June Onstage, Georgetown
• June 5, 2025

By Mark Edelman June, as Oscar Hammerstein put it, is busting out all over. As the temperatures climb, why not spend a cool summer night at one of these great […]

Weekend Roundup: Pride, Global Rhythms & Gospel Choirs
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World Pride continues this weekend with some of the biggest events of the festival. The Nats host a night OUT, Pride heads to the Wharf, Pride Plays will be performed […]

GALA Theatre Artistic Director to Speak at June 19 Breakfast
• June 2, 2025

On Thursday, June 19, The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will present a talk by playwright Gustavo Ott, artistic director of GALA Hispanic Theatre. Admission to the event, at 1310 […]

Bucoy-Calavan’s Vision: Choral Arts as the Ambassador Chorus
• May 29, 2025

Along with excerpts from (as a social media post put it) “all the choral bangers” — Handel’s “Messiah,” Beethoven’s Ninth, the Mozart, Brahms and Verdi Requiems and Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” […]

Weekend Vibes: Fun Things to Check Out May 29-June 1
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If you’re living for the weekend, you’ll be excited about this one! It’s officially outdoor movie season; Project GLOW is at the RFK Festival Grounds and there are many WorldPride […]

Last Chance: ‘Akira Kurosawa Explains…’ at Woolly Mammoth
• May 27, 2025

As one waits, seated, for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s world-premiere production of “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!)” to begin, stills from Kurosawa films […]

Recapping the 41st Helen Hayes Awards
• May 22, 2025

On May 19, more than 1,600 theater-makers flocked to The Anthem to attend Theatre Washington’s 41st annual Helen Hayes Awards—the premiere awards ceremony recognizing theatrical excellence in the greater Washington […]

Weekend Roundup: May 22-26
• May 21, 2025

This long Memorial Day weekend, there are lots of things to do, including the last Washington National Opera show of the season, Jazz in the Garden starting up again at […]

Constellation Theatre Company’s ‘Head Over Heels’
• May 19, 2025

Do you need to be a Go-Go’s fan to fall head over heels for Constellation Theatre’s Company’s “Head Over Heels,” at Source Theatre through June 1? Forced to choose between […]

Season Finale at Dance Loft on 14: ‘Muse’
• May 15, 2025

As the National Portrait Gallery’s second choreographer-in-residence — Dana Tai Soon Burgess was the first — Diana Movius creates dance pieces inspired by the works on view at the gallery, […]