A taste of Scottish culture and an extraordinary journey can be washed down with an ice-cold beer, courtesy of a traveling troupe of actors who will perform in one of D.C.’s popular bars.
Ro Boddie – at home on stage and now television
The rest of the country is starting to notice Ro Boddie.
Molly Smith’s ‘loverly’ My Fair Lady
– This is a two part look at the new production of Lerner and Loewe’s masterpiece musical My Fair Lady at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. – It was only a matter of time before Molly Smith got to My Fair Lady. In recent years, Smith’s productions of classic, American musicals […]
Dirt
Dirt. It’s in us, around us. We spend time, money and effort to reduce it or get rid of it. We also produce it. Heaps of trash crowd landfills, and serve as both food and an environment for rats, bugs and other dirty things.
Broadway’s Parker Esse at Catholic helming Finian’s Rainbow this weekend
– Best known in our area as the choreographer of those show-stopping numbers at Arena Stage for Oklahoma! and The Music Man, Parker Esse returns to give back to the talented students at Catholic University. – Looking to feel something sort of grandish? Look no further than Finian’s Rainbow, the 1947 musical that introduced such […]
Molly Smith ready to make her Broadway debut in 2013
Molly Smith is helping to light the fuse of an explosive new play headed to Broadway. The Artistic Director of Arena Stage will be making her Broadway directorial debut with The Velocity of Autumn that will bow on Broadway in spring, 2013.
Aaron Posner and Tom Teasley collaborate on The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds is a theatrical event that has traveled from an “empty space,” to villages in Africa. Now it comes to the stage of the Folger Theatre.
Our Class
Illuminating a dark chapter in Poland’s history, Our Class at Theater J features a strong acting ensemble and assured direction by Derek Goldman.
Nick Olcott returns to acting to play celebrated chef James Beard
What happens when an actor is cast as a master cook and famous gastronome? In the case of Nick Olcott, he digs in to some cookbooks and heads for the market.
Randy Johnson’s stage tribute to the legendary Janis Joplin opens at Arena Stage
It all started with the voice. As a child, Randy Johnson listened intently to a recording of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Summertime.” Little Randy was not listening to an opera album or a cast recording of Porgy and Bess. “At age five, I listened to Janis Joplin’s recording of ‘Summertime’ over and over again.”
Co-author and director Ricardo Khan talks about Fly
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen gets set to open Ford’s Theatre’s season. Ricardo Khan is a man of the theatre. He is the co-founder and former artistic director of the Tony Award-winning Crossroads Theatre Company, one of the premiere African-American theatres in the country. Khan is used to telling stories through the medium of […]
Michael Kahn picks Russian comedy The Government Inspector as STC’s season opener
How does a 2012 Tony Award-winning regional theatre open up their newest season? Doing The Government Inspector is a great way to start. As the Shakespeare Theatre Company prepared to open their first production of a Russian play, artistic director Michael Kahn enthusiastically shared the reasons for choosing Nikolai Gogol’s comic masterpiece.