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Classic Failings
How is it that two strong leads, a romantic love story and a few catchy musical numbers combine to make such a mediocre production? However...
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Lost in Translation
How's this for irony? In The Pillowman, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh creates a fascinating, multi-layered drama/fantasy that brilliantly navigates all manner of socially dangerous topics....
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Return to Oz
For the past dozen or so Sundays, Steven Scott Mazzola has journeyed into the Land of Oz. It's a trip that has evolved, deepened and...
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Cherry Smash
''Ten minutes into the play, the audience leans forward and they never lean back. In 30 years of doing theater, I've never seen a play...
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Secret Stories
''Life should be sweet.'' So says Rose, mother of Mort, mother-in-law to Bev, grandmother of Fern and Sandra. It's that simple. As elderly Rose slowly...
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Night in the City
When Diana Ross crooned her immortal ''Love Hangover,'' she probably didn't have a waitress and short-order cook in mind. But who hasn't felt that dreamy...
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Pussycat Doll
It's hard to be the pussycat -- especially when you know that your gay audience is going to be comparing you to Babs. So if...
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Step Right Up!
Like a colorful circus poster come to life, the Kennedy Center's production of Bob Merrill's Carnival! leaps with song, dance, magic and an abundance of...
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Nonstop Assault
The short life of Sarah Kane is one of those stories that are equal parts artistic legend and unredeemable tragedy. An aspiring actress, Kane gradually...
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Ghost Story
In theater, the ''ghost light'' is a single bare bulb on a pole left in the center of the stage between performances so that the...
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Grateful Dead
Wouldn't it be nice if we could capture the souls of our loved ones just before their ascent (or descent, as it were) to the...
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That '70s Show
Abe Lincoln would be proud. Gazing out over the stage of Ford's Theatre, our 16th president might be pleased as punch to witness the late...
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Two Kings
Over the next six months some 60 organizations -- from the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra to the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company -- will present more than...
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Taking Action
As the performing arts community saw its ranks decimated by HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and '90s, artists and activists sprang into action to combat the...
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Unholy Matrimony
With a bray of ''Jesus H. Christ!'' rupturing the still night air, Kathleen Turner stumbles on to the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower stage with all of...
