The Visit - 2008 - Arlington, VA (Regional) Articles Page 1

UNDEROATH released a live performance video of BREATHING IN A NEW MENTALITY, filmed at the Long Beach date of Vans Warped Tour, ahead of upcoming shows in Mexico City.

Peninsula Players Theatre will conclude its 91st season with MURDER GIRL, Heidi Armbruster's Wisconsin whodunnit set at a Northwoods supper club, directed by Mallory Metoxen.

BET will air the return of "SOUL TRAIN AWARDS," simulcast on CBS for the first time, taped in Chicago and produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment.

Director Alison Reid's documentary THE ART OF ADVENTURE, following the 1957 Land Rover expedition of Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster, will open in theaters across the US this fall.

The installation will mark JAY-Z's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium concerts and the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint, featuring period-era televisions and limited-edition merchandise in London's Trafalgar Square.

LPR and Metropolitan Entertainment is set to present Atlanta indie rock band Manchester Orchestra at Adler Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture on Thursday, November 12. The performance, featuring the duo of frontman Andy Hull and guitarist/vocalist Robert McDowell, commemorates the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut album.

Dita Von Teese will continue her burlesque residency at Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, adding new performances featuring couture costumes and Bob Mackie showgirl designs.

Andy Hull and Robert McDowell will perform I'M LIKE A VIRGIN LOSING A CHILD in full at Adler Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture, marking the album's 20th anniversary.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts announced its upcoming season, featuring Princess Nokia, Ginuwine, La India, Aida Cuevas, Flor de Toloache and the United European Ballet Company in the Bronx.

Sara Evans will kick off her 10-city Holiday Road Tour on December 2 in Cranston, Rhode Island, with stops through December 18 in Des Moines, Iowa. Braden Hull will open all dates.

Timothy Bloom will receive The Prince Fellowship and Chase Parker will receive The Prince/TTLP Fellowship, programs supporting early-career producers in association with Columbia University School of the Arts.

The Actors' Gang in Culver City will present an eight-show season featuring THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE, THE EXONERATED, new works, and family-friendly programming.

Popejoy Hall announced a new series called POPEJOY LIVE!, adding seven one-night events spanning concerts, film-to-concert screenings, and holiday shows to its season lineup.

Directed by Elaine Epstein, the documentary follows the arrest of a midwife serving Amish and Mennonite families in rural New York and the women who organized in response.

Pianist Ayumi Tanaka, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Thomas Strønen will release WINDFLOWER, an ECM album featuring eight improvised tracks and a reworking of Tanaka's composition La Source.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck will personally cover the cost of a student's first ticket through PSO GO, the orchestra's discounted student ticket program at Heinz Hall.

Craft Recordings and HighTone Records will reissue Dave Alvin's 1998 album BLACKJACK DAVID with bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased Angel On Your Shoulder, on 2-LP, CD, and digital.

Ballet Theatre of Maryland will open its season with the VIP event Ballet in the Garden at the Hammond-Harwood House, followed by the company premiere of LA SYLPHIDE at Maryland Hall.

Carly Simon released Comes In Waves, her first collection of original songs in years, recorded largely at her Martha's Vineyard home alongside a personal archive project.

General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler Kemper has announced “La bohème,” the first production of Lyric Opera’s 2026–2027 season and the opening production of the company’s 70th season. “La bohème” will run for three performances.

San Francisco Opera’s 2026–27 Season begins with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leading an international cast in Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.

​Following years with the Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, Interactive Theatre International is bringing a brand-new immersive dining experience to the UK this October. Sheer Luck Holmes – The Case of the Floating Fiancée.

Storyhouse in Chester will present RIP IT UP, a film season curated by its Young Film Programmers examining youth culture through fashion, rebellion and self-expression.

Martha Graham Dance Company will present masterworks, new commissions, and Lamentation Variations while touring the US, Canada, England, Spain, Mexico, and China.

Theatre has always intersected with politics, and the presence of American presidents in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre plays and musicals is a major part of this. Did you know that all of our heads of state have been featured in shows, whether as characters or as plot points that are part of the action? Dramatizing current and former leaders of our nation is a way to examine their affect on society at the time and how political events, even those of many years ago, still impact us all.