Stage
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Light Fantastic
There is nothing small about the musical The Light in the Piazza. The songbook is page after page of grand gestures, ornate flourishes and the...
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Hitchcocked
''I'll never be able to watch a Hitchcock movie again without laughing,'' said one viewer of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps in a posting to...
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Crowning Achivement
There are a litany of reasons to see both Richard II and Henry V, currently in rep at the Shakespeare Theatre. Among them, the joy...
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Nirvana
Here are the top five reasons to make your way to the DC Arts Center in Adams Morgan to check out Landless Theatre Co.'s production...
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Latino Flair
There is an undeniable excitement that comes from talking to playwright Nilo Cruz. It's not a kind of idol worship. Not the realization that one...
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Bloodshed, Bigotry and Beauty
Signature Theatre's Sweeney Todd is a nightmare drawn by Edward Gorey and colored by a shipwrecked orchestra. A lonely fairy tale featuring a peculiar assortment...
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Money Pit
Although there will, without doubt, be many advantages to the Washington Shakespeare Company's move next season to the high-profile theatrical spaces of Rosslyn's Art Space...
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Pyramidic Victory
If rumors of Synetic Theater's Euro-Slavic techno scores, not-so-classical dancing, and penchant for interpreting Shakespeare minus the spoken word have repelled rather than attracted you,...
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Slay Ride
Depending on where you were when the first flakes began to fall you may find the timing of Folger Theatre's newest production, playwright Anne Washburn's...
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Siblings and Rivalries
When watching a play that includes Abraham Lincoln, the question begs to be asked: Is this a play about Lincoln the politician, or Lincoln the...
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Divine Miss M
On a visit to the charmingly scrappy MetroStage in Alexandria right now, you might not find God, but you will find the next best thing....
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Writers' Block
The advantage to spending some portion of every day scanning blogs and Twitter feeds is that, sometimes, you stumble upon a question you've never previously...
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The Director's Wife
When tasked with directing Signature Theatre's I Am My Own Wife, Alan Paul literally threw out the script. ''I wanted to free myself completely from...
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Devil May Care
Like a cozy vintage clothing store manned by educated young thinkers, The American Century Theater offers a second chance for those less-often noticed American plays...
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Solo Acts
''You are teaching me a history I never knew I had.'' These are the words of the character Doug Wright as written by the playwright...
