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Alliance for New Music-Theatre
2025 Winter/Spring Season of Live & About – 14th Season
A Journey in Musical Languages across the Spectrum of Music-Theatre
Through Performance & Conversation
“Live & About” is curated subscription series with monthly Outings to various theatres representing large and small companies around the DMV introducing you to different live music-theatre experiences across the spectrum. Enjoy seeing shows with friends, followed by conversation delving into the artists’ intentions, learning from others in the group about different perspectives, and sharpening our critical appreciation of different of this most hybrid of performance forms.
By joining in this series, you support companies across the DMV, save money by getting in on a group discount, and make new friends to expand your minds and appetite for new and different voices and genres in our culturally rich and diverse community.
Weeknight and weekend matinees are, in most months, options.
For this upcoming season, we are focusing on different venues, and some may surprise you. How does the space affect the experience? And how does the space expand and enhance what we may call music-theater?
Learn more about the subscription aeries and rates for this season. Email us at info@newmusictheatre.org
Winter/Spring Season Outings
FEBRUARY
Unforgettable:
A special Valentine Tribute to Nat King Cole
with Greg Watkins
at the Arts Club of Washington
2017 I St NW, Washington, DC
Tuesday, February 11 @ 7:00 pm
and an Encore Performance on
Saturday, February 22 at 8:00 pm
Bar opens at 7:00 pm
The fabulous Greg Watkins will star in his own cabaret – Unforgettable: A Valentine Tribute to Nat King Cole. This promises to be an evening not to be missed as Greg channels the iconic American singer with some of his most memorable, and yes, romantic songs for this Valentine celebration. One night only for this Outing.
The Arts Club of Washington venue is intimate, perfect for an optimal cabaret experience, and will continue the new-found tradition of coming up with a signature cocktail for the occasion to pay honor to the lusciousness of Mr. Cole’s voice in something we’re calling “Je vous aime beaucoup.” Also thrown into the price of a ticket, the Arts Club will provide a small bites buffet and a refresher beverage following the show where you can meet the artist and enjoy other fine company. The bar opens at 6:30 pm, the show starts at 7:00 pm.
MARCH
The Immigrant
by Synetic Theatre
at the Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre 125 S Old Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA
Sunday, March 16 @ 3:00 pm
or
Thursday, March 20 @ 7:30 pm
Synetic Theatre has been a leader in silent adaptions of classical works since 2001 and they are now presenting works in select venues around the DMV. These shows of The Immigrant are in Arlington at the Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre.
Synetic premieres The Immigrant, a new project from Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili based on the classic 1918 silent comedy. It is a simple, comedic story about the arrival of a new immigrant in turn of the 20th-century New York, with all the trials, adventure, mishaps, and high hopes of the American immigrant journey. As a theater founded, led, and populated by immigrant artists, Synetic considers this the perfect time and opportunity to adapt, expand, and develop its own version of story, bringing its adept physical comedy, innovative style, and great heart to the legacy of this cinema classic.
APRIL
DC Emancipation and the Right to Vote
by Alliance for New Music-Theatre
in Georgetown
Sunday, April 6 at 3:00 pm
or
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 pm
New Music-Theatre will share musical numbers from our work-in-progress by Composer and company member Ronald ‘Trey’ Walton. This is your opportunity to experience first-hand the development process of a new work. This is part of our mission to engage the community by bringing audiences into the creative process to promote a deeper understanding and critical appreciation of the transformative power of music-theatre.
DC Emancipation & The Right to Vote is a tribute to the history of the Black community in Georgetown that came together in the 19th century, harnessing the power of the church as community, access to education for African Americans, and political activism by key leaders for DC to become first in the nation with full Emancipation (on April 16, 1862) and thereafter secured participation for African American men in the right to vote in Georgetown’s Rose Park.
MAY
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
By Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House
Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 pm – Dress Rehearsal
or
Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 pm
WNO presents a new work by composer Mason Bates and Librettist Mark Campbell The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. Step into the orbit of the Apple co-founder who rose from garage genius to tech titan on this operatic journey through the interior workings and spiritual journey of an innovator. His products changed the world and put instant connection at our fingertips. But behind tech mogul Steve Jobs was a life shaped by triumphs, trials, and contradictions. As Jobs comes face-to-face with his mortality, audiences will see that some things can’t be programmed—including humanity.
We have been invited by the WNO Artistic Director to attend the dress rehearsal on Wednesday, April 30 and will be joined by Mark Campbell for our post-performance discussion. We encourage you to attend this performance.
JUNE
The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter Thompson Musical
By Signature Theatre,
4200 Campbell Ave, Arlington,
Sunday, June 15 at 2:00 pm
or
Wednesday, June 18 at 7:30 pm
Let’s get wild in this exciting new musical about the infamous author from the mind of Joe Iconis (Be More Chill) and directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley (Come from Away).
A collision of politics, counterculture and rock and roll in human form, Hunter S. Thompson is impossible to pin down. Careening from the 1940s to 2005, Thompson invents Gonzo journalism, attempts to take down a corrupt president, and quests for equality for his fellow weirdos, outsiders and freaks. However, this anti-hero’s drug-fueled tornado leaves a trail of destruction as he grapples with his legacy in a world that has left him behind.
Funny and unique, as anarchic and irreverent as the writer himself, this explosive rock musical will spark a revolution for the rebel inside us all.
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We arranged the 2025 Winter/Spring Season on a subscription basis with our group discounts at each theater. When you subscribe to this series, Alliance for New Music-Theatre will contact you to record which performance you plan to attend for each Outing.
If you are interested in subscribing for this season, please contact us at: info@newmusictheatre.org
You can also sponsor a young person with limited resources to join us this season and be introduced to the transformative power of music-theatre.
I hope you will join us for this new season.