For Ryan Brown’s ‘Swan Song’: An Opera Lafayette Highlight Reel
• May 8, 2025

Wrapping up a 30-year run, Ryan Brown, founder and artistic director of Opera Lafayette, conducted his “swan song” on April 30 in the magnificent sanctuary of St. Bartholomew’s Church on […]

Exhibit Opening – “Jaguar Moon” & “My Tiny Castles”
• April 22, 2025

In this exhibit, explore the works of two D.C. artists who, though drawing inspiration from different sources and working in different media, both celebrate the magic and splendor of our […]

At STC, Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ Checks off All the Right Boxes 
• April 17, 2025

This weekend is your last chance to catch ‘Downton Abbey’ star Hugh Bonneville in ‘Uncle Vanya’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC). A perfect blend of comedy and poignant emotion, this […]

An ‘Electro-Acoustic’ Opera at the Kennedy Center
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“Passion, obsession, betrayal, love, death. The story of Steve Jobs is animated by big, human thematics that resonate throughout opera history,” said composer Mason Bates. “Sometimes folks will suggest similar […]

The Georgetowner 2025 Spring Theater Guide 
• April 9, 2025

THIS MONTH ONLY …  Irish arts organization Solas Nua presents readings of “The Frederick Douglass Project” by Psalmayene 24 and Deirdre Kinahan, about Douglass’s 1847 journey to Ireland, at the […]

Editorial: The Assault on Our Cultural Assets 
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Whatever downsides there may be to living in and around Washington, D.C., even in our historic, amenity-rich neighborhood of Georgetown — the high cost of living, the tourist crush, the […]

April All That Jazz, Georgetown
• April 3, 2025

By Mark Edelman Ella Fitzgerald crooned that April (the one in Paris, at least) has “a feeling that no one can ever reprise.” With the cherry blossoms reprising their annual […]

Works by Chekhov, Medtner and Other Russians
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Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky is having a moment. Steve Carell took him on last spring in a Lincoln Center Theater production directed by Lila Neugebauer. In Greenwich Village at the Lucille […]

Washington Performing Arts Gala Raises $700,000
• April 1, 2025

The Washington Performing Arts’ 2025 “Make IT Happen Gala” raised nearly $700,000 for the organization’s artistic, arts education, gospel music and community engagement programs. There were performances by Imani-Grace, trumpeters, […]

‘The Bedwetter’ a Humorous, Relatable Time
• March 6, 2025

Comedian Sarah Silverman’s musical “The Bedwetter” currently playing at the Arena Stage takes one back in time to when Silverman was 10 years old, and a bedwetter! One never knew […]