Sandaya: Burmese Lessons

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Alliance for New Music-Theatre kicks off their new performance series in July with the Washington, DC premiere of Sandaya: Burmese Lessons.  The collaborative performance explores the culturally rich artistry and complexity of the long troubled and still struggling Myanmar.  Conceived by Susan Galbraith and Kit Young with Chaw Ei Thein, the piece features a talented [...]

Arias with a Twist

Arias with a Twist

Drag chanteuse extraordinaire Joey Arias and master puppeteer Basil Twist invite you on a magical mystery tour through space and time. From a neon-lit space lab, to an abundant Garden of Eden, to a smoky Manhattan night club, Arias with a Twist is a trippy, madcap, musical fantasia of ecstatic desires and eye-popping enchantments. With Arias’ [...]

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

Book and Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Based on the Billy Wilder Film Sunset Boulevard

Directed by Eric Schaeffer

Starring Florence Lacey

Produced by Signature Theatre

You remember the silent screen goddess Norma Desmond in the original movie. You remember the zingers Gloria Swanson  spat out with lips [...]

Candide

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Welcome to the world of Voltaire in a revival of Leonard Bernstein’s 1956 musical, CANDIDE, opening as a holiday offering at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington. The tale follows a most picaresque trajectory, depicting a battle between forces of optimism and life seen through the lens of the greatest of all possible pessimists. It’s a [...]

Oklahoma! at Arena Stage

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Oklahoma! is referred to as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s timeless classic and seminal American musical. When it first burst on the stage with Agnes deMille’s athletic dance and boot-stomping energy, it seemed to redefine the landscape of the American musical where song, dance and drama all served in equal portions to tell the story.

With hummable [...]

Glimpses of the Moon at MetroStage

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A sparkling romantic musical, Glimpses of the Moon follows the jazzy whirl of New York society in 1922. Popular but penniless, Suzy Branch and her friend Nick Lansing devise the ultimate fundraising scheme [...]