STC’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ — Truly Genius!
While it’s a timeless tale, certain choices STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin made in directing this play were exceptional. To start, a news set literally sets the scene.
Arts/Theatre
‘Chicago’ Gives DC Razzle Dazzle on its 25th Anniversary Tour
If there’s a popular Broadway musical to get DC back to the theatre, it’s Chicago, a legend in bright lights that brings with it all that jazz including sultry songs and bangin’ femmes fatales.
Hirshhorn’s Kusama Exhibit Grows, Gets Extended
Not only has ‘One With Eternity: Yoyai Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection’ been extended to Spring 2023, but it appears the exhibit is adding new Kusama (and Kusama-related) works to its collection.
Unexpected Stage Co. Presents Tanya Saracho’s ‘Fade’
Sharp, witty, sensitive, and yes — unexpected — Fade, the latest performance of the Unexpected Stage Company, offers insights into race and class within the Mexican-American community.
THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Rocks Out at National Theatre
The major production musical on stage now at National Theatre is at once an emotional appreciation of the full journey of the rock icon that is Tina Turner and a belt-it-out bonanza of some of the singer’s best and most beloved songs.
The Ultimate Scribbles Take the Stage in STC’s ‘The Notebooks of Leonardo daVinci’
This meandering mix of random ruminations and deep scientific thought are expressed both in spoken word and contemporary movement. (Imagine this one as equal parts unplotted play and modern dance performance.)
Next Immersive Digital Art Experience ‘Mexican Geniuses’ Debuts in DC
Making its US debut in Washington, DC, Mexican Geniuses features over 300 projections and video-mapping that showcases the vibrant and bold works of two of the most prolific artists of the 20th century.
SIX: The New Historic Musical Remix Everyone’s Losing Their Heads Over
In many ways, SIX is better than Hamilton, that other educational musical everyone raves about… It’s a retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII, but presented as a concert spectacle.
STC’s ‘Red Velvet’ Imagines the Life — and Strife — of America’s First Renowned Black Actor
Award-winning actress and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi), masterfully explores how the life and career of one of the most renowned early 19th century Shakespearean actors — and the first Black actor to play Othello on the London stage on 1833 — Ira Aldridge (played by Amari Cheatom) may have lived and died.
Dupont First Fridays Rebrands to ‘ArtWalk’
ArtWalk Dupont will launch Thursday, May 19th at 5pm with a gallery walk, musical performance by Dave Manley, chalk art by Chalk Riot, live painting by Shannon Stokes, and more, hosted by the Dupont Circle BID.
