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Review submitted by Julie Newman of St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School. In Northwood High School’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy For…
In a 2008 poll of the world's leading music critics by Gramophone Magazine, the Amsterdam-based Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) was selected as the greatest in the world. Luckily, the or…
At some point in their careers, most concert pianists tackle some, if not all, of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. Many pianists also commission new music for their instrument by living compose…
Roll the Dice: Enjoy ACCT's Production of Guys and Dolls Jr. By Cynthia Westham I hadn't heard "I love you a bushel and a peck" since my mother sang it to me as a child until l…
When Step Afrika! began performing nearly 25 years ago, founder C. Brian Williams couldn't have imagined his now-famous dance company would bring the art of step to audiences around the worl…
By Andy Arnold If you fancy a trip to Broadway to see a play, a less expensive offering is the Vagabond Players’ adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. It's playing …
Raheem Devaughn. Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Erykah Badu: Soul vocalist and Strathmore Artist in Residence Dante' Pope has performed or shared the stage with them all. From …
by PJ Trautwein There are rare times in life when very special dreams do come true. This happened for me with Agne G's Christmas Concert at my church, Epiphany Lutheran Church, Ellicott City…
South African jazz singer Vuyo Sotashe returns to Strathmore this week on December 14 and 15 to perform holiday standards with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis. Follo…
Now in its sixth year, The DC Center's DC Queer Theatre Festival delivers on its promise to unleash and celebrate underrepresented voices and diversity. After evaluating over thirty submissi…
By Julie Janson If you are looking for some holiday merriment that is fun for all ages, dance and sing your way over to Adventure Theatre's Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas. This musical…
This November, as Americans prepare for Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday season, arts organizations across the Washington area will commemorate a more somber occasion: the 100th ann…
By Ezra Tozian Editor's note: In Avant Bard's production of Illyria, or What You Will"freely adapted from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Jonelle Walker and Mitchell Hébert"the character of …
by Ciahna Heck Three Princes Theatre presents the end of things. at the Charm City Fringe Festival, a daring new piece of theater which touches on the termination of multiple relationship…
By Kylie Miller Fringe Festivals are a great platform for shows that push boundaries and challenge the norm. 50 Shades of Gay does exactly that. Ike Avelli, a 52-year-old single gay man, is …
By Kylie Miller The play on words of the show's title, Un-a-parent, perfectly sets up this comedic solo show. The life experiences of Joe Minchik, the writer and performer, are both hilariou…
For the past 10 seasons, conductor/composer/commentator/author Rob Kapilow has brought his acclaimed series What Makes It Great? to D.C. under the auspices of Washington Performing Arts. Wit…
Cabaret icon Ann Hampton Callaway just released her 16th album, Jazz Goes to the Movies—renditions of songs from classic Hollywood films. On her way to New York to perform at Feinstein…
By Sophie Herreid, Caitlin Partridge, Lauren Patton I had so many hopes. I had so many dreams. But I died I died I died along the way. – Chorus of Refugees, ‘Anon[ymous]’ P…
PUBLIQuartet is not a typical string quartet. Violinists Curtis Stewart and Jannina Norpoth, violist Nick Revel, and cellist Amanda Gookin make up this unique ensemble dedicated to improvisi…
Happy Theater, a theatrical group using object puppetry and physical theatre to heal, unite and inspire, and sorrows&songs, peddling poetry and wonder by way of the stage, will bring the…
Applications are now open for the 2019Â Capital Fringe Festival! See below for application details. OPTION 1:Â FRINGE RUN VENUE Participation in the Fringe Festival is an opportunity for…
By Danny Romeo MetroStage is getting the band back together. Rooms: A Rock Romance celebrates the ten-year anniversary of its premiere this year, in the very theatre where the production had…
When asked to picture a lute, the average 21st-century music fan might envision an illustration from a medieval illuminated manuscript, depicting someone in tights, maybe some sort of tunic …
By Julie Janson Peace Mountain Theatre Company's production of Barbara Lebow's A Shayna Maidel is a piercing, unabashed look at life before and after the Holocaust through the eyes of two se…
