One last standing ovation for these performers whose work quite simply blew us away this year. Ian Merill Peakes, Amadeus, Folger Theatre In Amadeus, Ian Merill Peakes brought Peter Shaffer’s Salieri to brilliant, anguished life. He was a childishly sweet-scarfing confidant explaining to future generations the way his young court-rival genius, Mozart, curdled Salieri’s heart and activated […]
The toughest skills these BMX competition riders learned for Cirque du Soleil’s Volta
The top of the Cirque du Soleil tent, stretching across one of the parking lots next to the Tyson’s II mall, peaks over the collection of roadways as I drive into the neighborhood. The tent itself is a massive spectacle, looming among the collection of hotels and buildings. Touring Cirque du Soleil’s Volta is a […]
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: Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia
In the darkness, a disembodied voice tells us we are embarking on a journey and instructs us to ready ourselves for take off and to put our cell phones to airplane mode. Then so many thousands of miles up, it is announced we are to be jettisoned out of the aircraft. A goofy lovable Everyman, […]
Luzia’s U. S. artistic director guides us through Cirque du Soleil’s latest show now open in Tysons II
Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia is opening tonight and here through June 17, performing under its familiar big top in Tysons II, McLean, VA. And just like every Cirque show, this one promises to create a unique experience for the entire family.
Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosity from Cirque du Soleil (review)
Under the magic of its yellow-and-blue striped tent, Cirque du Soleil has brought what may be its most rare and delightful show to date. Kurios reminds us that little and “oldie” can be exquisite, and it’s all delivered in the capital of bling, Tysons Corner, now billed as “America’s next great city.” (Not.)
Cirque due Soleil’s KURIOS at Tysons is a homecoming for high-flying gymnast
When Ryan Shinji Murray was 10, he made the short trek from his home in Ashton, Maryland to Washington, D.C. with his family to see a performance of Cirque du Soleil. A decade later, he did what he could to enter the circus profession and not long after that, he became a member of the […]
TOTEM
Cirque du Soleil has done it again with its particular brand of entertainment magic. Conceived in 2010, TOTEM has kept the company’s commitment to delivering a “no animals circus” by having simians and other beasts played by some pretty specialized homo sapiens.
Tim Smith – from Broadway to Artistic Director of Cirque’s TOTEM
Stepping off the Broadway musical stage after 15 years and stepping into the position of Artistic Director of TOTEM – about to perform under Cirque du Soleil’s familiar yellow and blue tent at National Harbor later this month – seems like a large order, but not to Tim Smith.
Quidam
Now playing in the capacious Verizon Center, Quidam is the current iteration of the Montréal-based Cirque du Soleil, the amazing French-Canadian entertainment combine that has, in many ways, redefined the good old-fashioned circus as a uniquely theatrical performance art form. Its current show — surprisingly dark and introspective — is an auditorium-based revival of its […]
OVO
Suspended some 45 feet in the air, under the Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) at National Harbor, a silky, cream-colored cocoon is undulating gracefully. The butterfly (aerialist Inna Mayorova) is making her escape.
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