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Ben is an avid theatergoer who has seen more than 350 musicals and plays. Some of his most memorable theatrical experiences include: accidentally insulting Andrew Lloyd Webber at a performance of Love Never Dies, attending the last Broadway performance of Elaine Stritch at Liberty and watching George Bizet’s opera The Pearl Fishers from the Presidential Box at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Originally from Pittsburgh, Ben works for a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, and previously served in The White House. Ben has a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Mason University and a Master’s degree in strategic public relations from The George Washington University.

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BWW Review: Capital Fringe's LANCER AND LACE Asks What If?

July 18, 2017

What could have been a thoughtful examination of what a Kennedy Presidency could have looked like instead comes off like a cheap political thriller and soap opera.

BWW Review: Capital Fringe's COMEDIAN ELECTED TO TOWN COUNCIL IN NEW JERSEY Has Heart

July 17, 2017

Comedian Elected to Town Council in New Jersey has heart, reminding us that public service can still be fun and honorable.

BWW Interview: Playwright David Meyers Explores the Cost of Freedom in CATF's WE WILL NOT BE SILENT

June 26, 2017

If doing the right thing meant losing your life and history potentially never remembering you, would you do it anyway?

BWW Review: Theater J's Impactful BROKEN GLASS

June 22, 2017

How do we identify ourselves? What role does fear play in shaping our lives? Do we ever confuse what we see in the news with what is actually happening in our daily comings and goings? In an era when news, be it real or fake, is omnipresent, Theater J's timely, well-acted production of Broken Glass

BWW Review: Studio's Heartbreaking THE FATHER Explores One of Life's Cruel Fates

May 16, 2017

Led by the incomparable Ted van Griethuysen, The Father forms a palpable connection with the audience as it explores what happens when loved ones, and indeed one's own self, become unrecognizable.

BWW Review: Signature's Tuneful PIANO MEN Cabaret

May 12, 2017

Music lovers and historians will want to make their way to Shirlington for Signature Theatre's enjoyable, yet uneven, The Piano Men Cabaret.

BWW Review: Forum's BUILDING THE WALL Misses the Mark

May 1, 2017

What aims to be a thought-provoking and cautionary tale about President Donald Trump's controversial campaign promise to build a wall along the US-Mexican border ends up being monotonous at best.

BWW Review: Arena's A RAISIN IN THE SUN Shines

April 10, 2017

Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play A Raisin in the Sun is making Arena Stage its home for the next five weeks and it should not be missed.

BWW Interview: ADAM PASCAL Reflects on Tim Rice's Legacy Ahead of Sunday's YAA Concert

March 9, 2017

This Sunday, Adam Pascal will join the Young Artists of America (YAA) in paying tribute to the Tony, Oscar and Grammy Award Winning lyricist in The Circle of Life: The Songs of Tim Rice in Concert.

BWW Review: Washington National Opera's CHAMPION is a Winner

March 7, 2017

Who among us hasn't fought for acceptance and inner peace? That alone makes Champion a winner.

BWW Review: The Coup Stumbles at WNO's THE DICTATOR'S WIFE

January 16, 2017

The Dictator's Wife stumbles like a badly engineered coup with the fault lying solely with the opera's librettist Mohammed Hanif.

BWW Review: Theater J's Scintillating COPENHAGEN

January 12, 2017

With Copenhagen, Theater J has done it again - giving DC audiences another thought-provoking must see evening.

BWW Review: The Kinsey Sicks Bring Bawdy Humor to Theater J with OY VEY IN A MANGER

December 22, 2016

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza or Festivus, Oy Vey In Manager taps into your naughtier side, making sense of the craziness that often fills December

BWW Review: National Theatre's HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS Brings Christmas Cheer to Whoville and DC

December 15, 2016

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BWW Review: Washington Ballet's THE NUTCRACKER is a Christmas Treat

December 6, 2016

Washington Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, a beloved DC holiday tradition, has returned to the Warner Theatre in all its splendid glory.

BWW Review: Signature's SILVER BELLES Is More Nice than Naughty

November 30, 2016

With a 75 minute runtime, the show never becomes cloyingly sweet or as indigestible as a fruit cake, as happens with too many holiday specials.

BWW Review: Second City's Provocative and Edgy BLACK SIDE OF THE MOON at Woolly Mammoth

November 18, 2016

Second City's proactive, edgy and downright hysterical Black Side of the Moon at Woolly Mammoth Theatre is an honest conversation about race and gender in America.

BWW Interview: Christopher Donahue Takes to the Seas and the Stage in Arena Stage's MOBY DICK

November 17, 2016

For actor Christopher Donahue, there's something quite sympathetic in the tortured sea captain who's obsessed with capturing the colossal whale.

BWW Interview: Kate Rockwell Takes On DC and a Classic with Arena Stage's CAROUSEL

October 24, 2016

Starting this week, Kate Rockwell will be making her Arena Stage debut as Carrie Pipperidge in the show that was named the 'Best Musical of the 20th Century' by Time Magazine, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel.

BWW Review: The Sixties Are Alive and Rocking With WOODSTOCK at Signature

October 12, 2016

The sixties are alive and rocking at Signature Theatre with the latest addition to their cabaret series: Woodstock.

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