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 […]

New Theater J Artistic Director to Speak at Nov. 16 Breakfast  

October 26, 2023

Hayley Finn, artistic director of Theater J, one of the nation’s leading Jewish theater companies, will be the November speaker in The Georgetowner’s monthly Culture Power Breakfast series. Admission to […]

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 […]

Dean of CU’s Music, Drama, and Art School to Speak at Sept. 21 Breakfast 

August 21, 2023

Dr. Jacqueline J. Leary-Warsaw, founding dean of the Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art, where she is a professor of music, will be […]

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). […]

Plays from the Front Lines: A Fundraiser for Ukraine 

April 11, 2022

(Washington, DC) – Theater J and Mosaic Theater, both located in Washington, DC, are collaborating to produce an evening of short Ukrainian plays benefiting Ukrainian charities. The in-person event, consisting of readings of short […]

Women Cultural Leaders: Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg, Managing Director, Studio Theatre

March 17, 2022

Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Thursday March […]

2022 Spring Arts Guide

March 9, 2022

The D.C. arts scene has awakened from its winter slumber. Enjoy performances, art exhibits and more this spring with this arts guide.   Performing Arts   “Catch Me If You Can” at […]