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Tag Archives: Francine Schwartz

DCMetroTheaterArts is One Year Old Today!

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Joel Markowitz
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DCMetroTheaterArts is one year old today. Thanks to all our readers for supporting and visiting our site. A special thank you to the theatre and arts communities who welcomed us and reached out to help us and support our efforts. … Continue reading →

Howard Levy with David Siebold at The Barns at Wolf Trap by Francine Schwartz

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Francine Schwartz
Howard Levy and Chris Siebold at Wolf Trap. Photo from Chris' facebook page.

Friday night, The Barns at Wolf Trap hosted multiple Grammy Award winner, an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica. The man is a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording artist, bandleader, teacher, producer as well as a founding member of Béla … Continue reading →

‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ at WSC Avant Bard by Francine Schwartz

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Francine Schwartz
Front: Emily Ocasio; Left to Right: Anne Nottage, Bruce Alan Rauscher, Sebastian Ingvarsson-Hemmingsen, Anna Lathrop, Brian Hemmingsen, Andrew Ferlo, Jim Epstein; Back: Joshua Dick. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

Nobel Prize-winning playwright Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author opened WSC Avant Bard’s new season. The theatre is located in the Arisphere, in downtown Roslyn – two blocks from the metro and across the river from Georgetown. … Continue reading →

‘Far Away’ at Georgetown University by Francine Schwartz

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Francine Schwartz
Left to right:, Alexandra Waldon (Harper) and Olivia Duff (Joan).

‘War and Peace’ and it’s many manifestations has proven a fertile subject for film and theater. Far Away, a dystopian fable written by the famed British playwright Caryl Churchill, and beautifully directed by Jason Loewith, is part of that genre. … Continue reading →

‘Davis & Elkins College’s: A Gershwin Gala with Jack Gibbons, Piano at The Kennedy Center by Francine Schwartz

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Francine Schwartz
Jack Gibbons

Davis & Elkins College presented British pianist Jack Gibbons in a “Gershwin Gala” concert in honor of the composer’s 114th birthday. The Sept 26, 2012 celebration, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, was a spectacular success. … Continue reading →

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Madame: Helena Rubinstein in America’ by Francine Schwartz

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Francine Schwartz
Genevieve James (Madame Helena Rubinstein).

Madame: Helena Rubinstein in America is a production of the Fourpence Theater. Their mission is to present works that explore the lives of “unique, female American icons.” According to the program, which I was able to locate after the play, … Continue reading →

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Trial by Jury’ by Francine Schwartz

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Francine Schwartz
Trial by Jury: Joshua Milton, Emma Jensen, Denise Young, Rand Huntzinger, and Courtney Kalbacker. Photo by Harvey Levine.

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury is a satire of the British legal system. It is a fun little farce, an appertif only 45 minutes long that was their first major hit. Plaintiff brings a suit against the Defendant for a … Continue reading →

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