Warehouse Free for All Friday night

The Warehouse Theatre is due for some renovations, owner Paul Ruppert wrote us, but first they need to clear out years of  “clutter”.  There appear to be some treasures among the mere utilitarian and the mysterious  (see photos here), and everything is free for the taking starting at 5pm tonight, March 19th. Just show up at the Warehouse, 1021 7th Street NW, Washington, DC.

High Court Rules for French at Agincourt

Mock Trial at Shakespeare Theatre Results in Big Damages Against Henry V

(Wed, March 16, 2010 – Sidney Harman Hall, Washington, DC) The Supreme Court of the Amalgamated Kingdom of England and France – a dazzling collection of judicial talent headed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Chief Justice – unanimously ruled that King Henry V’s slaughter of French prisoners of war was legally unjustified and awarded unspecified damages to the POW estates. [Read more...]

Josh Kornbluth on Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?

Joshing with Kornbluth, Warhol, Golda, George, Sarah and Other Jews on the Wall.

When you sit and interview Josh Kornbluth, you can’t help but relax quickly and start kibbitzing almost instantly with this very funny, always-reflecting monologist. [Read more...]

Play in a Day

The clock ticks as playwrights, directors and actors from professional Washington, D.C. theatres craft ten-minute plays in just 24 hours, cued by a prop, a theme or a few words given them the night before, culminating in an evening of unpredictable, one-of-a-kind theatre. [Read more...]

The Light in the Piazza

The new Arena Stage production of Lucas and Guettel’s The Light on the Piazza downscales this Tony Award-winning Broadway-style show to fit its currently available space. The result? A bare-bones version of the original that still retains much of its charm and intimacy thanks to its marvelous cast. [Read more...]

Zelda at the Oasis

Top Pick! – Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is in town.  The legendary wife of the legendary writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a whirling Southern belle filled with ambition, drive, sophistication and emotional vulnerability, wrapped in a surprisingly tough shell.  [Read more...]

Summer at Nohant

The Baroness Aurore Dudevant, better known as the French novelist and patron of the arts George Sand, is at her country home, Nohant, with her family and one of  her most famous lovers,  the Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin. [Read more...]

Reston Community Players and Silver Spring Stage dominate the 10th annual WATCH Awards

It was curtains for the other nominees in the musical categories as Reston Community Players’ (RCP) production of Kander and Ebb’s musical Curtains was honored with 12 awards at the 10th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (The WATCH Award) [Read more...]

SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day

Washington Women join their International Sisters to offer FREE performances, readings and film screenings

On Saturday, March 27, 2010, The Georgetown Theatre Company and Women in Film & Video will host the 3rd Annual DC SWAN Day, an all-day event featuring FREE Performances, Readings and Film Screenings in Georgetown. [Read more...]

Chad Kimball, starring in the Broadway musical Memphis

The Musical of his Soul: Chad Kimball on his journey with Memphis

It didn’t surprise me when Chad Kimball wowed the NYC critics with his animated, high energy, funny, bluesy, and loveable performance as disc jockey Huey Calhoun in the new musical Memphis. [Read more...]