The Glimmerglass Festival offers a unique opportunity to singers and audiences alike to be around living composers. The “live relationship” creates a work that breathes and where new discoveries in the process can bring about further growth and development. This has happened with having composer John Corigliano as artist-in-residence all summer serving as mentor to […]
Archives for July 29, 2019
Review: Cirque du Soleil’s high-flying, death-defying Volta under the Big Top in Tysons, VA
There are plenty of oohs and ahhs to be heard under the big top in Tysons, VA as Volta, one of Cirque du Soleil’s most daring shows to date, brings plenty of imaginative and original acts to the stage. As with any Cirque show, Volta offers a collection of high-flying acrobatics and death-defying stunts, and […]
Review: Tiger Style! at Olney Theatre Center
Blame their parents. Albert and Jennifer Chen are failing at life. Sure, they both graduated top of their class from Harvard. And, yes, Jen went on to get a medical degree and PhD (both from Harvard) before starting her career as an oncologist. Albert took the “lazy Asian” way out, “only” becoming a software programmer. […]
Capital Fringe 2019 Audience Awards winners and Julianne Brienza reveals some early measures of the festival’s success
Update: Shows presented at this year’s Capital Fringe received some of the highest ratings in the history of our reporting. Audiences got the chance to vote their favorites in the Capital Fringe Audience Awards survey and the winners were announced on closing night, July 28, 2019: Best Comedy: Codependent presented by J&em Productions Best Drama: […]
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