Bourne’s ‘Swan Lake’ at the Kennedy Center
• January 23, 2020

With six performances between Thursday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 26, this is the first Kennedy Center visit of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures production.

The Golden Globes: First Out of the Gate
• January 6, 2020

Host Ricky Gervais managed to get off cheap and bleeped jokes about “Cats,” including one so inappropriate that it seemed to offend even him. 

Actors, Writers and Others We Lost in 2019
• January 2, 2020

Trying to count up and track the losses is a sorry task but also an uplifting one. You know you will leave people out, for reasons of taste or carelessness, and include others just because.

Weekend Round Up January 2, 2020
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Saturday is ArchaeoCon and Sunday is the Fiesta de los Reyes Magos. Other options include a winter tree walk, a cheese tasting and a magic show by the Great Zucchini.

Jerry Herman, Conjurer of Dolly, Mame and Albin
• December 30, 2019

Who else but Herman managed to put on the stage the flesh and blood personas, dressed like brassy Roman candles, to belt out songs that have become standards? 

The Irreplaceable Victor Shargai
• December 26, 2019

The New York-born founding chairman of TheatreWashington, which started out as the Helen Hayes Awards, passed away on Dec. 24.    

Weekend Round Up December 26, 2019
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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.

Celebrating the Holidays With the U.S. Navy Band (photos)
• December 24, 2019

Featured along with the Concert Band on Dec. 21 and 22 were the Sea Chanters, Country Current and the Cruisers. There was also a visit from Santa, playing a mean trumpet.

‘My Fair Lady’ at the Kennedy Center
• December 23, 2019

The much-honored director Bartlett Sher has a gift and a flair for passing his creative wand over beloved, perhaps overly familiar gems and making them seem part of our contemporary lives.

Weekend Round Up December 19, 2019
• December 19, 2019

The World Squash Cup finals will take place on Saturday and the official lighting of the National Menorah on Sunday (the first night of Hanukkah).