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Tony Award^®-Winning Actress

Christine Ebersole to Host

Washington National Opera Gala

Saturday, May 18, 2019, at 6 p.m.

in the Kennedy Center Opera House

Washington National Opera (WNO) announces the addition of Tony Award^®-winning actress Christine Ebersole as host and special guest artist for its 2019 Gala on Saturday, May 18, in the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Ebersole, an iconic artist of the stage and screen—who appeared in Francesca Zambello’s 2018 production of Candide at LA Opera—joins the WNO gala cast, along with previously announced headliner Christine Goerke, another iconic American voice who is currently starring as Brunnhilde in the Ring Cycle at the Met. This year’s WNO gala concert program explores the beauty and vitality of the human voice through music ranging from Wagner to Gershwin to Irving Berlin.

Christine Ebersole is known for her wide artistic range and versatility, perhaps most notably for her work on Broadway, where she won the Tony Award^® twice for her work in Grey Gardens and 42^nd Street. She has a distinguished list of television and film credits to her name, including The Wolf of Wall Street, Amadeus, Tootsie, andRichie Rich on the big screen, as well as Sullivan and Son, Royal Pains, Madame Secretary, and Blue Bloods. Her concert and stage credits have taken her to renowned venues across the country, and she has made numerous recordings.

Also added to the roster of talent for the gala evening are soprano Latonia Moore, who appears in the title role in two performances of WNO’s upcoming run of Tosca.Moore joins Ebersole, Goerke, and Washingtonian bass Soloman Howard.

The Gala is WNO’s largest fundraising event and one of Washington’s most anticipated events of the year. Proceeds from the Gala play a crucial role in advancing WNO’s artistic, educational, and community engagement programs. The 2019 WNO Gala honors local entrepreneur John J. Pohanka for his outstanding contributions to the organization, features Evan Rogister leading the WNO Orchestrain his inaugural performance as WNO’s Principal Conductor.

The Co-Chairs of the WNO Gala are Jacqueline Badger Mars and Camille Biros.

Tickets for the Gala concert only, starting at $45, are on sale now.

Special packages to attend all Gala festivities are available. The Gala evening will begin with a cocktail reception on the Kennedy Center’s River Terrace at 4:30 p.m., followed by the 6 p.m. Gala concert performance. The event concludes with elegant black-tie dinners hosted by Ambassadors and foreign dignitaries at embassies and residences throughout Washington, a longtime tradition of the Opera’s season-ending social gathering.

Gala Ticket Information

Tickets to the WNO Gala concert, which start at $45, are available online, in person at the Kennedy Center Box Office, and by calling (202) 467-4600 or (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquiries, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.

Gala ticket packages start at $500 and include the VIP cocktail party and priority seating for the Gala concert. Packages that also include seating at the private embassy dinners following the performance start at $1,000. Information is available online or by contacting the Special Events office at (202) 416-8496 or operagala@kennedy-center.org.

What happens when you combine a “Trading Spaces” star with a madcap musical about trying to trade one’s identity? Or a “Drag Race” contestant with songs about the larger than life “Mame”? It promises to be an incredible evening of entertainment as The American Pops Orchestra presents “I Am What I Am: The Music of Jerry Herman,” starring some of today’s freshest voices.

Paige Davis (TLC’s “Trading Spaces”), Alexis Michelle (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”), Mauricio Martinez (“On Your Feet!”), Tracy Lynn Olivera (“Ragtime”), and Paul Roeckell from APO’s NextGen competition, are all set to take center stage Saturday, May 18 beginning at 8 p.m. at  Arena Stage, 1101 6th St., SW, Washington, D.C.

“Jerry Herman created earworms before we even started using that word,” says Luke Frazier, conductor, APO. “We love his classics from ‘Hello, Dolly!,’ ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ ‘Mack and Mabel,’ and many others. But no one has ever heard or seen them perform like we will! Most of all, Jerry Herman represents telling your truth through his incredible compositions and lyrics. Those are messages that resonate as strongly today as they did when they were first performed.”

Some of the songs APO will perform include:

• “Before the Parade Passes By”
• “Bosom Buddies”
• “We Need a Little Christmas”
• “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”

Herman has won two Tony Awards, received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, and is a Kennedy Center Honoree.

Tickets are available at http://bit.ly/JHermanAPO.

The inaugural Old Town Festival of Speed & Style will debut on King Street near Alexandria’s waterfront on Sunday, May 19th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The single-day free event will be span across three blocks on lower King Street and will feature approximately 60 rare and unusual supercars from around the world such as Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, Lamborghini, Aston-Martin and Cobra for up close viewing enjoyment.

On display will be a collection of high performance and racing cars from the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, paired with a fashion exhibition presented by the Old Town Boutique District. The fashion exhibition will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and will feature Spring looks from Old Town Boutique District stores that pair with the themed cars on display. The event will also feature live music, street vendors, and provide festival goers an opportunity to explore Old Town shops and restaurants.

The festival is the brainchild of Rick Myllenbeck who is also the owner of Sonoma Cellar wine tasting room and restaurant in Old Town and is co-produced by a group of Alexandria vintage car collectors and enthusiast who travel across the world participating in classic and exotic car events. “This is all about the community and sharing,” said Myllenbeck. “We want to share beautiful cars and local fashion with residents and visitors, while bringing attention to Alexandria’s charming and unique Old Town area and benefiting Act for Alexandria – a terrific community-based charitable organization.”

EVENT DETAILS

What:  Old Town Festival of Speed & Style

When: Sunday, May 19, 2019

Where: King Street near Old Town Waterfront

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Fashion exhibition by the Old Town Boutique District from 12:00 p.m to 1:00 p.m)

Website: https://www.festivalspeedstylealex.com/
Cost: Free

Weather Plan: Rain or shine

The Choral Arts Society of Washington will present Gabriel Fauré: Requiem on Sunday, May 19th at 5:00 pm at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Concert Hall. The program is a stunning example of how, in a span of 25 years, musical styles can seem centuries apart all because of mentors who inspire individuality.

Artistic Director and Conductor Scott Tucker will lead the chorus and 67-person orchestra through these transcendent and rarely-heard compositions. The concert will also feature solos from treasured soprano, Laura Choi Stuart, rising star and Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist, Alexandria Shiner (soprano), and critically-acclaimed Trevor Scheunemann (baritone).

Choral Arts’ program features Fauré’s transcendent Requiem alongside the chorus’ first performances of Schmitt’s triumphant Psalm 47 and Boulanger’s exuberant Psalm 24. It has been nearly two decades since the beloved Schmitt composition has been performed in Washington, DC. Camille Saint-Saëns’ Sarabande Op. 93 will complete the evening.

“After recently hearing a recording of Schmitt’s Psalm 47 for the first time, I was so moved by its unbridled joy that I knew we had to build an entire concert around it,” said Tucker. “It was the most thrilling piece I’d heard in years.”

The program invites the audience to follow the musical lineage of four composers whose lives were inextricably linked during the early 20th Century in Paris, France. Schmitt credited Fauré as his greatest influence and Boulanger knew Fauré as a family friend from childhood. Fauré’s influence on Schmitt and Boulanger can be heard in their psalm settings and paved the way for future generations of composers.

More information and tickets ($15 and up) can be found online at https://choralarts.org/events/gabriel-faure-requiem/.

WHO: The Choral Arts Society of Washington

WHAT: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem

WHEN: Sunday, May 19th at 5:00 pm

WHERE: Kennedy Center Concert Hall

TICKETS: ($15 and up) https://choralarts.org/events/gabriel-faure-requiem

Grammy Award® winner Michael Bolton joins the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) for a one-night-only performance this spring, led by NSO Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke. The concert takes place on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

From “When a Man Loves a Woman” to “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” and more, Michael Bolton’s time, love, and tenderness has created the soundtrack of our lives. Join the Grammy Award®-winner with the NSO for an evening of timeless hits and a musical journey through pop, rock, soul, standards, and even classical, specially arranged for symphony orchestra.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets ($29-$119) are available at the Kennedy Center Box Office, online at kennedy-center.org, and via phone (202) 467-4600; toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquires, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.

Whether as “Saved By The Bell’s” resident high school jock or waltzing into our hearts on “Dancing With the Stars, Mario Lopez is an iconic pop cultural superstar spanning Decades of excitement. He’ll be visiting Decades Nightclub, beloved retro-to-modern paradise on Friday night, May 24th from 10pm-3am. Decades is located at 1219 Connecticut Avenue, NW and you must be 21+ to enter. VIP Guest List https://decadesdc.com/events/

Washington Monthly will host a screening of “All the President’s Men” and the legendary reporter featured in the film, Bob Woodward. The movie will be followed by a conversation with Woodward about his Watergate coverage, parallels to the Trump administration and other insights.

The event, in partnership with American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre, is set for Wednesday, May 29, beginning at 7 p.m.

The Oscar-winning movie stars Robert Redford as Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein; it dramatizes the Washington Post’s investigation into the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation, and that earned Woodward and Bernstein a Pulitzer Prize.

Woodward’s latest book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” was an international best-seller. He’ll discuss his half-century experience covering Washington and multiple presidents with Washington Monthly Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris. He will also take questions from the audience.

The Monthly’s Fourth Estate Film Series is a program of classic and contemporary movies about journalists and journalism, featuring in-person discussions with leading reporters, media experts, and film industry luminaries. All events take place at the AFI Silver Theatre at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Md.

Other films in the series include “Broadcast News” and “The Front Page.” Further details are available at http://bit.ly/WMAFI2019.