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Monday, March 4, 2019

How 'Leaving Neverland' puts Michael Jackson's cultural legacy and $2 billion empire in jeopardy by Lavanya Ramanathan

The pop star's estate, once drowning in debt, had rebounded remarkably since his death, but it's now contending with renewed allegations of child abuse in an HBO documentary.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:01PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 4, 2016

Money problems and no-name acts: The Howard Theatre is struggling. Again. - The Washington Post by Lavanya Ramanathan and Jonathan O'connell

Lackluster ticket sales have led to late rent and loan payments, and the venue owes the District hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes. A planned museum and education center have fa…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:30PM[SHARE]
Monday, May 25, 2015

GALA Theatre stages Lope de Vega's 'El Caballero de Olmedo' by Lavanya Ramanathan

"Passion" is a word that José Luis Arellano García, the director of GALA Theatre's new production, "El Caballero de Olmedo," frequently reaches for when describing the dramatic tradition…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:58PM[SHARE]

Factory 449: A miracle on Church Street by Lavanya Ramanathan

John Moletress and Rick Hammerly entered a play in last year's Capital Fringe Festival fully intending to test Washington's theatrical waters.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:58PM[SHARE]

Wilson protege is on his way by Lavanya Ramanathan

Though he's not quite 40, playwright and actor Javon Johnson has co-founded a respected Chicago theater company, Congo Square, starred in numerous productions across the country and penned …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:58PM[SHARE]
Friday, February 4, 2011

Landless Theatre mixes it up with its Mash-Up Play Festival by Lavanya Ramanathan

What do you get when cross the sunshine-and-singalongs premise of "Glee" with the murderous '90s teen angst of "Scream"? Or the jazzy choreography of Bob Fosse with the jitters of "Jaws" att…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 21, 2011

'Black Watch' offers a frontline view of the war by Lavanya Ramanathan

Scottish playwright Gregory Burke made a calculated omission as he penned his Iraq War drama "Black Watch" in 2006: "Saddam" is never uttered, and neither Tony Blair nor any Iraqis make an a…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:00AM[SHARE]

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