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Wit Will Make You Laugh And Break Your Heart
Monday, January 30th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
As Professor Vivian Bearing, PhD, listens to her doctor explain that she has stage four ovarian cancer, she turns to the audience and humorously analyses
The Wood—Compelling Theater
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
You might say The Wood (“The Headline, the front page”) is about Mike McAlary, a lifelong passionate newspaperman to his bones. You might say it’s
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
At Arena Stage Is a Marvel
Sunday, March 27th, 2011
by Martha Kepner on Playing Around
Leading Arena Stage’s Edward Albee Festival, The Steppenwolf Theater Company’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a searing and fascinating interpretation of Albee’s
That Championship Cast
Monday, March 14th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
There’s a smattering of applause. Is that Kiefer Sutherland wearing glasses and a hat that obscures his face? Not sure. But wait, that’s definitely Chris
Sometimes, It’s Magic: Kate Baldwin & Sheldon Harnick
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Dear Friend, Dear Mr. Harnick,” begins the very pretty, very pregnant Kate Baldwin, pen in hand, paraphrasing her suggestion they share an evening onstage. “All
The Price of Survival—Good People
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Good- adj. 1. Having the right or desired qualities 2. efficient; competent 3. a. kind; benevolent, b. morally excellent c. charitable d. well-behaved The Oxford
Celebrate Edward Albee at Arena Stage
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
by Martha Kepner on Playing Around
There are many reasons to be glad that we live in DC: free museums and monuments, generally temperate weather and plentiful green spaces, Open City
The Irish…And How They Got That Way
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“In the beginning was the word. And the IRISH got it.” Honoring the one year anniversary of playwright, Frank McCourt’s passing, The Irish Repertory Company
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