Master storyteller, David Gonzalez is the proud recipient of the 2011 International Performing Arts for Youth “Lifetime Achievement Award for Sustained Excellence.” His work Doub…
Sister Act started out as a blockbuster film starring Whoopi Goldberg, and then spawned a successful sequel as well. It is only natural that you would capitalize upon your success and turn a…
Today marks the second anniversary and number 272 of ‘A Quick 5′ column. Over the past two years the column has introduced you to many interesting and talented people working in …
This Monday night at Flashpoint a whirlwind performance will take place as Qurrat Ann Kadwani brings her critically acclaimed one woman show They Call Me Q back to DC for one night only. I f…
Singer/composer Michael Cavanaugh is probably best known as the Piano Man from the Broadway production Movin' Out, which was a show featuring the songs of Billy Joel. Cavanaugh brought hi…
Jayme Lawson recently was part of the cast of The Rimers of Eldritch at The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts where she also appeared in Ragtime. She has also performed onstag…
Huge spectacle types of shows and me generally don't go together, but the equestrian extravaganza presented by Cavalia known as Odysseo is a big exception to this rule. Boasting itself as…
Some musicals regardless of how they originally fared on Broadway just refuse to go away. Richard O'Brien's love letter to B horror movies (or C and even D horror movies) is called The Ro…
Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker originally starred veteran actress Shirley Booth both on Broadway and in the subsequent film version. It is the story of a widow who is determined that her l…
This, which is now playing  at Round House Theatre has a cast of five top notch actors and production helmed by Round House's Producing Artistic Director Ryan Rilette. Sometimes with t…
People ask me after seeing a show if I liked or enjoyed it. Certain kinds of plays are not things that you like or enjoy. It would be like saying: "I enjoyed Schindler's List." The appropria…
Tony Award winner and TV star Sutton Foster brought her familiar repertoire of Broadway tunes and standards to the Music Center at Strathmore and delighted the crowd with her signature belt …
It always is a pleasure to see fresh talent tackling a show that they might not be familiar with. Montgomery College in Rockville is doing just that by presenting an early musical by the wri…
Nothing makes a rainy night at Bethesda's Music Center at Strathmore considerably brighter than listening to one of our best modern day song stylists singing songs made famous by arguably on…
Back in 1980 Craig Lucas was in the chorus of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece Sweeney Todd on Broadway. When Lucas was asked to put together a revue for The Production Company he got the idea…
Chris Sizemore  is currently playing the role of John  in Miss Saigon which finishes it’s extended run at Signature Theatre this weekend.  Previous Signature…
Chazz Palminteri is currently touring in his tour de force one man show, A Bronx Tale, which will play tomorrow night at the Lincoln Theatre in DC. The performance begins at 7…
With all of the choices of things to do in our area, it’s always nice when something like what I’m about to tell you about comes along. I knew I had to see what was happening …
André DeShields is currently performing in The Jungle Book at Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company in the roles of King Louie and Akela. He created the roles at Chicago’s G…
Sometimes seeing a show for a second time with several years in between viewings, makes me appreciate it more. When I saw the 2008 Tony Award winning musical In The Heights originally, I tho…
When you think of some of the songs that have become a part of our musical culture, chances are one man was responsible for the lyrics. His name was Johnny Mercer, and even if you don't know…
It's one thing to go to a symphony concert and hear a singer be at one with the audience and the orchestra. It's completely different when the orchestra is DC's own musical treasure, the Nat…
Stephen Spinella is currently playing the role of Christopher Benton in the pre-Broadway tryout of The Velocity of Autumn at Arena Stage. Stephen won two Tony and Drama Desk Awards …
Whenever a museum presents something theatrical, it's usually 25 minutes or so, has some nice effects and just scratches the surface of its subject. The National Geographic Museum has chosen…
Red Eye Gravy Theatre Company’s I Am You is a devised, original work that focuses on how we encourage and discourage people based on preconceived notions of who they are and what they …