The next show at the National Theatre is quickly approaching and it's one I couldn't be more excited for!



Bandstand caught my attention but had a short Broadway run, closing before I could make it to NYC to see it. I was able to see a screening of it at a movie theater, but we all know live shows are best seen live! The tour will be in DC Tuesday, March 3 - Sunday, March 8 and tickets are on sale now (psst: military discounts are available)!

Bandstand is a poignant and inspiring new American musical that explodes with infectious music and high-octane, heart-stopping dancing.

It’s 1945. As America’s soldiers come home to ticker-tape parades and overjoyed families, Private First Class Donny Novitski, singer and songwriter, struggles to rebuild the life he left behind. When NBC announces a national competition to find the nation’s next great musical superstars, Donny sees a lifeline for himself and some fellow veterans that gives them the purpose they so desperately need. Together, they form a band unlike any the nation has ever seen. Along the way, they discover the power of music to face the impossible, find their voice, and finally feel like they have a place to call home.

Of course, my friends at Allied Media are letting me give away one pair of tickets to the opening night show Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:30 pm.

Good luck!

Allied media is generously allowing me to give one winner a pair of tickets to the opening night performance on Tuesday, February 11th at 7:30 PM.

To enter, simply leave a comment (you must include an email address in the body of the comment) telling me why you want to see the show. A winner will be contacted on Friday, January 31. 

Good luck!

National Theatre DC is keeping the theatre magic alive all month long!

It's not too late to see Fiddler on the Roof this week (through 12/15), but I'm here with Allied Media to hook someone up for another favorite of mine next week: Jersey Boys!

I still remember the awe I felt the first time I saw this show and I'm so excited to revisit it. The performances are amazing!

Here's the rundown:

They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story -- a story that has made them an international sensation all over again.

Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony and Grammy Award®-winning true-life musical phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s just too good to be true.

FEATURING THE LEGENDARY TOP TEN HITS:

“Sherry” • “Big Girls Don’t Cry” • “Walk Like A Man” • “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” • “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)”

Contains authentic, profane Jersey language.

Recommended for ages 12 and up.

Run time: Approximately 2 hours, 40 minutes, including one intermission

To win a pair of tickets to the opening night performance (Tuesday, December 17), Leave a comment on this post sharing your favorite Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tune! An email address MUST be included in the body of the comment so you can be contacted if your name is drawn. 

Winner will be selected Friday. December 13. Good luck!

Guys!

I have heard such amazing things about this show and I am so jealous of whomever wins the chance to attend:

Fresh off its Tony-nominated hit Broadway run, Tony Award winner John Leguizamo’s one-man play LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS is inspired by the near total absence of Latinos from his son’s American history books. Known as modern theatre’s most prolific Latino playwright, Leguizamo embarks on an outrageously funny, frenzied search to find a Latin hero for his son’s school history project. From a mad recap of the Aztec empire to stories of unknown Latin patriots of the Revolutionary War and beyond, Leguizamo breaks down the 3,000 years between the Mayans and Pitbull into 110 irreverent and uncensored minutes above and beyond his unique style. 

Don’t miss the show The New York Times calls “a surprisingly poignant one-man play that slyly poses sharp and timely questions of what culturally defines American identity and who, in the nationalistic age of Trump, has ‘the right’ to be here.”

Allied Media has graciously allowed me to give one reader two tickets to the opening performance on Thursday, November 21. 

To enter, simply leave a comment sharing why you'd like to see the show!
You MUST include an e-mail address IN THE COMMENT in order for me to reach you if your name is drawn. 

Winner contacted Friday, November 15. Good luck!