15TH ANNIVERSARY DC JAZZ FEST
Now in its 15th year, the DC JazzFest offers 150 performances in 40 different venues over a 16 day June blitz from the 1st to the 16th for every possible taste and pocketbook from pricey headliners and $40 valet parking for the well-heeled aficionado at The Anthem; to tribute concerts in partnership with The Kennedy Center; and Jazz in […]
Boney James Closes Out Berks
You can always tell that the Berks Loves Boney, when the front center rows are sold out with sisters who bounce out of their seats and dance from song 1 and wait for Boney to jump from the stage and serenade the crowd. And the smooth, smiling reed player with his signature stingy brim hat, […]
Whur’s Sweet Sexy Soul!
Will Downing confirmed his comeback at Saturday’s WHUR Night at the Berks Jazz Fest, filling the Santander Performing Arts Center to the rafters with several busloads of loyal WHUR fans from the DMV! After surviving a life-threatening autoimmune disease several years ago, Will Downing – AKA “Chocolate Thunder” was back to his smooth delivery as […]
Berks Jazz Fest Brian Culberson – Play That Funky Music White Boy!
Brian Culbertson has become a fixture at the Berks Jazz Fest he has delivered opening night pirotechniques the last several years and is penciled in for 2020 as it approaches its 30t anniversary. “Feels like a family reunion” said BC at the start of the set and 2 hours and a 17-number playlist later as […]
Tropicana Cabaret Must See Dance Spectacular
For those of you debating the price of attending the historic Tropicana Cabaret, get over your fear of flying! Forget Las Vegas which it is often compared to, for what you get instead is a grand ballroom sized stage and three decks of dancers on three sides as you are surrounded by over 100 dancers […]
Dancing In My Cockroach Killers
On a weekend celebrating the Puerto Rican Pride Parade in New York City, GALA Hispanic Theater hosted a hot Nuyorican dance troupe that put on their stilettos and killed some cockroaches! The Sassy off-Broadway Puerto Rican musical that blends dance and drama, premiers as the closing show of Gala’s 42nd season and features a DC/NYC […]
Esther Sweet Esther’s Road To Broadway
Kyaunnee Richardson once again filled the soaring Lincoln presidential suite of Trump International Hotel with her angelic rendition of “ESTHER SWEET ESTHER”, an operetta by Jeremiah & Wendy Ginsberg that took another step to the Great White Way! “The road to Broadway begins tonight”, said Wendy Ginsberg after a piano concerto by Pascal Salomon and […]
Performance Dance Emerges
According to Holly Bass a trend-setting performance and visual artist, there is a new and exciting genre on the local arts scene called “Performance Dance’, where the message is as important as the movement. Last weekend at Dance Place, MK Abadoo, and Vaughan Ryan Midder rolled out a reimagined Spike Lee Joint called “Wake Up!”, that […]
Soul The STAX Musical
Center Stage closes out its 2017-2018 Season with SOUL The Stax Musical. This musical is inspired by the story of Stax Records and the rise of iconic artists such as Otis Redding, The Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & The MG’s, Rufus and Carla Thomas, David Porter, Wilson Pickett, Johnnie Taylor, and Eddie Floyd and […]
Philly’s Pieces Of A Dream & Friends In The House
‘White Chocolate’ Chris Harris, Bongo man Alex Simon and Bowie’s George Graham on bass harmonize on some Billy Preston old skool rock. WHUR’s Quiet Storm host Dan Brown introduced one of the DMV’s most popular bands to the packed house for the Saturday matinee at the DoubleTree ballroom. Most would have been satisfied with Philly’s […]
