Special series: The Kennedy Center's 'Follies' stars

‘Follies’ spotlight: Rosalind Elias

‘Follies’ spotlight: Rosalind Elias

The last in our week-long series on the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim stars profiles the celebrated mezzo-soprano actress.

‘Who’s That Woman?’

‘Who’s That Woman?’

In the supporting role of former dancer Stella Deems, Terri White leads the big production number.

Linda Lavin at 73, still a Broadway baby

Linda Lavin at 73, still a Broadway baby

Broadway baby? You bet. Linda Lavin’s first Tony Award nomination came in 1970 for Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.”

‘I am a special specimen,’ says Regine

‘I am a special specimen,’ says Regine

Regine, 81, portraying Solange La Fitte in “Follies” at the Kennedy Center, is a discotheque pioneer who still loves the nightlife.

Her ‘Follies’ philosophy?

Her ‘Follies’ philosophy?

Jan Maxwell will star as the chicest character in a Kennedy Center production.

Elaine Paige is ‘Still Here’

Elaine Paige is ‘Still Here’

The 63-year-old actress, set to appear in “Follies,” reflects on having done pretty much everything there is to do.

Bernadette Peters in ‘Follies’

Bernadette Peters in ‘Follies’

Bernadette Peters and Stephen Sondheim pair up again, for ‘Follies’ at the Kennedy Center

Theater

Michael Bobbitt’s big Adventure

Michael Bobbitt’s big Adventure

Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic director of Adventure Theatre, transforms an enchanted children’s theatre in Glen Echo Park.

Robin Williams takes on unusual role in Iraq war play

Robin Williams takes on unusual role in Iraq war play

Williams, on Broadway in ”Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” isn’t funny in the ways audiences might expect.

With ‘Cyrano,’ you don’t mess with the nose

With ‘Cyrano,’ you don’t mess with the nose

The presenters of ‘Cyrano’ at the Folger Theatre considered giving the title character’s enormous nose to others in the classic tale but thought better of it: “We all want to be great, and we’re all broken in some way.”

Dance

Remaking a postmodern mark

Remaking a postmodern mark

A 1979 work called “Dance,” by postmodern choreographer Lucinda Childs, will be performed this week at the Clarice Smith Center.

Dance review: ‘America’s Cloud’

Dance review: ‘America’s Cloud’

In Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company’s work, a woman mourning her lover is encircled by her community.

Imagination Stage plans two world premieres

Imagination Stage plans two world premieres

Imagination Stage, the area’s award-winning childrens’ theatre, plans two world premieres in its 2011-2012 season, the company announced. Scheduled is a collaboration with the Washington Ballet on the classic story “The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe,” and a hip-hop musical called “P.Nokio.”