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Onstage, Georgetown: Plays Are Blooming
Onstage, Georgetown: Plays Are Blooming
March 27, 2024
•By Mark Edelman April showers may come your way, along with the tail end of those lovely cherry blossoms. Meanwhile, these plays are blooming in the coming months at theaters […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]