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Michael Cera makes Broadway debut in ‘This Is Our Youth’
The comedy-drama focuses on smart young people with zero direction and less than zero judgement.
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‘Belleville’: Trouble on the home front, far away from home
Strong performances are undermined by a thin plot in Amy Herzog's domestic thriller at Studio Theatre.
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‘Fool for Love’ at Round House, taking the edge off Shepard
Revival of 1983 Shepard play gets cowboy spirit but doesn’t kick up much dust.
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‘High School Musical’ star to play Gigi at Kennedy Center
Vanessa Hudgens “was like screaming in the car,” after landing the role for the pre-Broadway run.
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Michele Shay takes up familiar ‘Seven Guitars’
She will direct No Rules’ production of the August Wilson play in which she won a Tony nomination.
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A lean, and not so mean ‘King Lear’
Folger Theatre hosts Shakespeare's Globe for a "King Lear" performed by a mere eight actors.
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Olney’s ‘Colossal’ aims for the goal post, and succeeds
Andrew Hinderaker’s play about a gay, paralyzed football star premieres at Olney Theatre Center.
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‘The Concert’: Big hats, ballerinas and belly laughs
Forget the midterm elections. Let the wit and wackiness of Jerome Robbins’s comic ballet warm up fall.
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Theatrically speaking, there’s magic to do
Theater's fall enchantments.
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Musicals take center stage in couple’s lives
John Hance and Maggie Boland, both local theater executives, have long shared a love of musicals.
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Oh, Baby! ‘Dirty Dancing’ on a D.C. stage
The adaptation of the favorite film comes to the National Theatre.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
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Michael Cera finds his comfort zone in New York
Now based in Brooklyn, the actor-singer has released a folk album and is poised to debut on Broadway.
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‘Yentl’: The sound of pop music in the shtetl
Isaac Bashevis Singer's tale of a girl with a passion for the Torah is set newly to music.
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O’Malley’s baby in ‘Sunday in the Park’ is a stage pro
Huggable bundle, a real doll of just-right weight, has a large acting family helping him rack up theater credits.
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KanKouran delivers riveting show at Lisner Auditorium
When it comes to Senegalese dancing and percussion, they very much have their act together.
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Smashmouth drama tackles football themes
New sports drama “Colossal” at Olney explores dance, disability and the experiences of gay athletes.
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Four stars for a 6-year-old theater critic
Iain Armitage goes to plays with his parents, who then turn the camera on him for his reaction.
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Visa denials for Syrian actors scuttle performance at GU
The State Department refuses to allow visas for 12 Syrian refugees eager to tell their stories.
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Sandy Wilson, composer of ‘The Boy Friend,’ dies at 90
Mr. Wilson’s show, a pastiche of 1920s musicals, launched Julie Andrews as a stage star in 1954.
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The Pacific Northwest stars in Wolf Trap’s disjointed show
Dance was the best part of a salute to national parks that awkwardly mixed in nature films and indie rock.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
A list of events in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland for Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2014
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Peking Opera has the right moves, if not the best sounds
Wednesday’s performance at the Kennedy Center was full of colorful costumes and remarkable stagecraft.
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Amy Herzog’s ‘Belleville’ at Studio Theatre
The play about a young couple in Paris aims for real-life intimacy, with all of its ups and downs.
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Labor Day is no picnic for Theater J artistic director
Ari Roth has spent the past 12 holidays at the Kennedy Center for the annual Page-to-Stage Festival.
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Among tall timbers, a dancer goes out on a limb
Andrew Bartee accepted the challenge of creating a ballet outdoors in the Pacific Northwest.
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‘Lear’: Here, There and Everywhere
Shakespeare's starkest and perhaps most challenging tragedy returns to D.C.
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Cirque du Soleil, circling back to D.C. region
A look at some of the places the company has set up shop in the area over the past 26 years.
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‘She Kills Monsters’: Nirvana for nerds
Qui Nguyen’s play at Rorschach Theatre envelops us in the world of Dungeons & Dragons.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
A listing of events in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland for -Aug. 21-27, 2014
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A Wolf Trap invitation to would-be von Trapps and friends
National Symphony’s Emil de Cou will judge the fourth annual “Sound of Music” singalong costume contest.
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A ‘Sunday’ to remember
REVIEW | The Sondheim specialists at Signature Theatre revive his musical about Seurat’s masterpiece.
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Chesapeake Shakespeare banks on Baltimore
$6 million move is latest in a theater scene beginning to surge
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American Ballet Theatre: Art in Motion
In Library of Congress exhibit, a look at the creative spirits behind a new art form, honed from flesh and blood.
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Theater J’s ‘Yentl’ sings a non-Streisand tune
Playwright Leah Napolin and singer-songwriter Jill Sobule create a new version of a malleable classic.
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Juan Ogalla and Noche Flamenca flaunt a fierce brio
Troupe’s theatrical touches made the production a dramatic whole rather than a roster of selections.
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A ukulele lady finds her niche at Woolly Mammoth
The petite Hawaiian instrument has found a place in theater auditions and even in Shakespeare plays.
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A wonky, talky whodunit: ‘Pol Pot’ at Callan Theatre
Theater company Longacre Lea returns with a new work set at a modern commune.
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An irresistible celebration of West African dance
KanKouran West African Dance Company preparing for showcase concert production and annual forum.
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Too many spaces for Shakespeare Theatre Company
Two theaters, three shops, offices and housing: The Shakespeare Theatre is all over D.C.
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Grit and grace of ‘Little Dancer’
Preparing for her new role, Tiler Peck zeroes in on the fighting spirit in Degas’s famous sculpture.
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Legally spawned: Longacre Lea’s ‘Pol Pot & Associates, LLP’
Kathleen Akerley’s newest play employs magical realism to explain how exiles of a law firm approach Communism.
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Kennedy Center’s ‘Side Show’ is Broadway bound
The critically cheered revival, directed by Bill Condon, gets a Broadway perch.
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New casting database for local actors is delayed
The launch of TheatreWork may be late fall or later after a power outage at a contracted firm affected servers.
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‘Amaluna’: Goddess girlpower
All the swirling, fantastical tropes come out in this fun, female-focused riff on “The Tempest.”
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After medical recovery, teen gets a second chance to star
Thanks to her former high school classmates, Monica Tipperreiter got to perform in “The Secret Garden.”
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Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more
A primer on some of the talismans, techniques and tallies from the Sondheimisphere.
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Attend the tale, and turn it up: ‘Todd’ will rock
D.C.’s rock-based Landless Theatre gets permission to amp up Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd.”
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Ax murders, blood and lust: Top crimes of passion in dance
Lizzie Bordon took an ax . . . and other tales of summer madness that have fueled thrilling works of art.
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‘The Seagull,’ now a mere ‘Bird’ at Woolly Mammoth
Woolly Mammoth Theatre offers a return engagement of a modern riff on Chekhov’s “The Seagull.”
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Curtain falling on American Century Theater
For two decades, the Arlington, Va.-based company has staged lesser-known American plays.
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In the galleries: Artist’s pieces show allure of the old
Francie Hester’s distressed, battered artworks evoke the decay of existence.
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In dark comedy, suburban angst that hits close to home
Fringe Festival play “Bethesda” centers on a family coping with an extramarital affair.
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Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide
A listing of events in Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland for July 24-30, 2014
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Tapman needs a sidekick: A sound designer
Capital Fringe’s “The Adventures of Tapman” has great dancing, but the production values keep it from flying.
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Secrets to success at Capital Fringe: Keep the liquor handy
Shows staged in bars and with drink specials are selling out, as are shows with a bit of mystery or sex built in.
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U.S. premiere of ‘The Veil’ from Quotidian Theatre
With solid acting, the staging of Conor McPherson’s play can stand against any BBC America miniseries.
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Fringe’s ‘The Dish’ serves up celebrity-chef satire
The Capital Fringe Festival play follows cooks on a local cable-access show who have a shot at stardom.
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‘The Tournament’ at Capital Fringe Festival
The perfect audience is people who would never see a Fringe Festival show because plays are lame.
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‘Self Portrait’: Family hopes and history on canvas
Sasha Sinclair’s one-woman show at the Gearbox takes her back to a childhood in southern Virginia.
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‘Gidion’s Knot’: Sharp as a knife, but undone by thin details
A parent-teacher meeting simmers with fury after a fifth-grader kills himself in Forum Theatre drama.
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A really captive audience: ‘Interrogation’ at Capital Fringe
Viewers are called to the stage for questioning in this satiric take on government surveillance.
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Capital Fringe’s ‘Isis,’ a comic-mythic murder mystery
The whodunit earns laughs sending up cop-show cliches, psychobabble and ancient-deity origin stories.
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Sex tape play at Fringe is comic hit
“Giant Box of Porn” earns laughs then gets serious as young marrieds ask what they really want.
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‘West Side Story’ and beyond: A Shakespeare dance fest
For a midsummer bash to mark the Bard’s 450th, check out these top dances on DVD inspired by his plays.
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Belting out end-of-life anthems
In “Cabaret XXX: Everybody F---ing Dies,” a memorial service becomes a venue to let inner divas loose
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A polished show from sketch comedy group Brick Penguin
The five performers show off their greatest hits in “Brick Penguin Tries Its Best” at Capital Fringe
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All the bar’s a stage for #boozyShakespeare
Flip cup launches an edgy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ adaptation that shifts the audience around a Petworth tavern.
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An inventive, droll ‘Feisty Old Jew’
San Francisco’s Charlie Varon returns to Washington with a literary tale of an old man’s crosstown trip
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Things to know about the Capital Fringe Festival
Get a taste of theatrical adventure as the event housed in various venues marks its final year at Fort Fringe.
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Elaine Stritch: Broadway was forever in her blood
Acerbic, urbane and hilarious, Elaine Stritch’s outsize personality was made for the Broadway stage.
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Degas’ ‘Little Dancer’ grabs the spotlight
Exhibition shines spotlight on sculpture that inspired new musical premiering at the Kennedy Center.
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A brisk tale of revenge: ‘Duchess of Malfi’ at Capital Fringe
The play streamlines the Jacobean tragedy but loses some nuances of characterization along the way.
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‘Miss Emma’s’ is hilarious theatrical fan fiction
Alexandra Petri’s delightfully Austenian dialogue makes this romantic comedy worth watching.
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At DC Fringe: A sharp drama about Francis Scott Key
The New York-based Hunger & Thirst Collective presents the back story of Key and national anthem.
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‘Hey, Hey, LBJ’ portrays Vietnam through reporter’s eyes
David Kleinberg’s polished, moving show recounts his experience as a combat correspondent.
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‘Abominable’ reveals the beast within
Hub Theatre stages the world premiere of Helen Pafumi's teen-centric drama.
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Sixth-grade politics: sweet and lowdown
A classroom hamster dies, and a Capital Fringe play gently teaches kids about politics.
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A raunchy, and educational, first time
Twanna Hines makes her Fringe Festival debut with her improvisational one-woman show.
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A tragic Greek character gets a comedic revival
“Madea’s Got Some Issues” brings the classic figure to life in a play that relishes in breaking the fourth wall.
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‘The Program Assistant’ Fringe Festival review
Fringe veteran John Krizel returns with a play about the harsh realities of post-grad life.
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How to carry a 13-foot Big Friendly Giant on your back
Puppeteers for Imagination Stage’s “BFG” stay fit using canned tomatoes as free weights.
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Separated by distance, held together by dance
‘Everybody Knows’ examines the friendships in an all-female troupe whose members keep moving away.
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Pleasing duets at Contemporary American Theater Festival
The five plays running in rotating repertory at the festival explore ripped-from-the-headlines topics.
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Variety show treats comedy like therapy
“Do You See What I See?” misses the mark on some weighty topics but also promises plenty of laughs.
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Cuddly, kid-friendly ‘Monster Songs’ at Fringe
Unusual instruments and clever lyrics from a droll duo, vets of D.C. commedia troupe Faction of Fools.
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‘Carrie’ draws too little blood
The 1988 musical, a famous Broadway disaster, tries for a softer landing at Studio Theatre.
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Impressions fly in ‘Walken in his Shoes’
Five performers give their take on the iconic actor in Fringe Festival comedy.
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‘Districtland’ lovingly skewers D.C. stereotypes
Though short on plot and long on cliches, the play’s best moments ring hilariously and painfully true.
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‘Dream Love’ Fringe festival review
Ryan Tumulty’s devised piece infuses a straightforward love triangle with impressive dance.
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‘Armageddon’: Top-notch hippie angst at Fringe
Ron Litman’s in a lather about the fate of the world in the tuneful and energetic show.
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‘Decades’ takes audiences back to ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s
Fringe Festival improv show at Gearbox provides few laughs on opening night but has potential.
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In ‘Rodney King,’ a whispered evocation of the L.A. riots
Production examines public, private life of figure whose abuse by police inflamed racial tensions.
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‘The Hello Girls’ at Capital Fringe Festival
Stories bring to life a little-known chapter of World War I by telling it straight.
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Blown every which way by ‘Wayru’
The multisensory stage experience opens in New York.
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At Kennedy Center, the return of ‘The Lion King’
Members of the cast and crew talk about the circle of life in the touring production of the popular show.
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Killer comedy from a Spanish playwright
Diaspora: ‘Medea’s Got Some Issues,’ at the Warehouse, reinvents a mythical murderess.
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A pear, and a pair of minds: ‘Coosje’ at Capital Fringe
A costumed fruit leads the story of Claes Oldenburg and his wife and collaborator, Coosje van Bruggen.
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Hemingway without words: ‘Old Man’ at Capital Fringe
Deaf actor Hector Reynoso tackles Hemingway novel as Fringe festival launches.
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‘Perfect Liar’s Club’ at Fringe Festival is fine storytelling
The interactive storytelling event has audiences guessing which of four tales is true.
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