Capitol Hill will be well-represented at this year’s Helen Hayes Awards. Folger Theater’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia received eight nods, including Outstanding Resident Play, Outstanding Leading Actress for Holly Twyford, Outstanding Director for Aaron Posner (both are also part of Folger’s Orestes – A Tragic Romp), Outstanding Supporting Actor for Eric Hissom and Outstanding […]
Local filmmaker Michael Skinner, founder of the Hill’s Pendragwn Productions, has embarked on his most ambitious project to date. He and his very small crew are currently in the Sudan shooting a documentary titled We Are the Ones. The film will focus on a group of former Sudanese Lost Boys who have decided to return […]
Sigh. Oh winter, you hold such promise of sleigh rides and frosty noses. In DC’s oppressive summer heat we dream of sweaters, snuggling and fireside cocoa. In reality most folks are about done with winter by the end of January…Valentine’s Day at the latest. However the pleasures of Spring still elude us. It will be […]
Looking for something that will get you out of the house, but won’t require getting into your car or metro? The Friends of Southeast Library have come up with a new series designed to get you out on cold evenings: The Capitol Hill Film Festival. There are a huge number of movies set in Washington, […]
Director Timothy Douglas gives us a uniquely-DC take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Folger Theater. Set in present day against the backdrop of the DC Caribbean Carnival, it is a bright, engaging retelling of the witty back-and-forth between an avowed bachelor and bachelorette, Benedick and Beatrice, and the consequences of meddling in […]