Stage
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Tony Fever
In a recent episode of Glee, Kristin Chenoweth cued up a little Burt Bacharach in an effort to once again woo Matthew Morrison's character. She's...
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Lady Like
Enrique Divine, who just celebrated a birthday last week, laughs off questions about his age. ''You never ask that to a woman!'' The character of...
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Slumber Dome
So maybe you know about the dome. Or, maybe you don't know about the dome. Maybe, when looking at advertisements and posters for Arena Stage's...
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Storytellers
In the opening moments of Ricky Ian Gordon's musical Sycamore Trees, now premiering as part of Signature Theatre's ''American Musical Voices Project,'' lead character Andrew's...
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Women in Love
A modern sad-funny tale of a love that fails to launch, Rajiv Joseph’s play Gruesome Playground Injuries ranks as a small but, in its way,...
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Naked Talent
There are two ways that this can go. This review could spend a lot of time framing Ganymede Arts' new production of the musical review...
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Feast and Famine
There is something about Hadar Galron's Mikveh that seems familiar. This would not seem so strange were it not for the fact that Theater J's...
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Explosive Finale
One of the more traditional ways of celebrating an event of particular significance is with a champagne toast -- a fleet of slender flute glasses...
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Young Bucks
There is nothing rotten – though there are some slightly malodorous bits – in Folger Theatre's state of Denmark. Folger's new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet...
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Drive Time
In the moments before an accident, some people relate the experience of having their entire life flash before their eyes. But that has always seemed...
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Tapped Out
Always remove one item before leaving the house. This was the advice of the godmother of the little black dress Coco Chanel. Do the hair....
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Jewish Ham
Harvey Fierstein in Fiddler on the Roof? At first, you may hope he's playing the matriarch Golde in drag. Or better, a drag Yente, the...
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Musical Roots
''You've got to let the story in, let the silliness wash over you until you giggle,'' says Coy Middlebrook, director of Little Shop of Horrors....
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[show] Business
If you don't have anything nice to say, the saying goes, come sit by me. is one of those fun but ill-mannered...
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Lie Hard
After Henry V and Richard II, dishes as rich as pheasant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers the clever 17th century confection, Corneille's The Liar. Under...
