Stage
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Sweet Satisfaction
There is a joy that comes with discovering a piece of theater so brilliant and so gratifying that you leave your seat intoxicated. That's a...
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Sister Christian
Fred Rogers would be proud. The whimsy and wonder channeled through his King Friday and haggy Lady Elaine of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood comes teeming to...
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Poe Goes Pop
It's fitting that the first three letters in ''poetry'' belong to Edgar Allan Poe. The infamous writer of all things dark and dreary is resurrected...
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Weight Watchers
What is it with Neil LaBute and lousy, knucklehead guys? First came Adam in The Shape of Things, a mousy, apathetic college kid who couldn't...
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Stage Presents
No matter what your taste in stage fare, there were plenty of options to choose from in the 2005 theater buffet. Whether you fancy sophisticated...
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American Pastime
It's tough to pinpoint exactly what is wrong with Arena Stage's production of Damn Yankees. Matt Bogart is a perfect ''Shoeless Joe'' Hardy, and Brad...
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One Day More
Oh, the starving, the deprivation, the unrequited love -- the pièce de résistance that is Les Misérables. Something feels so right about seeing this nostalgic...
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Error in Judgment
You might not recognize it at first, but hidden beneath the painted puffy clouds that peek through a tall pink llama, behind Groucho Marx mugging...
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Full House
It isn't so much Eartha Kitt's sultry version of ''Lazy Afternoon'' that should have inspired S.M. Shephard-Massat to pen Starving, but the aching lyrics of...
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Queen Bee
She's the delicious demon of a character everyone loves to hate, most especially gay men. Think Tori Spelling as Sally Bowles, Norma Desmond as Holly...
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Back to the Future
The expectations are as high as a towering Manhattan skyscraper. After such successful local productions of Take Me Out and The Dazzle, the area premiere...
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Sondheim Time
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington is meeting history head-on with a journey through nearly 50 years of Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim's work....
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The Odd Coupling
We're auspicious allies -- indomitable Americans and Brits. We boast the same language, a shared history, and even gaze through the same looking glass at...
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Resurrected
Taking the stage as the same character for 15 years can take a toll on a performer. Familiarity breeds contempt, as they say, even if...
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Existential Fodder
In the beginning there is a woman. She is carrying a bottle filled with sand from some distant shore tied to some legendary land. As...
