Articles Tagged With: Jack O’Brien

The 2016 Touring Company of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical! Photo: Andy Martin Jr

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas at The National Theatre

Fahoo fores dahoo dores! Welcome Christmas bring your cheer!

Fahoo fores dahoo dores! It’s holiday time— and guess what’s here?

Oh goodness, oh gracious, Christmas in DC, how to celebrate in a pinch?

Consider bringing the family to The National Theatre to see that mean, nasty, green old Grinch!

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical has arrived for just two weeks on stage!

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Yehezkel Lazarov (center left) as Tevye, and Jonathan Von Mering (center right) as Lazar Wolf & the Cast of Fiddler on the Roof. Photo: Joan Marcus

Fiddler on the Roof at The National Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof for Christmas? Unthinkable.
Unheard of. On the other hand, it’s a brilliant story with glorious music. On
the other hand, it’s not A Christmas Carol or some other stalwart
tradition in the nation’s capital. On the other hand, The National Theatre is
bringing tradition to their stage for a limited week-long engagement smack in
the middle of December this year. With original Direction by Barlett Sher
(recreated here by Sari Evans) and original choreography by Hofesh Shechter
(recreated here by Christopher Evans),

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The Sound of Music at The Kennedy Center

How do you solve a problem like Maria? By putting her on the Opera House Stage of The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts this summer! Rogers & Hammerstein’s classic The Sound of Music rolls into the big performance venue for five-week engagement, bringing the timeless tale and iconic songs that the nation has revered in the highest musical regard since Julie Andrews first took up the role on screen in 1965.

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The Hills Are Alive With Local Talent: A Quick Interview with Austin Colby in the National Tour of The Sound of Music

The hills are alive— with the sound of local talent! How delightful it is when local talent who grew up in the DMV area, and got their professional start in the district, returns to the nation’s capital on a national tour! In this TheatreBloom exclusive interview, we take just a quick moment to sit down with Austin Colby— of Richmond, VA and whose professional career got started in area regional theatres like Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia and Signature Theatre— and discuss playing Rolf in the current national tour of Rogers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music.

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