The Washington Post Magazine - USA (2022-03-13)

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Springat the Centerfor the Arts
and the Hylton CenterOffers Rich
PageantofEntertainment

GeorgeMasonUniversity’sCenterforthe
Artsin FairfaxandtheHyltonCenterin
Manassashavepulledoutall thestopsfor
thespringentertainmentseason.Below
arejustsomeof thehighlights:
First,onMarch 19,thefire, fight
andsheerjoyof swingdanceinhabits
theCenterfortheArtsin “SW!NG
OUT.” Livemusicby EyalVilner’sBig

Bandaccompaniesthedancingand

choreographycreatedby theacclaimed

CalebTe icherwithLindyHopchampions

EvitaArce,LaTashaBarnesandNathan

Bugh.

Nextin theCenterfortheArtsline-up

is five-timeGRAMMYAward-winning

bassistandcomposerEdgarMeyer,

whojoinstheacclaimedGlasgow-based

ScottishEnsembleonMarch 27fora

programspanningtheagesfromthe

Baroqueto presentday.Itfeatures works

by JohannSebastianBach,GustavHolst,

RalphVaughanWilliams,andanew

commissionperformedby Meyer.

OnApril2, BessieAward-winning

companyCamilleA. Brown&

Dancersshowcasesmoderndance,hip

hop,African,balletandtapin aprogram

featuringselectionsfromBrown’s

acclaimedtrilogyonrace,cultureand

identityincluding“Mr.TOLE. RAncE”;

“Turf”and“Milkshake”from“ink.”

AweeklateronApril9and10,

Mozart’s“TheMarriageof Figaro,”offers

thekindof madandfranticbedroom

farce of whichguilty(andnot-so-

guilty)pleasures aremade.ThisVirginia

Operaproductionis drivenby themusicof

Mozartat hismostspirited.

Movingoverto theHyltonCenteronApril

24,wefindthe Acrobuffosphysical comedy

troupe. Umbrellas fly,fabricssoaroverthe

audience,giant balloons swallowpeople,

andsnowswirls, fillingthe stagewitha

spectacle thewholefamily willenjoy!

OnApril30, Broadwaysuperstar

LeslieOdom,Jr.—knownforhis

To ny Award-winningperformance

in “Hamilton”—headlinestheHylton

Center’s12thAnniversaryGala.Odom,Jr.’s

careerspanstheater,television,filmand

GRAMMYAward-winningmusic,withhis

THE CENTER FORTHEARTSAT

GEORGEMASON PRESENTS‘SW!NGOUT’

THE HYLTONCENTER PRESENTSACROBUFFOSAND MORE IN ITS SPRINGLINE-UP. AND MORE IN ITS SPRINGLINE-UP.

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT