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Every Young Woman’s Desire

May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Veronica (Kari Ginsburg), looking frightened and vulnerable, opens the door to her home and walks inside. Before she can close it, a mysterious, mustachioed stranger (Christopher Henley), dressed in black and wearing an enormous handgun, slips in behind her. He demands that she tell him about Peter Brown, someone she immediately claims not to know. [Read more...]

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DC Theatres announce their next season

May 26, 2010 By 4 Comments

The 2010/2011 Washington theatre season came more sharply into focus yesterday when Ford’s Theater became the 18th local company to announce its schedule. [Read more...]

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The Metal Children

May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Adam Rapp is an Obie award winning playwright and director, and he would appear to freelance, for his plays have been done at A.R.T., the Rattlestick Players, The Bush in London, at Playwrights’ Horizons and the Flea. I’ve heard good things about his work, most recently about Red Light Winter, [Read more...]

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Speaking with the Winners at the Drama Desk Awards

May 26, 2010 By 2 Comments

I was warned by the press representative that the press room at The Drama Desk Awards was going to be a “zoo.” Nothing prepared me for the battling photographers, the screaming of “Can you please move to the right? Can you please move to the left? Can you move to the center?” and the pushing and shoving that took place at the red carpet ceremonies. [Read more...]

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Gruesome Playground Injuries

May 25, 2010 By 2 Comments

Even by Woolly Mammoth standards, Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries is a strange little play. A potent mixture of the hapless and tragic, Gruesome has you chortling at poked-out eyes and busted teeth, and swallowing back tears at the cosmic unfairness of soulmates who are perennial victims of mismatched timing. [Read more...]

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Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play

May 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Here’s a fascinating report on an interesting and important project undertaken by the Theatre Development Fund. I guess, however, that before we get to the book, it is true confession time: As a former Federal Government official, I am one of those strange people who enjoy reading a lengthy report [Read more...]

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Hamlet (Washington National Opera)

May 24, 2010 By 1 Comment

The Washington National Opera debuted its first-ever production of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet this past week at the Kennedy Center Opera House. Running through June 4th, this fitfully intriguing version of the opera boasts some things to love, some things to dislike, and perhaps the most over-the-top “mad scene” in the history of opera. [Read more...]

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Naked Boys Singing

May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The theatre can be a great venue for envisioning life through metaphor. But, sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar. And a man can, at times, find it best to be thoroughly naked, regardless of whether he’s feeling emotionally exposed. So writing out a justification for Naked Boys Singing – a droll little cabaret with some not unsizeable talent – is probably best done by mentioning what it is not. [Read more...]

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[title of show] cast of friends

May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Friends Playing Friends:
James Gardiner, Erin Driscoll, Sam Ludwig, Jenna Sokolowski, and Gabriel Mangiante
on starring in Signature Theatre’s [title of show]. [Read more...]

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DCTS at this weekend’s New York Awards ceremonies

May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Stars of New York theatre turned out this weekend for two of the major end-of-season awards, and DCTS writers Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz were there to cover it. [Read more...]

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