245 stories by "Nicole Hertvik"
Join members of The King and I's royal court as they step out of character for good fun and a good cause at One Night in Bangkok, a one-night only cabaret benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity F…
Honestly, I am still reeling after seeing Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins' An Octoroon last night. I've been wandering around the house all morning, eyes glazed over, wheels turning in my head while …
By far the best show I have seen at Fringe so far this year, The Regulars will have you laughing in your seat, squealing at insider "DC" jokes and dancing in the aisles, (Really, be prepared…
A light night of theater Repentance is not. In one uninterrupted dialogue that unfolds over the course of 90 minutes, Repentance tells a story of mental anguish, power games and abuse. Willi…
"My employer is an asshole." Shakespeare said that. Ok, not exactly. But the Rude Mechanicals somehow fit the line seamlessly into Arden Now, their abbreviated and modified – yet still…
The great thing about fairy tales is their malleability. Fairy tales have been around for millennia and are often transported from country to country, morphing with each region and time that…
When I was about eight-years-old, I saw an irresistible set of Hello, Kitty pencils while shopping with my mom. She told me I couldn't have them, so I slipped them into my pocket. Once home,…
Now in its fifteenth year as a fundraiser for the educational programs of Shakespeare Theater Company, Will on the Hill joins a few celebrity actors with a gaggle of professional politicians…
GALA Hispanic Theatre's Noche de Estrellas benefit was a brilliant success, raising money for GALA's youth education programs and offering inspired performances and speeches from diverse art…
There's something special about outdoor summer concerts: the light breeze, the chirping crickets, the enjoyment of good music in summer. But when you have all that and the performer is Broad…
Ok, I admit it. I've become slightly obsessed with the CW show Jane the Virgin this week. The love triangles, the mysteries, the heartwarming family moments, what's not to love? In preparing…
Memorial Day this year coincided to the day with the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy. To commemorate the occasion, The Kennedy Center put on a full weekend of eve…
This Saturday, at 2:15pm, noted Broadway Producer Jack Viertel will appear at the Gaithersburg Book Festival in conversation with Olney Theatre Center Artistic Director Jason Loewith to disc…
Morgan James has one versatile voice. It is a voice that that can slip effortlessly from light lyric coloratura to Broadway belting, to Soul singing. Take a look at her career: James earn…
Folks looking for a good cause and a night of show-stopping entertainment need look no further than CityDance's annual DREAMscape Gala. This Saturday, May 6, donors can expect performance…
Rent fans are in for a treat as Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp team up for a one-night-only concert event at Strathmore this Friday, April 28th at 8 PM. Pascal and Rapp are forever joined in t…
Ovations Theatre hits another one out of the park with their production of Hairspray, Jr. performed entirely by 3rd through 9th graders. With a book by Marc O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, musi…
Those looking to add "a little bit of cinnamon" to their theatergoing should head to GALA Hispanic Theatre's current production of In the Heights. Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2008 Tony Award-winnin…
¡No pare, sigue, sigue! Hamilton lovers rejoice! Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2008 Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights premieres tonight at GALA Hispanic Theatre in the show’s firs…
If you are like me, you would have given your right arm for an invitation to "Club Cumming," the nightly party Alan Cumming held in his dressing room at Studio 54 after performances of Cabar…
A native Midwesterner myself, I was eager to see Midwestern Gothic, Signature Theatre's new show that is being touted as Misery meets Fargo, a thriller musical in the vein of Sweeney Todd se…
For a day of family fun, it doesn't get much better than Charm City Players. Charm City's current production, Mary Poppins, continues their tradition of affordable family entertainment helme…
Full disclosure " I've known Jonathan Leaf for a long time. We hung out in New York City in the early 200's when he was a budding playwright and I was finishing up grad school. Since then, J…
Take the Stage Performance Company's latest production, Connected: A Musical Review of the Best Broadway & Movie Musicals, took place last weekend at the Bender JCC of Greater Washington…
International diplomacy is like a game of chess, full of strategy, maneuvering and calculation. You take risks you hope won't prove fatal and you never want to be the pawn. Two Rooms, by pla…