Wilson’s ‘Two Trains’ at Arena
• March 7, 2018

Carlton Byrd is back. And so is August Wilson. Actor Carlton Byrd is returning to Washington, where he was last seen in a production of cutting-edge playwright Robert O’Hara’s “Antebellum.” […]

A Very Different Hollywood?
• March 5, 2018

All the pre-publicity, stories, predictions and gossip leading up to the March 4 event seemed full of not a little anxiety about how the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement would affect the proceedings.

Dr. Ruth Unpacks at Theater J
• March 1, 2018

Always onstage, answering her 1990s-era cell phone, opening and climbing on boxes, breaking into dance, Naomi Jacobson, portraying the 4-foot-7 dynamo, has a lot to do.

Weekend Round Up March 1, 2018
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Dorrance Dance is at Strathmore and Bowen McCauley Dance is at the Kennedy Center. Also this weekend: a showcase of Oscar-nominated short films at the National Archives.

Recent Passings of Note
• February 26, 2018

Georgetown lost Joan Burgess Shorey on Feb. 20. Also among the recently departed are a number of singers, dancers, actors, writers and such.

Weekend Round Up February 22, 2018
• February 22, 2018

The Atlas Intersections Festival starts intersecting tonight on H Street NE. This weekend only: the Progressive International Motorcycle Show at the Washington Convention Center and the American Craft Show at the Baltimore Convention Center.

LAST CALL: Georgetown Night at ‘Hamlet’
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Use the GEORGETOWNER55 code to order your tickets for the Thursday, March 1, performance of this attention-getting Shakespeare Theatre Company production, including a special pre-show reception.

Michael Urie: Michael Kahn’s Last Prince?
• February 21, 2018

Over the phone, Michael Urie sounds young, an enthusiast in his 20s perhaps. There is something both excited and exciting in his voice. In photographs, he looks about that age, eyes […]

Twyford Directs ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’
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Talking with Washington actress Holly Twyford about the play “Becoming Dr. Ruth,” which runs from Feb. 21 to March 18 at Theater J, a lot of zigs and zags start to […]

2 Powerful Operas: ‘Maria di Rohan’ and ‘Don Carlo’
• February 15, 2018

Washington Concert Opera presents Donizetti’s “Maria di Rohan” on Feb. 18; Washington National Opera follows with Verdi’s “Don Carlo” from March 3 to 17.