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Cyrano at Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library is taking a break from the English poet and playwright to present a play by French neo-romantic poet and dramatic Edmond Rostand.
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TBD Picks: The New Electric Ballroom
Three sisters act out the stories of their romantic disappointments.
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'Minotaur': Mythology, muckraking, mincemeat
A new show at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center takes inspiration from Greek mythology and Upton Sinclair.
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10 plays about terrible plays
There are bad plays within good plays, and bad plays within bad plays – both represented on Washington stages this month.
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Is 'Basra Boy' the most Irish play in D.C.?
Basra Boy scores our second perfect 10 for drinking.
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Helen Hayes Nominations – Full List
The complete list of all Helen Hayes nominees.
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Arena Stage to revive 'Oklahoma!'
Arena Stage is reviving its production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" this summer after the show shattered all box office records in the company's 60-year history.
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TBD Theater: 'Comedy of Errors,' 'Owl Moon'
Folger's Comedy of Errors melds Shakespearean slapstick with Christopher Guest; Taffety Punk's Owl Moon is a little too nutty.
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'Sparrow' takes flight at MetroStage
“It’s important that the truth come out,” insists Bernadine Mitchell, star of “His Eye is on the Sparrow,” MetroStage’s production of the life and music of Ethel Waters.
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TBD Picks: National Pastime
A swing and a miss for this baseball-themed musical.
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TBD Picks: The Car Plays
Take a road trip with Taffety Punk.
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Acting the fool: How Synetic transformed 'King Lear' into a three-ring circus
The actors of King Lear on what it's like to perform a Shakespearean masterpiece as a clown.
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Flea Bites: Come. Sit. Stay.
Early in the rehearsal process for One Flea Spare, two characters work together to develop the physical language of authority.
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Helen Hayes Award 2011 snubs and surprises
Smaller theaters were left out as Arena and the Folger dominated.
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Stage play examines lesbian child custody case
The play is called "She Said/She Said" by Rebecca Gingrich-Jones, sister-in-law of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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Theater etiquette on TBD TV
Maura Judkis discusses theater etiquette after an embarrassing cell phone faux pas at Ford's Theatre.
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Irish times: This week in stage and film
Everything playwright Martin McDonagh does is brilliant, but his drama "The Cripple of Inishmaan" avoids the horror that drives some of his other work.
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Castaways Repertory Theatre "Empty Closets"
Castaways' attempt at bringing an original play to the stage was ambitious, but weak writing and direction proved to be too great a challenge to succeed.
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