April 1, 2021 3:15 PM by FCNP.com
LOCAL EVENTS
News-Press “Spot of the Week.” Interested readers and supporters of the
Falls Church News-Press can join the staff at a restaurant in or around the City of Falls Church to celebrate the paper’s weekly publication. Learn how to become a member of the
News-Press, get a chance to purchase one of the paper’s books, “The Front Page: The First Five Years: 1991 – 1996” or just get to know members of the staff better. This week the
News-Press will be at Sfizi Cafe (800 W. Broad Street, Falls Church) from 6 – 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 3
Falls Church Farmers Market. The Falls Church Farmers Market runs every Saturday, where attendees will find fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church) 9 a.m. – noon. For more information, visit the Calendar item’s page.
March 25, 2021 3:15 PM by FCNP.com
LOCAL EVENTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 25
News-Press “Spot of the Week.” Interested readers and supporters of the Falls Church News-Press can join the staff at a restaurant in or around the City of Falls Church to celebrate the paper’s weekly publication. Learn how to become a member of the News-Press, get a chance to purchase one of the paper’s books, “The Front Page: The First Five Years: 1991 – 1996” or just get to know members of the staff better. This week the News-Press will be at Liberty Barbecue (370 W. Broad Street, Falls Church) from 6 – 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 26
Halfway through
Simply Sondheim comes a one-two punch of timely resonance, and in a way that’s far more impactful today than when the musical revue premiered at Signature Theatre six years ago. Sagely leading the group number “Now You Know” from
Merrily We Roll Along, Awa Sal Secka might as well be commiserating with all those whose views about life, people, or society writ large have become appreciably less optimistic as a result of the pandemic and the related social ills it has exacerbated. “Alright, now you know: life is crummy,” Secka sings briskly. “I mean, big surprise; people love you and tell you lies. Bricks can tumble from clear blue skies.” The moral? “So life lays you low; learn to live with it…. It’s called letting go your illusions, and don’t confuse them with your dreams.”
change volume WTOP s Jason Fraley previews Simply Sondheim (Part 1)
He was the first Black actor to play “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway before recently starring as one of the four Vietnam vets in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” (2020).
Now, Norm Lewis headlines the musical revue concert “Simply Sondheim,” which streams on the Signature Theatre website via Marquee TV now through March 26.
“We closed our doors in the middle of March like everybody else,” director Matthew Gardiner told WTOP. “We pivoted to a digital season, which will include five shows. The first of those is ‘Simply Sondheim.’ … We filmed it over the course of three days [in the fall]. We spent several months editing it and perfecting it and finally it’s available.”
The Seth Concert Series – James Monroe Iglehart | Review
December 18, 2020 Last updated:
December 18, 2020 James Monroe Iglehart
James Monroe Iglehart is a tour de force off-stage as well as on – recalling huge amounts of detail to each and every anecdote from his illustrious career, he tells stories at such a rapid pace, and with such zeal, that it is all but impossible not to be drawn in, even if he’s talking about the sort of thing that most guests on
The Seth Concert Series talk about – overlong audition processes, how they met certain big industry names, and the toll doing eight hours a week on Broadway can take on a person.