NEWS & REVIEWS
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The Holiday Show 2025 by The GMCW at Lincoln Theatre by Audrey Brown
Arriving to the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s Holiday Show 2025, performed at the Lincoln Theatre on U Street, I was greeted by two enormous, buzzing lines wrapped around the building. Was I in the right place? Was I mistaking the line for some highly-anticipated A-list singer-songwriter who forced fans to camp around the block…
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You Didn’t Boycott The Kennedy Center, Now Trump Has His Name On It.
I wrote an article in February about boycotting the Kennedy Center, and despite what I would call a solid case, you decided on a Diet Boycott with Lemon. -so Trump has renamed the Kennedy Center, placing his name first as “The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. Now…
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Lie Low by Solas Nua at Atlas by Audrey Brown
Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and debuted at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2022, Lie Low makes its overseas debut on a Washington, D.C. stage, supported by Solas Nua, an organization dedicated to uplifting modern Irish voices in the nation’s capital.
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Ceilidh at M&T Bank Exchange by Audrey Brown
I’ve been greeted at the doors of Cabaret at the for-now-renamed, even on Google Maps, Kit Kat Club, formerly the August Wilson Theatre, with a shot of alcohol and ushered through a beaded curtain into what transforms the entire performance space into a Weimar-era cabaret.
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Côté Danse’s Hamlet at Wolf Trap by Audrey Brown
A danced production of Hamlet ends where it started; or, rather, it had started where it ends. We all know, whether or not we’re familiar with the intricacies of the plot, that Hamlet is a deeply tragic Shakespearean work. Thusly, Ex Machina and Côté Danse, in their entirely danced version of the classic, refuse to…
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Born to Create: The Artistic Tales of Ronniquè Antoinette by Ashayla Byrd
Bathed in the warm glow and bustling groove of a local Busboys and Poets restaurant, Ronniquè Antoinette’s statuesque form ascends from her seat to greet me. Equal parts elegant and swagged out in a white, winged, patch-work blouse and a form-fitted, calf-length jean skirt, it’s a relief to finally have face-time with a staple figure…
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Crossing Boundaries at Glen Echo Park by Luella Christopher
In this multi-purpose venue adjacent to the Potomac River, the outside air couldn’t have blasted any hotter (at least since last summer’s Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in DC) as an auspicious crew of choreographers joined forces again, bringing some new yet some returning faces to perform a kaleidoscope of premieres. The matinee that I attended was noteworthy…
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After you leave this, I hope you are better – Ashayla Byrd reflects on Chitra Subramanian at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival
“I brought you this from home. I hope that’s okay,” she offers. The ever-prepared mother that she is, her coffee-filled thermos, two cups, cream, and sugar offer me warm, liquid respite from the biting cold of a DC morning in early February. I am in a coffee era at present, and this homemade cup of…
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The Washington Ballet announces its 2025/2026 Performance Season!
The Washington Ballet has announced it’s 25/26 season, and Dancing in the District is happy to report we have been welcomed to return and review!
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Come On In, It’s Hard Outside – New Releases Choreographers Showcase at Dance Place by Ashayla Byrd
Spring has sprung, and I already have whiplash. Choruses of birds harmonize with the rising of the morning sun. Wandering eyes and perspiring bodies search for the perfect, shaded space to lay out their blankets and break bread with those they hold dear. The girls, gays, theys, and their company–freshly outside, equipped with glitter, and…
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Alice by The Washington Ballet at Capital One Hall by Luella Christopher
Capital One Hall bristled with excitement as theatergoers entered in fancy clothes, crowns, and a few rabbit ears for the Saturday noon matinee of ALICE, the creation of Washington Ballet director and choreographer Edwaard Liang. An ambitious visual and dramatic spectacle pummeled the audience, despite characters and a plot line not always easy to follow…
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The April 5th “Hands Off!” protest in Washington, D.C.
We were on site for the April 5th “Hands off!” protest in Washington, D.C.! The crowds were great, and people were still coming in when we had to leave. Resist!