Well. I wouldn’t exactly use these guys as Washington political consultants, since they apparently believe that Adrian Fenty is Italian – more on that later – but the latest Second City visit to Woolly Mammoth is pleasant and agreeable and full of chuckles, and thus is a nicer time than, say, a Bernie Sanders filibuster.
Archives for December 13, 2010
Candide
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s new production of Leonard Bernstein’s time-traveling satirical operetta Candide is a thumping-good evening of intellectual musical theater. Generally fast-paced and loaded with political and social satire, it comes to DC at just the right time in this over-hyped, whirlwind political year. Yet ironically, Mary Zimmerman’s new performing version of the show—based […]
Dreamgirls keeps dreams alive for students and teachers at Duke Ellington
Threatened with teacher layoffs due to funding cutbacks, Duke Ellington School of the Arts decides to risk it all on a Broadway-style production of Dreamgirls. On a chilly Friday night an hour before showtime, O’Thame Teeter strolls into the theatre at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts carrying with him a calm, confident energy. […]