Forty lawmakers and notable Washington influencers joined professional actors Ian Kahn, Santino Fontana, Emily Swallow and Maulik Pancholy to perform in Will on the Hill at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Now in its fifteenth year, the much-loved bipartisan event for theatre and political fans alike… 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
With a few script tweaks and pop culture references, The Shakespeare Theater Company’s production of The School For Lies humorously illustrates the relevance of 350-year old satire at The Lansburgh Theater this month. Tony Award-nominated writer David Ives has retranslated Moliere’s 1666 classic French farce… Read More
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were present as the Ford’s Theatre Society honored the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at its Annual Gala earlier this month. They joined a tradition going back more than 40 years, as the Society has hosted this bi-partisan… Read More
“Because of you, the arts are alive and doing very well in Bethesda. The world is a different place because of your support of the arts. Remember that value that you give to some child somewhere who’s looked to the arts to change their life.… Read More
DC tastemakers enjoyed a special screening of the Netflix original film War Machine at the Landmark E Street Cinema earlier this month. After previewing the film, which stars Brad Pitt, writer/director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) and MSNBC political analyst Elise Jordan participated in a post-screening panel conversation… Read More
Remember when you were a kid, and you’d hang your head off the side of the bed upside-down to see the world from a different perspective? You’d notice things you never saw, or never saw quite that way before. Liesl Tommy’s direction of Macbeth at… Read More
Late last month, in celebration of American songwriting, the ASCAP Foundation and The Library of Congress jointly held the ninth annual “We Write the Songs” event at the historic Coolidge Auditorium in The Library of Congress. As part of this special event hosted by ASCAP… Read More
It was HOT in Washington — but not so hot that celebrities, members of Congress, donors, and media executives didn’t flock to Flavio’s Italian Restaurant in Georgetown last week for the Creative Coalition’s annual “The Night Before” (the WHCD) dinner party to support their campaign for arts education,… Read More
The scene at Arena Stage’s Mead Center for American Theater was intimate and unforgettable Monday night as Tony and Emmy award winning Bebe Neuwirth took to the stage for a sold out one-night-only special performance as part of a benefit and presentation of the second annual Beth Newburger… Read More
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