Choral Arts Artistic Director Speaks in Georgetown
• May 3, 2018

At Georgetown Media Group’s May 3 Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club, Tucker spoke about his first five years as Choral Arts artistic director and, movingly, about what motivated his change of career plans in his early 20s.

Weekend Round Up May 3, 2018
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What will you celebrate this Saturday, May 5: the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby at the Willard’s Bonnets & Bow Ties party or Karl Marx’s 200th birthday at the Goethe-Institut?

Bedlam’s ‘Saint Joan’ at the Folger
• May 2, 2018

The works of George Bernard Shaw aren’t performed that much these days. When was the last time you saw a production of “Heartbreak House” or “Arms and the Man”? “My Fair Lady,” the Lerner […]

An Entertaining ‘Barber’ from WNO
• May 1, 2018

Washington National Opera’s “Barber of Seville,” at the Kennedy Center through May 19, is beautifully performed by a cast packed with terrific singers, most notably Russian tenor Andrey Zhilikhovsky, as the Barber, aka Figaro,

Weekend Round Up April 26, 2018
• April 26, 2018

Filmfest DC comes to an end this weekend, when two annual events will take place in Georgetown: French Market and the House Tour.

‘Sonic Blossom’ at Portrait Gallery (photos and video)
• April 25, 2018

The participatory artwork by Lee Mingwei, the ninth performance of the museum’s “Identify: Performance Art” series, will take place through April 29, from noon to 4 p.m.

Folger Celebrates Shakespeare’s Birthday with Open House (photos)
• April 23, 2018

William Shakespeare is arguably the worlds most famous playwright, and deserves to have his birthday celebrated accordingly. Hundreds came to celebrate the 454th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth at the […]

A ‘Crucible’ Raw to the Ear, Eye and Heart
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The new production at Olney Theatre Center, running through May 20, remains resolutely in its time, emitting not so much a need for comparison to our present political battles as a gut-punch echo of our own frailties and easy cynicism.   

Ivo van Hove Stages 2 Bergman Works
• April 19, 2018

The Belgian theater director and his Toneelgroep Amsterdam company bring “After the Rehearsal” and “Persona” to the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater April 19 to 22.

Isabel Leonard: WNO’s Rosina
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Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard will performs as Rosina, the object of affection for two different swains, in Washington National Opera’s production of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” running April 28 to May 19.