If you’ve spent this past week ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the Olympic figure skaters gliding across your television screen, consider grabbing tickets to Disney Presents Frozen on Ice. It’s not exactly PyeongChang, but spins, jumps, and lifts abound during the two-hour performance; and there really is… Read More
To refresh an epic theatrical classic like Les Miserables is no small undertaking. From more than 30 years of Broadway performances to two star-studded (and one Academy Award-winning) film adaptations (not to mention an unforgettable “Britain’s Got Talent” audition that went viral in between), audience expectations are… Read More
Two decades after the Tony Award-winning musical RENT premiered on Broadway, the show has kicked off a year-long anniversary tour — and that tour brings it right here to Washington at the National Theatre! Based on the traveling performance of the show, the “RENT-head” community stands strong… Read More
The shrewd marketers pushing the Tony Award-winning musical “Fun Home,” now playing at the National Theatre through May 13, insist on calling it “life-affirming.” That may not be the right word, exactly. Watching forty-something-year-old protagonist Alison Bechdel grapple with painful, long-buried childhood memories to understand… Read More
The iconic Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus is closing up shop this May after nearly 150 years on the road (or, rails, actually). But they are not going quietly, and DC-area residents were given one last chance to experience the Greatest Show on… Read More
Aptly, given the energetic, even fitful nature of ragtime music (Wikipedia calls it “syncopated”), Ragtime the musical– now playing at Ford’s Theatre— offers an energetic, fitful snapshot of New York at the turn of the century. There’s the wealthy white suburban family, where “Mother” suffers… Read More
If Constellation Theatre Company truly aims (as they say they do) to tell “big, powerful stories in an intimate space,” to seek out plays that “feature visual spectacle, original music, dynamic movement and a passionate acting ensemble” drawing on “fantasy, farce, and epic adventure…” then… Read More
In 2012, the Embassy of Italy launched its Digital Diplomacy Series— Tweet-worthy panel discussions on a range of topics with the goal of “[building] and [nurturing] a dialogue with our citizens and our audiences here in the United States.” This year, as the country sits… Read More
On the one hand, Arena Stage’s “Watch on the Rhine” is simply a good show— a story of family, romance, and political intrigue conveyed through fine acting and elegant stage design, injected with just the right amount of humor. But in 2017, there’s no mistaking its… Read More
The expectations are high for any Chinese dance performance given New York-based Shen Yun’s ubiquitous Metro-area advertising campaign. But China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater’s “Confucius,” staged at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House January 13, 14, and 15, did not disappoint. The show follows the… Read More
