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  • The Big Chill

    By on September 8, 2004

    There are but two exciting moments in Michael Kahn's latest production of Macbeth, a chilly, anemic season opener boasting glittery star power from Kelly McGillis...

  • Parent Trap

    By on September 1, 2004

    When Woolly Mammoth issues the caveat ''For Mature Audiences, '' they're not kidding. Ian Cohen's shockingly outlandish comedy Lenny & Lou is about as ''adult...

  • Ladies Night

    By on August 25, 2004

    In case you didn't know, there's a great little feminist theater group here in our nation's capital that produces great little works of theater in...

  • Pure Bliss

    By on August 11, 2004

    They just don't make good instinct like they used to. Most contemporary (read: young) actors trained in the modern theater demonstrate an annoyingly affected air...

  • Perfect Glass

    By on July 28, 2004

    With its delicate yet powerful staging of Tennessee Williams's sentimental classic, The Glass Menagerie, the Kennedy Center proves that, indeed, the third time's a charm....

  • Time Warp

    By on July 7, 2004

    Whatever happened to Fay Wray? The legendary Queen of Scream gains life eternal through tribute from a very different queen of the night in another...

  • Tour de Forceful

    By on June 30, 2004

    Nathan Lane he is not. But Lewis J. Stadlen does manage a fair impersonation of the loveable smart-ass as down-on-his luck theatre mogul Max Bialystock...

  • Stand-Up Man

    By on June 23, 2004

    Earlier this year several very straight comics at Nanny O'Brien's in Cleveland Park made gay jokes during their open-mike routine. So Zach Toczynski began his...

  • Catatonic

    By on June 23, 2004

    Yes, it's a play about many things -- many people, many ideas, many themes. Big Daddy is dying of cancer on his 65th birthday and...

  • Read His Lips

    By on June 16, 2004

    John Epperson has a revelation to share. ''I'm ready to shed the character of Lypsinka,'' he says of the drag alter-ego he's been portraying since...

  • Masterpiece Theatre

    By on June 16, 2004

    One of the most memorable, exquisite moments in post-classical theater is the bittersweet serenading of Roxane by her witty wordsmith cousin, Cyrano de Bergerac. The...

  • Circle Jerks

    By on June 9, 2004

    According to The Politician, there are only two kinds of women: the kind you sleep with, and the kind you marry. Deborah Hazlett has the...

  • Heat Wave

    By on May 26, 2004

    Make no mistake about it, Orpheus Descending is hot. Molly Smith's triumphant, glorious resurrection of Tennessee Williams' lesser-known drama can only be described as sizzling,...

  • Piercing Wit

    By on May 19, 2004

    The Catalyst Theater's opening of Nicky Silver's The Altruists took place on stormy night -- a perfect backdrop since Silver's ferocious wit comes fast and...

  • Undesirable

    By on May 19, 2004

    For better or for worse, Tennessee Williams penned characters who give such credit to stereotype and light caricature that they have become a part of...