Stage
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Comic Relief
When the phrase ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is uttered it is almost assured that most will leap to an image of Audrey Hepburn peering into the...
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Noises On
Sitting in the Woolly Mammoth Theatre audience for Mike Daisey's one-man show, How Theater Failed America, you may find yourself wondering, ''Is Mike Daisey talking...
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Stage: The Best of 2008
I wasn't sure that I'd be able to come up with a list for best shows of 2008. I'm not going to get all dramatic...
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Pretty in Pink
Let's get right to the point. It is as silly and bubblegum as you thought it would be. Those question marks you included the first...
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Musical Therapy
You have to hand it to D.C.'s theater community. They never miss a chance to surprise or, perhaps more accurately, to shock. Arena Stage has...
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Broken Wing
In many ways, the theater is an ideal home for the dramatic treatment of subjects controversial, disturbing and even sickening. Alive, breathing and intimate, the...
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Epic Intimacy
It's been some 20 years since Victor Hugo's novel of students and street hustlers took to the stage in a spectacle about poverty, true love...
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Winter Wonderlands
Among the signs of the holiday season is the appearance of ''family friendly'' shows meant to bridge the divide between serious grown-up work and (the...
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Flyboy
'Tis the season for traditions. The stories behind some family traditions are unpacked every year like a favorite Christmas tree ornament. Others are observed because...
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Well Done
There is something appealing and unpretentious about the cave-like, yet artfully accented, interior of the Clark Street Playhouse in Crystal City. The many cheerful regulars...
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Young Americans
With no overly heavy lifting and plenty of '70s atmosphere, Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon is not just for those old enough to have personally witnessed David...
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Crazy Rich
The difference between eccentricity and madness is, sometimes, how much money sits in your bank account. At least that's how it would seem to have...
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Baby Boom
Watching an audience take their seats is always something of a pre-show entertainment, but it was particularly fun at Woolly Mammoth's Boom with the unique...
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White House Rock
Do you have that friend? The guy who spends an inordinate amount of time deciding what cocktails or wine or, thanks to the whole gastropub...
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Game Show
Two adages come to mind after seeing Slumdog Millionaire: ''Don't judge a book by its cover,'' and, ''Not everything you need to know can be...
