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  • Ford’s Theatre tradition: A Christmas Carol

    By on November 26, 2011

    Ford’s Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns...

  • Musical Realities

    By on September 29, 2011

    Among tragically themed musicals, Parade marches to the beat of a particularly bleak (and real) drummer: Leo Frank, a Northern Jewish factory manager doomed to...

  • Fairy Tale Romance

    By on October 13, 2010

    Sometimes what you want is the fairy tale, a storybook romance that begins with ''once upon a time'' and ends with -- if not slain...

  • Songbirds

    By on October 7, 2009

    Washington, D.C., is a city built on two unstable foundations. The first (and most commented on during the summer swelter) is a swamp, though serious...

  • South Rising

    By on April 8, 2009

    Regardless of the geographic realities, there are times when one could be quite sure that the Mason-Dixon Line runs right through the center of our...

  • Log Cabin Republican

    By on February 11, 2009

    While it would be a stretch to say that it is the main question on the minds of Washingtonians discussing the re-opening of Ford's Theatre,...

  • Ford's Focus

    By on March 28, 2007

    Given that it shares a name with one of the largest auto manufacturers, perhaps it's not surprising Ford's Theatre had picked up a reputation as...