The Theatre at Washington, VA January - May 2002 Schedule
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January - May 2002
 

It is advisable to contact the Theatre by e-mail or by phone to confirm a particular performance and to make reservations. Tickets for performances presented by the Theatre at Washington, Virginia, are $15 for adults and $5 for students 18 and under.

For reservations and information phone (540) 675-1253 or send email to TheatreVA@aol.com.

 
 
Saturday, January 12, 2002 at 8 p.m. A JAZZ PIANO RECITAL
with Bill Charlap

“The New York pianist . . . distills the melodic and emotional essence of every standard he tackles,” The Washington Post; the Chicago Tribune lauded his “technique, sensitivity of touch, rhythmic sophistication and harmonic imagination”; “the New Yorker [Charlap]. . . exhibit[ed] the mercurial mobility and sparkle that have made him so much in demand . . . .” The Guardian
 
 
Friday, January 18, 2002 at 8 p.m. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC
 
 
Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 4 p.m. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY CELEBRATION
Rappahannock County's Eleventh Annual Program

Rappahannock County’s eleventh annual celebration honoring the great civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating.
 
 
Saturday, January 26, 2002 at 7 p.m. VARIETY SHOW
Presented by the Washington Baptist church

The sixth annual variety show performed by members of the Washington Baptist Church. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating.
 
 
Friday, February 1, 2002 at 8 p.m. "Bandits" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC
 
 
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.,
February 2 and 3, 2002
"ARCADIA" by Tom Stoppard
Mask and Bauble Society, Georgetown University

The brilliant playwright’s witty, challenging play is set in a single room overlooking the garden of an English estate during the 19th and 20th centuries. Issues of science, art, history and landscape gardening are interwoven in this intellectual and clever tale. Produced and performed by Georgetown University’s Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society, now in its 150th season.
 
 
Saturday, February 9, 2002 at 8 p.m. THE SMITHSONIAN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON
"Winterreise" by Franz Schubert

Schubert’s greatest song cycle, performed by Jeffrey Thomas, internationally known recording artist and director of the American Bach Soloists. Kenneth Slowik plays the beautiful music for piano.
 
 
Friday, February 15, 2002 at 8 p.m. "The Royal Tenenbaums" (R)
film presented by RAAC
 
 
Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 8 p.m. "LOVE LETTERS" by A.R. Gurney
Performed by Ben Jones and Alma Viator

For Valentine’s Weekend, Ben Jones and Alma Viator return by popular demand in this delightful play.
 
 
Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 8 p.m. JAZZ DUO
Jimmy Bruno, guitar, and Gerald Veasley, bass

Celebrated jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno returns for a fourth concert here – this time with the great bass player Gerald Veasley.
 
 
Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 2 p.m. LIONS CLUB PROGRAM
Bland Music Contest

Annual Bland Music Contest organized by the Rappahannock Lions Club for local schoolchildren. A community event. No admissions charge. Open, unreserved seating.
 
 
Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 8 pm; Saturday matinee at 3 p.m.,
March 1, 2 & 3, 2002
"TWELFTH NIGHT" by William Shakespeare
presented by Christendom College Players

The Christendom College Players present their ninth annual performance at the Theatre.
 
 
Friday, March 8, 2002 at 8 p.m. "Monsters, Inc." (G)
film presented by RAAC
 
 
Saturday, March 9, 2002 at 8 p.m. THE SMITHSONIAN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON
THE CASTLE TRIO

Lambert Orkis, fortepiano, Marilyn McDonald, violin, Kenneth Slowik, cello. In this concert by the renowned Castle Trio, Beethoven’s stormy Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 is juxtaposed with Haydn’s three trios dedicated to his patroness Princess Maria Josepha Esterhazy, Hob. XV: 21-3. This is the last concert in the tenth season of the Smithsonian at Little Washington series.
 
 
Friday, March 15, 2002 at 8 p.m. "The Man Who Wasn't There" (R)
film presented by RAAC
 
 
Friday, April 5, 2002 at 8 p.m. "Chunhyang" (unrated)
film presented by RAAC
 
 
Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 8 p.m. CELTIC MUSIC from the MAGICAL STRINGS

Philip and Pam Boulding, during their tour from the West Coast, bring the distinctive music of "Magical Strings," described by The Washington Post as "warm, graceful and sonically gorgeous."
 
 
Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 8 p.m. THE COOLIDGE QUARTET

Hasse Borup, Se-Yun Lee, violins, Paul Reynolds, viola, Amy Leung, cello. String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 by Claude Debussy; "Chrysanthemums" for String Quartet by Giacomo Puccini; String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 ("American") by Antonin Dvorak
 
 
Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 8 p.m. MUSIC FROM OPERA

Beautiful soprano Jacqueline Neimat and bass-baritone Gene Galvin, with George Peachey at the piano, have fashioned a program of love songs and arias by Bellini, Bizet, Gounod, Massenet, Mozart, Puccini, and Rakhmaninov. They will explore the same theme by two different composers, for example: the love of Romeo and Juliette in Gounod’s opera of that name and in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi ; Manon as seen through the eyes of Massenet and then by Puccini.
 
 
Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 8 p.m. JAZZ TRIO
Ken Peplowski, Chuck Redd, plus bassist

Ken Peplowski, clarinet, Chuck Redd, vibes & drums, plus bassist. Chuck and Ken have played together extensively, making a number of recordings with Charlie Byrd on the Concord Jazz label, touring with Mel Torme’s quintet, and playing with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.