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‘Is this crazy?’ Washington Stage Guild tackles a Shaw epic.
The playwright’s five-play cycle “Back to Methuselah” is being broken into three parts over three seasons.
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‘An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin’
‘An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin’ reunites the two award-winning Broadway stars for a stage performance at the Kennedy Center. Through Feb. 23.
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A marquee lineup at dance festival hosted by George Mason
American College Dance Festival Association’s list of speakers is cause enough to sit up and pay attention.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
A listing of events in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland for Feb. 20-26, 2014
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‘American Idiot’ at National Theatre (Trailer)
The National Theatre presents the musical “American Idiot,” based on the Grammy Award-winning Green Day album with the same name.
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Imagination Stage makes gold with ‘Rumpelstiltskin’
Imagination Stage’s adaptation foregrounds transformations of a theatrical kind.
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‘American Idiot’: Plenty of energy, but not much electricity
The cast, full of recent college grads making tour debuts, is competent but rarely commanding.
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Last week’s mammoth snow didn’t deter Woolly
Woolly Mammoth Theatre was the only troupe in town that decided “on with the show” last snowy Thursday.
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‘The Wedding Dress’ conjures a tiring dreamscape
The performance of Nelson Rodrigues’s 1943 play runs through March 9 at Spooky Action Theater.
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Yo, Margo! A D.C. actress fights her way to the top
American University and Glenelg High grad Margo Seibert makes her Broadway debut as Adrian in "Rocky."
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‘Wedding Dress’: Lurid, avant-garde Brazilian drama
Spooky Action Theater plans mini-festival to raise awareness of 20th-century writer Nelson Rodrigues.
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‘We Are Proud to Present ...’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The production “We Are Proud to Present ...” by Jackie Sibblies Drury is now playing at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through March 9.
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At Woolly Mammoth, a wild and windy ‘We Are Proud’
The new show at Woolly Mammoth lives up to a title that’s long and full of fanfare.
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Of ‘Beaches’ and high C’s
Iris Rainer Dart has a soft spot for musical theater, now she adapts her most famous piece to the stage.
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What makes the stars cry?
Local theater folks talk about the show songs that make them swoon.
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Tiny D.C. theater gets unexpected buzz for ‘Sweeney Todd’
How will they stage the play? “We’re figuring that out right now,” the producing artistic director said.
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Review: ‘Orphie and the Book of Heroes’ is an epic success
The Kennedy Center Family Theater production puts an infectiously fun, girl-power spin on Greek mythology.
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Bowen McCauley Dance’s bracing ‘An Evening to Love’
The company’s world premiere of “Timed Connections” outshone its other premiere, “Far Behind.”
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Obama to nominate Jane Chu to chair NEA
The position has remained vacant for more than a year.
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‘Souvenir’ traces career of infamously bad opera singer
The enjoyable if occasionally dawdling production at 1st Stage runs through March 2.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
A listing of events in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland for Feb. 13-19, 2014
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Breaking a leg for real leads to Theater J recasting dash
When an actor in “Yellow Face” broke his ankle, Theater J’s artistic director Ari Roth took to the stage.
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‘Seminar’: Savvy, satisfying and great fun at Round House
Four hopeful young fiction writers sign on for a seminar with a famously acidic teacher. Will any egos survive?
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‘The Piano Teacher’ at Columbia’s Rep Stage
The central figure in the 2007 drama is driven by a heart of darkness.
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‘La Señorita de Tacna’: An affecting family drama
The 1981 play by the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is being staged at GALA Hispanic Theatre.
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‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ (Trailer)
Kathleen Turner stars in “Mother Courage and Her Children” at Arena Stage.
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Ira Glass and modern dance at Lisner Auditorium
Choreographer Monica Bill Barnes and dancer Anna Bass in “Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host.”
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A no-nonsense ‘Mother Courage’
Bertolt Brecht’s sardonic tale of a practically minded camp follower is revived at Arena Stage.
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Dana Tai Soon Burgess’s dances revel in the still moments
The program included two new pieces and two older pieces: “Leaving Pusan” and “Khaybet.”
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Dog & Pony’s ‘Beertown’ makes a splash in New York City
The D.C. company has taken its production to the Big Apple for an 18-perfomance run.
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Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury hears Africa calling
Her “We Are Proud to Present. . .,” exploring culture and colonialism, will be produced by Woolly Mammoth.
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Vargas Llosa muses on fiction, theater, at GALA Theatre
Mario Vargas Llosa’s first literary love was the theater. GALA presents his “The Young Lady from Tacna.”
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At Civil War Ball, waltzing back to a very different time
Gadsby’s Tavern Museum in Alexandria hosts an annual dance that evokes a bygone elegance.
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It’s Ira Glass, and he brought dancers
“This American Life” host’s show at Lisner Auditorium features his stories and dancing, naturally.
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NextStop offers chilling, clever take on ‘Richard III’
The production, employing deaf and hearing actors, has a bold approach and ingenious problem-solving.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
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‘Ella’ has plenty of swing thanks to Freda Payne’s singing
The MetroStage production about Ella Fitzgerald has a stilted script but the music more than makes up for it.
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Theater J’s ‘Yellow Face’ (Trailer)
David Henry Hwang presents “Yellow Face” at Theater J. Directed by Natsu Onoda Power. Through Feb. 23.
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‘Yellow Face’: Red-meat theater
David Henry Hwang's self-deprecating comedy of ethnic confusion takes stage at Theater J.
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Alvin Ailey falters with uneasy ‘Chroma’
The company may never execute the “Chroma” duets perfectly, but its take on iconic “Revelations” is stunning.
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In ‘Earnest,’ it’s important to come to work hungry
Anthony Roach has special problems to deal with in Shakespeare Theatre’s production of the Oscar Wilde play.
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‘The Best Man’ at Keegan Theatre saps the life of the party
Gore Vidal’s political drama has been produced with listless performances and unimaginative staging.
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Kennedy Center gets $1 million gift from Newman’s Own
Donation helps endow “Any Given Child” program, an arts-education program for K-8 grade students.
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Review: ‘How to Succeed’ at Olney Theatre Center
A high-spirited revival of the best kind of old-school musical comedy.
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Review: Single Carrot Theater presents ‘The Flu Season’
The production poses tantalizing questions about love and life.
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Folger Theatre timelapse for ‘Richard III’
Folger Theatre transformed into an in-the-round venue for the production of “Richard III.”
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‘Richard III,’ freshly unearthed at Folger Theatre
With audiences — and a sense of death — all around, Folger stages a bloody history play.
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Spring Preview: Dance
The Russian company, beset by its own battles in the past year, will bring the betrayal-themed “Giselle” to D.C.
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Spring Preview: Theater
What's exciting for the spring on the theater front, led by the Kennedy Center’s “World Stages” festival.
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Washington Ballet performs jazz- and blues-themed works
A trio of ballets evoke from the company some of its most instinctive, deeply felt dancing in recent years.
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‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at the Kennedy Center
REVIEW | Tony-winning musical takes the tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up and runs with it.
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‘Violet’: Dixie in a minor key
REVIEW | The '90s off-Broadway musical about a disfigured woman is revived by Ford's Theatre.
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Mariinsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ is magical
REVIEW | The production is a triumph for what is still proudly tender and harmonious in Russian ballet.
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Studio Theatre to replace ‘Beats’ with ‘Grounded’
“Grounded,” about an ex-fighter pilot’s career change, was a bit at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ (Trailer)
The Shakespeare Theatre Company presents ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’
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Helen Hayes Award nominations announced
A Woolly Mammoth drama claimed eight nominations, more than any other show in the field.
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‘Wedding of Ordos’ is a sight to behold
Ordos Song and Dance Theater filled the Kennedy Center stage with dashing ensemble numbers.
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Racial appropriation onstage: A timeline
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Race and casting, the plot thickens
David Henry Hwang’s “Yellow Face” explores the recurring role in theater.
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Ballet, modern dance separated by blurred line
Programs will showcase works that marry the two styles.
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D.C. theater troupes tackle playwriting’s gender gap
44 area theatrical troupes said that each will produce a world-premiere play by a female dramatist next year.
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Rorschach Theatre presents ‘Glassheart’
An updated “Beauty and the Beast” gets a loving embrace at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.
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Backstage: Gandalf supplies voice in Olney’s ‘Business’
McKellen has recorded voice-overs in the musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
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Theater review: ‘Scapin’ is a delightful contemporary farce
The Constellation Theatre Company’s “Scapin” runs through through Feb. 16 at Source Theatre.
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‘Mormon Boy Trilogy’ displays keen eye for the absurd
Though sometimes wrenching, Steven Fales’s autobiographical one-man shows pack in humor.
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‘Tallest Tree’ is slick, sober drama
Daniel Beaty offers a juicy history of Paul Robeson in drama at Arena Stage.
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‘La Vie en Rose’: A beautiful stage blend of ballet and song
Performers of Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel works are inventively woven into the fabric of Gala Theatre production.
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‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest’ (Trailer)
Arena Stage presents “The Tallest Tree in the Forest” with Daniel Beaty.
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‘50 Shades! The Musical’ at the Warner Theatre
REVIEW | Parody of popular books skillfully matches performers and innuendo, to the audience’s delight.
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A musical revived, two ways
“Violet” creators take divergent paths for musical at Ford’s Theatre and on Broadway.
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New York theaters embrace oft-neglected risk: New plays
Lincoln Center and Signature theaters spent millions to give new scripts and artists major platforms.
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Daniel Beaty rekindles the legacy of Paul Robeson
The singer’s performance in ‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest’ is inspired by a great voice from the past
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The many directions of Jeff Calhoun’s life
The “Violet” director has also acted, danced, quarterbacked and choreographed.
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Synetic Theater’s ‘Twelfth Night’
The Synetic Theater in Arlington, Va., presents a wordless rendition of the play ‘Twelfth Night.’ Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili.
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Synetic’s saucy, dancing ‘Twelfth Night’
REVIEW | The troupe famous for its wordless Shakespeare dances up a storm in a buoyantly entertaining evening.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
A listing of events in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland for Jan. 16-22, 2014.
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New casting director’s best friend: Database of performers
Washington area actors will be able to place a detailed, searchable profile on TheatreWork.
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‘Meena’s Dream’ details largely unseen American life
Forum Theatre hosts the world premiere of Anu Yadav’s evocative monologue about a 9-year-old.
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A family’s divisions come to the fore in ‘Tribes’
Nina Raine’s play at Studio Theatre tells of a deaf young man in a hearing family.
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Siân Phillips’s Wilde ride
Actress talks about her career, her marriage to Peter O’Toole and her golden-age star turns.
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‘Minnie the Moocher’: Fun, textured take on Jazz Age
Pointless Theatre’s ingenious show fuses puppetry, shadow theater, jazz concert, film footage and dancing.
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Backstage: Learning to Lindy hop for Shakespeare’s sake
“Twelfth Night,” Synetic Theater’s latest Silent Shakespeare production, is set in the 1920s.
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Review: ‘Late: A Cowboy Song’ staged with bluesy whimsy
The play by Sarah Ruhl runs through Jan. 19 at Signature Theatre in Arlington.
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‘The Old Masters’: The art of the deal
The high-veneer play, about the worth of a disputed painting, is a study in deliciously grubby behavior.
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Richmond’s Acts of Faith brings spirituality, stage together
The annual theater festival strives to create space in the public square for meaningful consideration about faith.
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Finding a common language, onstage
Nina Raine's comedy-drama “Tribes” navigates the world of hearing and non-hearing.
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Folger converts to theater-in-the-round for ‘Richard III’
The show’s director, Robert Richmond, came up with the idea to change the seating layout.
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‘Flashdance’ is unimaginative musical version of movie
One of the musical’s producers said the show doesn’t need to be “blessed” by critics. It won’t be.
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Modern Moves Festival to offer region’s finest in dance
The festival marks the first time in 20 years that the region’s most established troupes appear together.
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‘Porgy and Bess’: Respectful and genuinely thrilling
The streamlined touring musical, at the National Theatre for a short run, has a cast that’s up to snuff.
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‘Our Town,’ repaved in ‘Our Suburb’
Darrah Cloud’s play, directed by Judith Ivey, gets a world premiere at Theater J.
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Washington theater’s best acts for 2014
Among things we’re most looking forward to: the Anacostia Playhouse; hip-hop at KenCen; ‘Mother Courage’
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The latest theater trend: Live, onstage . . . from the screen
The craze for adapting movies into musicals has turned into a formula for success.
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‘Minnie the Moocher’: Sex, drugs, jazz and puppets
Pointless Theatre uses oeuvre of Cab Calloway to tell the story of girl sucked into underworld of jazz age.
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Signature Theatre serves up a riveting ‘Gypsy’
Many think “Gypsy” is the greatest American musical of all time. This dynamic revival shows why.
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I think icon, I think icon
Three local actors face the challenge of roles made famous by other actors.
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A vital revivalist, wherever she goes
Diane Paulus's Tony-winning "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" comes to the National.
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How a ballerina learned to stretch
A diagnosis of diabetes led D.C. native Katelyn Prominski to take bold new steps to reshape her career.
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‘Elf the Musical’: Like the movie, but noisier and faster
Over-sugared touring production at Kennedy Center will mostly give “Elf” buffs the hijinks they bargained for.
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Arena Stage takes young people’s theater program to India
This is the State Department’s third partnership with Voices of Now, which leads theater projects for kids.
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