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  • Garden Grub

    By on December 4, 2002

    Olney Theatre Center reminds us of what a lovely and sublime Broadway musical The Secret Garden is. If only the company's production could adequately match...

  • Willy-nilly

    By on December 4, 2002

    In the flesh: NBS! cast (Photo by Christopher O. Banks ) There's nothing particularly novel about nudity these days, right? You get a hunkering for...

  • Blah Humbug

    By on November 20, 2002

    Signature Theatre playwright Norman Allen has taken Dickens's A Christmas Carol, updated it to 1911 New York City, illustrated it with ragtime-era songs, and re-christened...

  • Home Run

    By on November 20, 2002

    The Studio Theatre Secondstage has emerged for its new season in outstanding form with Bat Boy The Musical, the ultra-quirky off-Broadway hit inspired by the...

  • Bottom Less

    By on November 20, 2002

    Rainey Days: Fabrique (Photo by Scott Suchman) By design, playwright August Wilson's work is never going to move at anything even resembling breakneck speed. His...

  • Perfect Shape

    By on November 13, 2002

    Love hurts: Twyford and Barrow (Photo by Carol Pratt) Ā Ā Ā Ā  I think I've now seen the best stage production of 2002. Ā Ā Ā Ā  Of course, it'll...

  • Old Hat

    By on November 6, 2002

    Office politics: Church and Clarke (Photo by Kathleen Akerley) Politics and religion are riddled with hypocrisy, and moral conservatives who rail against sexual content in...

  • Very Bad Man

    By on October 30, 2002

    Dream on: Mitchell as Cervantes/Quixote (Photo by Joan Marcus) Ā Ā Ā Ā  It's just wrong. Ā Ā Ā Ā  There's no better way to sum up the revival of Man...

  • Power Pop

    By on October 30, 2002

    Ā Ā Ā Ā  The buzz from New York on the cabaret act Kiki & Herb over the last couple of years has been so scintillating, so delicious,...

  • French Connection

    By on October 9, 2002

    High Society: Cofield, Williamson, Redmond and Emerson (Photo by Scott Suchman) Ā Ā Ā Ā  Control and confidence are the hallmarks of Arena Stage's new production of The...

  • Northern Exposure

    By on October 2, 2002

    Fighting back: Robinette, Lodge and Forrest (Photo by Stan Barouh) Ā Ā Ā Ā  It's easy to see why Round House Theatre has returned to the George F....

  • Porn Again

    By on September 25, 2002

    Anti-climax: Jim Slade Ā Ā Ā Ā  When a play has the title Making Porn, and top billing goes to gay porn stars Chris Steele and Jim Slade,...

  • Three Cheers

    By on September 18, 2002

    There's a gem of a new musical to be found at Alexandria's MetroStage right now -- Three Sistahs, featuring the positively crackerjack trio of Crysta...

  • Pleasant Parade

    By on September 18, 2002

    Romantic virgin: Cohn (Photo by Scott Suchman) Ā Ā Ā Ā  Cabaret meets Pacific Overtures in Privates on Parade, the 25th anniversary season opener for The Studio Theatre....

  • Anemic Anthems

    By on September 11, 2002

    Is the story of Washington, D.C. -- the quirks, flaws and distinctions that transcend the standard image projected day in and day out by the...