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  • Fantastic Farce

    By on September 11, 2002

    Nuclear Family: Reese, Harris, Frith and McGinn (Photo by Carol Pratt ) Ā Ā Ā Ā  Even if you've seen productions of What the Butler Saw, the final...

  • Sacred Ground

    By on September 4, 2002

    Two on the Twelfth: Sutton and Twyford (Photo by Stan Barouh ) Has enough time passed since the horror of September 11 that the terrorists'...

  • Good Eats

    By on August 28, 2002

    Lord I was born a wrestling man: Tweel and Fry. (Photo by Ian Armstrong) Ā Ā Ā Ā  Generally speaking, processed meat is not a subject for close...

  • Broadway Beauty

    By on August 21, 2002

    Big Mama: Fierstein Ā Ā Ā Ā  Well, praise the gods of Broadway. The fantastic buzz on Hairspray, the latest musical to hit the boards on the Great...

  • Final Examination

    By on August 7, 2002

    Little Lady: Blair Brown as Desiree (Photo by Joan Marcus) Ā Ā Ā Ā  Settle down, class. Our summer session in Sondheim analysis isn't over just yet. But...

  • Striking Discord

    By on July 31, 2002

    Scott Fortier as The Son. (Photo by Fredde Lieberman) Ā Ā Ā Ā  ''A work of art dealing with the night, especially a dreamy, pensive composition for the...

  • Stirring Passion

    By on July 24, 2002

    The 1994 musical Passion is an exquisite examination of romantic desire turned into destructive obsession, and it's replete with some of composer Stephen Sondheim's most...

  • Powerful Project

    By on July 24, 2002

    Multiple personalities: The Laramie Project cast. (Photo by Stan Barouh) Ā Ā Ā Ā  Theatre as documentary. As investigation. As memorial. As catharsis. As condemnation. As redemption. Ā Ā Ā Ā ...

  • Royal Disapointment

    By on July 17, 2002

    Elton John is no Andrew Lloyd Webber. Now, that can be taken as criticism or compliment, but it's an unavoidable comparison when composer John's name...

  • Great Timing

    By on July 17, 2002

    Three's Company: Esparza, Hayden and Shor (photo Joan Marcus) Ā Ā Ā Ā  A story with a happy ending, but it has to be told in reverse chronological...

  • Less Filling

    By on July 17, 2002

    I have to wonder if the praise the Broadway musical adaptation of the British film The Full Monty has earned is really about critics and...

  • Mundane Musical

    By on July 10, 2002

    Ā Ā Ā Ā  Elsewhere across the Potomac, American Century Theater is also represented with a revival of Danny and Sylvia, the musical it premiered earlier this season...

  • Rear View Mirror

    By on July 10, 2002

    Familiar Territory: Rauscher and Dolliver with Karen Shotts. Ā Ā Ā Ā  Let us consider the art of imitation. More specifically, the ''art'' of imitating beloved...

  • Go Figure

    By on July 3, 2002

    Ā Ā Ā Ā  Loving the Wendy MacLeod play The House of Yes and its subsequent film adaptation, I knew deep inside my bones that MacLeod's satirical black...

  • Back in Time

    By on July 3, 2002

    The Diaries Ā Ā Ā Ā  Does it take all the bells and whistles Arena Stage gave Tom Walker last season to make a new John...