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Stage
Out of Africa, a Play is Born
Danai Gurira takes no prisoners. Not as zombie-shredding, katana-wielding Michonne on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” and not in the plays she writes. She tackled sex slavery ...
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The Poetry of Profanity
Before the lights go down at Studio Theatre for “The Mother[expletive] With the Hat,” audiences will probably be chattering about the language in the title. And, yes, anyo...
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Comedy | Stage
What a MAN!
“I was born ready. I’m Ron [expletive] Swanson.” With that season 2 quote, Nick Offerman’s character on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” was cemented as a no-nonsens...
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Stage
On the Spot: Tonya Beckman
There are a lot of Shakespeare-focused companies in D.C. but only 38 Shakespeare plays to go around, so theaters will often overlap, producing the same show in the same season...
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Stage
Living (and Flying) in the Past
A treadmill. A cage. A bar. The visual metaphors on the set of “The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century),” an experimental theater piece at Arena Stage, suggest a grim view ...
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Fashion | Stage
Sexy on a Shoestring
Two weeks ago the workroom of the Keegan Theatre, Shadia Hafiz was digging around in a pile of old women’s underwear. No, the 29-year-old costume designer doesn’t have a w...
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Stage | Television
Toby or Not Toby?
Attention “West Wing” nerds! (This is D.C.; we know your numbers are legion.) It’s a Toby Ziegler red alert! Bethesda native Richard Schiff, the actor who indelibly port...
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Stage
Dancing Green
Dancers like to tell people that anyone can dance — just go where the music takes you. The idea that anyone can dance professionally, though, is another matter. And yet, the...
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Stage
Occupational Hazards
How far would you go to keep your job? That’s the question asked (again and again) of Emma (Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan) in Studio Theatre’s U.S. premiere of “Contractions.”...
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Stage
Christmas Unwrapping
Angie Pontani, holder of the Miss Exotic World 2008 title and the New York Burlesque Festival’s Best Body 2007 award, wants to give you a very special Christmas gift. With h...
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Stage
Again We Go A-‘Carol’-ing
Stage productions of “A Christmas Carol”: a holiday tradition that never changes. That can be comforting — or incredibly boring. Branch out a little (or not) with D.C.'s...
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Stage
Letting It All Hang Out
William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a tricky play to impose a concept on, because it consists of distinct stories taking place in three overlapping wo...
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Stage
Keep Calm and Carry On Dying
Most of us will die in run-of-the-mill ways. Try out some gruesome alternatives at “A Killing Game,” the latest interactive theater piece from Dog & Pony. Throughout t...
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Stage
A Thinking Man’s Play
The characters in Annie Baker’s play “The Aliens” take a lot of time to think before they speak. This makes Studio Theatre’s production a bad choice for the sick or th...
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Stage
Translation: You’re Both Nuts
When a North Korean woman in “You for Me for You” frets about “ruthless Americans,” the audience at a recent Woolly Mammoth performance tittered. Her seemingly comical...
