By Adam Rosenfeld Moving by yourself halfway across the country to try and make it in the music business is not an ideal scenario, but Amanda Shires found her way, against all odds. Next week will mark the release of her sixth solo album, To the Sunset, a culmination of […]
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Press Pass: James Fernando
By Adam Rosenfeld The Falls Church music scene continues to expand with another local artist releasing new music. Little City resident and pianist James Fernando dropped his debut album Extended Layover late last month. Falling into the category of modern jazz, the album features Fernando playing piano alongside Toronto-based musician […]
Recent Books By North Korean Defectors Chronicle Horrors of the Regime There
By J. Roslyn These three reviews are of books, all written by young people, including Joseph Kim, who was aided by Christians. He and Park are eloquent TED talk speakers. These makes me cry just thinking about them. I can’t even read the worst ones, where they were forced to watch […]
‘California Suite’ Offers Up Character-Driven Treat
For their final production of the 2017-2018 season, the Providence Players have opted for one of the classics in Neil Simon’s “California Suite”. “It’s fair to say it’s hard to have a proper theater education without Neil Simon,” Janet Koehler Dueweke, who plays the actress Diana, told the News-Press. The […]
‘Charlotte’s Web’ Production Delights All Ages
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” – E.B. White, author of Charlotte’s Web. A critical essayist for the New Yorker magazine for decades until his death in 1985, […]
Mason’s ‘Metamorphoses’ Does Ancient Poem Justice
The student team who shared talents and resources with the professional staff of the George Mason High School theater arts department made a big splash, in fact a number of them, in its delightful production of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” at the GMHS auditorium last weekend. In another […]
Creative Cauldron’s ‘Witch’ Dazzles & Delights
This fourth installment, entitled “Witch,” in the Falls Church-based Creative Cauldron’s “Bold New Works for Intimate Stages” project that began its run last weekend is bold, is new and is creative to the max. It is a very edifying production in the purest spirit of the feminist mystique, doing justice […]
Glowing Cappies Reception for Stuart’s ‘The Little Mermaid’
By Maggie Klein Young love, rebellious daughters, magic spells, and dinglehoppers? It’s the perfect recipe for a fin-tastic fairytale. “Life is better down where it’s wetter,” but don’t take it from me; swim on down under the sea to find out for yourself in J.E.B. Stuart High School’s bubbly rendition […]
Spring Plays on the Bill at F.C. Schools
This spring’s high school theater offerings in the Falls Church area are right around the corner and are sure treats for audiences. ‘The Little Mermaid’ at J.E.B. Stuart High School “The Little Mermaid” is a musical based on one of writer Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic […]
Providence Players’ ‘The Front Page’ Brings The Life of 1920s Journalists to the Masses
In their penultimate play of the 2017-2018 season, the Providence Players of Fairfax tackle the world of yellow journalism and Chicago crime in the classic 1928 stage comedy “The Front Page.” The original play, which is presented word-for-word here minus the racist language, is a significantly different beast than the […]
