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Bloodbath
Contrary to what the old wives tale would want you to believe, cats do not actually have nine lives. A visit to Google quickly reveals...
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She Males
To borrow from Victor/Victoria, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Juliet is a man, pretending to be a woman.... Oh. Wait. That's it. No need to borrow from...
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Flying High
Oh, the drama. A would be king takes to a stage dressed in the pageantry of ancient Rome to greet his throngs of loyal followers....
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Visiting Hours
In David Mamet's play Squirrels, the character Arthur describes the act of storytelling as going ''From nothing to nothing.... 'Nothing.' Rising action. Climax. Falling action....
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Men Uplifting
Resurrection, Daniel Beaty's ode to the lives, hearts and souls of five African-American men and a son, is both everything you would expect it to...
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Witty Repartee
The trick of improvisational theater is taking a few ideas and stitching them together on the fly before an audience. Success can be measured in...
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Torture Garden
The first thing to note about The Catalyst Theater Company's production of George Orwell's 1984 is that it does not feel like high school. I...
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Sticky Fingers
Contemplation of the Post-Industrial Family surely ranks as one of the most indispensable themes of the modern playwright. What writer worth their salt can resist...
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Teen Tunes
As if high school wasn't hard enough. Imagine a private, Catholic boarding school where two teenage boys fall in love in that familiar ''opposites attract''...
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Yuks and a Uke
It's not a tall order, but with any luck Ben Lerman's three D.C. shows will have little in common with the low point of his...
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Shock Operas
Normally, there is nothing more irritating (to some at least) than a creative work that feels the need to announce itself upon arrival, to clarify...
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Hakuna Matata
The lion might sleep in ''the mighty jungle,'' but at American University's Greenberg Theater, on Monday, Aug. 11, the lion will be rocking to the...
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Devilish Behavior
In its native Britain, Jerry Springer: The Opera, was a hit. With many, however, it was also a miss. When the BBC aired a televised...
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Positively Quixotic
If you've not seen the ads yet, the next reality show inspired by a musical to warm your heart will be ABC's High School Musical:...
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Sandy Claws
Between high gas prices and fear of losing your job in this economy should you take a vacation, maybe you've not yet made it to...
