New Artistic Director Leads Toast to the Washington Ballet at 40

October 6, 2016

Former ABT ballerina Julie Kent hosted a sold-out celebration of Day, Goh and Webre at the Kennedy Center Sept. 30.

An Intimate ‘Anne Frank’ at Olney

October 3, 2016

Olney Theatre Center’s production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” playing in the harrowingly compact Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab through Oct. 23, has a remarkable young actress in the title role.

WNO’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’: A Big Musical Cake

September 29, 2016

The season-opening production runs through Oct. 2 at the Kennedy Center.

An Intimate ‘Anne Frank’ at Olney


Olney Theatre Center’s production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” playing in the harrowingly compact Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab through Oct. 23, has a remarkable young actress in the title role.

WNO Debut for a Countess Who Tap Dances

September 26, 2016

Amanda Majeski will play Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Kennedy Center through Oct. 2.

WNO’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’: A Big Musical Cake


The season-opening production runs through Oct. 2 at the Kennedy Center.

WNO Debut for a Countess Who Tap Dances

September 22, 2016

There’s a friendly tornado aspect to speaking with the talented, ever-rising American lyric soprano and opera star Amanda Majeski, as if something momentous once again was just around the corner. […]

Julie Kent: A New Stage, A Different Role

September 19, 2016

The first time I “met” Julie Kent was by way of a voice on the phone. She was rushing to fly back to New York after the Washington Ballet’s announcement […]

A Contradictory Convergence of History, Fiction and Politics

September 15, 2016

On the 15th anniversary of 9/11, during an anarchic political campaign, finding inspiration in a musical and a movie.

Julie Kent: A New Stage, A Different Role

September 14, 2016

The first time I “met” Julie Kent was by way of a voice on the phone. She was rushing to …