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  • Questions We'd Never Ask a Real Lady

    By on April 9, 2003

    This Saturday, April 12, the sensational Varla Jean Merman will present her latest show, I've Got the Music in Me, at the Carnegie Institute, 1530...

  • Reality Bites

    By on April 2, 2003

    You can confront a troubling world, or make jubilant musical escapes from it -- all are fine options. He's the Man: Goodwin Playwright Edward Albee's...

  • Nifty History

    By on March 26, 2003

    A Revolutionary musical shines at Ford's -- a much better bet than WSC's disjointed Henry V Freedom fighters: GrahamRowat, Huddleston and ClealePhoto by Stan Barouh...

  • Career Move

    By on March 26, 2003

    The logic goes something like this: Gay men love theatre, and gay men love porn, so if you take gay-porn stars and put them on...

  • Nothing to Fear

    By on March 19, 2003

    Jim Grimsley's purported ''thriller'' doesn't -- you'll do better going for laughs while Busch's Tale is still in town Domestic disturbance:Glover and Gordon Photo: Trumpet...

  • Allergy Prone

    By on March 12, 2003

    Charles Busch's well-honed comedy of Manhattan socialites plays like a fine Jewish whine Actor-playwright Charles Busch -- sans his actor hat in this case --...

  • Get Happy

    By on March 12, 2003

    A New York setting of yesteryear makes for a welcome comedic escape Dames at Sea is a confection of a musical -- nothing more than...

  • Dual Disappointment

    By on March 5, 2003

    Neither Arena Stage nor Woolly Mammoth & Theater J can salvage new works that need more time on the drawing board Costumed crusader: Mudge (Photo...

  • Slay Ride

    By on February 26, 2003

    Theater Alliance serves up meaty drama on H Street, while GMCW hams it up across the river Showing guts:Dunn and Mendenhall (Photo by Bruce Robey)...

  • Fly Guys

    By on February 19, 2003

    Photo Illustration: Michael Wichita Russ Capps In rural Missouri, gay high schooler Howard Crabtree wants nothing more than to get together a group of friends...

  • Game Over

    By on February 19, 2003

    It's the end of the world as we know it, and Beckett doesn't feel so fine Scraping by: Terrill (Photo by Bruce Robey ) Where...

  • Keep Moving

    By on February 12, 2003

    Round House can't quite get a grip on problematic Pavilion, while Irish ''dramedy'' falls flat at Kennedy Center Present tense: Lodge, Beard and Shields. (Photo...

  • Hello, Carol!

    By on February 5, 2003

    Skipper as Channing. Richard Skipper left his hometown of Conway, S.C., right out of high school in 1979 with his sights set on a dream:...

  • Made in the Shade

    By on February 5, 2003

    A romantic musical finds new life at Signature, while Arena Stage gives Thornton Wilder a posthumous premiere Weatherman: Bogart with ensemble (Photo by Carol Pratt...

  • Broad Comedy

    By on January 29, 2003

    From Jacobean London to contemporary L.A., wild women wreak havoc and leave laughter in their wake The Newlywed Game: Robichaux and van Griethuysen (Photo by...