46 stories by "Ally Schweitzer"
Talking to Wils Wilson, director of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, which starts tonight at the Bier Baron Tavern. What's special about performing in a tavern? "The audience see…
So, some guys hit a Laurel recording studio to cut an anthem for famed Chicago criminal Larry Hoover. They wrap up and leave. Then they return with guns—to rob the studio. [NBC Washing…
Two weeks ago, Theater JÂ made history when it performed a play on Saturday afternoon at its home in the D.C. Jewish Community Center. It was the first time the company had performed on Sh…
Back in January, City Paper reported that the H Street Playhouse was being priced out of its digs on H Street NE, and it was looking for a home somewhere nearby—perhaps somewhere farth…
Back in November, City Paper's Lydia DePillis asked, "Can the National Theatre finally come back to life?" For years, the elegant theater with the prime downtown location has been curiously …
The District has granted a $12,000 contract to May 3rd Films for a 30-minute documentary about Ward 8. [WAMU]
Peter Marks on Whorehouse at Signature Theatre: "Let's hope this foray into pede…
Fresh off the heels of Mayor Vince Gray's announcement of a Chuck Brown memorial in Langdon Park, The Howard Theatre has announced a new series, "Wind Me Up, Chuck! Mondays." The regular con…
To mark the golden jubilee of Jamaica's independence, the Art Museum of the Americas is presenting "Outward Reach," an eclectic mix of photographers and visual artists who have one foot in J…
Marvin Hamlisch, principal conductor of the NSO Pops orchestra between 2000 and 2011, has died at age 68. [WUSA 9]
Remembering Hamlisch, who could "get a little cocky," but with good reason …
Mayor Vince Gray dropped some big news this afternoon in a presolicitation event at the Lincoln Theatre: The historic U Street NW venue is officially looking for a new operator. A request…
If Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is right, America's seventh president was an awfully emo guy. This Studio 2ndStage production, which opens today, puts an irreverent musical spin on Jackso…
Google maps the Smithsonian! [AP via Huffington Post]
Tareq Salahi is gonna git that Journey guitarist who stole his wife, by God! [DCist]
In an interview, Capital Fringe Executive Director …
In last week's feature about the Howard Theatre, I said that a strong public-relations campaign has been central to the theater's successful reopening. This afternoon's ribbon cutting outsid…
Last year, Blues Alley owner Harry Schnipper wanted to buy the Lincoln Theatre.
One problem: The troubled city-owned historic facility wasn't for sale.
Of course, that's not what Schnipper s…
At Mike Daisey's talk at Georgetown University Monday night, he said he wants to apologize to Ira Glass, and he acknowledged that he did not correct reporters who assumed he was telling the …
Wow: The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony-award winning musical by the creators of South Park, is coming to the Kennedy Center in 2013. And that ain't the only huge show on the docket: In …
Peter Marks' take on the boxing in Studio Theatre's Sucker Punch [Post]
HuffPo UK spotlights photographer Martin Schoeller, whose images of female body builders are now showing at A…
This morning, the Going Out Gurus gave us a glimpse of the Howard Theatre's entertainment schedule thus far. The lineup is star-studded—almost guaranteed to pack the house every night.…
Shafted: Local artists didn't win squat in this year's Grammys. Unless you consider The Foo Fighters local.
Lady in White: Even D.C. media wasn't immune to the collective Whitney Ho…
Israeli-style gaga, a 20th-century classic by choreographer Paul Taylor, and Philadelphia hip-hop. Which is more surprising: That one dance company would perform all three? Or that the troup…
Among other reasons Ron Paul would make an unlikely standard-bearer for the Republican Party is the fact that he, apparently, doesn't think much of his party's sainted first president. Paul …
