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Washington is awash in holiday parties this month; however you'd be remiss to skip the celebration of life, dance, art, and Gershwin that is the swanky touring production of An American in Paris.

Theatre Prometheus' world premiere, SOLDIER POET, is a compelling work, richly rendered.

On Today, December 16 at 4pm at George Mason University Center for the Arts, two, premier, Fairfax County arts institutions - the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (FSO) and The Fairfax Ballet - come together to present the holiday masterpiece, The Nutcracker.

The fifth production of Mosaic Theater Company's third season will be Queens Girl in Africa, written by DC playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings, staged by up-and- coming director Paige Hernandez, and starring Helen Hayes Award winner Erika Rose.

Registration is now open for Camp Arena Stage and the Arena Stage Academy's Musical Theater Training Company summer programs.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017.

Maestro Luke Frazier and The American Pops Orchestra - Washington, DC's innovative hometown orchestra - will continue their star-studded third season with Around the World in 80 Days, the world premiere of a new family-oriented musical written by Claybourne Elder ('Gossip Girl,' Broadway's Sunday in

The holiday season is no reason to turn into a Scrooge.

'Portraits of the World: Switzerland' is the inaugural exhibition in a series that will highlight the global context of American Portraiture.

As the holidays kick into, high gear there is no better way to spend the season than with an evening of holiday music played by the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) conducted by Maestro Steven Reineke.

Young Artists of America at Strathmore has announced that one of their students, Amanda Primosch (17, Rockville, MD) has been named a 2018 National YoungArts Foundation Finalist in Voice, the organization's highest honor.

As part of the second Women's Voices Theater Festival, Shakespeare Theatre Company presents the world-premiere production of Noura, a new play written by award-winning playwright and performer Heather Raffo (Nine Parts of Desire).

The Keegan Theatre's annual holiday classic AN IRISH CAROL, written by Dublin native and Keegan company member Matthew J.

The Keegan Theatre's annual holiday classic AN IRISH CAROL, written by Dublin native and Keegan company member Matthew J.

Click below to watch the stars of Arena Stage's 'The Pajama Game,' 'Nina Simone: Four Women' and Hal Linden from 'The Price' wish you Happy Holidays!

Acclaimed dancer and choreographer Savion Glover launches the North American Tour of Savion Glover's All FuNKD' Up, The ConCert at Washington, D.

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Mary Kathryn Nagle's daring new work Sovereignty makes its world premiere at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.

In many ways, the holiday season is about schmaltz and sentimentality, when it's okay to let yourself appreciate old-fashioned pleasures and crank up favorite songs.

One of my first big assignments after I moved to Washington was tracking all the places that Duke Ellington lived, went to school, worked, hung out and performed with his orchestra in the city.

When the opening night curtain rose on the final work of an emotional night - the last performances of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet that has been in residence at the Kennedy Center for 15 years - there was applause even before there was any movement.

Riddled with anachronisms and enough irreverent potshots to keep your naughty inner child sated through the New Year, The Second City's Twist Your Dickens is just the ticket for a crowd of world-weary Washingtonians.

This Today (December 9 at 6:00 pm), a cadre of this region's award winning jazz, gospel and classical artists will perform original holiday music at the Kennedy Center, arranged by award winning composer Tony Small, who has served as the Boys & Girls Club's 1st Regional Artistic Director for 10 year

For the cynics among us who need to look beyond THE NUTCRACKER and A CHRISTMAS CAROL for holiday entertainment, THE SANTALAND DIARIES at Drafthouse Comedy Theater offers a quirky alternative.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017.