Review: A HOLIDAY POPS! with Melinda Doolittle and the National Symphony Orchestra, Steven Reineke Conductor at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - Dec 16, 2025
At this festive time of year, everyone has a favorite tradition. One of mine is attending YOUR National Symphony Orchestra’s (NSO) annual A Holiday Pops! concert. It is always guaranteed to showcase a top notch singer and a superb choir, while giving the audience one audible pleasure after another as Maestro Steven Reineke leads the NSO through familiar holiday favorites mixed with new and innovative orchestrations of holiday classics. This year’s edition did not disappoint!
Feature: A Symphonic Holiday Tradition Returns
by Elliot Lanes - Dec 10, 2025
There are many holiday viewing traditions here in the DMV covering all genres of entertainment. Ford’s Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol and Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Warner Theatre are just two productions that audiences keep returning to year after year.
Elizabeth Stanley to Perform at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2025
Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Elizabeth Stanley (Jagged Little Pill, Company) will kick off the holiday season in style with “Let Your Heart Be Light” — a one-night-only concert at the intimate Laurie Beechman Theater.