3 Divas 1 fantastic evening!

By Ronnie Ruff

Interviews: Joel Markowitz

Three Mo Divas –  Arena Stage

di·va ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dv)
n. pl. di·vas or di·ve (-v)
An operatic prima donna.
A very successful singer of non operatic music: a jazz diva

The Divas

So that’s the meaning straight from the dictionary but what is the real meaning of ‘diva’?  I think Arena may have the answer with their summer delight Three Mo Divas now mounted for your enjoyment in the Kreeger Theatre.  I know some of you will think that this is just another cabaret, but this show is more than a cabaret-it’s a beautifully staged production that shows off the power and beauty of the female voice. This show has everything from Opera to Jazz to Broadway. The arrangements are exciting, engaging and purely beautiful.

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Tramps and Vamps

Reviewed by Tim Treanor

Tramps and Vamps (Ruffian on the Stair/Vampire Lesbians of Sodom), Actors Theater of Washington

Vampires and lesbians

The great immortal succubus, stage name La Condesa (Nanna Ingvarsson) requires the blood of virgin women to continue living – or rather continue undying. A woman (Rick Hammerly) of indeterminate age (she says fourteen), having experienced the world’s worst lottery luck, is selected to appease the monster’s appetite. But as the succubus bites into the poor little victim (Hammerly looks to be about six feet tall), the victim bites back – thus assuring that not one but two vampires will catapult after each other throughout history. Two of their battlegrounds take place in those two Meccas of virginity, 1920s Hollywood and 1980s Las Vegas.

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