39 stories by "Kaley Beins"
Open the program for Havana Hop at Imagination Stage, and you are immediately greeted by a diagram showing the step-by-step footwork for a "Cuban style" salsa. The instructions, the pre-show…
 A bustling, happy crowd buzzed around Wolf Trap's open air Filene Center Thursday night. Conversations swelled and quieted, mixing with the sounds of tuning instruments and chirping cri…
Nothing gold can stay. So ends the Frost poem and begins our protagonist's panicked search for a poet to immortalize the orange blossoms in his gardens. But who will be able to write poetry …
As the pandemic drags on, the performing arts have worked hard to adapt to a safe and accessible format. Theatres have hosted outdoor shows and online staged readings. Performances from well…
In 1965 a group of Walter Johnson High School students from Bethesda decided to put on a show over the summer. Lacking adults to supervise their summer theatrics, the teens decided to go it …
Trey Sorrells lit up the room. From his first song of the evening, he radiated energy, moving to the music coming from his saxophone and throwing himself fully into his performance. Sorrells…
As Christmas rolls around, popular culture is teeming with references to Scrooge and other Dickensian characters. But what would A Christmas Carol be without Marley's haunting voice or Tiny …
Fifty-seven years after their debut single, The Beach Boys are back! Though the original lineup of the Wilson brothers, Al Jardine, and Mike Love saw losses due to cancer, accidents, and men…
As you enter the theatre in Sterling, Virginia, you will be greeted by bloody knives and organ music. At center stage is a pair of dark furnace doors. The chilly space is tinged with blue li…
An instant Disney classic, “The Little Mermaid” animated film has captivated audiences for almost 30 years. However, transitioning from a charming cartoon with witty banter to a …
In their new musical ‘The Princess & The Pauper " A Bollywood Tale,’ Imagination Stage tackles a re-telling of the classic Mark Twain story. Described by playwright Anu Y…
Toby's Dinner Theatre, a popular Maryland venue with a buffet and a theatre-in-the-round, is known for involving its audiences in its shows. Actors double as servers, interacting with audien…
Since March 2011 “The Book of Mormon” has been making audiences wince and laugh as they try not to sing along. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, teamed up w…
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?"every, every minute?" The famous line from Thornton Wilder's classic play “Our Town” always seems to hush audiences as …
Gathering in the lobby of the Anacostia Playhouse, we waited for the box office to open as a mix of alternative and country music played over the speakers. Instead of tickets, we were given …
This June, D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) hosted their 15th annual “Will on the Hill” performance, a night where members of Congress and other influential Washingtonian…
Debuting in 1904, Puccini's “Madama Butterfly” is surprisingly modern in its approach to opera. The arias, duets, and choruses examine America's attitude towards the rest of the …
"I kill a man and the world forgives me. I love a man, and the world wants to kill me." Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer's jazz opera “Champion” makes its East Coast premi…
Sopranessence, an all-female vocal group comprised solely of sopranos and mezzo-sopranos, held their Valentine's Day event a few days early on February 11, 2017 in the Memorial Theater of th…
"It's a complicated business, is love." Enda Walsh's critically-acclaimed, Tony Award-winning musical “Once” tells the story of a Guy (Sam Cieri) and a Girl (Mackenzie Lesser-Roy…
The smoke that filled the shadowy speakeasy dimmed the red overhead lights and clouded the crystal chandeliers. The University of Maryland's blackbox Kogod Theatre at The Clarice had been tr…
A cacophony of notes filled the theatre as the orchestra tuned their instruments. Six music stands with microphones stood downstage. The instruments gleamed in the red projection light, and …
Seated in fours at small, candlelit tables and sharing bottles of wine, the audience face a miniature stage complete with a grand piano. Signature Theatre is hosting its last cabaret of the …
"I'm a senator's daughter…I can put it on, and I can take it off. I just thought I had earned the right not to." Susan Marie Rhea's voice rings through the theatre, her words carrying the …
Two sails rose from the stage, protruding at jaunty angles away from the instruments that surrounded them. Overlapping videos projected onto the sails depicted children telling of their pare…
