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Pop Rocks
Remember those black packets filled with the sugary-sweet concoction of tiny stone-like candies that you pop in your mouth and they sizzle, fizzle, crackle and...
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Raising the Roof
Contrary to the implication of its title, MetroStage's The All Night Strut! doesn't last all night long -- though at several of its most sparkling...
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Family Affair
Quiet repose: Paulding in Member of the Wedding (Photo by T. Charles Erickson) Some plays age like a fine wine. Others modify shape and texture,...
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Growing Pains
At first glance, Kimberly Levaco is a normal 16-year-old girl with a precocious mind and a flair for the melodramatic. But look a little closer...
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Stage Haze
As the reigning queen of psychological stage haze, Caryl Churchill doesn't apologize for the lack of explanation or analytical epilogue in her work. It's a...
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Blood Simple
Alfred de Musset lives. Though the French romantic never saw his epic Lorenzaccio presented upon the stage during his lifetime, European audiences are familiar with...
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Dire Straights
Let's get one thing straight: a lot of men are not. But those who fervently claim they are, would never -- I repeat, never pretend...
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Sucker Punch
If you're planning to produce a bleak, dispiriting tale of bitter realities in post-Soviet Russia that bears the title Black Milk, perhaps you ought to...
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Artfully Threaded
''It's the first time I've designed this period,'' says costume designer Fabio Toblini on Ford's Theatre's holiday mainstay, A Christmas Carol. ''I did Victorian shows...
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The Best and Worst of DC's Theatre 2004
Before we dole out the accolades for superlative -- and abysmal -- dramatic achievements, it's important to acknowledge a year that has ushered in such...
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Dickie's Girl
In the late '90s, Dick Scanlan's boyfriend passed away, leaving him a summer home in the South Hamptons. The house had lousy television reception but,...
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Modern Marvel
How do you know when you're having a good time at the theatre? You're smiling ear to ear, from curtain rise to curtain fall, check....
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Dickens Nouveau
Just when you thought you knew Ebenezer Scrooge and his shopworn miserly antics, just when Charles Dickens seemed a safe bet for an evening filled...
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Earnest Melodrama
When Molly Smith invites Everett Quinton, renowned alum of Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company, to direct The Importance of Being Earnest at Arena Stage, it's...
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Triumphant Trio
Here's a little secret: if ever there's a time to bum rush a box office, it's now. Get tickets while you still can to Aaron...
