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Previewed at Mount Zion: ‘DC Emancipation & The Right to Vote’
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The Georgetowner’s Spring 2024 Theater Guide
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Richie Moriarty of CBS’s ‘Ghosts’ Previews Appearance at Library of Congress
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Tasty ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Ford’s
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Onstage, Georgetown: Plays Are Blooming
Previewed at Mount Zion: ‘DC Emancipation & The Right to Vote’
April 10, 2024
•A preview of an original work-in-development, the opera “DC Emancipation & The Right to Vote,” was staged in Georgetown at Mount Zion United Methodist Church on March 14. “DC Emancipation […]
The Georgetowner’s Spring 2024 Theater Guide
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ONGOING … At Arena Stage, Trip Cullman directs “Unknown Soldier,” the last musical by “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” composer Michael Friedman, with lyrics by Friedman and Daniel Goldstein, who wrote […]
Richie Moriarty of CBS’s ‘Ghosts’ Previews Appearance at Library of Congress
April 7, 2024
•On Tuesday, April 9, the Library of Congress is hosting a panel and episode screening featuring cast members from the CBS show “Ghosts.” From 5 to 6 p.m., the library […]
Tasty ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Ford’s
April 4, 2024
•The main human characters in the current Ford’s Theatre production of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors” — the real star being a flesh-and-blood-eating plant — are not the four-eyed […]
Onstage, Georgetown: Plays Are Blooming
March 27, 2024
•By Mark Edelman April showers may come your way, along with the tail end of those lovely cherry blossoms. Meanwhile, these plays are blooming in the coming months at theaters […]
Operatic ‘Renaissance Romances’ in McLean
March 7, 2024
•The Washington Opera Society premiered a memorable operatic evening recently at the charming Carderock Falls Manor in McLean, Virginia. Robin Phillips served as the evening’s narrator, dressed in a grand costume […]
Shen Wei’s Artistic Vision Knows No Limit in ‘Dongpo: Life in Poems,’ at the Kennedy Center
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Shen Wei, the award-winning Chinese-American choreographer, dancer, director, painter and poet, took a break from rehearsal Tuesday afternoon for his upcoming production, “Dongpo: Life in Poems,” and spoke to me […]
Onstage, Georgetown: March Into These Shows
February 21, 2024
•Onstage, Georgetown by Mark Edelman Maybe it comes in like a lion, maybe it doesn’t. Either way, it’s the perfect time to check out these plays and musical in and […]
Artswatch : Rubenstein Leaves KenCen; NGA’s Cornell Trove; Helen Hayes Nominations
February 14, 2024
•Rubenstein to Conclude Kennedy Center Chairmanship Chair of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees since 2010, philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group global investment firm, will step […]
Spring Performing Arts Preview
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Duke Ellington 125 Born and raised in Washington, D.C., orchestra leader and composer Edward Kennedy Ellington was nicknamed “Duke” early on for his sense of style. These events celebrate the […]