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The Georgetowner’s Spring 2024 Theater Guide
April 10, 2024
•ONGOING … At Arena Stage, Trip Cullman directs “Unknown Soldier,” the last musical by “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” composer Michael Friedman, with lyrics by Friedman and Daniel Goldstein, who wrote […]
Spring Performing Arts Preview
February 14, 2024
•Duke Ellington 125 Born and raised in Washington, D.C., orchestra leader and composer Edward Kennedy Ellington was nicknamed “Duke” early on for his sense of style. These events celebrate the […]
The Georgetowner’s 2023 Holiday Theater Guide
November 8, 2023
•LAST CHANCE THIS MONTH … You can put on the Ritz with Dr. Frankenstein (“It’s pronounced Franken-STEEN!”) and his monster, but not for long. The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production […]
Fall Performing Arts Preview
September 13, 2023
•DANCE Partnering with Dupont Underground, The Washington Ballet will pop down for four pop-up performances (Sept. 28, 29 and 30). TWB’s main fall event, “Such Sweet Thunder: An Evening Inspired […]
Last Chance to See ‘Till’ and ‘Requiem’
November 14, 2022
•Two powerfully moving productions by risk-taking companies based in Washington, D.C. — Mosaic Theater Company and In Series — are due to close this Sunday, Nov. 20. Mosaic’s “The Till […]
Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
September 14, 2022
•OPERA The D.C. United stadium will become a square in Seville when Washington National Opera brings “Carmen” to Audi Field for this fall’s free Opera on the Field (Sept. 25). […]
DC Artswatch: Plans and Reopenings
June 17, 2020
•D.C.-area cultural organizations aren’t rushing to reopen. Some, like Washington Performing Arts, are looking to make the most of the need for distancing.
Cultural Distancing Marches On
May 28, 2020
•As D.C.-area arts organizations firm up their summer and fall plans, here is a handful (screenful?) of current recommendations for cultural distancing.
Spring Arts Preview: Performance
February 25, 2020
•Noteworthy theater, music and dance happenings in D.C. this spring, assembled by Georgetowner performing arts writer Gary Tischler and cultural editor Richard Selden.
Arts With an Impact on H St. NE
October 23, 2019
•The Atlas Performing Arts Center launched the inclusive, genre-crossing Atlas Intersections Festival in 2010. The 2020 edition will run from Feb. 20 through March 1.