IN Series has titled its 2024-2025 season, "Illicit Opera" with the aim of showcasing formerly banned works. Within this framework, Rigoletto's inclusion makes perfect sense. The story was c…
Out for a rare date night, Jasper (Jacob Yeh) and Adelaide (Kari Ginsburg) chat happily, seemingly content with their lives as suburban, middle class parents raising twin girls. That is, unt…
The Washington National Opera opened the 2024-2025 season with a stirring and timely production of Beethoven's "Fidelio." An opera in two acts, "Fidelio" premiered in 1851 at La Fenice in Ve…
A raucous fireworks-filled marriage proposal releases an ancient creature from the depths of a nearby lake. This results in a monumental succession of unintended consequences, but not withou…
The theatre season has just begun, but "Babbit," directed by Christopher Ashley and starring two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick, is set to be Washington D.C.'s must-see theatrical …
Since 2006, the annual "ARTSÂ by George!" gala has been a George Mason University tradition that brings together students, faculty, and community arts enthusiasts to support scholarships f…
Uncommon artistry and elegance characterize "Silent Night," a contemporary opera in two acts that lays bare the shared humanity of enemy soldiers on a European battlefield while simultaneous…
The Tony Award®"winning Best Musical "Nine" recounts the story of Italian film director, Guido Contini (Steven Pasquale), who decamps to a Venetian spa in an attempt to overcome writer's …
Even in the extreme heat of a Washington, DC summer, the haunting melodies of Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" have the power to transport listeners to a freezing Parisian flat whose youthful …
Theatre enthusiasts converged on the Filene Center last Saturday evening for the fifth annual "Broadway in the Park." In a collaboration between Arlington's Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap, …
Directed by Jakari Sherman, Step Afrika!'s revival of "The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence" is a glorious synthesis of dance, music, and the visual arts that traces Black Americans'…
Five of the world's finest magicians have joined forces to baffle and mystify audiences in a production that features mind reading, vanishing acts, and even a snowstorm. Amidst a steady stre…
With Master of Ceremonies Diego Prieto at the helm, the Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) organization held its 22nd annual awards show at The Birchmere this past Sunday. The …
Under the baton of conductor Adam Turner, Virginia Opera and Richmond Symphony Orchestra gifted Northern Virginia with a dazzling and heartfelt production of Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butter…
Providing laugh-out-loud theatre for more than a decade, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning musical "The Book of Mormon" is as fresh and entertaining now as it was when it premiered on Bro…
City of Fairfax Theatre Company's current production of "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive," features witty dialogue, a creative set, and a talen…
Before Jonathan Larson's "Rent" became one of Broadway's longest-running musicals, Larson penned a little-known, autobiographical rock monologue titled "30/90." In the ensuing decades, the m…
Mystifying, magical, and moving, "Mindplay" is a guided exploration of memory and the power it has to shape and reshape our perceptions"with an endless stash of astonishing surprises along t…
 "Our Dirty War" is a rare gem of theatrical depth and daring. Written and directed by Camilla Madero (this is her senior thesis), who also plays the role of her father, Roberto Madero, …
 "Arts By George!" is an annual fundraising event held at George Mason University to provide scholarships for young artists enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This ye…
Once again, Creative Cauldron is breaking new ground by launching its 2023-2024 season with the East Coast premiere of "Monarch: A Mexican American Musical." This is a new work that examines…
Wolf Trap Opera's one-night only production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" featured vocal talent of the highest caliber in a memorable performance of some of opera's best-loved music. It was dir…
Part concert, part communal meditation, "Little Central America, 1984″"directed by Elia Arce and written and performed by Elia Arce and Rubén MartÃnez"uses song, film, and spoken w…
 Rorschach Theatre's transformation of a former men's clothing store into a 1990s era rock club is nothing short of spectacular. The 360-degree theatrical installation"including a stage …
With book, lyrics, and music by Anais Mitchell, the 2019 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, "Hadestown" is a rollicking and witty take on Greek mythological characters Orpheus and Eurydice,…