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Jubilant reunion of three Broadway co-stars in ‘Mama I’m a Big Girl Now!’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages
Though they’ve remained the best of friends since originating the roles of the 1960s teenagers Tracy, Amber, and Penny in the Tony Award-winning Broadway premiere of Hairspray in 2002, Tony winner ...
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Coming out with a Shakespearean twist in ‘Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves’ at ART/NY
Boomerang Theatre Company’s world premiere of Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves at ART/NY puts a Shakespearean twist on coming of age and coming out in NJ in 2005. Written by Gina Femia, the ...
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‘Disney’s Frozen’ musical melts hearts at Olney Theatre Center
The audience went wild as Elsa (Gabriela Hernandez) closed Act I with an emotional 'Let It Go.' The technology involved with Disney’s Frozen now playing on the Roberts Mainstage at Olney Theatre ...
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Calendar: Play Readings, Workshops, and Short-Run Theater Events in the DMV
Check back regularly for the most up-to-date information about workshops, readings, and short-run/single-performance events. Play readings and workshops offer a chance to see exciting new work at ...
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Raw personal experiences in ‘Voices from Vietnam’ at Journey Theater
A new play based on interviews, letters, and reflections of those whose lives were deeply affected by the Vietnam War. In Voices from Vietnam, now premiering at Journey Theater in Warrenton, ...
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I visit a student performance of ‘Macbeth’ at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
No scrolling phones. No social media. These students were fully engaged. Last year, I undertook one of the most unusual projects of my life. In a career as a television executive, writer, editor, and ...
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Unpacking the damage of dating in ‘Strategic Love Play’ Off-Broadway at Minetta Lane Theatre
After meeting virtually on a dating app, two matched – or more accurately, mismatched -strangers get together at a bar for a disastrous evening that keeps on going in the NYC debut of writer Miriam ...
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Screamingly funny ‘Dance Like There’s Black People Watching’ at Woolly
Just in time, The Second City returns to DC with an elite class of comic improvisers who are loud, unrepentant, and shockingly alive. The Second City engaged with DC audiences at Woolly Mammoth in ...
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Chills and thrills aplenty in ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Rockville Musical Theatre
The talented cast and crew relish the fiendish challenges of this monumental Sondheim musical. Steven Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd is fiendish, in both subject and execution. The story, subtitled The Demon ...
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Hilarious things happen in Sondheim’s ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ at Signature Theatre
Forget laughs per minute; this cast gets a laugh in for every breath they take. Before ending this interminable week with a night at the theater, I would have scoffed at the notion of repeating any of ...
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Driving new drama ‘Data’ at Arena Stage digs into ethics of big tech
Playwright Matthew Libby’s cautionary tale plays out in a harsh, inhuman world. In Data, Matthew Libby’s cautionary tale of the comprehensive reach of big tech, it is Arena Stage’s technical ...
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Honoring the life and legacy of jazz great Louis Armstrong in ‘A Wonderful World’ at Broadway’s Studio 54
One of the world’s most acclaimed and influential jazz vocalists and trumpeters, New Orleans native Louis Armstrong (1901-71) had a Grammy Award-winning career that spanned five decades of ...