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Jazz and cabaret performers John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey perform and impromptu medley, host a radio show, and discuss their craft.
Even retooled, Les Misérables is a colossus.
Do-over! The producers, composers and actors of Next to Normal are shouting it, in the cause of this musical tale of a suburban mom's total mental collapse. And if they do manage to find success in the unorthodox effort to give it a Washington retooling—after it was already unveiled and reviewed in New York—then an intriguing new model might be in the offing for how an American musical becomes its finished self.
Billy's gotta dance. And you gotta see him do it.
At 48, Kristin Scott Thomas Is Redefining Her Roles
Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser will help the New York City Opera find its footing after its season was suspended and its artistic director quit.
Miriam Makeba, Heard but Not Seen
In "Grey Gardens," the Tony-winning musical that's landing at Studio Theatre, the start of the second act can really speak to a costume designer.
When touring a political play in a political year, an actor naturally studies the pros.
"Every second," says Stacy Keach of watching the real politicians. "I keep CNN on as a night light."
Rebecca Luker will set aside for a couple of days the Edwardian ensembles she wears as Mrs. Banks in the Broadway production of "Mary Poppins" so she can come to Washington to perform new so…
The karaoke in The Race is more than a gimmick. It's one of many theatrical devices that this up-to-the-minute exercise in civic theater uses to encourage audiences to open up about a topic that the show's creators believe gets short shrift, even in an election year, and even in the nation's capital: Americans' notions of what a leader should be.
After 18 years of providing free summertime Shakespeare at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre, the Shakespeare Theatre Company is moving the much-admired program indoors.
With a Spring in Its Steps, 'High School Musical 3' Aces Its Higher Class
The skills of Piven, Moss and Esparza are marshaled so stylishly that you must stop and salute the leadership of director Neil Pepe, who allows us to see plainly the relevance retained by th…
