DC Area Nightlife, Entertainment and Recreation
Grocery shopping doesn’t have to feel like a chore. Bars, dining areas, wine tasting kiosks and even a beer garden are popping up at local grocery stores, creating a unique outing for customers instead of just a regular shopping trip. D.C. area grocers are revamping their image by bringing the bar/dining experience directly to their… read more »
The Shakespeare Theatre Company is tackling one of Shakespeare’s most complex plays this spring, with a plotline spanning 16 years and at least three genres: romance, comedy and tragedy. The Winter’s Tale will play at the Lansburgh Theatre from May 9 to June 23 under the direction of STC Affiliated Artist Rebecca Bayla Taichman, who… read more »
Opera star Alyson Cambridge returns to the D.C. area for her role as Julie in the Washington National Opera’s production of Show Boat. The Arlington, VA native will perform in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical masterpiece from May 4 to 26 on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage. Cambridge, who performed in the… read more »
ARTISTS THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR RADAR, CALENDAR AND IPOD By Monica Boland and Marcus Dowling On Tap takes a look at four local and touring bands each month. If you are interested in being featured, please send your contact information, including your website, a list of upcoming shows, and at least two music tracks… read more »
The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers audiences a relevant portrayal of the challenges of wartime and the price of power through the lens of two very different yet complimentary military plays: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and Friedrich Schiller’s Wallenstein. The Shakespearean tragedy and German drama will be performed in repertory at STC’s Sidney Harman Hall, the first in… read more »
Emerging singer-songwriter Flo Anito breathes new life into the DC music scene with a lyrically-driven, jazz-infused pop sound all her own. Following the success of her 2008 debut album No Dustbunnies, the Cleveland Park resident has been nominated for multiple Wammie Awards, opened for alt-rockers Weezer and Blink 182, and even sang the national anthem… read more »
Chef Huda is a renaissance woman with a twist. The DC area celebrity chef, Hollywood stylist and entertainment correspondent brings 1950s starlet glamour to the kitchen where she creates healthy versions of comfort food favorites. The owner of local culinary company Pretty and Delicious™—whose motto is “Food should be pretty and delicious at all times”—has… read more »
Mike Daisey is fascinated with the civic spaces we create for ourselves to fulfill our need to belong. The NYC-based monologist and theatrical provocateur returns to Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company from March 25 to April 21 to highlight four very different communities: the theme park perfection of Disney World, the anarchic excesses of Burning Man,… read more »
Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes and Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Schiff are at the helm of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Hughie, at the Lansburgh Theatre from January 31 until March 17. Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn presents this character-driven Eugene O’Neill play about one man’s struggle with loss. “Grief is a… read more »
Playwright Mike Bartlett’s critically acclaimed black comedy Contractions will receive its U.S. premiere at the Studio Theatre on January 2. The satirical production, which runs through January 27, puts a provocative twist on a very important aspect of contemporary life: employment. Emma (played by Alyssa Wilmoth-Keegan) is confronted by her manager (played by four-time Helen… read more »
