All posts tagged "kennedy center"
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Conversations: WAMU’s Rebecca Sheir to talk with Michael Kaiser at Hill Center Stage
Rebecca Sheir of WAMU 88.5 FM’s Metro Connection leads an in-depth conversation with Michael Kaiser, departing longtime head of the Kennedy Center. Kaiser will reflect...
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“Side Show” scribe Bill Russell aims to portray the humanity in those who are different
"Side Show" scribe Bill Russell aims to portray the humanity in those who are different.
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The Joy of Being Sir
Side Show's Robert Joy gets his freak on
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”Side Show” and ”Disney’s The Lion King” provide two worthwhile theatrical experiences at Kennedy Center
“Come Look at the Freaks,” goes the grand opening number in the musical Side Show. And it’s quite possible such a exploitative, sensationalistic call might...
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Finnish group Rajaton joins the NSO to toast ABBA
Finnish group Rajaton joins the NSO to toast ABBA
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Primary Colors: “The Magic Flute”
There are beautiful singing voices in WNO's Magic Flute, yet much is still out of tune
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Star Attraction: Laura Benanti’s ties to GMCW extend beyond song and dance
Laura Benanti remembers having a slight existential crisis as a kid. “What is this world that I live in? What is this horrible place where...
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Love Is the Drug
Although people often call Donizetti’s rom-com The Elixir of Love a good opera for the uninitiated, director Stephen Lawless’s production requires a caveat: Remember that...
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Anglophilic
''All three of these choreographers are at the top of their game,'' Septime Webre says, referring to Trey McIntyre, Christopher Bruce and Christopher Wheeldon. As...
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The Washington Chorus celebrates Verdi
Julian Wachner leads The Washington Chorus in its celebration of Giuseppe Verdi in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth. Sopranos Corinne Winters and...
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Ann Hampton Callaway’s Valentine to the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center's main Valentine's Day treat is a romp through love songs from the Great American Songbook and other clever, contemporary originals by lesbian...
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Unexpected Moves
''I started taking dance because I used to imitate Michael Jackson,'' says Robert Battle, who recalls playing piano and singing as a child growing up...
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Magic To Do
Of all the adjectives you could use to describe Beaches, the maudlin movie from 1988 starring Bette Midler as C.C. Bloom, it's doubtful ''inspiring'' would...
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Vampires at the Ballet: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
Provocative British choreographer Matthew Bourne — best known for his mostly male, Tony-winning version of Swan Lake — returns with his company New Adventures to...
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Lasting Legacy
Already this fall there have been several local performances of Verdi's Requiem. The beloved masterwork, as Scott Tucker puts it, ''is often presented kind of...
