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Red

January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

There is nothing more thrilling than watching paint dry in Red, the riveting bio-drama by John Logan about the cerebral abstract expressionist Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and his determined young assistant. The Tony Award-winning play arrives in Washington in a sublimely detailed and acted production directed by the Goodman Theatre’s Robert Falls.  [Read more...]

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The King and I

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Now on stage at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia, the company’s production of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s classic 1951 musical The King and I is a remarkably effective revival of this exotic, tune-filled musical. Even in the limited space of a dinner theater, the production’s strong cast, decent choreography, and colorful, surprisingly elaborate costuming combine into a very strong argument indeed for putting this show on your entertainment calendar. [Read more...]

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Wit

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Margaret Edson is that rare bird, a playwright whose first play, Wit, earned a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  That alone makes her unique, but she becomes more so when we realize that she has never had another play produced and is “committed to teaching, now”, but unlike the heroine of her play, who as teacher specializes in the Holy Sonnets of John Donne,  she confines her work to exposing  kindergarten children to the joys of  reading and the written word.

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Up close with the magic of Elephant Room

January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

We talk with Louie Magic, Dennis Diamond, and Daryl Hannah, if that be their real names.

The Elephant Room isn’t really a play and it isn’t really a magic show. In fact, it’s a little hard to define. One of the show’s PR blurbs breathlessly promises that if you combine “the glory of a Styx reunion tour, with the transcendental power of a 200-year-old Zuni shaman and add a dash of trailer park ennui, you come close to describing the mystical pull of a trip to the Elephant Room.” [Read more...]

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DC theatre community mourns the passing of Lance Hayden Kump, artist and Studio Theatre staff member

January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

The theatre community has lost another member. We are sad to report that Lance Hayden Kump, Marketing Manager for Studio Theatre and a gifted visual artist, died suddenly January 20, 2012. [Read more...]

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