Washington Performing Arts Reveals its 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2024
Washington Performing Arts has announced its 2024/25 season, In Harmony, running from September 2024 through June 2025 in seven indoor and outdoor venues across the Washington, D.C., region.
Chatham Baroque Announces 2022-23 Concert Series, Starting With Yi-heng Yang, September 24
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2022
Chatham Baroque announces its Chatham Baroque + Renaissance & Baroque 2022-'23 Concert Series, a bold and ambitious lineup of early music programming ranging from medieval times to the early 19th century. The season includes an enticing mix of performances by Chatham Baroque with world-renowned guest artists, as well as an amazing array of visiting ensembles and soloists from around the world.
Audiences Behaving Badly
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 24, 2021
We know that there is an etiquette when watching a theatrical performance, but it's fair to say that in the past eighteen months many of us have grown used to watching all our entertainment solely on a screen where chatting about the performance, eating loudly and getting up mid-speech is the norm. It seems that some of this behaviour may have drifted into our theatres. Or was it ever thus?
Phina Oruche Announces Second Children's Book on Racism
by Stephi Wild - Jul 16, 2020
Phina Oruche (Anthony and Taken Down, BBC; Footballers' Wives, ITV) has turned her hand to a different kind of storytelling during the Covid-19 lockdown. The result is a series of children's books aimed at inspiring and educating her young son.
Review Roundup: Were London Critics Wowed By THE PRINCE OF EGYPT?
by Marianka Swain - Feb 26, 2020
Read all the reviews for the brand-new musical The Prince of Egypt opened at London's Dominion Theatre. Featuring a cast and orchestra of almost 60 artists, the show has music and lyrics by GRAMMY® and Academy Award®-winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell) and a book by Philip LaZebnik (Mulan, Pocahontas).
OPERA San Antonio Appoints New General and Artistic Director & Music Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 15, 2019
OPERA San Antonio's Board of Directors is pleased to announce E. Loren Meeker as the General and Artistic Director. The company is also pleased to announce the engagement of Francesco Milioto as Music Director. Garnett Bruce, who has served as Co-Artistic Advisor with Ms. Meeker, will continue as Artistic Advisor to the company.
Review Roundup: Death of a Salesman in the West End - Read the Reviews!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2019
Death of a Salesman opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End, London. Boasting a sold out run at the Young Vic theatre, this critically acclaimed production of a??Death of a Salesman will play at Piccadilly Theatre for 10 weeks only. Written by a??Arthur Millera??, this American classic follows an ageing, self-deluded salesman, his family and their idea of the American dream. This latest production of a??Miller'sa?? classic work reimagines the play through the eyes of an African-American family.
Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of IAN MCKELLEN ON STAGE
by Julie Musbach - Oct 3, 2019
Following an unprecedented, sold-out tour which raised £3 million for 80 theatres throughout the UK, Ian McKellen's 80th birthday theatre journey continues with a return to London for 80 further performances at the Harold Pinter Theatre from tonight, Friday 20th September.
BWW Review: Wolf Trap Opera and Washington Concert Opera Elevate LE VIN HERBE
by Sam Abney - Feb 16, 2019
When you think about Wolf Trap, you probably think of their stunning outdoor Filene Center where their summer performance series takes place. But their indoor venue, The Barns, might just give the Filene Center a run for its money. Wolf Trap Opera and Washington Concert Opera's recent production of Le Vin Herbe shows off the utilitarianism of this space while highlighting a dozen stellar vocalists. The chosen source material might not be the most compelling-but this co-production elevates the work beyond the middling libretto.
Cast Set for 'THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN' Benefit, Choreographed by Taye Diggs & Jenny Parsinen
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 4, 2017
As previously announced, celebrated star of stage and screen Taye Diggs and Jenny Parsinen (Allegiance) will choreograph the benefit workshop production of Keenan Scott II's powerful and moving play thoughts of a COLORED MAN on a day when the sun set too early, from February 4-6, 2017 at Royal Family Performing Arts Space (145 West 46th Street, 3rd Floor).
Cast Set for 'THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN' Benefit, Choreographed by Taye Diggs & Jenny Parsinen
by BWW News Desk - Jan 20, 2017
As previously announced, celebrated star of stage and screen Taye Diggs and Jenny Parsinen (Allegiance) will choreograph the benefit workshop production of Keenan Scott II's powerful and moving play thoughts of a COLORED MAN on a day when the sun set too early, from February 4-6, 2017 at Royal Family Performing Arts Space (145 West 46th Street, 3rd Floor).