Satchmo at the Waldorf, at Mosaic Theater Company of DC, is not timid. Nor should it be. With a script by Wall Street Journal arts critic Terry Teachout, the strong hand of Eleanor Hol…
In these times of increasing emphasis on STEM as the seemingly set future direction for American students; when there is serious discussion that college bound students and their parents be p…
Many know Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Arts Center (TFAC) as a re-purposed war-time munitions plant now a prominent and beloved non-profit home for artists to create works in a publicly acce…
Reaching out to new or underserved audience for audience development is likely a major, on-going activity for any local theater troupe. Given the large number of military families and vetera…
What a way to blast open the new theater season. So take your seat at Signature's bold, daring, muscular production of a tale about race and music, Jelly's Last Jam. The 1992 musical is a jo…
How often do we theater-goers find ourselves totally in disbelief when we witness stage violence or physicality? Do you, as I do, find yourself in complete awe of the unnerving movements and…
With the savvy direction of Anne Donnelly and the industrious labors of 4615 Theatre Company, the 400 year-old Shakespearean comedy, Love's Labours Lost has taken a fruitful leap into the 21…
You can't go wrong. Just go with a light heart and desire to have fun as you easily unleash your connections to current world realities. What is it? Â Well, the "what" is a wonderfully bra…
Hungry for inventive choreography? Up for a summer's night adventure with performance that is unconventional and live? Hungry for inventive dance and movement? Desire a way to escape the sum…
Hand to God at Studio is truly outlandish; a joyfully "blasphemous" production just as The Studio Theatre marketing material shouts out in a bold headline. With immersion staging in its inti…
This summer's Kitchen Sink Fest at Dance Place is showcasing a curated, meant-to-provoke on-lookers, dance and theater technical design elements collaboration. From Kitchen Sink Fest prod…
Brimming with the naturalness of a contemporary family trying to withstand many a stressor, Redder Blood at The Hub Theatre, is an exceptionally rare tale to witness. Written by local playwr…
It was a stifling hot, totally sticky humid July evening in the DC area. Cooling breezes under the glowing wooden open structure that is Wolf Trap's Filene Center at first were few and far b…
American epic grandeur will be visible and heard at Wolf Trap when the National Symphony Orchestra presents America the Beautiful in a grand pre-July 4th event. There will be breath-takin…
Rare words indeed to take in and ponder from the preface to the The Brookings Institution's Creative Communities, Art Works in Economic Development: "Without good data and analysis"much of i…
The Good Devil (In Spite of Himself) is a good and plenty retelling of the classic Faust tale and how art can imitate life. Well, let's really say it is an entertaining satiric retelling tha…
Over the past nearly two decades, I have always anticipated what multi-Helen Hayes Award Scenic Designer Tony Cisek will bring forth on the Folger Theatre's intimate stage space with its …
Plunk yourself down upstairs at the Source Theatre to take in a state of mind; one of dreams and dissonance. Let yourself be open to three creative artists who bring forth dream states at th…
The Workhouse Arts Center is a 55-acre cultural arts center located in southern Fairfax County. For the history minded, It was 100 years ago that Suffragettes who had protested the lack of v…
Signature Theatre's production of La Cage aux Folles under the sure hands of Director/Choreographer Matthew Gardiner is a fabulously fun rendering. There is simply no way to leave the pr…
This summer Hylton Performing Art Center is offering a unique opportunity for "hands-on" learning about what happens backstage during a live theater performance. The Hylton is offering…
This year's edition of the DC Source Festival continues with its central mission to present works fresh to the DC area. The new theater works at Source receive their first full production at…
Giving back to the community is an important goal for the Providence Players of Fairfax. The Providence Players (PPF) is known for its work to serve its diverse community, especially with it…
Faction of Fools is delightfully back with a well-concocted, refreshing, street-fair fare of Moliere's The Miser. This happy show is one with a pointed, underscored, right-on-the-surface mes…
So here we are in a world class city with ever changing demographics that represent all the world. Those include refugees, immigrants and people who may practice a different faith. Thanks to…