An occasional look at family-friendly theater around Washington. (Shows are appropriate for age 4 and older unless noted.) My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music lit up Broadway in 1956 and 1959, ...

The Grammys took a fairly expansive sweep with this morning’s nominations for Best Musical Theater Album, The Motown sound, Rodgers & Hammerstein, the folk-rock music of Anaïs Mitchell, the reworked ...

Once the Beatles arrived, Frankie Avalon, whose hit “Venus” was a No. 1 song in 1959, watched as fans ditched syrupy pop for rock ‘n’ roll. “I figured that was over,” the 66-year-old crooner said ...

In a show that united and entertained people, the “Royce Montgomery Musical Variety Oldies Show” had it all and played to a soldout house Saturday at Vive Les Arts Theatre. More than 400 people loved ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A 1950s and 1960s pop-music oldies music format on Thursday ...