‘South Pacific’ at Olney Theatre Center
Running through Oct. 7, this production — while not grandly scaled — has lots of grand ingredients, not the least of which is William Michals as de Becque. When he departs a scene, you immediately miss him.
The Future of the Arts and Industries Building? The Future Itself
Though “A.I.B.” is the second-oldest Smithsonian building on the Mall — it opened as the National Museum in 1881 — it has a history of displaying technological wonders, starting with marvels of engineering from the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Glenstone: A Modernist Vision
The development of Modernism during the late 19th century was, at its core, a series of extravagant experiments: experiments in philosophy and design, in...
Performance Arts Preview
By Gary Tischler and Richard Selden
OPERA
Verdi’s ever-popular “La traviata” — his musical tribute to the life and especially death of every courtesan that ever...
DC Artswatch: 6 New Leaders
The announcements of new D.C. arts leaders have been coming fast and furious. Here are six of the latest.
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
On Aug. 1, 2019, following...
Fall Arts Preview: Visual Arts
ARTECHOUSE
New Nature
Oct. 12 to Jan. 13
A first-of-its-kind digital art space, Artechouse, 1238 Maryland Ave. SW, opened in June of 2017. “New Nature” — the...
Burt Reynolds: An American Original
The many faces of Reynolds, who died on Sept. 6 at 82, somehow meld into one: the rugged cop, the rugged private eye, the rugged cowboy, the rugged good ol' boy.
Weekend Round Up September 6, 2018
This year’s DC Shorts Film Festival runs tonight through Sept. 16, with an opening weekend party on Saturday. Also this Saturday: the Book Hill Gallery Walk.
Neil Simon’s Gift to Us
Hearing of the Broadway playwright's death, on Aug. 26, our writer remembered laughter of all sorts: the guffaw, the broad burst of noise, the laughter that sounds like a soundtrack, even the silent laughter.
Artifacts Hint at Halcyon House’s Past
On Aug. 21, at the Georgetown Public Library, Jennifer Porter-Lupu, a doctoral student in anthropology at Northwestern University, presented a portion of what she had uncovered.
