By Whit Davis This article was originally published in DC Theater Arts here. I’ve always wanted to sit with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the mountaintop to gaze at the…
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by Samantha Neugebauer This article was originally published in DCTRENDING, here. D.C. readers gathered inside Sidwell Friends School’s oak-paneled meeting room, last month, to hear author Zadie Smith read from her…
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by Haley Huchler This article was originally published in Washington Independent Review of Books, here. “Mary Lasker had never looked through a microscope, performed surgery, or spoken from the floor of…
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By D. R. Lewis This article was originally published in The DC Line, here. Standing at nearly 6 feet 4 inches, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. was a formidable presence…
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By Jakob Cansler This article was originally published in the DC Line here. Eleven years ago, celebrated Ukrainian playwright Sasha Denisova won Russia’s highest theater prize. That play was one of…
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By D. R. Lewis This article was originally published in The DC Line, here. Sammi Cannold’s Evita begins and ends with the same striking image: an angelic white gown floating over…
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By Daarel Burnette II This article was originally published in DC Theater Arts here. What should we do with all the cultural vestiges of America’s racist past? Today, the clothing, language,…