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The Georgetowner’s 2023 Holiday Theater Guide
LAST CHANCE THIS MONTH … You can put on the Ritz with Dr. Frankenstein (“It’s pronounced Franken-STEEN!”) and his monster, but not for long. The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production […]
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A Bouquet of Ballets for the Bard
On Oct. 26 to 29, the Washington Ballet showed off its versatility in a program at the Warner Theatre called “Such Sweet Thunder: An Evening Inspired by William Shakespeare.” Part […]
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Theater J’s Hayley Finn Asks, ‘What Is Jewish Theater?’
What is Jewish theater? “I ask myself that question every day,” said Hayley Finn, who became Theater J’s fifth artistic director in February, after nearly 16 years at Minneapolis incubator […]
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‘A Christmas Carol’ at Ford’s
This year — this Dec. 19 to be exact — is the 180th anniversary of the publication of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” If you were one of the 6,000 […]
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Cathedral Choral Society’s Directors to Speak at Dec. 14 Breakfast
The oldest symphonic chorus in the nation’s capital, the 120-member Cathedral Choral Society was founded in 1941 by Paul Callaway, music director of Washington National Cathedral. Following the death...
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PostClassical Ensemble Surveys Architecture
Lasting just 90 minutes, the most recent concert by PostClassical Ensemble, presented on Nov. 16 in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, was relatively modest: no singers, dancers, actors or narrators; […]
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A D.C. Premiere by Washington Concert Opera: Rossini’s ‘Ermione’
The first event in Washington Concert Opera’s 37th season, on Dec. 2, was the D.C. premiere of Gioachino Rossini’s “Ermione,” an opera that “immediately sank into oblivion” in 1819, according […]
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Cathedral Choral Society Directors Share Backgrounds, Plans
“Five or six days before Pearl Harbor,” recounted Christopher Eanes, executive director of the Cathedral Choral Society, Washington National Cathedral’s newly formed symphonic chorus held its “very...
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Evermay to Host Cultural Breakfast with Ana Harvey
Ana Harvey, CEO of Dupont Underground, the nonprofit arts organization in the defunct streetcar station under Dupont Circle, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s April 25 cultural...
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The Georgetowner’s Spring 2024 Theater Guide
ONGOING … At Arena Stage, Trip Cullman directs “Unknown Soldier,” the last musical by “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” composer Michael Friedman, with lyrics by Friedman and Daniel Goldstein, who wrote...
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Washington Ballet’s Edwaard Liang to Speak at May 16 Breakfast
Choreographer Edwaard Liang, who became the Washington Ballet’s fourth artistic director last fall, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s May 16 cultural breakfast. Admission to the event,...
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CEO Ana Harvey’s Notes From Underground
Last September, The Washington Ballet presented a pre-season showcase underground. Dupont Underground, that is, the eight-year-old contemporary arts venue in Dupont Circle’s subterranean streetcar...
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PostClassical Ensemble’s Sophisticated Ellington
“What on earth would I want with strings?” That quote from Duke Ellington, which appeared in a 1951 issue of “Down Beat,” gives a sense of the deeply rooted, inimitable […]
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Mr. Liang Comes to Washington
In 2017, Edwaard* Liang was invited to co-choreograph a ballet to open the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the following January. “They like to start their forum with art,” […]
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Georgetown’s Poppy Guesthouse Is Blooming Wonderful
Does the Poppy Georgetown Guesthouse and Gardens have a “Wizard of Oz” connection? In “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the book by L. Frank Baum on which the 1939 Hollywood […]
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‘Bonnard’s Worlds’ at the Phillips
One of the most captivating art museum experiences in Washington, D.C., a city with many, is the Phillips Collection’s Rothko Room. In this small gallery, seated on a bench in […]
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‘Brilliant Exiles’ at the Portrait Gallery
Both the Paris Métro and the world’s tallest Ferris wheel made their debut at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. With the fair as its starting point, the National Portrait Gallery’s […]
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‘Hilma’ at the Wilma and More Philly Delving
For those planning to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art this month to see “Mary Cassatt at Work,” here is a performing arts roundup and a lodging option. First, let’s […]
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Paula Modersohn-Becker at Neue Galerie New York
The “neue” (pronounced “NOY-uh) in Neue Galerie New York is German for new. Honoring a Vienna gallery of the 1920s and ’30s, the name suits what is still the youngest […]
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Covering, and Uncovering, Carole King
A few years back, this Late Boomer went with some Early Boomers to see “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” on Broadway. It was my sister’s birthday gift to herself. Nominated […]
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