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Review: LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'MASS' at the Kennedy Center
by Alexander C. Kafka - September 16, 2022
Bernstein's hugely ambitious ecclesiastical fever dream is a beautiful mess well worth experiencing.
Cast Announced for BOTH SIDES NOW: JONI MITCHELL AND LEONARD COHEN at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2022
Robbie Schaefer (Signature’s Light Years, Blowin’ in the Wind) and Danielle Wertz (The Kennedy Center, Blues Alley Jazz) will perform in Signature Theatre's Both Sides Now: Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, its upcoming cabaret dedicated to the music of longtime friends and one-time lovers Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. 
Review: AIN'T NO MO' at Woolly Mammoth
by Mary Lincer - September 15, 2022
What did our critic think of AIN'T NO MO' at Woolly Mammoth?Thanks to Barack Obama's presidency but, alas, because of Rachel Dolezal's wannabe caper, American drama requires some updated, Black-originated satire; Jordan E. Cooper obliges with Ain't No Mo', his 100 minute whupping of white privilege, supremacy, and presumptive cultural majority at Woolly Mammoth through October 9. Cooper follows the late Douglas Turner Ward and George C. Wolfe whose Day of Absence (1965) and The Colored Museum (1986) lampooned white dominance with comedy both uproarious and bitter, and so does this show. It's good to have the real, live, three-dimensional exchange that only theatre provides. No disrespect, Dear White People, Get Out, Sorry to Bother You, and the canon of Spike Lee.
The Kennedy Center Announces Millennium Stage Schedule for October Featuring José James, Samantha Crain & More
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2022
Millennium Stage will offer free live community performances, streamed live, plus online programs and film screenings, Wednesday–Saturday each week throughout their campus.
Special Offer: Dance Performance for the Whole Family-September 17 at the Kennedy Center
by BWW Special Offer - September 15, 2022
Special Offer: Dance performance for the whole family | September 17 @ the Kennedy Center
Review: HOST & GUEST At Synetic Theater
by Hannah Wing - September 14, 2022
Synetic's Host & Guest depicts the intensity of Kist-Khevsur conflict through an unlikely bond between two strangers.
Virginia Madsen Joins Six-City East Coast Tour Of Suicide Awareness Play RIGHT BEFORE I GO
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2022
Virginia Madsen, Academy Award nominee from the hit movie 'Sideways', has been added to the east coast tour of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, 'Right Before I Go', highlighting the raw struggles of people in all walks of life that have died by suicide.
Kennedy Center Announces September & October Programming Featuring HAMILTON, DEAR EVAN HANSEN & More
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2022
The Kennedy Center has announced all September-October programming, featuring Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen Shear Madness, and more. See the full schedule here!
Unexpected Stage Company Presents Tanya Saracho's FADE Next Month
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2022
As part of its thirteenth season, Unexpected Stage Company presents Fade by Tanya Saracho (How To Get Away With Murder, Looking), directed by Dylan Arredondo (Parlor Games, Chushingura).
Spooky Action Theater's 2022-2023 Season Kicks Off With MAPLE AND VINE
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2022
Spooky Action Theater's 2022-2023 season begins with Maple and Vine, by Jordan Harrison (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Marjorie Prime, writer/producer on Orange is the New Black), directed by Stevie Zimmerman. Performances begin September 29 & 30 with Pay-What-You-Can previews and run until October 23, 2022.
The King Center Announces Two Additional Shows and BSO Single Tickets
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2022
The King Center for the Performing Arts has announced two additional shows coming to the Space Coast!  Elko Concerts Presents, writing, singing, and performing artist, Gordon Lightfoot: The Legend in Concert on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 8 PM.
Folger Consort's 45th Season Begins This Month
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2022
​​​​​​​Folger Consort, the early music ensemble-in-residence at Folger Shakespeare Library, announces its 45th season—featuring five concert programs of music ranging from 12th-century France to 18th-century Tanjore, as well as concerts inspired by the works of Shakespeare and its annual holiday performance, this year reviving the Consort's 2014 album of festive works from the New World. 
Review: Best Medicine Rep's THE TRIP a Wonderful Way to Say Goodbye to Summer
by Andrew White - September 12, 2022
Best Medicine Rep Theater is offering a lovely remedy for the post-Summer Blues, with their production of Crystal V. Rhodes' 'The Trip.' Yvonne Paretzky has assembled a crack cast, and directed them to a briskly-paced evening of entertainment.
Review: OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY at Theater J
by Rachael F. Goldberg - September 12, 2022
Theater J's season opener, 'Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story' is both a story about refugees who fall in love and a love story to refugees.
Rorschach Theatre to Present Site-Specific DRACULA in October
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2022
Kate Hamill boldly reimagines Bram Stoker’s classic tale of vampires and finds new monsters just beneath the skin. The gothic tropes of villains who wear evil on their sleeve and damsels in distress are replaced by all-too-human monsters and ferocious women who stab at the heart of the patriarchy itself.
King Center To Welcome Tributes to ABBA Tribute And Led Zeppelin Spring 2023
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2022
The King Center for the Performing Arts has announced the return of MANIA: The ABBA Tribute and Get The Led Out – A Celebration of “The Might Zep” coming back to the Space Coast! Both events are presented by Elko Concerts. Mania: The ABBA Tribute will take place on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023, at 7:30 PM.
Kennedy Center Unveils New Permanent John F. Kennedy Exhibit
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2022
On its 51st birthday, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts celebrated its namesake with the opening of Art and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy—a new permanent exhibit exploring Kennedy's presidency and his commitment to the arts.
Review: NO PLACE TO GO at Signature Theatre
by Alexander C. Kafka - September 09, 2022
The cabaret act turned full-production evening is well executed, but the script and songs are thin and in the Covid era the premise seems like a historical artifact.
Wolf Trap Foundation For The Performing Arts Announces Grants For DC Area High School Performing Arts Teachers
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2022
Calling all performing arts teachers, Wolf Trap wants to fund your next project! Each year Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts awards grants of up to $5,000 per project to public high school performing arts teachers in the greater Washington, DC area who are developing new and exciting arts experiences for their students.
News: DC Artists Come Together in a Cabaret Evening for Montgomery County Humane Society
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2022
Monday evenings are in general a dead night for the arts in the DC area but on September 19th, some of the area's best performing artists will come together for a very worthy cause.
Review: STING at Filene Center At Wolf Trap
by Ken Kemp - September 07, 2022
The legendary rocker still brings it - his 'My Songs' tour is lean, mean and clean. Legendary rocker Sting took a break from stadiums to bring his My Songs tour to the more intimate Filene Center at Wolf Trap on Saturday night (for the second of three sold-out shows), and he put on the perfect summertime show.
Photos: Get a First Look at NO PLACE TO GO at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2022
No Place to Go, written by Ethan Lipton with music composed by Ethan Lipton, Eben Levy, Ian M. Riggs, and Vito Dieterle is now playing at Signature Theatre through October 16, 2022. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: Get a First Look at THE MOLD THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Coming to the US This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2022
Supported by the CDC Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation, The Mold that Changed the World will be performed in The United States at Atlas Center for Performing Arts, Washington DC on October 18th to 23rd, 2022 and at the Science Gallery at Pullman Yards, Atlanta on November 1st to 6th, 2022. See photos here!
Traveling Players Hosts Open House – Free Acting Class For Kids Grades 2-12
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2022
On Saturday, September 17, Traveling Players will host an Open House at their studio in Tysons Corner Center.  Kids can participate in a free class, led by Traveling Players professional teaching artists.  Parents will have the opportunity to meet with Traveling Players' Founder & Producing Artistic Director Jeanne Harrison to get the inside scoop on just what makes Traveling Players a joyous and artistic place for friendships and creativity to flourish. 
Mosaic Theater Honors Civil Rights Icon In THE TILL TRILOGY
by BWW News Desk - September 07, 2022
Mosaic Theater Company commences its first season helmed by Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas with Ifa Bayeza's highly anticipated theatrical anthology The Till Trilogy, on stage October 4 - November 20, 2022.

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