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Monday, February 2, 2015

'Mary Stuart' at The Folger Theatre by Sophia Howes

Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row." This nursery rhyme is often said to be about Mary Stuart. The pret…

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

'The Game's Afoot' at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Sophia Howes

Before Benedict Cumberbatch starred in the incandescent puzzle palace that is Sherlock, there was William Gillette, the definitive Sherlock Holmes of his time. Tall, lean, with the manner of…

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Saturday, January 10, 2015

'Julius Caesar' at The Rude Mechanicals by Sophia Howes

Julius Caesar seems to be always with us. High school Latin still features Caesar's Commentaries. Once there was a Russian Tsar. Now there is an Ebola czar. Caesar appears on Pinterest, Tumb…

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

'The Tempest' at the Shakespeare Theatre Company by Sophia Howes

"We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art." ― Henry James,�…

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

'As You Like It' at the Shakespeare Theatre by Sophia Howes

As You Like It is a celebration of love; love as we hope it will be, love as it often is, and love as a harbinger of growth and redemption. The Shakespeare Theatre's As You Like It is a v…

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Monday, November 3, 2014

'Julius Caesar' at Folger Theatre by Sophia Howes

Folger Theatre launches its 2014-15 season with a strikingly imaginative production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, a play whose contradictions and cruelties mirror the bewildering …

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

'Our War' at Arena Stage at The Mead Center for American Theater by Sophia Howes

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Our War, an unforgettable production, explores the present-day echoes and historical memories of the Civil War, in a series of monologues which are really li…

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Monday, October 20, 2014

'The Wolfe Twins' at The Studio Theatre by Sophia Howes

Crying Wolf; 'The Wolfe Twins' at Studio Theatre The Wolfe Twins, by Rachel Bonds, is a World Premiere by Studio Lab, which features scaled-back productions of provocative new plays. First-r…

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Saturday, September 13, 2014

'The Devil in His Own Words' at Taffety Punk Theatre Company by Sophia Howes

The Devil Made Me Do It: An Evening with the Antichrist                                 Â�…

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: 'The Inaugural Election for President of Mrs. Jacobson's Sixth Grade Class' by Sophia Howes

In this delightful comedy, six 6th graders are running for President of Mrs. Jacobson's Sixth Grade class.  You, the audience, get to participate and choose the winner.  In the age of …

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Capital Fringe 2014 Review: 'Coriolanas' by Sophia Howes

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Shakespeare's Coriolanas has been played, memorably, by some of the greatest actors.  Richard Burton played it; Laurence Olivier played it twice, and here in …

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Sunday, May 4, 2014

'9 to 5: The Musical' at Fairfax High School by Sophia Howes

  You Deserve a Break Today We've all heard those jokes about the corporation. In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation, came out as "Pepsi w…

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

'Blues for an Alabama Sky' at Port City Playhouse by Sophia Howes

Blues for an Alabama Sky at Port City Playhouse:A Kiss to Build a Dream On: After the Harlem Renaissance The gifted and much admired Pearl Cleage is a poetic playwright.  Her dialogue shi…

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Fiasco Theater's 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' at Folger Theatre by Sophia Howes

Girl Crazy Start with Shakespeare. Add some very clever dramaturgy, cut a few characters, and incorporate a gifted group of artists. You will have a magical night in the theatre. The D.C. de…

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

'Henry IV Part 2' at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Sophia Howes

Henry IV Part 2 King for a Day Have you ever lived life without a superego? If so, you may have some notion of what it's like to be Falstaff.  The exhilarating feeling is one reason we ar…

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

'Henry IV Part 1' at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Sophia Howes

Henry IV Part One: Honor Among Thieves Falstaff, like Sherlock Holmes, is one of those characters who are so memorable they almost seem alive. He is at the center of Shakespeare Theatre Comp…

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

'Orlando' at WSC Avant Bard by Sophia Howes by Sophia Howes

Orlando: Right You Are, if You Think You Are In Some Like It Hot (directed by Billy Wilder) Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, on the lam after witnessing a mob killing, pose as girls in an all-gi…

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Friday, February 7, 2014

'Mother Courage and Her Children' at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater by Sophia Howes by Sophia Howes

Schopenhauer once said,"Talent hits a target that no one else can hit. Genius hits a target that no one else can see." These words are uniquely apposite to describe the genius of Bertolt Bre…

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Monday, February 3, 2014

'Richard III' at NextStop Theatre Company by Sophia Howes by Sophia Howes

After the discovery of Richard III's remains in a Leicester car park in August 2012, it was concluded that far from being a hunchback, as some have stated, he suffered from scoliosis, an abn…

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

'Richard III' at Folger Theatre by Sophia Howes by Sophia Howes

Richard, We Hardly Knew Ye Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, and with good reason. In his fascinating interview posted on the National Theatre's website, Sir Ian McKell…

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