CAAPA Brings Color to the Classics
• September 19, 2024

The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, known as CAAPA, held the opening reception for its 18th Annual Melody of Art Season on Sept. 10 at the Arts […]

STC’s ‘Comedy of Errors’: Connecting, We Find Ourselves
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By Lucy Cullen The Shakespeare Theater Company opened its production of William Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” on Sept. 10, directed by Simon Godwin. The show follows Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse […]

The 76th Emmy Awards: A Fun and Entertaining Romp Through TV’s Latest
• September 16, 2024

The 76th Emmy Awards, hosted by father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, were just over three hours of delightful jokes and bits sandwiched between viral awards moments. The two traded […]

Weekend Roundup, September 12-15
• September 11, 2024

Another lovely fall weekend is upon us! This time, don’t miss James Taylor at Wolf Trap, a Colonial Market and Fair at Mount Vernon, Georgetown’s Catbird celebrating 20 years. And […]

2024 Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
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CLASSICAL  This Saturday, two weeks before the National Symphony Orchestra’s gala — featuring pianist Yunchan Lim playing Rachmaninoff (Sept. 28) — the NSO presents “Echoes of America” in the Kennedy […]

‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’
• September 5, 2024

By Dina Gold “I really wanted to ride on the carousel. Why couldn’t we have fun like everybody else?” said Tina Clarke in Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round the […]

One Director, Three Very Different Plays
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Now playing at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia: Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Could two plays be less compatible? Take the subject of […]

Onstage, Georgetown: September
• August 29, 2024

By Mark Edelman September marks the beginning of Theatre Week — an even better reason to get out there and save on more than 30 productions scattered in and around […]

JazzFest Underway; Meet the Artists at Arena Stage
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The DC Jazz Festival, DC JazzFest for short, has been a District-wide happening from the get-go. Musicians performed at 18 venues during the inaugural five-day festival (then called the Duke […]

Sept. 19 Cultural Breakfast to Feature Signature’s Matthew Gardiner
• August 15, 2024

Signature Theatre Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s Sept. 19 Cultural Leadership Breakfast. Admission to the event, at the President Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 […]