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A Resounding Mais Oui! for the Beloved Les Miserables at The Kennedy Center

A Resounding Mais Oui! for the Beloved Les Miserables at The Kennedy Center

Les Miserables John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Jordan Wright April 16, 2022 Special to The Zebra

Nick Cartell as Jean Valjean (Photo/Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)

The year was 1985 when Les Miserables […]

School of Rock ~ The Musical ~ At The National Theatre

Jordan Wright January 19, 2019

Cameron Trueblood in School of Rock Tour. Photo Matt Murphy

For anyone who has harbored fantasies of joining a rock and roll band, School of Rock is a flat-out fantastic, fun-loving musical with an Andrew Lloyd Webber score that hits all the right wah-wahs. With screaming guitar […]

Miss Saigon ~ The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Jordan Wright December 26, 2018

With the Vietnam War as dramatic backdrop, Miss Saigon is a poignant tale of star-crossed lovers amidst the horrors of war and its aftermath. Under the direction of Laurence Connor of Broadway’s School of Rock and Les Misérables fame, this well-known interpretation of Puccini’s classic opera, Madama Butterfly, with music […]

Les Miserables ~ The National Theatre

Jordan Wright December 23, 2017

(From L) Josh Davis as ‘Inspector Javert’ and Nick Cartell as ‘Jean Valjean’ ~ Photo by Matthew Murphy

The year was 1985 when Les Miserables hit London’s West End. It wowed critics then – Patti Lupone won the Laurence Olivier Award (Britain’s equivalent of an Oscar) for […]

The Phantom of the Opera ~ Kennedy Center

Jordan Wright July 24, 2016 Special to The Alexandria Times

The news was worrisome and unexpected. A sudden trip to the hospital sent Phantom lead Chris Mann in for an emergency appendectomy, thus delaying media review night for an extra week. For the many who ask why we haven’t reviewed a show you’ve already seen, […]