GALA Hispanic Theatre - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 22:03:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png GALA Hispanic Theatre - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 DC’s Historic Hispanic Theater Fears Curtain Call After Theft https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/18/dcs-historic-hispanic-theater-fears-curtain-call-after-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dcs-historic-hispanic-theater-fears-curtain-call-after-theft https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/18/dcs-historic-hispanic-theater-fears-curtain-call-after-theft/#respond Thu, 18 Jan 2024 20:23:05 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1673243 For nearly half a century, GALA Hispanic Theater—located on 14th Street in Columbia Heights—has hosted plays of all varieties for DC’s Spanish-speaking population. Now, the theater finds itself cast in the lead role of a tragedy. Last week, scammers stole over $250,000 from the theater’s bank account. And with a play making its world premiere […]

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DC Theater Reopenings: What We Know So Far https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/05/21/dc-theater-reopenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-theater-reopenings Fri, 21 May 2021 14:45:17 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1521312 Stages dark, actors scattered, and plays cancelled, postponed, or reimagined as Zoom productions: This has been the bleak reality for DC’s theater scene during the past 14 months. Though some mainstays like Shakespeare Theatre Company and GALA Hispanic Theatre were able to secure waivers from the mayor to host occasional outdoor and/or socially distant performances, […]

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Live Theater Will Return to DC This Month https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/04/05/live-theater-will-return-to-dc-this-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-theater-will-return-to-dc-this-month Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:23:05 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1486129 On April 22, GALA Hispanic Theater will open Tía Julia y el escribidor, Caridad Svich’s stage adaptation of Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel of the same name. This appears to be the first production Washington-area audiences can attend in person since the pandemic slammed the door on live performances last year. GALA plans numerous precautions, including limiting […]

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20 Worthy Local Charities That Would Put Your Donation to Good Use https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/12/01/20-local-charities-giving-tuesday-donation-washington-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-local-charities-giving-tuesday-donation-washington-dc Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:00:56 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1350504 Like so many others, local charities have had to pivot to meet new needs. Want to give back? These 20 nonprofits—chosen by the Catalogue for Philanthropy Greater Washington—would put your donation to good use. If You Want to Support: Children and Education CASA for Children of DC Pandemic pivot: CASA aids kids in the child-welfare or […]

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19 Things to Do Around DC This November https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/11/01/19-things-to-do-around-dc-this-november/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=19-things-to-do-around-dc-this-november Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:00:45 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=504428 1. “Pulse” Hirshhorn Museum, November 1–April 28 Rafael Lozano-Hemmer trained as a chemist, then turned to electronic-based art in the 1990s. This major exhibit of his work should prove illuminating, in both senses: A highlight will likely be the “Pulse Room,” where hundreds of light bulbs will blink with the rhythms of visitors’ heartbeats. Allow a […]

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A Columbia Heights Theater Camp Helps DACA Recipients Tell Their Stories https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/13/paso-nuevo-columbia-heights-theater-camp-helps-daca-recipients-tell-their-stories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paso-nuevo-columbia-heights-theater-camp-helps-daca-recipients-tell-their-stories Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:00:51 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=415834 At first glance, Jenny doesn’t look like a star. The 15-year-old DC resident speaks quietly to strangers and smiles at the floor when she’s nervous. But when she took the stage recently at a fundraiser for GALA Hispanic Theatre’s education program, Paso Nuevo, hundreds of people in the audience were riveted. Jenny is one of […]

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19 Things To Do Around DC This April https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/30/19-things-to-do-around-dc-this-april/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=19-things-to-do-around-dc-this-april Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:06:25 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=335639 1. Underground Railroad Game Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, April 4–29 Easily embarrassed? Good. This show is meant to make you uncomfortable. From a simple concept—two fifth-grade teachers lead their class through a lesson about slavery—the hit off-Broadway comedy spins in unexpected and often shocking directions. Be forewarned: Co-creators and stars Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard […]

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Where to Eat, Shop and Play in Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, and Mount Pleasant https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/15/how-to-spend-a-day-in-adams-morgan-columbia-heights-and-mount-pleasant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-spend-a-day-in-adams-morgan-columbia-heights-and-mount-pleasant Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:00:29 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=320680 Where to Shop Bazaar Atlas Moroccan carpets, Nigerian beaded crowns, and rainbow-striped Senegalese baskets spill onto the sidewalk outside this decades-old African-imports souk. Inside, two levels of a slim rowhouse are packed with masks, incense, beads, and other worldly goods. 2405 18th St., NW (Adams Morgan); 202-332-4911. BicycleSpace A cavernous shop with oversize windows sells […]

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An All-Spanish Version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” Has Its US Premiere at DC’s GALA Hispanic Theatre https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/04/18/lin-manuel-miranda-in-the-heights-spanish-premiere-gala-theatre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lin-manuel-miranda-in-the-heights-spanish-premiere-gala-theatre Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:00:26 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=222837 Years before Hamilton,  Lin-Manuel Miranda rose to Broadway prominence when he wrote the music and lyrics for and starred in In the Heights, his Tony Award-winning hit about growing up in New York’s predominantly Dominican and Puerto Rican barrio of Washington Heights. The show, which reflects upper Manhattan’s vibrant multicultural community through the stories of rising rents, changing cityscapes, and […]

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