The Kennedy Center is alive with The Sound of Music! The spirited, romantic, and beloved musical will thrill once more in this brand new production, directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien. The show is currently being performed at the Opera House. Tickets run from $39 – $119. For more information, call 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324.

Multi-talented producer, songwriter, recording artist, and reality TV star Jermaine Dupri presents the SoSoSUMMER 17 Tour tonight at DAR Constitution Hall. The tour features acts seen on the first three seasons of Lifetime’s The Rap Game including winners Miss Mulatto and Mani. Tickets range from $23 – $68. You can purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

The Laughs and Drafts Comedy Series starts with three-time Emmy award winning comedian Louie Anderson at Rams Head on Stage tomorrow for two shows at 5:30 & 8:30pm with motivational speaker Michael Aronin. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at www.ticketfly.com.

Legendary rock band U2 will bring The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 to FedEx Field Tuesday June 20^th, in celebration of the 30^th anniversary of the band’s classic album. The show will include a performance of the album in its entirety, with special guests The Lumineers. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.livenation.com.

Finally, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning masterpiece Rent returns to the stage in a vibrant 20th anniversary touring production at the National Theatre, June 20-25^th for eight shows! With its inspiring message of joy and hope in the face of fear, this timeless celebration of friendship and creativity reminds us to measure our lives in love. Tickets start at $48. For more information, go to www.thenationaldc.org.

You can always hear this info on our live radio show Saturdays at 1:00 pm on WERA 96.7 FM: Radio Arlington. Tune in for news, reviews and interviews as well as the chance to win tickets to some of these events.

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Stephanie Taylor

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.

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