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At Rep Stage and MetroStage, shows steeped in Americana
The small troupes offer the nostalgic drama “A Young Lady of Property”and the gospel-driven “Gee’s Bend.”
Sides battling over Huguette Clark estate near settlement
The Corcoran would get $10 million, plus some proceeds from the sale of the Monet painting “Water Lilies.”
Designing teens mingle with titans of style, tech at D.C. fair
The annual fair attracts notables in design and technology who offer encouragement and career tips.
Shakespeare will continue at Lansburgh Theatre
Shakespeare Theatre Company, building landlords reach settlement, lawyers tell judge.
TV highlights: ‘Devious Maids’ season finale
Plus, ‘Dexter’ comes to an end. And the Primetime Emmy Awards — with their Red Carpet show — air Sunday.
The end of ‘Dexter’: He was grisly, but he was human
As the hit Showtime drama ends after eight seasons, we ask again: Why, exactly, did we root for a serial killer?
‘Drama High,’ by Michael Sokolove
Michael Sokolove writes about an inspiring drama teacher in a struggling Pennsylvania town
Netflix might make history at Emmy Awards
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Even before Internet TV shows were allowed to compete, the award show made big changes to eligibility rules.
Sunday’s Emmy Awards: What will win? (What should?)
The Post’s TV critic on which shows and actors he’d like to see win vs. which shows he thinks will win.
National Book Festival: Don’t miss this Lynda Barry comic
NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2013: Wonderful new Lynda Barry comic illustrates the ‘20 stages of reading.’
New days for Helen Hayes
The revamped Helen Hayes Awards admirably try to better define Washington theater.
D.C. area gallery shows: ‘The District,’ ‘United Variations’
Featured artists include Michael Horsley, Susan Feller, Ellen Hill, Gary Kachadourian and Cecily Corcoran.
National Postal Museum to open new stamp gallery
The interactive $18 million, 12,000-square-foot William H. Gross Stamp Gallery will open Sunday.
Ford’s Theatre explores Matthew Shepard’s legacy
“The Laramie Project” documents how a brutal crime led to a national conversation about tolerance.
With ‘Detroit,’ Lisa D’Amour takes on ‘a real-life moment’
Though not overtly political, the play is firmly founded on the economic meltdown and its repercussions.
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company presents ‘Detroit’
‘Detroit’ by Lisa D’Amour, directed by John Vreeke. Now through Oct. 6 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Seth Goldman’s ‘formula for happiness’
In his Bethesda home, Honest Tea creator Seth Goldman shares what he’s learned amid success, and failure.
The March on Washington’s young photographer
As a teenager, Eric Kulberg came to the March on Washington to shoot pictures. He wandered to the press area and ended up making photographs from behind Martin Luther King, Jr.
Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces
A lesson on traditional Guastavino design by the International Masonry Institute and MIT students.
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