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Miigis: Underwater Panther from Canada’s leading company of contemporary Indigenous performance. Although typically categorized in the genre of dance and as a dance company, Red Sky Performance, as its tagline makes plain, is “More than Dance, we are a Movement.”The work is touted as merging elements from dance, music, film, and theatrical innovation to create a fusion that accentuates the dancers’ athleticism, helps shed light on “the power of nature,” and also touches on the Anishinaabe, or Ojibwe, people’s history and folklore, including references to the mystery beings, the rise of matriarchy, and the ancestral pull of the subsequent seven generations after the great migration.

Katharine McPhee and David Foster go on the road, it’s a family affair.Not only do the married couple perform together — McPhee, of “Smash” and “Waitress” fame belts classics from her extensive catalog while Foster known for his work on “St. Elmo’s Fire” and countless other films and records mans the keys— they also recently brought their two-year-old son Rennie onstage to play the drums with them at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center.“He only had to wait two years to play there.

Commentary magazine is testament. During the Donald Trump administration, the guest of honor was former senator Joe Lieberman. The best line, however, was aimed at one of Lieberman’s senatorial siblings, in that period of Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s raft of Supreme Court nominations.“We have Lindsey Graham here tonight,” Modi noted to his bejeweled and buttoned-up audience.

Macbeth starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma. But, let’s be honest, all of our area theatres have showstoppers up their sleeves…Signature lets its hair down. Baltimore Center Stage serves up some fiery wings.

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Company, and Rodin, who performs it in the production now at the Kennedy Center, refers to it as a “rollercoaster.”Company debuted on Broadway in 1970 with music and lyrics by Sondheim and a book by George Firth. Director Marianne Elliott conceived of this production before the pandemic as a way to mark the musical’s 50th anniversary.Collaborating on the work with Sondheim until his death at the end of 2021, Elliott’s idea was to adapt the work to focus on Bobbie — a single woman whose 35th birthday is more cause for angst than celebration — rather than the original’s Bobby, a 35-year-old single man confronting the same anxiety.All of the lead character’s friends and lovers also swapped genders in the adaptation except for Paul, who is now the financé of Jamie (replacing the original character of Amy), the role played by Rodin.Company is the 31-year-old actor’s biggest show yet.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Eddie Cockrell, who reviewed films for Variety for many years and programmed for several film series, died of liver failure Dec. 29 in Sydney, Australia, according to his sister Ann. He was 67.

Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick and the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb have been awarded at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors. Check out the footage below.The annual honours are given to figures in the performing arts for their lifetime contribution to American culture, and were held earlier this month in Washington, D.C.With President Biden in attendance, the show was hosted by Gloria Estefan, and featured tribute performances from artists including Gladys Knight, Missy Elliott and Michael Bublé.Rapsody played a version of Latifah’s ‘Just Another Day’, while Monie Love and MC Lyte duetted on ‘Ladies First’.

Monty Python’s Spamalot. The spoof, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is back on the Broadway boards after a critically acclaimed run earlier this year at the Kennedy Center.Whether you’ll look on the bright side with approval or wish that this quest had more grit may depend upon your expectations of production values and your threshold for unabashed silliness.Tony-winner James Monroe Iglehart leads a top-notch cast as the medieval King Arthur, whose aim is to recruit other men to his Round Table and guide them to the utopia of Camelot.Camelot, as it turns out, is a glitzy casino — an ideal setting for a song and dance routine.

Robert Ne Niro took the stage at the Kennedy Center on Sunday and, looking out at the balcony box where honoree was sitting, told him of his career, “I had no idea you had done so much. And you’ve done it all is such a relatively short amount of time. You’re only 75. That means you’re just about six years away from being the perfect age to be elected president.”

step in time.”Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene Silver, made a rare public appearance Sunday when the duo attended the Malibu Arts Commission’s “Dick Van Dyke – Moments in Time” exhibit, which featured several photographs that spanned the actor’s life. Captured by photographer Laura Johansen, the stills “chronicles the recent adventures of entertainment icon and longtime Malibu residents Dick Van Dyke.” “The collection captures Dick’s life in recent years, from performances at the Kennedy Center, to Halloween celebrations, to Mary Poppins red carpets, his impact with fans, and his life out of the spotlight, at home, and with family,” the official description reads.Van Dyke, 97, was photographed alongside Silver, 52, wearing a light tweed jacket, a white button-down and dark cargo pants.

Romeo and Juliet.The co-production with the Glimmerglass Festival is filled with cavorting Capulet partiers as fun as Madonna’s Celebration Tour dancers and an energized cast with fabulous voices. It is impending doom delivered with entertainment and style.In his debut as an opera director, Simon Godwin — normally seen leading the Shakespeare Theatre Company — brings a naturalness to the performances, which feel almost as if the singers are playing themselves.It’s a warmth that infuses the story, keeping it present and alive.

Ethan Shanfeld Timbaland has apologized after joking that Justin Timberlake “should have put a muzzle” on Britney Spears during an Oct. 29 live interview with 9th Wonder at the Kennedy Center.

Nathan Louis Jackson, the award-winning playwright who made a splash with the debut of Broke-ology in 2008 and who went on to write and produce TV shows such as Luke Cage, S.W.A.T., 13 Reasons Why and Shameless, died on August 22, according to multiple reports. While no cause of death was given, his wife told the New York Times that Jackson had had recent cardiac problems, including an aortic dissection and an aortic aneurysm. He was 44.

For a jukebox musical stage adaptation of a jukebox movie musical inspired by an opera based on a novel, Moulin Rouge! The Musical (★★★★☆) stands as its own spectacular spectacle, while staying vividly true to its myriad origins.Currently repped by a vivacious touring production of Alex Timbers’ Tony-winning — and still running — Broadway hit, the show most vividly recreates the maximalist visual and musical style of Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar-winning 2001 film (a personal favorite).Derek McLane’s multi-layered scenic design, dipped everywhere in red and tantalizingly lit by Justin Townsend, stirs a lush, tactile fantasy of the famed Moulin Rouge cabaret in Belle Époque Paris.And from the first sight of two scantily-clad sword swallowers beckoning us inside the club, to every last high-kicking chorine on the can-can line, Catherine Zuber’s costumes accentuate that atmosphere and inform each character.The colorful corseted frocks and bohemian-chic duds also boldly accentuate the performers’ lines and curves dancing Sonya Tayeh’s sultry choreography.

Walk around or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and chances are you will see the name David Rubenstein.

exclusively broke the news and shared this year's five honorees who will be recognized for their lifetime artistic achievements. The Kennedy Center announced that the «First Lady of Hip-Hop» Queen Latifah, comedy legend Billy Crystal, Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, «America's Soprano» Renée Fleming, and pop music trailblazer Dionne Warwick, will all be honored during this year’s ceremony in Washington, D.C. Fellow honoree Gloria Estefan will return to host the ceremony. The honorees all celebrated the news with statements.«I’m humbled to be included in this incredible list of artists honored by the Kennedy Center. When we started on this journey decades ago, we were often told, 'No.' No, you won’t be able to leave New Jersey.

The Kennedy Center announced its honorees for its next ceremony, a list that includes Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick.

Joni Mitchell has been one of the most honored musicians of this century. She’s picked up honors from the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and an honorary degree from the Berklee College of Music.

La bohème (★★★★☆) is a notorious gateway drug. Many a lifelong addiction to the operatic hard stuff started with a night among La bohème’s star-crossed Parisian lovers.

keep fooling them, because I love being in musicals so much. It’s always delightful to do a musical, even though it’s so much work and I might not survive it. It’s just so infectious.

Born in Harlem on March 1, 1927, he was raised in Jamaica before returning to the Big Apple only to drop out of high school and enlist in the US Navy. Following his two-year stint, he was honorably discharged and went back to Manhattan.It wasn’t until later that his love for the arts shone through, and his frequent trips to a Harlem community theater enthralled him.

Ferry Tales, a theatrical production featuring stories and short tales about Potomac life performed at site-specific locations by actors Colie Aziza, Vanessa Gilbert, and Serena Rasoul and created and directed by Caitlin Nasema Cassidy (4/7-8, The REACH; 4/13, Georgetown Canal Boat; 4/14, various on-site locations; 4/15, The REACH).The Potomac will also factor into paintings created by guest artists Yasmine Iskander, Daniela Godoy, and Raiz Campos on site at Kennedy Center grounds during various times this weekend and next as part of “Potomac River Plein Air Outdoor Painting” (4/8-4/9, 4/15-16, various on-site locations).Other notable, date-specific programming at RiverRun include:A Moonlit Night on the Spring River, a unique concert, curated and led by composer/conductor Huang Ruo, celebrating the enchanting and diverse landscapes and rivers of China and featuring ancient and new music, including pieces for piano, violin, cello, pipa, and voice (4/12, Terrace Theater).Hanging by a Thread: Life on the Nile, a presentation by Ahdaf Soueif, part of the “Talking Rivers, Talking Water” series, about the Nile River’s role in the lives of everyday Egyptians and how that relationship has changed over the past 7,000 years (4/13, Justice Forum).Terje Isungset Ice Quartet, a concert by the percussionist-led Norwegian quartet, internationally known as the pioneer of ice music, using musical instruments all made out of blocks of natural ice harvested from lakes and rivers in Norway — from a harp to a horn to a drum set (4/14-15, Terrace).Debbie Allen’s Red Birds in “What About Us?”, the legendary dancer leads her company of young dancers, ages 8 to 18 and trained in classical ballet, jazz, hip-hop, aerial arts, and acting, for a

The Nutcracker to the Kennedy Center in December. But aside from that famed production, the Joffrey hasn’t performed a full-week engagement at the Kennedy Center in more than 25 years.The company makes a triumphant return with Anna Karenina, a full-length story ballet adapted and told through a contemporary lens to explore the complex politics of family, religion, morality, and gender.A co-production with The Australian Ballet, Anna Karenina is visionary Ukrainian-born choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s take on Leo Tolstoy’s 19th-century epic tragedy of desire and passion focused on a married aristocrat who finds herself caught in a life-changing affair with grave consequences.The ballet features music by Russian composer Ilya Demutsky, which will be performed live at the Kennedy Center by the venue’s Opera House Orchestra.

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Hurricane Diane at Avant Bard, a staging of Tony Kushner’s extraordinary Angels in America, Part 1 at Arena, featuring Ed Gero as Roy Cohn in a role that seems custom-made for the powerhouse actor, and a production of 1776 at the Kennedy Center that includes a cast replete with performers who identify as female, non-binary, and trans. Founding fathers, indeed!The sad news, however, is that after 29 years, Rep Stage is shutting its doors. The theater, on the campus of Howard Community College in Maryland, is being closed by the university.

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The Sleeping Beauty, and the Joffrey reimagines Tolstoy’s tale of all-consuming desire in a new ballet based on Anna Karenina, contemporary companies Sean Dorsey Dance and Khecari present radical, queer-inclusive visions of connection. Companies bravely explore disconnection, too, in Global Oasis by Nomad Dancers and Raqs el Hob, and Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company’s gripping El Muro/The Wall, just to name two.And everywhere you look, from Step Afrika! at Strathmore, to the Social Tango Project at Kennedy Center, and Indigenous Enterprise at GMU Concert Hall, artists from diverse cultures share the universal message that dance brings people together like nothing else can.1333 H St. NE 202-399-7993www.atlasarts.orgFredgren Studio Theatre 3443 Carlin Springs Rd.

Adam Sandler has not always been the biggest fan of Jennifer Aniston's past romances. During Tuesday night's episode of "The Tonight Show," Aniston spoke to Jimmy Fallon about her decades long friendship with Sandler. "[We've been friends for] over 30 years.