Curtain Up for DC Theatre Week
• September 26, 2024

Just as Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week is a gift to your taste buds, DC Theatre Week — starting tonight, Thursday, Sept. 26 — is a gift to your eyes, ears, […]

Weekend Roundup, Sept. 26-29
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Another weekend awaits! Enjoy the last of the Nationals Post-Game Concert Series with Lady A, see a new educational experience by The White House Historical Association, laugh at a comedy […]

Signature Theatre’s Hallmarks: Intimacy and Sondheim
• September 23, 2024

In 2006, his Carnegie Mellon BFA in hand, Matthew Gardiner went to work for Signature Theatre — a 150-seat space in what had been a bumper-plating factory (“The Garage”) on […]

CAAPA Brings Color to the Classics
• September 19, 2024

The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, known as CAAPA, held the opening reception for its 18th Annual Melody of Art Season on Sept. 10 at the Arts […]

STC’s ‘Comedy of Errors’: Connecting, We Find Ourselves
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By Lucy Cullen The Shakespeare Theater Company opened its production of William Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” on Sept. 10, directed by Simon Godwin. The show follows Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse […]

The 76th Emmy Awards: A Fun and Entertaining Romp Through TV’s Latest
• September 16, 2024

The 76th Emmy Awards, hosted by father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, were just over three hours of delightful jokes and bits sandwiched between viral awards moments. The two traded […]

Weekend Roundup, September 12-15
• September 11, 2024

Another lovely fall weekend is upon us! This time, don’t miss James Taylor at Wolf Trap, a Colonial Market and Fair at Mount Vernon, Georgetown’s Catbird celebrating 20 years. And […]

2024 Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
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CLASSICAL  This Saturday, two weeks before the National Symphony Orchestra’s gala — featuring pianist Yunchan Lim playing Rachmaninoff (Sept. 28) — the NSO presents “Echoes of America” in the Kennedy […]

‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’
• September 5, 2024

By Dina Gold “I really wanted to ride on the carousel. Why couldn’t we have fun like everybody else?” said Tina Clarke in Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round the […]

One Director, Three Very Different Plays
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Now playing at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia: Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Could two plays be less compatible? Take the subject of […]