Ntozake Shange's music-drama, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf ["for colored girls"] (1976), comprises a seminal work of poetry, music, and improvisatio…
Shake Loose: A Musical Night of Blues Moods & Icons Hang on to your seats, guys and gals! Over three dozen songs " twelve never sung before at MetroStage " and a libretto comprise a whir…
As a treat for the entire family, or an early Christmas gift, there is none better than C.S. Lewis' classic tale of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe now playing at Providence Players …
Veteran director Vincent Worthington, who also serves as Set Designer and Lighing Designer of Pied Piper Theatre, masterfully lead Piped Piper Theatre’s first musical production at …
From the first scene to the last, Aquila Theatre's riveting posthumous production of Ray Bradbury's 1953 play, Fahrenheit 451 was superb; the best I have seen in casting, design, lighting an…
Marvelous"such a musical treat! Three fantastic acts, all for the price of one admission. Blues with a world perspective greeted patrons on Friday evening, November 15, 2013 at George Mason …
Happy Birthday, Dianne! Wow! What a performance on Friday, October 18, 2013 at Strathmore! Whether fans came to bask in your signature Latin style of nearly forty years, your effortless scat…
Dancing in the Wings, a musical by Debbie Allen, returns again to the Hylton Performing Arts Center on George Mason University's Manassas Campus. Adapted from the 2000 book by Debbie Allen a…
Some people, events, and songs are timeless as in the case of Bye Bye Birdie, a musical based on real life rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley's 1958 induction into the U.S. Army. A fun…
 Three-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, poet, and actress, Jill Scott appeared at Wolf Trap's Filene Center on July 15, 2013. Greeted by Washington's humid 90 degree weather, th…
The musical high priests of 'Cosmic Consciousness' Earth, Wind & Fire played June 4, 2013 to a sold-out audience in The Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia. Spanning the music…
Anyone fortunate enough to be within range of Bobby McFerrin's rich voice in his final U.S. performance before embarking on a full summer international tour, in The Kennedy Center for the Pe…
True to author Harold Pinter's many talented literary works and dark psychological themes, the opening night of No Man's Land on May 2, 2013, in the WSC Avant Bard's new space at Theater on …
Continuing a long tradition of top notch performances, The Barns at Wolf Trap featured the compositions of contemporary jazz pianist Joe Sample on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. Even…
Curiosity enticed me out to The Kennedy Center on Friday, April 5, 2013 for the 9:30 p.m. performance of Artistic Advisor for Jazz, Jason Moran's tribute to the jazz music of Fats Waller, bi…
In keeping with its blues-drenched hand-clapping theme, the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra (MJO), delivered another festive evening of big band tunes at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2013…
The life and music of D.C.'s own native son, Marvin Gaye (Keith Washington), one of the most gifted musical talents of the twenty-first century, came alive for a few brief hours at The Warne…
Virginia Opera's third installment in their 2013 American series, A Streetcar Named Desire, an opera in three acts premiered at George Mason University's Center for the Arts on Friday, March…
There is no annual holiday celebration in Louisiana without Mardi Gras! According to historians, Mardi Gras, a one-day prelude to Lent dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of …
Kudos to another sold-out season performance of The Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS). For the third year, the societies commanded a musical…
The world premier of the musical Ladies Swing the Blues, book and lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II and music by William Knowles, was presented on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at MetroStage in Alexan…
A dynamic, new ensemble directed by Tommy Igoe (Drums); Nick Marchione, August Haas, Mat Jodrell, and Brandon Lee (Trumpets); Dave Bargeron, Mark Miller and James Borowski (Trombones); Natha…
If you were fortunate enough to catch the last performance of Sing the Truth's legendary tour at The Music Center at Strathmore on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., you were part of th…
Savion Glover, artist, actor, choreographer and tap dance superstar extraordinaire, is widely known to everyone, young or old, who loves tap. His latest offering, SoLe Sanctuary offers audie…
An appreciative Washington, D.C. metro audience overflowing with young little people and their parents and grandparents, too, were treated to tales of Christmases' past, performed in a 60 mi…