All posts tagged "kennedy center"
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Joo Young Oh at The Kennedy Center
Celebrated teenage violinist Joo Young Oh performs a recital called "Passion of the Violin," featuring selections from Tartini, Saint-Saëns, Milstein and Sarasate. Saturday, Aug. 28,...
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Shen Yun Performing Arts at the KenCen
Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts seeks to breathe new life into traditional Chinese culture, blending beauty, energy and grace. Dancers dressed in...
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Michael Feinberg Ensemble at the KenCenMillennium Stage
This ensemble, featuring the vibrant young bassist and composer Michael Feinberg, with Julian Shore, Daniel Platzman, Joe Santa Maria and Tivon Pennicott, continues to bring...
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Jolly Holiday
For every Lion King, there is a Little Mermaid. For every Beauty and the Beast, there is a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. There is perhaps...
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Marital Bliss
Truth be told, most comic operas are funnier in theory than in reality. The buffo, over-rouged in a teetering wig, capers about the stage and,...
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McNally's Aria
Three years ago, Terrence McNally's phone rang. On the line, Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ''We'd like...
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Opera Queens
Terrence McNally was angry with John Glover. ''So, what's going to happen? I've called and offered you this part and I haven't heard from you,''...
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Diva Country
When Terrence McNally first approached Tyne Daly to play Maria Callas in Master Class, the actress, known for her work in television (Cagney & Lacey)...
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Madness and Marriage
Some think of Christmas as a magical time of year. With all the school pageants, costumes and make-believe, it's definitely full of theatrics. Two weeks...
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Wide Awake
''Spring Awakening'' at the Kennedy Center Spring can really hang you up the most. It was in the spring of 1989 that Sen. Jesse Helms...
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World Wonder
While it may be four decades since her iconic character first twirled her way across American television sets, when Lynda Carter flashes her smile at...
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Deliciously Dire
Chances are you will not be seeing the Siegfried that opened this past Saturday night since the performance began with general director Placido Domingo's announcement...
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Great Escape
Ragtime is one of those musicals. It's big. It's opulent. It's filled with infectious songs that will remain firmly in your head for days after...
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Body Language
If you talk about contemporary dance in Washington, dancer and choreographer Helanius Wilkins is bound to enter the conversation. Since 2001, his EDGEWORKS Dance Theater...
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Sea-Worthy
As one familiar with England's wild and windy Norfolk coast, there is much that resonates in the Washington National Opera's production of Benjamin Britten's Peter...
