Fall Arts Preview: The Reach – The Kennedy Center’s Expansion
• September 11, 2019

When Deborah Rutter took up the reins as the new president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, things sounded a little chaotic in the middle of […]

Fall Arts Preview: Performance
• September 10, 2019

This fall will see a tremendous number of performances of all kinds in D.C., some of the most notable of which are highlighted here.

9/11: The Day of the Fallen and Heroes, No One Else
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Every year, we remember the day: September 11. Every year, it arrives, less and less with large and loud ceremony, more and more in the closets of memory, distanced a little, […]

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. 

Coming Up: Gero’s Falstaff at the Folger
• August 22, 2019

Ed Gero will be Sir John Falstaff, the bug-of-belly soldier, roustabout and kind of tutor to the young heir to the English throne, in “Henry IV, Part One” at Folger Theatre. The show runs from Sept. 9 to Oct. 13.

Actors Gone: Fonda, Hauer and Torn
• August 19, 2019

Movie and TV show casts are filled out by actors and actresses who are not stars but who are as necessary as stars, and who at times deliver the moment or the role that becomes indelible.

Evans Slapped With $20,000 Fine by D.C. Ethics Board
• August 9, 2019

Anyone who thought things had quieted down in the ethics controversy surrounding Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans was mistaken.

‘Assassins’ Opens Signature’s Anniversary Season
• August 7, 2019

For Signature Theatre and its artistic director, Eric Schaeffer, the end of this long summer means a head start on its 30th anniversary season, a celebration of sorts for the little […]

The Homegrown Terrorism of Mass Shootings
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Today there are 31 people dead, who woke up Saturday morning not knowing they wouldn’t make it through the night. But when all the names are named, let’s not call them victims. Let’s call out their names. 

A Parade of Presidential Candidates
• August 1, 2019

In our columnist’s opinion, what’s most impressive about both sets of debates was essentially the Democratic Party’s calling card, warts and all.