Arts
For Ryan Brown’s ‘Swan Song’: An Opera Lafayette Highlight Reel
Speaking of Walls: Roger Waters’s Anti-Trump Show in D.C.
August 7, 2017
•Armed with music by Pink Floyd, the British rock band he cofounded in 1965, guitarist and lead singer Roger Waters brought a powerful and provocative show to the Verizon Center, […]
Behind the ‘Cabaret’ Curtain with a Kit Kat Girl
July 27, 2017
•Our performing arts writer chats with Lori Eure, a Kit Kat Girl in the touring production of “Cabaret,” at the Kennedy Center through Aug. 6.
Woolly’s Founder: On the Brink of Second Act
July 26, 2017
•Back in early June, the announcement came that Howard Shalwitz would be stepping down as artistic director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, which has given Washington consistently fresh, ahead-of-the-curve, cutting-edge […]
RISING TIDES How the Wharf Is Set to Redefine D.C.
July 12, 2017
•Phase 1 of the Wharf, the multibillion-dollar project springing up from the Southwest waterfront, is set to open Oct. 12. PN Hoffman’s Monty Hoffman couldn’t be more excited for Washingtonians […]
Live in the Moment at Capital Fringe
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If you’re remotely concerned with or a part of the performing arts community — artist, donor, audience member, performer, board member — in Washington, D.C., or elsewhere, there’s a constant […]
John F. Kennedy Honored at the Kennedy Center’s Centennial Celebration
June 29, 2017
•Memorial Day is a time when we, as Americans, are supposed to remember the people who served in the military and defended the freedoms we enjoy in this country, even […]
‘Hedwig’ Comes to Washington
June 21, 2017
•The Kennedy Center’s musical summer or summer of musicals seems at once familiar — four smash musical hits — and a little dissonant. The dissonance with the four road-show musicals […]
Last Chance: RSVP for This Thursday’s Breakfast
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Angel Gil-Ordóñez, music director of PostClassical Ensemble, which he cofounded with Joseph Horowitz in 2003, will be the next presenter in Georgetown Media Group’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series. Sponsored by […]
Jazz Fest
June 7, 2017
•B ack in 2004, there was no such thing as a DC Jazz Festival, which, when you think of the rich jazz history of this city and its deep pool […]
Septime Webre Named to Hong Kong Post
June 6, 2017
•A year after leaving the Washington Ballet — and a few months after launching the Halcyon Stage series — Septime Webre has been named artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet, […]