Singers Glen Campbell and Barbara Cook Pass On
• August 10, 2017

Both Campbell and Cook had second acts after career and personal setbacks.

This Summer’s Free For All: ‘Othello’
• August 9, 2017

“Othello” is coming, Aug. 15-27, to Sidney Harman Hall in a Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All production. Before we get to that, let’s discuss. In theater, audience questions have always […]

The Changing Kennedy Center Honors
• August 7, 2017

Under President Deborah Rutter, the Kennedy Center has taken a lively interest in newer forms of popular music.

Speaking of Walls: Roger Waters’s Anti-Trump Show in D.C.
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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 […]