15 stories by "Teal Ruland"
It was clear when I walked into the intimate theatre that the party had already started at this 2014 Capital Fringe Festival ‘Best Comedy and Best Overall Show.’ Music was blasti…
If you saw a drawing of a lumpy hat, would you assume it was just that? As an adult, you might. In the Kennedy Center's Washington National Opera: Holiday Family Opera production of The Litt…
There are many types of applause one hears in a concert hall"polite clapping, raucous applause, the awkward slow clap. Felix Contreras, the host of last night's cheerful NPR’s A Jazz P…
Last night, Grammy-nominated, Billboard chart-topper, and actor Josh Groban dazzled a sold out audience with selections from his newest album, All That Echoes, and oldies but goodies from ea…
Wolf Trap Opera's production of George Bizet's Carmen started as a flurry of lightning bugs and lit up phones last evening. Wolf Trap revealed new, cutting-edge supertitle technology by Figa…
Last night was the first performance of the final program of The Kennedy Center's NEW MOVES: symphony + dance festival, a two-week celebration of dance, music, community, and passion. Maestr…
The lobby of the George Mason University’s Center for the Arts was a sea of emerald green yesterday, with enthusiastic fans of all ages in more tweed than at an academic convention.…
Jake Heggie's whale of an opera, Moby-Dick, makes its east coast premiere at The Kennedy Center this evening at the Washington National Opera. Based on the famous 19th-century novel by Herma…
Spanish jazz guitarist and composer Oscar Peñas made his Kennedy Center KC Jazz Club debut last evening, exhibiting his awesome fusion of classical guitar laced with smooth, jazzy, Spanis…
 Grammy Award winner, Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee, Hollywood heartthrob, and all around dreamboat Harry Connick, Jr. took over Wolf Trap’s Filene Center last night. The t…
When I listen to Pink Martini, I often feel that I should either be sipping a martini in a dark and cool lounge, or else drinking delicious, hot cAdd Mediaoffee outside a café in Paris o…
Steve Martin, actor, comedian, author, playwright, producer, and musician (take your pick of his many skills), has been strumming, plucking, and picking the banjo for over 45 years.The now 6…
Bond likes his a cappella shaken, not stirred, Santa likes his cold and with warm cookies, and a few presidents in South Dakota like theirs (and their faces) on the rocks. Me? None of the ab…
Before this evening, I had never been to Wolf Trap for a performance, but it reminds me of the greatest tree house I never had, with stellar acoustics and lights to boot. Tonight, Ingrid Mic…
On the surface, Werther is a simple "boy meet girls, boy falls in love with girl three hours later, girl marries someone else, boy dies" story. Like many operas, Werther follows the typical …
