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‘Disney’s Frozen’ musical melts hearts at Olney Theatre Center
The audience went wild as Elsa (Gabriela Hernandez) closed Act I with an emotional 'Let It Go.' The technology involved with Disney’s Frozen now playing on the Roberts Mainstage at Olney Theatre ...
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Honoring the life and legacy of jazz great Louis Armstrong in ‘A Wonderful World’ at Broadway’s Studio 54
One of the world’s most acclaimed and influential jazz vocalists and trumpeters, New Orleans native Louis Armstrong (1901-71) had a Grammy Award-winning career that spanned five decades of ...
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Unpacking the damage of dating in ‘Strategic Love Play’ Off-Broadway at Minetta Lane Theatre
After meeting virtually on a dating app, two matched – or more accurately, mismatched -strangers get together at a bar for a disastrous evening that keeps on going in the NYC debut of writer Miriam ...
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Chills and thrills aplenty in ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Rockville Musical Theatre
The talented cast and crew relish the fiendish challenges of this monumental Sondheim musical. Steven Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd is fiendish, in both subject and execution. The story, subtitled The Demon ...
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Big Apple Circus celebrates NYC with ‘Hometown Playground’ at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park
Founded in 1977, and based in NYC, the Big Apple Circus has returned to Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park for the holiday season with its all-new one-ring Hometown Playground, paying homage to the City, ...
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Driving new drama ‘Data’ at Arena Stage digs into ethics of big tech
Playwright Matthew Libby’s cautionary tale plays out in a harsh, inhuman world. In Data, Matthew Libby’s cautionary tale of the comprehensive reach of big tech, it is Arena Stage’s technical ...
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Shakespeare Theatre Company announces ‘Leopoldstadt’ cast and creative team
STC brings Tom Stoppard's 'most personal play' to life in collaboration with The Huntington. Leopoldstadt follows a Jewish family as it grows and struggles over the course of nearly 60 years, ...
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Hilarious things happen in Sondheim’s ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ at Signature Theatre
Forget laughs per minute; this cast gets a laugh in for every breath they take. Before ending this interminable week with a night at the theater, I would have scoffed at the notion of repeating any of ...
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A boy’s drag queen dream comes true in ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ at GU
A dazzling coming-of-age story unfolds in a student production space on Georgetown University’s campus. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is fresh, fierce, and of course, fabulous. Following the 16-year ...
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John Leguizamo’s exhilarating ‘Other Americans’ premieres at Arena Stage
The Latine family tragedy is mammoth in the breadth of the emotions and the depth and importance of the issues it explores. At the beginning of Western civilization, in ancient Greece, playwrights ...
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Arena Stage announces cast and creative team for ‘Death on the Nile’
World-premiere adaptation of Agatha Christie's timeless murder mystery marks Arena Artistic Director Hana Sharif's DC directorial debut. Death on the Nile follows Hercule Poirot, a renowned Belgian ...