting new theater piece, suburban America drifts into the Vietnamese jungle. The camouflage-clad bodies…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:51pm on June 16, 2015☆⚑

War drama hits home by Celia Wren

In one of the most memorable moments in "Occupied Territories," a flawed but often arresting new theater piece, suburban America drifts into the Vietnamese jungle. The camouflage-clad bodies…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:11pm on June 16, 2015☆⚑

Steve and Edie (Martin and Brickell) bring a musical to D.C. by Peter Marks

Steve Martin is a man of many media. In movies, he's played a jerk and an amigo and the father of a bride. On TV, he's been a wild and crazy guy. For museum exhibitions, he's lent pieces fro…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00am on June 16, 2015☆⚑

'Body/Soul' and heart, in dances of the many shades of love by Sarah Kaufman

"All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is love," wrote Isadora Duncan. The revolutionary's romanticism was on view in "Body/Soul," a program by Word Dance Theate…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:33pm on June 14, 2015☆⚑

Source attack blows minds (relax " it's new plays about bad media habits) by Nelson Pressley

The media circus around a fictional L.A. terror attack is the subject of Timothy Guillot's "The Word and the Wasteland," but the play isn't the only thing " not the way the Source Festival r…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:57pm on June 12, 2015☆⚑

Uncovering Roberto Bolle: Dancer reveals (almost) all in new photo book by Sarah Kaufman

If you can't make it to New York this month to watch the Italian star Roberto Bolle dance with American Ballet Theatre, you can see plenty of him in a coffee-table photo book, "Roberto Bolle…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:50pm on June 12, 2015☆⚑

'The higher things of human life' by Celia Wren

Fran O'Rourke doesn't see any incompatibility between his day job " as a philosophy professor at University College Dublin " and his sideline as a singer."Literature, philosophy, music all f…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:30pm on June 12, 2015☆⚑

Sex trafficking in old Argentina, told in grim songs by Nelson Pressley

A real-life sex-trafficking scheme is the subject of the new tango-infused musical "Las Polacas: The Jewish Girls of Buenos Aires," and Mariano Vales's spidery score is a good match for the …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:04pm on June 11, 2015☆⚑

A pack of Parisian oddballs take on the corporate elite by Celia Wren

If you must indulge in wishful thinking, you might as well do it on an elaborate scale, as French writer Jean Giraudoux did in his play "The Madwoman of Chaillot." This piece of philosophica…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:54pm on June 11, 2015☆⚑

After the riots, Baltimore's best shot at redemption may be its arts community - The Washington Post by Frances Stead Sellers

On the April day when Freddie Gray died from injuries he suffered in police custody and a week before rioters took to the streets in protest, Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:36am on June 11, 2015☆⚑

An airborne 'Newsies' delights

"Newsies sell papes." That's the chesty declaration of the scrappy newsboys hawking papers in 1899 New York in the uplifting Disney musical "Newsies." These adorably rough-edged lads sell th…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:22pm on June 10, 2015☆⚑

'Don Quixote': Flirting with greatness

Lovers' attempts to thwart parental disapproval is old news in the theater, from "Romeo and Juliet" to "Fiddler on the Roof." The ballet "Don Quixote" tells that story, too. So how has the R…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 7:22pm on June 10, 2015☆⚑

'Don Quixote': Flirting with greatness by Sarah Kaufman

Lovers' attempts to thwart parental disapproval is old news in the theater, from "Romeo and Juliet" to "Fiddler on the Roof." The ballet "Don Quixote" tells that story, too. So how has the R…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 4:13pm on June 10, 2015☆⚑

An airborne 'Newsies' delights by Nelson Pressley

"Newsies sell papes." That's the chesty declaration of the scrappy newsboys hawking papers in 1899 New York in the uplifting Disney musical "Newsies." These adorably rough-edged lads sell th…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:53pm on June 10, 2015☆⚑

No more champagne for 'Gigi' by Peter Marks

"Gigi" faced tough odds from the start. Although the new stage version of the 1958 Oscar-winning movie musical boasted a popular young star in Vanessa Hudgens, the show itself had a…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:43pm on June 10, 2015☆⚑