Big Band, Bigger Swing: James Bazen Lights Up Blues Alley
• February 4, 2026

By LaMarr Funn The James Bazen Big Band returned to the world famous Blues Alley in January to a packed house, filling the storied room with longtime supporters and first […]

Women in Jazz: Yoko Miwa at Blues Alley
• January 29, 2026

By LaMarr Funn “It is a dream come true to play two nights at Blues Alley.” — Yoko Miwa For two days and four sold-out shows on January 15 and […]

Jazz Icon Monty Alexander Ushers in the New Year at Blues Alley
• January 8, 2026

By LaMarr Funn As the final hours of 2025 slipped quietly into memory, there was no place more alive—or more joyful—than Blues Alley. Tucked along a narrow, brick-lined passage in […]

Bluegrass Legends at the Birchmere, Wolf Trap, Politics and Prose
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Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry began as a live radio variety show, “The WSM Barn Dance,” broadcast for the first time on Saturday, Nov. 28, 1925, from a downtown studio. Based […]

Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Guys and Dolls’
• December 18, 2025

Whisked from Times Square’s spartan Save-A-Soul Mission to a glittering Havana nightspot, Miss Sarah Brown asks her escort, “former sinner” (his words) Sky Masterson, the name of her beverage’s delightful […]

‘The Little Prince’ Highlights Kennedy Center Holiday Shows 
• December 11, 2025

A sold-out fantastical and spirited opera, “The Little Prince,” is a premiere feature of the family-friendly holiday shows that are being performed during the holiday season at the Kennedy Center […]

Next Month at the Hirshhorn: New (and New-ish) Music
• November 13, 2025

“The 20th Century Consort probably needs to consider changing its name to something like the 21st Century Consort,” wrote Joan Reinthaler in 2004 in the Washington Post. With a single […]

Onstage, Georgetown: November
• October 30, 2025

By Mark Edelman The holiday season begins in earnest—there are even two snowman musicals on the horizon—as the D.C. area stages haul out their Christmas finery. Whether it’s plays or […]

Local Theaters Support Government Workers with Free, Discounted Tickets
• October 27, 2025

Yesterday, Theatre Washington published a list of area theaters offering discounted or complimentary tickets to those affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown. Earlier this month, we published a list […]

Opera Lafayette’s ‘Dido’; November’s Early Music
• October 23, 2025

An acclaimed presenter of French baroque repertoire, Opera Lafayette under founder Ryan Brown was known to cross musical borders, performing works of adjacent nations and periods. Now led by Brown’s […]