Here’s your weekly Entertainment Calendar, as reported by Stephanie Taylor on our weekly TRR Radio Show, every Saturday at 1:00pm on WERA-LP 96.7 FM “Radio Arlington”
With show-stopping numbers, astonishing dancing, and a healthy dose of razzle dazzle, Chicago is a heart-pounding spectacle of everything that makes Broadway great. Roxie Hart (portrayed by Grammy Award-winning Brandy) and Velma Kelly bring down the house in this six-time Tony winner! Chicago is now playing at the Kennedy Center Opera House thru April 16th. For more information and tickets, call (202) 467-4600 or (800) 444-1324
April 25 marks the 100th birthday of American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is displaying her photograph by William Gottlieb for the first time. Fitzgerald’s portrait can be viewed starting April 13th in the museum’s “Celebrate” space in the first-floor north gallery. The photograph features Fitzgerald during a performance, flanked by Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie and Milt Jackson.
In celebration of Earth Day, Stone Soup Films is hosting a screening of short documentaries highlighting the work of local nonprofits committed to environmental preservation. The screening will be held Wednesday, April 19th at E Street Cinema from 6 to 8 p.m. The evening will conclude with a short panel discussion with environmental advocates and nonprofit leaders. Admission is FREE. To register, visit stonesoupdc.eventbrite.com
And finally, The Capital City Showcase and Theresa Concepcion are very proud to present “COMEDY FOR KIND – A Fundraiser for Kids In Need of Defense!”
Some of DC’s finest comedians are coming together on Wednesday, April 26th, at 8:00pm at Acre 121 in Columbia Heights. Tickets are $10 and all proceeds go directly to KIND. For more information, go to capitalcityshowcase.com or call 202-431-4704
About The Author
Co-Editor/Entertainment Reporter
She may be a traffic engineer by day (hence the ‘stopsigngirl’ alias), but do not let her technical skills or multiple calculators fool you. Stephanie Taylor has a way with words. She will destroy any opponent in Scrabble, and get 50 points for using all 7 of her letters in the word “destroy.” She can a-n-n-i-h-i-l-a-t-e you in a spelling bee, having competed in no less than ten as a child. She uses correct punctuation in her text messages. It’s no wonder that copy editing comes naturally to her, and she is happy to fine tune the work of other writers before it reaches TRR readers.
Proofreading is not all that Stephanie loves to do. Regular reading without the proof is just fine, and she also loves to write. In fact, Steph has been writing since the tender age of 6 when she penned her would-be bestseller Mouse in Jail. It “would be” if all literary critics were in Kindergarten. Since elementary school, Stephanie has helped publish newsletters, yearbooks, and the Arts & Entertainment section of The Rice Thresher, Rice University’s student newspaper.
Stephanie’s other gigs have included singing her heart out in the chorus of My Fair Lady in Houston, doing improv comedy in front of hundreds of people in Atlanta, and teaching A.P. English in Los Angeles. She loves to travel and have cultural adventures like tubing down a river in Ecuador, dancing in a South Asian festival, or riding a ferry from Italy for 19 hours just to get real Greek food. Cooking and Yoga are also among Stephanie’s list of favorite things to do, but she cannot do them at the same time.
This native Texan genuinely adores reporting on entertainment as much as she loves to entertain, and is looking forward to learning more about what the D.C. area has to offer and sharing that news with you.
Stephanie Taylor also likes to write about herself in the third person.
