Philanthropist Jane Lang, who turned the abandoned Atlas 1930’s movie house on H Street into the Atlas Performing Arts Center, a $20 million, modern, state of the art venue was interested in more than running a new facility. She was also interested in those places where dance, music, film and live performance touch one another, and […]
Archives for February 25, 2012
Two world premieres, new LaBute to head up CATF 2012 festival
The Contemporary American Theater Festival, held each year in Shepherdstown, West Virinia is one of the Washington area’s favorite out of town summer festivals. This year’s season, just announced, will feature world premieres by Bess Wohl and Johnna Adams, a new Neil LaBute play about secrets between siblings, a story about an interrogation of Nazi war […]