Correctly predicting what kind of serious art music would and would not be presented on American concert stages in 2019 would have fooled " even baffled " the most prescient of musical obser…
LA Theatre Works is bringing its distinctive radio style, live theater to the DMV with a production of SEVEN. A documentary theater play, SEVEN is based on the lives of seven extraordinary w…
If the invitation would have been to see the genre-bending Portland-based cabaret-style self-described 'little orchestra,' Pink Martini, featuring China Forbes with special guest star Meow M…
The 2019-2020 Theater and Policy Salon season will start on October 18 at 3 pm with a Salon at New York University's Washington DC campus at 1307 L Street, NW in downtown DC. The conversatio…
Now in its second season, Prologue Theatre's mission is simple: They want to start conversations. They will undoubtedly accomplish this with their take on Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teen…
How does that new GalaPro app work? How well does it work? And what's it like to watch a show with it? This inquiring theatergoer wanted to know. Many Deaf and hard of hearing people are alr…
Creative Cauldron announces an open call for submissions for its new "Bold New Musical Voices" Festival, to be held from April 27 " May 6, 2020. The festival seeks new and innovative musical…
In her U.S. premiere, rising Thai-Australian playwright Anchuli Felicia King takes a scathing look at the ugliness of the beauty industry in White Pearl, beginning November…
The Charm City Fringe is on! Here's what I got up to last night. Reviews Poly-Theist "Brett was a married, 21-year-old monogamous Evangelical. Then he became the opposite." When real people …
Baltimore's fussy old Hippodrome Theatre is the ideal setting for any show dealing with fin de siècle madmen acting out obsessive love fantasies. So consider it a reward to have a thrilling…
Now playing a limited Off-Broadway engagement at Irish Repertory Theatre, Irish playwright Conor McPherson's Dublin Carol, which made its debut at London's Royal Court Theatre in 2000, tells…
India.Arie is music therapy for the soul " part mindfulness meditation through song and part groove-funk to keep it real. Authenticity is her brand essence, but her performance is much more …
Two clowns open a suitcase. In that suitcase lies a rope. A long rope. They start to play with it, tug-of-war stuff, with the loser pretending he's winning. Lotsa yuks. Then the twist. And t…
Footloose, the 1984 movie starring everybody's friend, Kevin Bacon, was a hit for many reasons, but one stood out over the others: dancing means life, and dancing gives meaning to life. This…
Ballet, like opera, has a love-hate relationship with its 19th-century repertoire. Contrived plots, truly embarrassing cultural stereotypes, crowd-pleasing but horribly dated choreography th…
Join LA TI DO for an intimate evening with YouTube sensation Natalie Weiss at Union Stage at The DC Wharf featuring Natalie Weiss with a live band. Where: Union Stage, 740 Water St, SW Washi…
Sitting in a theater for a two-hour-and-five-minute running time without intermission is not particularly comfortable for many audience members who might require a bathroom break or a chance…
Internationally acclaimed cellist Amit Peled joins Peabody Conservatory alumna Allison Freeman for a free concert this Sunday, October 13, 2019, at 4:30pm at St. Edward the Confessor Church …
Four years ago, I walked into what was then the Barnes & Noble in downtown Bethesda and asked for a sales clerk's assistance locating one of Jimmy Buffett's greatest hits CDs. She was st…
If this summer's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra labor dispute underscored that remonstrating over the sustainability of American symphony orchestras is pointless if we don't clarify whether th…
October 10 marks the Launch Party for the Eighth Annual Charm City Fringe Festival, a celebration of new and emerging independent theatre that will continue through October 20th. The kickoff…
Ah, an evening of cabaret in an intimate venue in the swanky Pike and Rose complex. Elegant artists dressed to the nines singing and playing sophisticated classics from the Great American So…
What a play! Escaped Alone is full of dramatic presentations announcing a coming apocalypse; an end of days. The production at Signature Theatre is receiving rightful praise (read my colleag…
Shadow puppets, sock puppets, masked performances, large scale festival puppets, and marionettes appear in cultures around the world. Enduring over the centuries, puppetry is an art, in mult…
It's that time of year again, when there's a bit of Pumpkin Spice in everything and Halloween themes are taking over. The Workhouse Arts Center is doing its part to add a bit of horror into …