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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Helen Hayes Awards Awards by Jonathan L. Fischer, Rebecca J. Ritzel, Benjamin R. Freed and Patrick Pho

Last night's untricked-out Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre began almost immediately with prize-giving, and that was mostly what we got: Few distractions, and lots of people talking …

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Go Pair-Shaped: The Mountaintop at Arena Stage and The Next Five Years at Signature Theatre by Rebecca J. Ritzel

Interested in seeing a show this month? Hoping for one that will force you to contemplate the consequences of infidelity and the temporal nature of life, plus be entertaining to boot? Then y…

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Shakespeare’s R&J at Signature Theatre, Reviewed by Rebecca J. Ritzel

The less theater you’ve seen in D.C. in recent years, the fresher you may find Shakespeare’s R&J, Joe Calarco’s four-man retelling of the Bard’s tragedy—set not in ancient fair…

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Monday, December 3, 2012

U.S. directors looking to Shaw and Stratford for casting coups by Rebecca J. Ritzel

Tourism Ontario could not have planned a better theatre marketing campaign if it tried.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Ballet Hispanico takes all-Cuban program to Wolf Trap by Rebecca J. Ritzel

If the weather cooperates Tuesday night at Wolf Trap, temperatures will be warm at nightfall, with a waft of a breeze. The curtain will rise, and the spotlight will shine on a not-so-tall bu…

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Monday, June 11, 2012

How D.C. Fared at the Tony Awards by Rebecca J. Ritzel

We’ll never know what Michael Kaiser planned to say in his Tony Awards acceptance speech, but thank goodness the Kennedy Center’s president still has his Huffington Post column. And than…

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Monday, May 28, 2012

Last Chance: Theater Alliance’s Hum, Reviewed by Rebecca J. Ritzel

For the first 30 minutes of the world-premiere play Hum, Theater Alliance challenges Synetic Theater in the race to create the best dialogue-free drama in D.C. There’s well-crafted choreog…

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Festival celebrates French hip-hop by Rebecca J. Ritzel

Since the founding of Washington, it has been tres facile to sense the French influence in the circles, grids and diagonals bequeathed by Pierre L’Enfant, and in recent years, it seems no …

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

‘Two Othellos’ at American Dance Institute by Rebecca J. Ritzel

The night was billed as the premiere of “Two Othellos,” meaning, presumably, that Saturday’s performances at American Dance Institute in Rockville would also feature two Iagos. But jus…

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Come Fly Away at the Kennedy Center, Reviewed by Rebecca J. Ritzel

Come Fly Away is perfect for anyone frustrated by bad dancing in a musical or bad acting in a ballet. In the touring version of the 2010 Broadway show now at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower …

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Helen Hayes Awards Awards by Jonathan L. Fischer, Rebecca J. Ritzel, Chris Klimek and Benjamin R. Freed

What lessons to draw from last night's Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre? There were only two ties—compare that to five in 2011. And no company dominated outright—although…

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