WHEATLEY EDUCATION CAMPUS

by Pamela Roberts - February 02, 2025

The national tour of COME FROM AWAY is making a brief stop at Capital One Hall in Tysons – just five performances Friday, Jan. 31 to Sunday, Feb. 2 – so act quickly. This show is good medicine to soothe rough times....

by Emily Berger - February 01, 2025

Thus it was with great fanfare and symbolism that the National Ballet of China’s return to the Kennedy Center took place Wednesday, with performances of Chinese New Year, a reimagining of The Nutcracker story. ...

by Jake Bridges - January 29, 2025

What did our critic think of GUAC at Woolly Mammoth?...

by David Friscic - January 27, 2025

Twenty -six musical numbers (including two welcome encores) shine like mega-watt voltage in the dynamic musical story of family woes, domestic abuse and racism that are all overcome in tribute to the resiliency of the human spirit of survival in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical now playing at the Natio...

by David Friscic - January 23, 2025

The fine playwright Heidi Schreck has written an impassioned play about the many undercurrents and issues that percolate throughout the United States Constitution in the stimulating and invigorating production What the Constitution Means to Me. The constant tension between this cherished document as...

by Audrey Cahak - January 21, 2025

An Evening with Swan Lake, presented by Classical Arts Entertainment and performed by the State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine at The Music Center at Strathmore, was a fantastic flurry of feathers and flawless footwork, but it needed more finesse in the finale. ...

by Emily Berger - January 19, 2025

It’s a unique work for young audiences that treats those audiences like adults, ready to experience the joy and also grapple with the loss and confusion that come with adulthood. ...

by Roger Catlin - January 17, 2025

Health care systems and society in general has never adjusted to just how long people are living these days. It’s fallen largely to family members to do their best to help their elders stay at home as long as possible. The strained efforts have had a huge effect on all these volunteer caregivers, tr...

by David Friscic - January 16, 2025

The solo show Out of Character (now being produced as a joint production between Theater J and the Mosaic Theater) introduces us to the talented Tony award -winning actor and vocalist Ari’el Stachel (Broadway’s The Band’s Visit) ---Mr. Stachel also wrote this performance piece. The first part of thi...

by Roger Catlin - January 16, 2025

Even after serving jail time, they get something of a life sentence with ankle bracelets monitoring every move, large swaths of the city cut off from them because of proximity to elementary schools, forced to live with no WiFi among people they probably wouldn’t have chosen and forever carry the sco...