Cellist Amit Peled to Open Fairfax Symphony Orchestra's Season In New Capital One Hall
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2021
On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 8:00pm, acclaimed cellist Amit Peled will open the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra's 2021-2022 Season at the brand new Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia. Peled performs Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 in the highly-anticipated grand opening concert conducted by FSO Music Director Christopher Zimmerman.
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2021
On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 8:00pm, acclaimed cellist Amit Peled will open the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra's 2021-2022 Season at the brand new Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia. Peled performs Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 in the highly-anticipated grand opening concert conducted by FSO Music Director Christopher Zimmerman.
Embracing Arlington Arts to Host Virtual Diversity Chat With Michael Bobbitt
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2021
Hear from nationally renowned (and DC favorite) Michael Bobbitt about initiatives he has implemented in his career to achieve better diversity and inclusion on stage, in the audience and in theater Board rooms in this timely ZOOM conversation.
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2021
Hear from nationally renowned (and DC favorite) Michael Bobbitt about initiatives he has implemented in his career to achieve better diversity and inclusion on stage, in the audience and in theater Board rooms in this timely ZOOM conversation.
Riverside Center to Presents the Area Premiere of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's BRIGHT STAR
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2021
After an almost two-year delay, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts' will at long last present the Tony Award nominated Bright Star live onstage from September 15 through October 31!
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2021
After an almost two-year delay, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts' will at long last present the Tony Award nominated Bright Star live onstage from September 15 through October 31!
JoAnn Falletta Will Conduct Kennedy Center 50th Anniversary Celebration
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2021
Echoing “An American Pageant for the Arts,” the 1962 fundraising telecast for the National Cultural Center hosted by Leonard Bernstein, one of Falletta’s early teachers, this special celebration will be hosted by Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald with special guest Caroline Kennedy. Falletta will share the podium with conductors Steven Reineke and Thomas Wilkins.
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2021
Echoing “An American Pageant for the Arts,” the 1962 fundraising telecast for the National Cultural Center hosted by Leonard Bernstein, one of Falletta’s early teachers, this special celebration will be hosted by Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald with special guest Caroline Kennedy. Falletta will share the podium with conductors Steven Reineke and Thomas Wilkins.
Museum Professionals From Across The Caribbean Gather To Discuss Resilience
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2021
In more than 15 concurrent sessions, museum professionals, including curators, educators, scholars, and researchers, are uniting to discuss themes related to historical sites, indigenous peoples, and social justice.
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2021
In more than 15 concurrent sessions, museum professionals, including curators, educators, scholars, and researchers, are uniting to discuss themes related to historical sites, indigenous peoples, and social justice.
Avant Bard Theatre Announces Next Season
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2021
Avant Bard Theatre today announced its next season, which marks a grateful return to live theatre after more than a year of remote performances and programming. This season also marks the first under Avant Bard’s five producing partners: artistic leaders Megan Behm, DeMone Seraphin, Alyssa Sanders, Dina Soltan, and Sara Barker.
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2021
Avant Bard Theatre today announced its next season, which marks a grateful return to live theatre after more than a year of remote performances and programming. This season also marks the first under Avant Bard’s five producing partners: artistic leaders Megan Behm, DeMone Seraphin, Alyssa Sanders, Dina Soltan, and Sara Barker.
Emerson String Quartet To Retire In 2023
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2021
All four members of the Quartet – Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton and Paul Watkins – will continue to perform and teach individually; as a group, they will continue to coach and mentor young ensembles through the Emerson String Quartet Institute at Stony Brook University, along with cellist David Finckel, who was a member of the quartet for 34 years.
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2021
All four members of the Quartet – Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton and Paul Watkins – will continue to perform and teach individually; as a group, they will continue to coach and mentor young ensembles through the Emerson String Quartet Institute at Stony Brook University, along with cellist David Finckel, who was a member of the quartet for 34 years.
The Choral Arts Society of Washington Announces 2021-22 Sesaon
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2021
This year’s powerful list of performances is highlighted with celebrations of sound that include the East Coast premiere of An African American Requiem by composer Damien Geter, Christmas at the Kennedy Center with soloist Esther Heideman, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute with Washington Performing Arts, and Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas with the National Symphony Orchestra.
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2021
This year’s powerful list of performances is highlighted with celebrations of sound that include the East Coast premiere of An African American Requiem by composer Damien Geter, Christmas at the Kennedy Center with soloist Esther Heideman, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute with Washington Performing Arts, and Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas with the National Symphony Orchestra.
VIDEO: Watch a Premiere of DETROIT '67 by Dominique Morisseau, Now Streaming at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2021
Detroit '67, the final production in the Signature Features 2021 Season is now available for streaming through Thursday, September 16 on Marquee TV.
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2021
Detroit '67, the final production in the Signature Features 2021 Season is now available for streaming through Thursday, September 16 on Marquee TV.
VIDEO: Signature Theatre Reflects on 2020-21 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2021
Signature Theatre is reflecting on its 2020-21 season in a new video showing some of the highlights.
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2021
Signature Theatre is reflecting on its 2020-21 season in a new video showing some of the highlights.
F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music at Old Dominion University Appoints Dr. Emily Ondracek-Peterson as Executive Director
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2021
After an extensive national search, the F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music at Old Dominion University has appointed Dr. Emily Ondracek-Peterson as its first Executive Director.
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2021
After an extensive national search, the F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music at Old Dominion University has appointed Dr. Emily Ondracek-Peterson as its first Executive Director.
National Symphony Orchestra's IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Returns This September
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2021
Across three weeks in September, musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra will perform free events within the uptown D.C. neighborhoods of Ward 4, Takoma Park, and downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, as part of 11th edition of the Orchestra's nationally recognized In Your Neighborhood program.
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2021
Across three weeks in September, musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra will perform free events within the uptown D.C. neighborhoods of Ward 4, Takoma Park, and downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, as part of 11th edition of the Orchestra's nationally recognized In Your Neighborhood program.
Student Blog: Words From The Working- Advice From Incredibly Successful Creators
by Student Blogger: Leah Packer - August 23, 2021
Hello Broadway lovers, theatre students, and artistic creators around the world! Welcome to the blog as we pass through August. Yes, eager blog-readers, after a long, pandemic-driven wait, I will be back at school before this month ends. Wow. I reached out to some exceptionally talented people and asked: what's the best piece of advice you've received in your artistic career? I guarantee you that their answers will move you- whether or not you work in the theatre. Read on for a dose of happiness, motivation, and reminder to continue embracing the unexpected.
by Student Blogger: Leah Packer - August 23, 2021
Hello Broadway lovers, theatre students, and artistic creators around the world! Welcome to the blog as we pass through August. Yes, eager blog-readers, after a long, pandemic-driven wait, I will be back at school before this month ends. Wow. I reached out to some exceptionally talented people and asked: what's the best piece of advice you've received in your artistic career? I guarantee you that their answers will move you- whether or not you work in the theatre. Read on for a dose of happiness, motivation, and reminder to continue embracing the unexpected.
BWW Review: An Act of God at NextStop Theatre Company
by Timothy Treanor - August 23, 2021
Is it time to hold God (inhabiting the body of Jacob Yeh) to account? God knows – forgive the reference – we have occasion to do so. Even as we hunker, masked, vaccinated and socially distant, within the confines of NextStop Theatre Company, we add more counts to our indictment – a terrible disease, economic disruption, social unrest. And that’s just for us, the richest country in human history! At least we don’t have to worry about religious maniacs entering our homes and shooting us. Yet.
by Timothy Treanor - August 23, 2021
Is it time to hold God (inhabiting the body of Jacob Yeh) to account? God knows – forgive the reference – we have occasion to do so. Even as we hunker, masked, vaccinated and socially distant, within the confines of NextStop Theatre Company, we add more counts to our indictment – a terrible disease, economic disruption, social unrest. And that’s just for us, the richest country in human history! At least we don’t have to worry about religious maniacs entering our homes and shooting us. Yet.
BWW Review: Spooky Action Theater's THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND
by Timothy Treanor - August 20, 2021
How could you not love a play about theater critics? Especially where, as in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, now available in virtual format through Spooky Action Theater’s website, the critics are pompous, abrasive and criminally uninformed. Moon (Robert Bowen Smith) and Birdboot (Steve Beall), critics both, are the only audience – perhaps we should say witnesses – to the butchery known as Murder in Muldoon Manor. Muldoon is an enterprise so catastrophic that it makes Nothing On (the calamity being performed by the actors in Noises Off) seem like Beckett, or Shakespeare, or – Stoppard.
by Timothy Treanor - August 20, 2021
How could you not love a play about theater critics? Especially where, as in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, now available in virtual format through Spooky Action Theater’s website, the critics are pompous, abrasive and criminally uninformed. Moon (Robert Bowen Smith) and Birdboot (Steve Beall), critics both, are the only audience – perhaps we should say witnesses – to the butchery known as Murder in Muldoon Manor. Muldoon is an enterprise so catastrophic that it makes Nothing On (the calamity being performed by the actors in Noises Off) seem like Beckett, or Shakespeare, or – Stoppard.
Sterling Foundation Management and Advisory Board for the Arts Partner at Critical Time
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2021
In collaboration with ABA, Sterling Foundation Management has announced its investment in ABA, a global research, analytics, and advisory firm that provides arts organizations it partners with unlimited access to a broad wealth of services.
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2021
In collaboration with ABA, Sterling Foundation Management has announced its investment in ABA, a global research, analytics, and advisory firm that provides arts organizations it partners with unlimited access to a broad wealth of services.
The Kennedy Center Announces 2021 National Dance Day Celebration
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2021
Invite your friends and break out those dancing shoes September 16–18 for three days of in-person activities for National Dance Day! This annual event invites people of all ages and abilities, from the littlest dancers to professionals, to participate in a free celebration of the joy of dance and movement.
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2021
Invite your friends and break out those dancing shoes September 16–18 for three days of in-person activities for National Dance Day! This annual event invites people of all ages and abilities, from the littlest dancers to professionals, to participate in a free celebration of the joy of dance and movement.
Folger Names New Artistic Director and Director Of Programming
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2021
Daniels will lead the vision and strategy for cultural programming across the institution, including theater performances, concerts, poetry readings, talks, screenings, and other humanities programs inspired by the Folger collection, in the Folger's historic Elizabethan Theatre as well as new galleries and public spaces created by the building renovation.
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2021
Daniels will lead the vision and strategy for cultural programming across the institution, including theater performances, concerts, poetry readings, talks, screenings, and other humanities programs inspired by the Folger collection, in the Folger's historic Elizabethan Theatre as well as new galleries and public spaces created by the building renovation.
National Symphony Orchestra Announces Concert Of Remembrance
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2021
Conducted by NSO music director Gianandrea Noseda, this special concert experience will feature the “The President's Own” United States Marine Band and award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard with music by Leonard Bernstein, William Grant Still, the Kennedy Center's new Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon, Aaron Copland, among others.
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2021
Conducted by NSO music director Gianandrea Noseda, this special concert experience will feature the “The President's Own” United States Marine Band and award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard with music by Leonard Bernstein, William Grant Still, the Kennedy Center's new Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon, Aaron Copland, among others.
BWW Review: MOON MAN WALK at Constellation Theatre is a Wonderful Re-entry to In-Person Theater
by Pamela Roberts - August 18, 2021
Constellation Theatre welcomes audiences back to in-person performances with MOON MAN WALK, a sweet, funny, tender meditation on love, connection, and the people in our lives we need to get by. MOON MAN WALK brings together a gifted cast, beautiful scenic elements, and deep and endearing storytelling.
by Pamela Roberts - August 18, 2021
Constellation Theatre welcomes audiences back to in-person performances with MOON MAN WALK, a sweet, funny, tender meditation on love, connection, and the people in our lives we need to get by. MOON MAN WALK brings together a gifted cast, beautiful scenic elements, and deep and endearing storytelling.
Three World Premieres Will Take Place in The Washington Chorus 2021-2022 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2021
TWC will present or collaborate on three world premieres in the 2021-2022 season; Adolphus Hailstork's “A Knee on the Neck, a Requiem cantata for George Floyd,” written in response to the death of George Floyd, Damien Geter's “Symphony no. 1: The Justice Symphony” commemorating anthems from the Civil Rights era, and Roshanne Etezady's “Become The Sky” with texts by the 13th-Century Persian poet Rumi in a prologue for chorus, orchestral brass, and percussion.
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2021
TWC will present or collaborate on three world premieres in the 2021-2022 season; Adolphus Hailstork's “A Knee on the Neck, a Requiem cantata for George Floyd,” written in response to the death of George Floyd, Damien Geter's “Symphony no. 1: The Justice Symphony” commemorating anthems from the Civil Rights era, and Roshanne Etezady's “Become The Sky” with texts by the 13th-Century Persian poet Rumi in a prologue for chorus, orchestral brass, and percussion.
Opera Lafayette's THE BLACKSMITH Will Be Performed at Wolf Trap in September
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2021
Opera Lafayette reimagines this 18th century French opéra comique, Le Maréchal ferrant, setting it in the 19th century American West. Joining Opera Lafayette's celebrated mainstay artists is the Grammy Award-winning American Songster Dom Flemons in his first operatic collaboration.
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2021
Opera Lafayette reimagines this 18th century French opéra comique, Le Maréchal ferrant, setting it in the 19th century American West. Joining Opera Lafayette's celebrated mainstay artists is the Grammy Award-winning American Songster Dom Flemons in his first operatic collaboration.
Kennedy Center Announces 2021-2022 Season for Performances for Young Audiences
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2021
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2021 – 2022 Performances for Young Audiences season with eight world premiere Kennedy Center commissions and co-commissions.
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2021
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2021 – 2022 Performances for Young Audiences season with eight world premiere Kennedy Center commissions and co-commissions.
Keegan Theatre Announces New Opening Date for GOOD PEOPLE
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
COVID guidelines and regulations are changing, so Keegan Theatre is adjusting its 25th Anniversary Season dates to keep patrons, artists, and staff safe. GOOD PEOPLE will now run from Friday, September 10 – Sunday, October 3, 2021.
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
COVID guidelines and regulations are changing, so Keegan Theatre is adjusting its 25th Anniversary Season dates to keep patrons, artists, and staff safe. GOOD PEOPLE will now run from Friday, September 10 – Sunday, October 3, 2021.
Arena Stage to Host Free Live Simulcast of TONI STONE at Nationals Park
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is proud to partner with Nationals Park to host a free live simulcast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Toni Stone on Sunday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2021
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is proud to partner with Nationals Park to host a free live simulcast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Toni Stone on Sunday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m.
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