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The 29th Annual Helen Hayes Awards:
D.C.’s Red Carpet Night
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
On April 8, 2013, (the evening before Art Appreciation Day-no coincidence) the 29th Annual Helen Hayes Awards were presented at the Warner Theatre in downtown
The Taming of the Shrew
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
“To kill a wife with kindness.” Petruchio At a pivotal moment in the second half of Folger Theatre’s production of The Taming of the Shrew I
The Bomb-itty of Errors
Monday, July 19th, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around
I’m not sure what Shakespeare would have originally thought when told that The Comedy of Errors would be presented with a hip/hop, swinging, goofy kind
Troilus and Cressida—A Little-Performed Shakespeare Work
Gets Its Due At the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around
The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival troupe does it again. Amidst the brutal heat and humidity, they took a work traditionally known as ambiguous and difficult,
What News On the Rialto? Merchant of Venice in the Park
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
It’s the hottest day of the year, and just beginning to sprinkle. A gray haired lady, not more than five feet tall, elbows you hard














