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A few times a season, the National Symphony Orchestra steps out of its traditional role of playing famous classical music by composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Wagner, and play scores from classic Hollywood movies.
For two evenings in September, the NSO will perform music from some of the greatest films of all time.
The […]
Since 1972, Grammy winning doo-wop jazz and A Cappella singing quartet, the Manhattan Transfer has been delighting audiences with their unique blend of cool and at times sophisticated campy bebop, fusion, jazz and pop.
On June 6th, you can see them perform free at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage 11th Anniversary.
Here’s one of their signature […]
Ballet Across America brings together nine of the nation’s top ballet companies for six days of ballet at The Kennedy Center.
Romantic pas de deux, modern dance by Twila Tharp, ballet to Spanish folk music, and the dancing of the first U.S. created ballet by George Balanchine using music by Tchaikovsky, illustrates the range […]
Years ago, I had the fortune to meet one of the world’s most stunning woman, Lynda Carter, aka Wonder Woman. At over 5′8′, with long, flowing dark hair and self-reported measurements of 38-25-35 and 122 lbs., she was a one of America’s more wholesome sex symbols in the 1970s and 80s.
Linda’s mother started […]
And it’s not due to the latest Federal budget.
It’s the 5th Annual Congressional Blues Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. And the lottery for FREE tickets starts tomorrow morning.
This year’s free concert includes performances by:
The Robert Cray Band,
Elvin Bishop - “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”,
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion,
Beverly […]
At the end of the month, The New York City Ballet will be performing some of their most loved and classic George Balanchine pieces at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
George Balanchine is considered one of the greatest choreographers in ballet history. He first rose to ballet fame, as the choreographer for Ballet Russe and […]
Just one word says it all… Phantom.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera is now the longest running play in history, spanning over 20 years in London and 19 on Broadway. It also won seven Tony Awards in 1988, including Best Musical.
Based on the novel of the same name by French writer Gaston Leroux, […]
P.D.Q. Bach was born in Leipzig in 1742, the son of the famous German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. Music was in his blood from an early age, but unfortunately, talent was not.
At the age of 13, P.D.Q. worked as an apprentice with the inventor of the musical saw. When his father died, the only possession […]
The Night Kitchen Radio Theater produces contemporary and original stories as well as updated retellings of classic children’s dramas, mysteries and comedies that are broadcast on XM Satellite Radio.
Radio theater began in the 1920s and by the 1940s it was the most popular form of entertainment. Probably the best-known radio theater broadcast was Orson Welles, The War […]
Washington Reflections Dance Company presents a performance of dance, poetry, video and music to celebrate Kwanzaa, the African culture holiday.
Professional dancers from Washington Dance Instiute, in a “shake-the-rafters” performance along side young dance students, West African dancer and drummers, and hip-hop dance and theater, bring the spirit of the Kwanzaa holiday alive.
The Kwanzaa holiday was first […]
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