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The Originalist

The Originalist

Theater DC,
American playwrights have written about the United States Supreme Court for nearly 70 years, at least since the 1946 Broadway premiere of "The Magnificent Yankee," about Oliver Wendell Holmes. "First Monday in October" (1978) imagined the first female justice. "Father ...
Moby-Dick, Washington, DC

Moby-Dick, Washington, DC

Music Washington,
The Washington National Opera production of “Moby-Dick” is a crowd pleaser. Jake Heggie’s music is tonal, sometimes glancing off Puccini, but ventures out with touches of Philip Glass minimalism and other occasions of atonality that make it satisfyingly contemporary. Maestro ...
Kathleen Turner in the title role of

Mother Courage and Her Children, Washington, DC

Theater Washington,
Masterful, magnetic, and entertaining best describe the outstanding performance seen Feb. 6 by stage and screen star Kathleen Turner in the uniquely engaging Arena Stage production of Bertolt Brecht’s masterpiece “Mother Courage and Her Children.” With lines like “No one ...
Drew Cortese and Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan in the Folger's

Richard III, Washington, DC

Theater Washington,
The Folger Shakespeare Library’s Elizabethan theater has been transformed from its usual proscenium stage to theater in the round for Robert Richmond’s extraordinary production of “Richard III.” Every element — actors, costumes, scenic design, lighting, sound design and music — ...
Violinist James Stern performs with VERGE ensemble.

Verge Ensemble, “Modern Mystics”

Music DC,
In the opening program of its 40th anniversary season, the Verge Ensemble, the performance group of the Contemporary Music Forum, presented 90 minutes of distinctive contemporary classical music with commentary. While the program included five short computer-generated pieces by Paul ...
Twelfth Night, Arlington, Va.

Twelfth Night, Arlington, Va.

Theater DC,
Synetic Theater’s brand of physical theater emphasizes speechless Shakespeare. For this adaptation of “Twelfth Night,” the company advanced the setting to the Roaring Twenties, inclusive not only of flappers but also silent film and the specter of Charlie Chaplin. It ...
David Greilsammer at Kennedy Center

David Greilsammer at Kennedy Center

Music Washington,
Making his Kennedy Center debut, pianist David Greilsammer is not only a talented musician but also a man with engaging ideas that reach out to audiences across a wide spectrum of musical history. As part of its Hayes Piano Series, ...