Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar are, among a mostly male field, serious contenders to be the Democratic Party’s pick for the 2020 presidential race. All of these women owe a bit of gratitude to Ann Richards, the former Texas governor, who connected with people though her smart wit, outspoken feminism […]
Archives for June 28, 2019
Review: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical at Olney Theatre Center
Mom’s so in denial about having a baby, she’s nine months pregnant and still thinks she’s making it to her ballroom dancing competition in Spain. Shady used car salesman Dad’s hoping to “trade” the new baby in for a boy. We’re only one song in, and we’re starting to get a pretty good window into […]
Lucy Prebble’s Enron kicks off 4615 Theatre Company’s ambitious third season
4615 Theatre Company will launch its third season with two plays in rep by distinguished British playwrights, and will finish with two world premieres by local writers. A woman has a passionate affair with her husband’s close friend — what could be less remarkable than that? But in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, the fact of the […]
Jamie Brickhouse returns to Fringe with his latest: I Favor My Daddy
I never wanted Daddy Poo, my Catholic, conservative, Republican father down in Texas, to know about the priest, or the dwarf or the crack addict. But when you write a memoir about your alcoholism and your sexual peccadillos during those louche days, there’s a big chance he may find out. That’s the beginning of a […]
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