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Cabaret being held to start new Jane Pesci-Townsend fund

October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Theatre Lab’s Cabaret Benefit to Honor Jane Pesci-Townsend

The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts will honor the late Jane Pesci-Townsend with a Cabaret Benefit Dinner & Auction on Monday, November 8th.  Jane Pesci-Townsend, who was not only a favorite local musical theatre performer, and a friend to many readers of our site, but also a beloved teacher at The Theatre Lab succumbed to cancer in August, 2010. [Read more...]

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Fool for Love

October 21, 2010 By 1 Comment

Sam Shepard’s high octane physicality and rowdy text can make mincemeat out of the most seasoned directors so I frankly wasn’t looking for a lot from an actor turned director for Keegan’s production of Fool For Love.  But shame on me for underestimating the efforts of one of the finest theater companies in the metro area.  Colin Smith delivered the goods with this one.  With cowboy boots and spurs to match. [Read more...]

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Adventure Theatre Costume Sale this Saturday

October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

As if Glen Echo Park weren’t already packed with fun things to do for kids and adults, Adventure Theatre is adding one more. Their third annual Costume and Garage Sale begins at 10am at the theatre (located near the carousel). They have explored their costume and props shops and come up with one-of-a-kind costumes in adult and children’s sizes and other fun items, just in time for Halloween. [Read more...]

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PBS airs Broadway at the White House special tonight

October 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

In case you’re not already booked for the many shows performing around town tonight, we thought you might enjoy watching “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” premiering tonight,  Wednesday, October 20 at 9 p.m. on PBS stations nationwide (in the DC area, see it on WETA TV26 and in New York on WMET, channel 13  (more local listings) and re-airing at 10pm. [Read more...]

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Henry VIII

October 20, 2010 By 3 Comments

No heads will roll at the Folger this month. Ian Merrill Peakes strikes a brooding tone on the promotional art for Henry VIII, with an unbuttoned tunic and a smoldering stare to rival the one summoned by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. But unlike that actor’s fiery exploits on Showtime’s drama “The Tudors”, Peakes must act his regal role within the confines of a script that, although written by our greatest playwright, isn’t actually that great. [Read more...]

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The Glory of Living

October 20, 2010 By 1 Comment

What happens to a young woman whose childhood is a funhouse mirror chamber of horrors and who grows up with no sense of self and no grasp of the value of human life? Meet Lisa (Mary Myers), a 16 year old Southern girl, the heartrending anti-heroine of Rebecca Gilman’s play The Glory of Living. [Read more...]

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Women Beware Women

October 20, 2010 By 10 Comments

Constellation Theatre Company’s staging of Women Beware Women, while described by its 15th century playwright Thomas Middleton as a tragedy, is a wonderfully entertaining farce as boldly adapted by Jesse Berger. It’s a crazy, wild ride of a play where the terrific cast of morally depraved characters and their sly, knowing winks to the audience keep the laughs coming as friends and lovers become haters and co-conspirators, ultimately plotting each others’ demise.  Shades of Sweeney Todd—only not as dark. [Read more...]

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The Little Prince

October 20, 2010 By 7 Comments

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”  These words, penned (in French) during the Second World War by writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, will immediately ring a bell with children of all ages and nationalities. [Read more...]

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La Cage aux Folles – 2010 Broadway revival CD

October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

While the current revival of one of Jerry Herman’s greatest musicals has many things to enjoy in person, the two greatest of these come through loud and clear in the recording just released on PS Classics – the performances of Kelsey Grammer and A. J. Shively. [Read more...]

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KOI brings artist networking dinners to DC

October 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

An interesting alternative method of raising seed money for new arts projects will debut in DC this Saturday, October 23rd, when Kitchen for Innovation (KOI) holds its first event at St. Stephens Church in Columbia Heights catered by Sweetgreen. [Read more...]

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