Weekend Roundup: February 23 through 26
• February 23, 2023

Welcome to another weekend! We round out February 2023 with lots of things to do for jazz fans, Golden Girls enthusiasts, cocktail connoisseurs and more. Take in an Online Evening […]

2023 Helen Hayes Nominations Announced; 37th Awards Show Returns Live at Anthem May 22
• February 9, 2023

And now, returning live, let’s give it up!  For the first time since the pandemic began the Helen Hayes Awards will be returning live for a 37th Awards gala at […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, December 24, 2020
• December 24, 2020

The year is wrapping up with gifts of virtual music and dance performances. Outdoors, you can head north to view lights in Anne Arundel or head west to count birds in Loudoun.

Weekly Arts Round Up, November 5, 2020
• November 5, 2020

Want to draw dinosaurs or make street art? Have we got a stream for you! Among other options: string duets at the Kennedy Center’s Reach campus and a Beltway-themed audio play.

A Path for Theaters to Open Safely
• October 1, 2020

Olney Theatre Center’s artistic director asks: Is live entertainment going to be the only industry that is not put on a path to safely reopen?

Weekend Round Up December 26, 2019
• December 26, 2019

You can celebrate Kwanzaa on Friday at THEARC, then salute Vienna on Sunday at Strathmore. And “An Irish Carol” runs through New Year’s Eve at the Keegan Theatre.

Holiday Arts Preview: Performing Arts
• November 20, 2019

SCROOGES AND NUTCRACKERS The granddaddy of all Scrooges remains “A Christmas Carol” at Ford’s Theatre, with acclaimed actor Craig Wallace inhabiting the part on America’s classic stage (Nov. 21 to […]

A Pertinent, Impertinent ‘Cabaret’ in Olney
• September 3, 2019

The production, directed with jazz-matazz, great heart and theatrical empathy by Alan Paul, is at the Olney Theatre Center through Oct. 6. 

Summer Arts Preview: Performance
• May 16, 2019

Highlights of the summer season in theater, opera, music and dance, along with the harder-to-classify By The People and Capital Fringe Festivals.

Spring Arts Preview: Performance
• March 7, 2019

Our writer on the performing arts points to spring shows of special interest, covering opera, choral, classical, jazz, rock, pop and country, as well as theater.