Washington's Liveliest Theatre website
Porscha “Lyrik” Coleman is a freelance journalist and poet, born and raised in Washington, DC. Porscha has been covering entertainment news with an emphasis on hip hop, spoken word and theatre for several years. She has written for various print and web publications and hopes to expand into film and television production.
DC Will Always Love Dilla
part of the DC Hip-Hop Theatre Festival
July 12 – 2011 — Approaching the 9:30 Club for the DC Loves Dilla benefit concert, I can see the steady stream of people buying tickets and entering the venue, other small groups gather outside, hugs, handshakes, and the low rumble of conversation abound. This event is always a mixture of entertainment and family reunion for 25 – 40 year old age group in DC. [Read more...]
I don’t think anyone ever told the lie that being black and lesbian in the 21st century was easy, but who knew it could be so funny? In the thoughtful, provocative, and insanely funny one woman show Where My Girls At?, Micia Mosely makes it so. [Read more...]
If the full lobby at Studio Theatre, or the line that wrapped around said full lobby to sign a standby list for tickets was going to be any indication of how good the show Paige in Full would be, my job as a reviewer would be easy. [Read more...]
![lyrikbio[1]](http://dctheatr.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lyrikbio1-90x90.jpg)
The 9th Annual Hip-Hop Theater Festival is happening around DC July 6 – 10. All events are free and open to the public. For more details, click here. [Read more...]
On the hottest day of the year, when many in DC were seeking the solace of air conditioning or the local swimming pool, droves of people chose to brave the heat for a scorching hot performance at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, marking the beginning of the 2010 Hip- Hop Theater Festival. [Read more...]
“Homegrown”, a documentary of a young Ghanaian hip-hop group, was screened at The Studio Theatre to a packed house of HHTF fans. [Read more...]
Rush hour was really rushed at Foggy Bottom/ GWU Tuesday afternoon, as standing room only crowds boarded the free shuttle from the metro to the Kennedy Center. [Read more...]
In the relatively quiet Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington sits a relatively quiet bar and grill, ironically called The Library Saloon.
The 2009 Hip Hop Theatre Festival kicked off at The Library with an extraordinarily talented collective of local painters called AM Radio. They are part of the city-wide ART Unplugged – [Read more...]
The Word Begins: Day 3 at HHTF“Tonight we take back the word” exclaimed Sekou (tha misfit) and Steve Connell at the beginning of The Word Begins the 90 minute sold out extravaganza featured in the DC Hip Hop Theater Festival and performed at the Studio Theatre stage 4. [Read more...]
By Porscha “Lyrik” Coleman
On the fourth floor of the Studio Theatre on Wednesday night three performers took the stage to create an ode to the five elements of hip hop (emceeing, beatboxing, breaking, graffiti, and b-boying).
The crowd was standing room only as all the seats in the theatre quickly filled and the audience gathered in spill over spaces in adjacent hallways and backstage. [Read more...]
American Theatre Wing Interviews I AM THEATRE (TCG)