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 […]

Last Chance: RSVP for This Thursday’s Breakfast
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Angel Gil-Ordóñez, music director of PostClassical Ensemble, which he cofounded with Joseph Horowitz in 2003, will be the next presenter in Georgetown Media Group’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series. Sponsored by […]

Jazz Fest
• June 7, 2017

B ack in 2004, there was no such thing as a DC Jazz Festival, which, when you think of the rich jazz history of this city and its deep pool […]

Septime Webre Named to Hong Kong Post
• June 6, 2017

A year after leaving the Washington Ballet — and a few months after launching the Halcyon Stage series — Septime Webre has been named artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet, […]

Moving Through Space with the Washington Ballet
• May 24, 2017

Last fall, the intriguing final entry in the program for the Washington Ballet’s 2016-17 season — the company’s first under renowned former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Julie Kent — […]

Summer Performing Arts Preview
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In the summer, the venues change, the interests change and the sound changes. Below is a by-the-numbers guide to some of the performing arts pleasures of the coming summer season. THREE […]

Wide Winners’ Circle at Helen Hayes Awards
• May 18, 2017

When the Helen Hayes Awards expanded into two categories — Hayes for mostly Equity productions and Helen for mostly non-Equity productions — the first-time result was chaotic. Doubling the number […]