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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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The Ladies Talk—Memoirs from Former First Ladies

Saturday, June 12th, 2010
by Robin Weaver on Reading Around

Caroline Kennedy recently announced that her mother’s interviews in 1964 with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur Schlesinger will be released in September 2011 in commemoration of

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The Little Engine That Could: HERE Arts Center

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Firmly rooted in west Soho, around an inconspicuous corner, the heart of multi-disciplinary theater in New York City beats with the energy and enthusiasm of

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